EF EL Fibreglass Bonnet with BA Bulge GROUP BUY READY!!

[FalKeen]

gday Ben

will have an xr/gli version on a car for All Ford Day, unfortunately wont have a fairmont version done in time but will be my main focus once the show is out of the way

cheers
Adam

[Castlegreyskull]

No worries mate, i look foawrd to seeing it at AFD when im down.

CHEERS!

[FalKeen]

ran out of time to get one on a car for tomorrow unfortunately


the good news is though that i have trial fitted one and it couldnt fit any better so that is the biggest hurdle

just need to organise the latches then i can start getting these done


the next focus will be the fairmont bonnet
i will be honest and say i am definately considering moulding the full top of the fairmont bonnet so it would look exactly the same as factory - i would however reuse the mould of the inner skin so it would not have any more clearance than the xr style bonnet with bulge (not an issue anyway for most people)

[Castlegreyskull]

Sounds good to me mate, i reckon the fairmont bonnet would look alot better than the XR bonnet with the buldge. The extra height would be great, but i spose i cant have everything hey lol

Shame you didnt get one on a car for AFD, was one of the main reasons i was going to go down, i will still go down anyways. Are you going to have your car there at all?

BEN

[andrew_smith_84]

Originally Posted by FalKeen

i will be honest and say i am definately considering moulding the full top of the fairmont bonnet so it would look exactly the same as factory

i might be keen on this one for my el, what would the time frame be on this one??

also would it be easy to add on the stock fairmont grill??

[Mr_4.0]

hey mate. i am keen on this. but without knowing exactly what my fairmont bonnet would look like, im reluctant to put money down. also, whst is the turn around time from putting money down, to getting bonnet?

[FalKeen]

hi guys sorry for the lack of response have been flat out

in answer to your questions -

the way i am doing the fairmont bonnet now it will look exactly the same as the fairmont bonnet but with a ba bulge on it, this means you will also be able to fit your existing grille to it as you would to a factory bonnet

i hope to have the fairmont bonnet actually available to sell within the next 2 months - longer than i planned but because this is a full fairmont top it will be a much better result

in response to the fairmont guys concerned about clearance with me using the inner skin mould from the standard/xr bonnet, even doing it this way i have measured that at the middle point (directly between the two strut points) you still gain an extra 30mm over the standard fairmont bonnet. The added bonus with a full glass bonnet is that if there is a particular spot that you need even more clearance you could cut that small section out (before painting) and smooth it out giving you that bit more room.



buying factory bonnets and materials and making moulds is an expensive exercise guys so the more deposits the better!




re the sale of the gli/xr boss bonnet, as mentioned before the trial fit went very well and i have the bracket guy on the job of sorting out the latch to do the job - in the meantime i am just cleaning up the mould in preperation to make the production bonnets to get out to those guys who put their deposits in. Will get on to those guys shortly!

cheers
Adam

[MISSN2]

howfar away are they form being finished am really looking at getting one just have to let the boss(misses) see it finished cant wait

[STOJMONT]

I think there is alot of people who want to see a product before they put money down but i am keen to see how the fairmont one comes up as im looking at water to air intercooling and will neeed some extra room underbonnet.

[FalKeen]

thats a fair call which i completely understand, bit like me wanting definate orders before i spend thousands (yes thousands) of dollars on materials and labour to make the moulds..... :togo:


the latest update anyway.....

Have started making some standard EF bonnets so I have a few there ready to go out. The latch that the engineer made up was very close but needed a few little tweeks so he has that now and will be making the final version for me now. So as soon as I get some latches back I will be able to start sending some out!

i have an ef bonnet made and primed at the moment, will be getting that painted and then once the latch arrives i can put it on a car!

The other reason I am making some bonnets up is so that I have some there so I can then take the mould back out of production and use the bottom mould to set up the fairmont bonnet to mould. The fairmont bonnet just needs blocking back and wet rubbing then is ready to mould!


would like to start moulding the fairmont bonnet before the end of the month, and moulding should only take a week or so.....luckily will use the same latch as the standard ef bonnet so that will already be sorted.

[tapeworm]

Wow, looks very nice

[Mr_4.0]

thats hot.

when done id be very keen. would have to be frieght though as i live in victoria.

[trick_xd]

Johny
Just take a road trip and go up there and get it fitted .

[DBourne]

good work adam. let me know if you need me to come back down @ all.

[XRFutura]

damn that looks awsome, if I had the money i would get one, are you guys going to make EL GLI/Futura bonnet as well? if so I'll have to saving!!

[FalKeen]

Originally Posted by XRFutura

damn that looks awsome, if I had the money i would get one, are you guys going to make EL GLI/Futura bonnet as well? if so I'll have to saving!!

as has already been mentioned, will be doing that but a little bit down the track, once these two are up and running

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

good work adam. let me know if you need me to come back down @ all.

thanks mate, you gonna keep the xr or not? if so well work something out :

[FalKeen]

have contacted the original parties who put deposits down as these are ready to send out.

the latch is all sorted and are now in production

will start work on setting the fairmont version up now to mould in a week :

[DBourne]

top effort mate. cant wait for all the happy replies

[BPXR6T]

Any chance of an XH bonnet happening at some point?

[webby_191189]

XH and EF are they same arnt they?

[FalKeen]

Originally Posted by BPXR6T

Any chance of an XH bonnet happening at some point?

no none

[BPXR6T]

Originally Posted by webby_191189

XH and EF are they same arnt they?

Nope, unfortunately not.

[FalKeen]

Have a primed EF Boss Bonnet here if anyone is interested

let me know
Adam

[FalKeen]

couple shots of a primed EF Boss Bonnet

[Mr_4.0]

so how much is an ef fairmont bonnet posted to 3212?

VERY keen on this.

[FalKeen]

Originally Posted by Mr_4.0

so how much is an ef fairmont bonnet posted to 3212?

VERY keen on this.

$850 delivered to your door

have a couple of these on order already

[Choca]

Sweet Jesus that sexy! you'll have my second half soon dude

[AC]

Originally Posted by FalKeen

That looks great on that car, I might just have to put an order in myself
I'll be needing a replacement for my hail damaged one... ;)

[FalKeen]

May be able to work something out with you Andrew :

Will need a fairmont to come down next weekend to trial fit the production version, mould will be finished by this weekend!

[FalKeen]

so the fairmont boss bonnet is finally now available...