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done a little bit more on this lately, got hold of a fibreglassing kit and a few other little bits.

its the first time i've used fibreglass so was a bit dubious about how it'd turn out. came out well on first attempt though

here's the pics of the progress





hole for the cable


have timmed it away a little bit here so its not perfectly flush, this is because i'll be adding more fibreglass when moulding this casing into the centre console



im very happy with the outcome have a bit of sticky residue left on the screen from the masking tape being on there overnight and then having the fibreglass on so need to get that off. going to start moulding the screen housing into the centre console soon

glass cleaner should remove the sticky resedue, or an alcohol wipe

Lookin good bud

Looking realy good mate keep going with it!

fitted thin aluminium mesh to the back of the housing, this will be screwed into the side of the centre console then the screw holes smoothed over with fibreglass

not bad my sun, remember though mines beter.

quite a bit of progress lately

have put down a couple of layers of fibreglass matting and thin aluminium mesh to bridge the gap between the screen housing and the console itself, then it was on with the P38 filler to make a smooth finish

(smoothing hasn't been finished yet!)









with screen in



andy's let me his orbital sander which should hopefully get a better finish than taking forever with sandpaper.

lots more smoothing to still be done, im trying not to rush it as i want it to be perfect when im done

Looking really sweet mate, that's gonna be so smart when it's in!

progress has been a bit slow lately

having a bit of trouble getting it all perfectly smooth, the problem is that i done have much experience with using filler so its not as perfect as i want it.

im thinking of taking it to a bodyshop to give it one last layer and smooth it to perfection. had a quote of £30 to smooth it and finish it all off, and £50 to paint it as well, and it would probably cost me about £20 in paint anyway so im thinking about letting the bodyshop take over the last step as i've done pretty much all i can.

from what i have seen of your work adam that its looking really good matey and you should be proud of yourself for the good achevement that you have done in getting this far.
i wish i had the balls to do what you have done,
looks great keep up the good work

Yeah ad it looking really cool keep up the good work and get them photos up when ya get it back from the body shop.