machine monkey.... enter please

Beetlegav said:
There a mess because they were my practice cut down and tinted ones by the way
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Invaluable gav.... Thanks for that.... So ill need to shave off the tabs ... The surface is flat...

How easy to separate gav???


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Matter of seconds. Stick a flat blade underneath and prise off.

If there's a way of keeping the tabs I'd do that so you can get it perfectly level. The indicator only goes on in one way so it would be better to have a locator
 
Hmm.. i'm not (personally) a fan ... but it has opened my eyes to the idea.. i wonder what it'd look like with body colour coded plastic? I think it's the metal that puts me off, as there's no other external machined metal on show to pair it up with.

... or even with the BMW logo instead of the ///M. hmmm! cool.
 
yeah gav id LOVE to keep the tabs but i can see machine wanted to seperate his to get the measurements :-( i'll just mark TDC.....
 
Beetlegav said:
Not sure if you know how they look behind the badges yet so I've just separated my spare one for you

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Not sure if its any help
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It looks so keen!
 
pretty excited to see these...


MM how will you be painting the different sections to ensure a super neat finish??

so excited to see these!!! think these will be a good seller for you ;-)
 
Right first things first I will be making these out of 2mm stainless / aluminium so won't be able to put the lug hole in unless you want them sticking out. I could make them out of 3mm stuff but the stainless ones will be getting heavy!!

As for the paint I was only going to do it to the stainless ones. I was going to paint them lay it into the engraving let it set. Then rub polish the over paint off.
 
Machine monkey said:
Right first things first I will be making these out of 2mm stainless / aluminium so won't be able to put the lug hole in unless you want them sticking out. I could make them out of 3mm stuff but the stainless ones will be getting heavy!!

As for the paint I was only going to do it to the stainless ones. I was going to paint them lay it into the engraving let it set. Then rub polish the over paint off.
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dont worry about the lugs, ill shave them off....


what do you think about the stainless unit, black ///M logo and red supercharged logo with a 45 deg chamfer.... i personally think it'll look awesome.... would you recommend / ali over SS or vice versa for any reason or in terms of most aesthetically pleasing???
 
I would go for stainless over aluminum unless you wanted black anodized aluminum. The aluminum will take a bit of polishing every now and then as it oxidizes.

The stainless will look the same in 50 years as the day you put it on your car. I am starting these today- tomorrow to give to Oli at the weekend.
 
Machine monkey said:
I would go for stainless over aluminum unless you wanted black anodized aluminum. The aluminum will take a bit of polishing every now and then as it oxidizes.

The stainless will look the same in 50 years as the day you put it on your car. I am starting these today- tomorrow to give to Oli at the weekend.
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wahooooo SS it is!! lets GO!!! you ave my idea..

so SS unit... black ///M logo, red supercharged logo ( matching the length of the above ///M logo) 45 deg chamfer on the edge!!!


very excited!!!
 
Really excited to see these slowly material....

can you please keep posting pics!! when you send these over to me, please send me those stereo knobs too..... :-) ill pm you before hand on those as i want something custom done to them.... just a little etching added around the circumference.... :driving: :driving: :driving: :driving: :driving: :driving:
 
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