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Hood ratchet and backing plates

 

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Front hood pin was ano black. I can't stand colored anodizing. Fixed it. And made a scab plate to mount it.

 

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Strap guide. Had to wet bed it in epoxy to match curve of hood.

 

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Socket trick for marking out hood pin. Nailed it.

 

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Breather tubes. Camera on a timer to get the length right.

 

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Made a guide for trimming the bond line. Since I was cutting carbon , trimmed out the pole pad.

 

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Had to do something with the peel ply surface in the engine bay , so I cleared it with UV epoxy.

 

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Better pics with the iphone

 

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Turf time. The foot holds are kind of complicated curves with the sides and bottoms. I also wanted them as low in the tray as possible so I built them up from kick tail.

 

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When I had my plan , scuffed it and started glueing

 

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Foot wedge

 

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To get the shape right for the full 1"pad I made over under templates to guide shaping.

 

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Just kept adding turf till it looked right

 

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My in the tray sanding blocks, rounded ends to fit 3x18 sanding belts tightly

 

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Top of the holds, 3/4 turf

 

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Edges of the holds

 

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SPOILER ALERT I'm going to skip forward a whole bunch of steps

 

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I had to make the turf match the graphic

 

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Hall of fame right here

Mike the Magician