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SEE OUR WORK AND PRODUCTS
ON PIMP MY RIDE UK SERIES 3
ON MAY 6TH 2007 AND MORE ON 13TH MAY.
Fiesta
The Red Fiesta was installed with Lambo Doors by Shaun and
Phil, using the universal Lambotek kit. As you can see on the program the doors
open really high - this is the best kit you can buy because it bolts on, is
adjustable, and lifts really high - NO OTHER KIT ON THE MARKET OFFERS ALL THREE
(even though some do promise). You normally get to choose one or two. Pimp my
Ride needed the best and they needed it quickly, which is why we fitted it for
them.
Jaguar
This Red/Brown Jaguar shows off the new Jaguar Bumpers that we
made especially for the program.
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Bumpers were developed, and painted, and then re-tried on a car
before being waxed for moulding. As is often the case time was a
real issue.
The moulding process takes a great deal of time, and each stage
needs items cured before the next step.
Below you can see moulds for rear bumper (left) being made. |
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| Right you can see inside the front bumper, with exterior flanges
being added to prevent the mould from shrinking or deforming, and to
allow release points for the actual bumpers. All moulds are made
in this way - it can take 8-12 hours to add flanges to a ready
bumper!
Below you can see the same bumper with plastercine edges and a
coat of clear moulding gel (almost invisible)
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Left is the same bumper with its first layers of fibreglass
mat/resin. It seems that we are now getting somewhere, but there
are 11 separate stages to this, and then the end caps to follow the
same process.
Whilst it does start to look like a mould, there is much hard
work yet to complete.
Wet resin below must be allowed to fully cure before being sanded
and another layer added another day. |
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| Making the moulds is a very time consuming process that takes
around 40 hours per bumper (and thats after the bumper itself has
been made). This is the reason than a new set of moulds like the
ones pictured above often cost around £10,000, and the reason they
have to make the maximum amount of copies possible to recover such
large costs.
Having said that a single mould for a plastic injection machine
of this size can cost £100,000-£150,000, so £10k does kind of look
like a bargain - its also the reason most bodykits are made from
fibreglass.
In grey you can see the very first copy of the kit made, which
was about to be packed and send to Colchester for Pimp my ride. |
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See This kit on Pimp My Ride.
Click to view program
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BMW E30 (Series 2)
The Blue BMW on series 2 saw Martin fitting our Suicide doors
to the rear of the four door BMW 3 series. Not an easy task but it really made
the car.
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