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Take a look at my the ad there is a picture of how I did it, not necessarily saying the way I did it was the right way but it works for me.
To clarify, I used an old original enots fuel cap that screwed onto an alloy flange from car builder solutions. So maybe different if you are reusing the mazda neck.
Good luck
Thanks Jonesy. Love the fuel cap job you did, and love some of the Enots fuel caps available. To be honest as this build is on a (rapidly expanding) budget i was looking at reusing the original fuel neck and cap, and then getting one of the fake fuel caps that then go over the orginal fuel caps and attach with grub screws. Fairly cheap and nasty i know, but as i say cheaper. We will have to see though, i do like the Enots caps and flange set up. Cheers for the tips.
A big thanks to Molleur & Landmann for the tips on filler. I have to admit i had never heard of chopped strand filler, however i am off to find some!!! Cheers guys.
I too was on a budget and just was lucky on some of timing of my purchases I guess.
The benefit of chop strand is that it flexes a little, that will help with the bridge between metal and fibreglass body as well as reinforcing the join. Filler does only that, put on to thickly you will get stress cracks later on, probably after the beautiful paint job is complete.
Another tip suggestion which I wish I had done upon reflection is a thin layer of glass fibre matt bridging windscreen frame to kit body. I will be OK as I used chop strand and skimmed with filler for final surface only.
A big thanks to Molleur & Landmann for the tips on filler. I have to admit i had never heard of chopped strand filler, however i am off to find some!!! Cheers guys.
You will even find it in Halfords, upol B I think in blue tins. Another tip, you can dilute filler with fibreglass resin to spread it more smoothly. It avoids the ice cream look you posted before and takes time off sanding.
You will even find it in Halfords, upol B I think in blue tins. Another tip, you can dilute filler with fibreglass resin to spread it more smoothly. It avoids the ice cream look you posted before and takes time off sanding.
Careful there. Adding poly resin to get a creamy mix with the filler will cause it to be more brittle. A little goes a very long way. Another reason to cover it with a layer of matt or light fiberglass cloth.
You will even find it in Halfords, upol B I think in blue tins. Another tip, you can dilute filler with fibreglass resin to spread it more smoothly. It avoids the ice cream look you posted before and takes time off sanding.
Depending on the area I'm working, I'll use a single layer of chopped strand matt over any thickly built up areas of chopped strand filler as well.
Cheers for the tips mate, sorry to ask a daft question but.............when you say you add a layer of chopped strand over thick areas of filler, do you mean that you apply a thick layer of filler and then while it is still wet lay on a sheet of fibreglass matting?
Let the filler cure and then laminate a single layer of matt or cloth
over the filler. Sand and fill any imperfections with a very light skim with filler.
I got the rear lights all wired in on Thursday night (see pic 42) and got the rear arch vents cut out (see 39) and shaped and smoothed (see 40). After taking advice on my filling I got some chopped fibre filler on the rear arches, still a bit rough and ready but the shape is starting to come together (see 36).
Well after hoping to get a lot done this weekend, I didn't get that much done. We had a bbq on Friday evening that turned into a bit of a wild one! We finally got to bed at 5 in the morning, so when I did finally get up on Saturday I was WAY too hungover to work on the car.
Today saw me getting a bit done, I put the seat belts back in and the trim around the seat belt mounts and seal around the rear of the door - I wanted to see how the door / window seal is going to join together. Then I realised I hadn't made or fitted the plate for the join between the roof and windscreen frame at the top of the A pillar. So I got a template made out of cardboard, and then got 2 plates made up. Just need to get them fitted now. I had a bit of a play about with the front too, and I think it is really starting to come together (44).
I am thinking of cutting the old rear panel out and going with the '1 boot area' idea. Does anyone have any experience of Mr MOT / IVA inspector after having done this (good or bad).
Really trying to upload some pictures here, but no luck. I have seen a description of how to do it using photobucket, but it doesn't seem to work from a cloud.
The pixies dropped me some goodies off today (pic 45). And as we all know, when goodies arrive, you have to play with them, so out with the steel rule, pencil and then the drill and file and Hey Presto (pic 46). Cut the old flange and filler neck (pic 47) from the filler pipe (48) and got everything put back together. Needs a bit of work and tidying in the boot area, as I want to re-use the original protective plate to hide everything and to keep it neat and tidy. But that will have to wait.
Really trying to upload some pictures here, but no luck. I have seen a description of how to do it using photobucket, but it doesn't seem to work from a cloud.
If I click on the attachment "45.jpg" then I can see both the photo and the following "address":
Apparently it doesn't work from the PCworld cloud!!!!! Damn! So want to get some full size pictures on here, the old 'a picture paints a thousand words' thing.
