FTO AUSTRALIA

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:32 pm**

Test fitting = f**king uber success mother bitches.

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:46 pm**

shiiiiiiit.

dropped the garage door down on it, now broken in two more places. this is rediculous.

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:12 pm**

sh*t! The baby Jesus must hate you Scarecrow!!

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:13 pm**

!!!

Oh, and interesting fact for anyone attempting this. the surround over the ciggie lighter is metal.

Be careful when sanding.

I wanted to use vinyl dye on the bastard, but now cause theres exposed metal i'm going to have to use normal spray paint

You do know that metal plate comes off dont you. Unscrew the nut (not really a nut, but its the closest thing I can think of) on the back of the cigarette lighter. It will then slide out (as will the metal plate). Good old plastic underneath.

Garage doors are evil!!!!. My garage door destroyed my spare console too!!

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:43 pm**

Dstocks, I love you.

I'm going to sand and polish the metal bit, see what she looks like, if it's bad i'll just leave it out.

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:23 am**

I just broke my pristine stereo surround too

Mine is down the bottom edge though)

I applied some araldite to the back of it yesterday and am giving it a few days to dry before I test to see how strong it is.

Will take some pictures if successful!

Update - araldite was not successful - let it for 2 days to dry and when I tested for strength the araldite held it together but was still very flexible (probably not fully dry yet) I reinstalled it in the car in any case as the carck is not that noticeable.

Mike

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:37 am**

Mines fucked, after weeks of periodically working on it I was happy with the results, chucked it in the car and it no longer fit by about 2 or 3 mm's, then the last of the upper clips snapped off, and the bottom becamse riddled with cracks.

I'm pissed.

Now I need a new one

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:44 pm**

scarecrow wrote:Mines fucked, after weeks of periodically working on it I was happy with the results, chucked it in the car and it no longer fit by about 2 or 3 mm's, then the last of the upper clips snapped off, and the bottom becamse riddled with cracks.

I'm pissed.

Now I need a new one

Let this be a lesson: If you play with it too much it will break... or fall off... or you will go blind or something.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:58 pm**

hehehehe, his mother taught him well

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:08 pm**

i got mine from a smash repair place in dande.
(Which is where i get my spare parts for, for my fto.)
I paid $125 for the gear/stereo surround.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:10 am**

tarkus wrote:Hya Scarecrow
if you look on the back of the surround it has some letters that tell you what the plastic is - "PP + PET". that is polypropylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate.

Not sure if you can weld / repair it but I am checking. I work for a company called "Moldflow" we research plastics.

http://www.moldflow.com

CYA Tarkus

could you possibly make a mould of the stereo surround and do a small production run. I think that there might be a few people interested in getting one. I would take two so i could install after market stereo with out having to alter my original one.

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:34 pm**

Id be up on that too.

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:25 pm**

get a CF one form RnBBoi...they r in production...or buy one off me once I get mine in CF in a week or so...

FTO AUSTRALIA

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