nissan glass stuff gq and gu

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

wellllllll hi all
i have been asked a lot of q,s about a few differant picecs
of glass work for the gq and now gu
GQ
i am already mking the gq bonnets and also about to make modified frount glass gards that are cut out and maybe wider for bigger rubber on gq dose this interest any 1
the other things i am thinking of making are rock doors with a jeep style soft top removeable top section
and a rear 1 piece tail tail gate for the gq cut downs like the shortys that are getting ever so popular do any of these interest any 1

GU
as for these i am curently not making any thing for this model
but i have been asked about glass bonnets for them is there any 1 who would be interested i do have a few peps that are interested but want to sus out a few more ..............

thanks in advance

all comments apreciated
hayden
ALPINE OFF ROAD

[Juzza]

Yeah the jeep doors sound cool, luv Cheezy's set, but a gq bonnet that i can cut bloody great cooling vents in sounds better. How much $$$? :wink:

[Wendle]

yep, still interested in the bonnet as per the e-mail I sent you...

[Hoonz]

GQ glass guards for bigger rubber! I'm interested! can't fit much in the orginals, why would ya get a glass bonnet for?
got any pics of these new ... body parts?

[Wendle]

GQ glass guards for bigger rubber! I'm interested! can't fit much in the orginals, why would ya get a glass bonnet for?
got any pics of these new ... body parts?

You can fit fawkin heaps in the originals. Just need to taper the bottom edge back.
Glass bonnet? cause you can lift the whole thing off by yourself and get it out of the way to work on everything.

[Cheezy4x4]

Will be running Haydens bonnet, guards and doors in January, so if you want to see the best glass hang ons that you can buy check out my rig in January. Will post pics ASAP.

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay .............. all

well more q,s ,,,,,,,kool

well the reason for a glass bonnet is that it take a bit of weight off the frount end for those that know how heavy these gq steel bonnet are and by the time you add dual battrys,winch,bar,lights and ariels and any thing else you can think of to the front of ur truck you have stacked on a lot of weight and any saving is an add vantage especially for those of us that race these are for sale now at $250.00 +bonnet pins [i am souceing these to get them cheaper ]curently making current orders then stock ,the other reason is that i would rather have a glass hood is that you can fully remove it to work on ur truck and the ,weight of corse and that you can cut big vents or scoops in to it easy if you need to


glass gards well thanks to CHEESY i have 2 brand new genuine nissan gards to mold the advantage is that for some of us mear motals that dont have the nessesery tool to cut and roll and finish the steel gards for bigger rubber you soon will be able to buy a glass gard in standard form as a replace ment or a modified cut gard that you can paint and bolt on in place of you original gard that will fitt the bigest of meats with out hitting the advantages of this is that they will be bolt on and easyer to repair if smashed glass tends to rip not dint and crease and it will also give instead of you sub sructure bending out of shapeand why cut up good steel gards when you can buy it all ready done thus also keeping you old gards if udecide to sell your truck as soon as i get the 1st lot of gards made i will post a price

ohhhhh and as of pics i shall get some as we go
i can get 1 of a bonnet and the start of 1 of the rock doors these doors will have an internal steel intrusion bar to [still designing that part ]

hayden
alpine off road
0401 721 216

[Hoonz]

$250 for a glass bonnet .. mmm starting to sound good ...
do u have a guesstimation on a price for the guards?

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

mmmmmm well tera

im not sure but thinking around the 250/300 mark
its hard to say i want to keep all my glass stuff competive on prices
and untill i make the 1st set and see how much time and material gos in to making them its hard to give a spott on price but as soon as i make them i lett every 1 know
they are happening anway cozz chessy just handed over a brand new set of genuine nissan grads to mold he needs a set and so do i eventualy

hayden

[Ryan]

Gday hayden..... do u think it would be possible for u to make fiberglass clip on guards for an MQ patrol?? they arent all that much different to GQ guards as far as i know??


Cheers
Ryan

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay ryan

wellllllll at the momment i have a shit load of work on with just the gq stuff so it may be a while before i contemplate the mq stuff the other thing is that there is a huge market for the gq gear and i can recover the costs in making all the molds this is the big factor in making molds how many othere people do you know that would want them and do you have a set of perfect 1s to mold in the 1st place

hayden

[Ryan]

will ask around and see how many people would be interested.... and my front guards are straight and have no rust would they do to mould off??

Cheers
Ryan

[MKPatrolGuy]

Will the GQ guards fit a MK without too much mucking around?

Dave

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay dave
the gq 1s do fit i think seeing the cabs are almost the same maybe some1 else knows for sure but i think they do as the doors and bonnet fit so i cant see why not

hayden

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay ryan

they would be ok to mold but there is a risk that the paint on them could be damaged after molding so if you wanted to use them again the may need repainting

hayden

[Wendle]

hay dave
the gq 1s do fit i think seeing the cabs are almost the same maybe some1 else knows for sure but i think they do as the doors and bonnet fit so i cant see why not

hayden

MQ/MK front axle is 100mm further foward than a GQ front axle.
Apart from that, they will fit.
Bonnet and doors will fit no worries.

[MKPatrolGuy]

hay dave
the gq 1s do fit i think seeing the cabs are almost the same maybe some1 else knows for sure but i think they do as the doors and bonnet fit so i cant see why not

hayden

MQ/MK front axle is 100mm further foward than a GQ front axle.
Apart from that, they will fit.
Bonnet and doors will fit no worries.

Kewl, I'll keep that in mind

[bogged]

hay ryan

they would be ok to mold but there is a risk that the paint on them could be damaged after molding so if you wanted to use them again the may need repainting

hayden

If you use good mould release wax, and LOTS of it, you should have no problem...

But the problem is spreading it well, thin as its like hard wax... you get lumps in it the gelcote looks crappy...

Go with it luke....

[GRUB]

Try using CEARA WAX very cheap and easy to use.
Used it on all types of surfaces never had a problem.

[GRUB]

Also there is another type u can use cant think of the name of f hand soon as i think off the name.You can also try putting a couple off coats of ceara let it sit for a wile then put this other stuff over the top .This other stuff can be sprayed on ,wiped on ect.

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay guys

how are you all ?

well i already know about ceara wax thats what i use now. and the other stuff you are thinking about is pva mold release i already use it !!! and there is other stuff yet again called freecoat but there is still a risk that that the paint depending on what it is is((((( may )))))))react. 2 pak generaly wont but the othe paints out there may and i have seen this happen it is rare but i still warn people just in case it called ....covering your arse !.... you will also find that after you mold somthing that is clear coated the part will lose some of its gloss abit nothing that a good buff cant fix thank for you info but i do know !!!!!!

and booged you dont let the wax get hard you are surposed to wax smallish areas( as in what you can polish before it gos hard ) at a time and if it dose go hard you simply re apply and polish of ...and as far as lumpy gelcoat i hate to see your work lol lol ???????????????

not being a know it all but i do know how to glass

hayden

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

well full steam ahead with the bonnets who want 1 (pics soon )

and the gards are comming along nicely ( pics soon ) production in a few weeks

rock doors are rockin to ( prduction soon )

lookin for a good tail gate of i think a mq to mold any 1 got 1 stitting around thats preferably in good nic need to borrow it

[moose]

speak to sandy !!!!
we made the one-piece gates for his truk & lewis,s !!!!!
he might let you borrow it !!!!!!!!!!

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay mosse

were they folded out of steel them gates ???????????
if they are they dont have quiet the right shape to them??? i think i could be wrong but the folds are a bit sharper than the original lines

lol lol does this make any sence

[moose]

metal!!! yes !!!!
sharper folds !!!!!???????
come have a look !!! or meeting next wednesday nite !!!

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay mate

ill drop in and have a look

mmmmmm might come along to another meeting sounds like a plannnnnn

[Hoonz]

hows the fiber glass guards coming along?
any photos?

[Carl Coight]

I could go a set of glass guards! Am also interested inthe bonnets to.
Are the guards only flaired or did you take the 30 odd mill off the rear edge of the wheel arch

[Bush65]

How much clearance would you need from a turbo to a fibreglass bonnet?

And what is the best arrangement and material to use for a heat shield and insulation?

[ALPINE-OFF-ROAD]

hay fellas

well the gards(molds) are comming along nicely
i will try and get a few pics up this week of the molds
they will make great parts as they are straight as
the modified version has about 2inches removed from the front 1 and a bit from the top (the verticle edge basicaly) and tapers out to about 3 inches at the rear

it hasnt been made any wider tho

there is a insulation that can be use to reduce the radiated heat i will look into this and as far as distance you are talking about a std set up ?????