badrep
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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badrep
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Jan 11, 2018 22:12:42 GMT
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More 3D printing 😄 Gear gator surround. Along with my first ever attempt at sewing..... The gear gator surround clamps the upholstery from the top and then intern clamps fabric gator too from the underside. It's only a mock up at the moment but will be bolted in place eventually. I took the original gator (which didn't quite fit in the clamp) and cut it up, enlarged it a bit and sewed together. It was then squeezed in place And inserted into the centre console Pretty please with it as a first attempt, but will give it a second go I think before I'm happy!
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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Ian
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Jan 12, 2018 10:48:47 GMT
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Looking good.
I like the route you are taking with this, many would have just checked the body parts on and looked at the interior later, but with this route you will get the car right the first time. Yes it takes longer but you should get an excellent result in the end.
Would love to do one of these myself, and I have seen that the kits are available again, so maybe one day. Saying that I havnt touched my BMW in 8 years so I am clearly not in any rush.
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pegwie
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Jan 12, 2018 12:02:50 GMT
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Can you not just 3D print the whole body shell? Great work, first time I've seen 3D printing used to make trim parts, they look brilliant! What's the deal with the material used & the dye applied? (Fair enough if it's a company secret you can't share) Not very clued up on the whole process. Do continue!
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badrep
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Jan 12, 2018 13:52:29 GMT
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Looking good. I like the route you are taking with this, many would have just checked the body parts on and looked at the interior later, but with this route you will get the car right the first time. Yes it takes longer but you should get an excellent result in the end. Would love to do one of these myself, and I have seen that the kits are available again, so maybe one day. Saying that I havnt touched my BMW in 8 years so I am clearly not in any rush. Haha - it's mainly because I can't afford to buy the bits for the next stage 😂 The other reason is that once the roof is on its bonded in there so access is a PITA
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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badrep
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Jan 12, 2018 13:58:42 GMT
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Can you not just 3D print the whole body shell? Great work, first time I've seen 3D printing used to make trim parts, they look brilliant! What's the deal with the material used & the dye applied? (Fair enough if it's a company secret you can't share) Not very clued up on the whole process. Do continue! If I were to print the whole body it'd be tens of thousands! 3d printing is best for small items - the ones I'm making are actually quite pricey - the gauge pod would be a few hundred pounds at least as would the handbreak surround. Things like the gator surround would only be about a tenner so they are really affordable. These are all done through my business and not on consumer grade machines. The machines themselves are EOS SLS machines (about a cool quarter million a pop with all the kit!) and the dye process is from a Dyemansion DM60 industrial dyer - also about 50k worth of kit. If you want to look at more info have a look at www.3dprint-uk.co.uk for more. The best thing to do if you are interested is to download our app - this can give you a price for a print based on x y and z dimensions - this way you can see your costs before putting pen to paper on your designs
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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Jan 12, 2018 17:19:03 GMT
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I've been following the build- it's incredible!
I am looking to use that 3d printing company to make some assembly jigs at work - and a few bits for home! What are they like with oil and petrol?
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badrep
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Jan 12, 2018 21:45:21 GMT
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I've been following the build- it's incredible! I am looking to use that 3d printing company to make some assembly jigs at work - and a few bits for home! What are they like with oil and petrol? Thanks jim - and yeah - the material is ok with oils and petrol, but needs to be treated before to seal it. It's Nylon PA2200 and sintered to is naturally slightly porous. Also it will stain so select the black dyed options. Also.... keep it small. Big things can be extremely expensive. This is just because they cost a lot to make when big... small things are really cheap though (from 50p).
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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badrep
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Jan 24, 2018 22:16:51 GMT
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Loom splicing begins. Nice to be on the engine finally. Rubbish that it has to be electrics first. I hate electrics.
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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badrep
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Jan 25, 2018 23:03:13 GMT
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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Jan 25, 2018 23:05:39 GMT
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Now that's a nice 3D print
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badrep
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Feb 11, 2018 20:14:40 GMT
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Some pretty decent advances in the past few weeks. First of all. Took the cam cover off the engine to find that it's is in pretty good Nick - better than expected. The lift bolts were the updated ones too which can be a problem with these. Took the liberty of painting (really badly) the cam cover with wrinkle paint. Not I my did it not fit in the oven (nor would I ever be allowed) but it also rained on it when drying in an unexpected drizzle. Came out ok still, but not the best. Then I went black completely with the majority of what I can reach in the car considering the space and curse word piled on top All done with bed liner rolled on or brushed - roller on all the places that will be visible, brush in the engine bay where it's all nobbly and you can't see. Then... the best bit. Engine is in! Even better it's running! The wiring harness needed a bit of resplicing and adding wires from the celica harness (you keep the 1zz mr2 harness and modify it to fit the celica one). It took ages as I'd never done it before, but was relatively straightforward once I got my head around it. Sadly it didn't start on first turn and took a while as some of the guides I followed off the internet said to remove the imobiliser wires to avoid possible shorting. This however made no spark. After connecting them back it fired up first time. If I hadn't disconnected those it would have fired first time. Next is to connect up all the hoses and feeds and reinstall the driveshafts and we'll be mobile again.....!
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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Feb 11, 2018 21:02:25 GMT
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Great progress but when are you doing the fitting of the RS200 body panels?
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badrep
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Feb 11, 2018 21:12:15 GMT
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Great progress but when are you doing the fitting of the RS200 body panels? My feelings exactly....! When I'm 100% satisfied with all that goes under it. No idea when that will be, but not a million miles off now.....
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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Davey
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Feb 12, 2018 10:18:14 GMT
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That was sudden progress! Looking great.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300 EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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Feb 12, 2018 11:52:08 GMT
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My feelings exactly....! When I'm 100% satisfied with all that goes under it. No idea when that will be, but not a million miles off now..... By 19th May ??
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badrep
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Feb 12, 2018 13:11:41 GMT
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My feelings exactly....! When I'm 100% satisfied with all that goes under it. No idea when that will be, but not a million miles off now..... By 19th May ?? Lol. No.
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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edk83
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Feb 13, 2018 22:23:40 GMT
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Just read through this thread, very nice work especially on the printed interior panels.
I've also been looking at the mx5 and spitfire based tribute kits as a possible next project.
Hats off to you going the legal route and trying to build to iva/biva regs. There are one or two builds on here that have gone through it, you seen Blackpopracing's Anglia?
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badrep
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Feb 14, 2018 10:00:40 GMT
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Just read through this thread, very nice work especially on the printed interior panels. I've also been looking at the mx5 and spitfire based tribute kits as a possible next project. Hats off to you going the legal route and trying to build to iva/biva regs. There are one or two builds on here that have gone through it, you seen Blackpopracing's Anglia?Thanks Thanks! I really prefer the Z3 based 250 kit they do - The MX5 ones look a bit too kit car for me, but the Z3 one is nice! www.tributeautomotive.co.uk/250swb.htmlLuckily with the new motor I won't need IVA, but I will need a kit converted vehicle conversion - same with the MX5 and Z3 kits. The Volvo engine, would have been so much better, but would require IVA as I cut the chassis. This has now been welded back up to OEM to avoid this. Wish I'd done my research properly before, and glad I got some good advice from members here!
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Founder of 3DPRINTUK and lowerer of Volvos I have an interest in driving fast, but no interest in driving dangerously. 1972 Volvo 1800ES bagged 2007 Volvo V70 T5 330 bhp sleeper - The Lolvo - Sold.... 2005 Mercedes CLS55 AMG 500bhp supercharged V8 1984 Ford RS200 Replica in the making - Project BadRep My wife thinks I'm building a Transformer
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edk83
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Feb 14, 2018 11:02:21 GMT
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I have looked the the Z3 kit, it does look nice but is more expensive. Indeed I find many people have never heard of the construction and use laws, the points rules etc. Even with not cutting the chassis you still have to have a fair few totally original parts to get 8 or more. But, there are so many cars running around with less and not all are on the radar... Yet. I've spoken to quite a few mot testers and even a friend who is Derbyshire traffic police, none of them understood the 8 point system.... as long as it's insured right you'll be fine was the answer I got! Building within the rules is a much better idea though. I wonder why this guy is selling? 35K and its still registered as a 1275 Metro! That'll have been iva tested then, I think not. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cosworth-YB-powered-rear-engined-MG-Metro-6r4-replica/202225362101?hash=item2f159224b5:g:ldkAAOSwm0JagBk7
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Last Edit: Feb 14, 2018 11:03:10 GMT by edk83
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