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What would be the best method to create the templates?
I’m wanting to make some templates for all the suspension/steering bits on my car to protect them from stone chips and the consequent rust!
The plan is to cut from Helicopter tape.
What would be the best method to create the templates? I thought of using masking tape and then measuring!
Any better way?
Cheers
John
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John last time we did it we used clear cling worked a treat and no sticky bits 🙄
Lynn
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Where do you put the front number plate John?
Looks simple enough to just measure and draw without a template, then cut in cling (white or clear), try on and modify the drawing if necessary
Peter
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Thanks Lynn & Peter
Excuse my ignorance!! What is ‘cling’? Just found it a few threads down!! 😳
Peter. In the 2.5 years I’ve had the Atom, I’ve never had a front number plate! To date, I’ve been stopped by the police 30 times and not once have they mentioned it 😀
John
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John
Cling is static film, similar to some tax discs, if you dont have any, just use ordinary vinyl for trying out the templates, if they dont fit precisely you can judge where to make adjustments before cutting the expensive stuff.Peter
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quote John Cooper:Thanks Lynn & PeterPeter. In the 2.5 years I’ve had the Atom, I’ve never had a front number plate! To date, I’ve been stopped by the police 30 times and not once have they mentioned it 😀
John
Expect that to change as of this month. The law changed to allow prosecution via post for non standard and non existant numberplates by post. I know this unfortunately because I have just recieved a Notice Of Intended Prosecution this week for my small front plate.
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i guess a sticker over the front
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quote Dave Rowland:i guess a sticker over the front
At the minute im a DVLA registered numberplate supplier and a stick on numberplate isnt legal. It must be a rigid plate and the dimensions of the plate and lettering (which must be Charles Wight) are very strict.
I knew that I would eventually get stopped for my numberplate but I didnt know it could be done via post.
I feel sorry for some car owners as normal numberplates look hideous on certain cars.
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if it has not got a plate how do they know where to send the summons 😀 .
i presume its not had a mot yet and i think they will struggle with the headlights as well on the test.
stunning car but not really meant for the road is it 😉chris
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quote Chris Wool:if it has not got a plate how do they know where to send the summons 😀 .
i presume its not had a mot yet and i think they will struggle with the headlights as well on the test.
stunning car but not really meant for the road is it 😉chris
Headlights are fine, these are perfectly legal as they fall within the height limitations. Ive seen a few on the road and they are animals, im so jealous, I want one!!
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quote Chris Wool:if it has not got a plate how do they know where to send the summons 😀 .The mobile speed camera got me from the front and the officer made a note of my number as I went past his van. NIP arrived a few days later. 🙁
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quote Chris Wool:stunning car but not really meant for the road is it 😉
chrisThe car was really intended for the track but it’s appeal was widened when they provided the option of a ‘road pack’ making it road legal. Each Atom is individually SVA’d.
The factory do provide a stick on front number plate but I think it spoiled the look so never fitted it!
In October 2007 I started a contract working at the South Wales Police HQ Bridgend. I drive my Atom each day and park it in the HQ secure car park. One evening I was leaving work and as I exited the car park the Chief Constable was just being dropped off and she gazed at the car! I deliberately didn’t make eye contact and left for home. The next morning I had a visit from the Chief Inspector of the traffic department and consequently I’ve fixed a number plate to the car.
If you look at the picture I posted. Just below the lights on the nearside you can see a bracket – I fitted this to take the plate.
John
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The best way that i have found for making templates is to use vinyl application tape. Cover the area you want to template then mark out with a pencil. Lay your film flat on a bench, put the marked out application tape on top and cut out.
If there are templates you think you will use a lot then you can cut them out in cheap black vinyl, scan them to your computer then tidy them up with whatever software you use and cut them on your vinyl cutter as many times as you like.Cheers
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…I take it it was being reversed at the time as no seat belt / harness being worn 😉 or doing door-to-door deliveries.
Nice looking motors regardless – and just look SO much fun.
Not to mention the 0-60 in 2.7sec in the new supercharged version…oh, just that beautiful whine as it winds up…mmmmmm
Anyway – like above – I’ve used application tape in the past for templates (bike fairings) with reasonable success.
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So who’s the good looking "Burd" that’s driving?
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I love that whine too, it sounds like someone is talking to you, most odd. They are huge fun and Idrive mine to work every day.
The supercharged version is the 300Bhp and believe it or not, just about to roll off the production line is a 500Bhp model!!!
Oh, women can be rather forgetful, yikes! Can you spot something rather important missing 🙂
…. and the new 500 version
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No knickers 😕
Okay then – no steering wheel 😎
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the wheel init
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I hope the 500 version has a good heater, looks a bit drafty for winter driving…. 😉
Peter
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