High Series Bulge!!

bonk182 · 23-01-2007, 11:10 PM

ok fellas and the few fella-ettes, im wondering if anyone out there in australia has an AU high series bulge? i just finished my flawless custom bonnet today and im keen to find out who else has endure the pain and suffering to produce such an evil creation? I dont have photos yet - but hopefully tomorow afternoon when i drop it off the the beaters...

:king:

James

JefXR8 · 23-01-2007, 11:35 PM

high series?
Do you just mean the ba bonnet bulge on the au?
If so yep they look great im in the middle of putting mine on.

bonk182 · 23-01-2007, 11:45 PM

If anyone else out there has one post some pics

neverlateinaxr8 · 23-01-2007, 11:54 PM

where do u get them from??

kenz · 23-01-2007, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JefXR8

high series?
Do you just mean the ba bonnet bulge on the au?
If so yep they look great im in the middle of putting mine on.

I think he means a bulge on a high series bonnet. Yours would be on a low series bonnet because its an XR

JefXR8 · 24-01-2007, 08:11 AM

Thanks kenz.
makes sense now

**Mechan1k** · 24-01-2007, 09:39 AM

I have not seen a high series bonnet with a bulge yet.
And I doubt you will get to see one either.
I think there was plans for one to be made ... but that got scrapped.

theboss290 · 24-01-2007, 10:17 AM

Why did it get scrapped? I want one for my monty

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does any one know who will be willing to make one for me?

**Mechan1k** · 24-01-2007, 10:22 AM

There was going to be one made from memory ... company kinda had issues ... and I doubt you will see it happen ... unless someone else decides to make one (but there'll need to be enough demand to get one made is decent numbers).

sfr rob · 24-01-2007, 10:26 AM

i have seen plenty of the high series bonnet bulges... from memory, tornado, or bluehoon posted a photo of a T3 with bonet bulge... looks amazingly ALOT like a BA with the bulge, pretty hard not to when its inthe DNA hey? :P

StealthAu · 24-01-2007, 12:39 PM

Havn't seen 1, but I want 1

HLC · 24-01-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sfr rob

i have seen plenty of the high series bonnet bulges... from memory, tornado, or bluehoon posted a photo of a T3 with bonet bulge... looks amazingly ALOT like a BA with the bulge, pretty hard not to when its inthe DNA hey? :P

yeah, that car was SEXUAL.

and Duffman had a buldge on his bonnet for a while...

Gonz · 24-01-2007, 01:10 PM

cant wait to seee the pics im sure it looks great but ya lost me on the high series talk!
anyhoots, what it cost ya all up to make if you dont mind me pryin??

Gonz.

Sledgehammer · 24-01-2007, 01:37 PM

Yeah this would be the 'low series' bonnet by AWC (now firbesport or the like) then, I doubt that anyone would make another now. They do look great on an AU.

HLC · 24-01-2007, 02:10 PM

StealthAu · 24-01-2007, 02:53 PM

Where can I get one? or do I have to get it made?

theboss290 · 24-01-2007, 03:02 PM

I think the look better on the high series, I WANT ONE!

The Monty · 24-01-2007, 05:45 PM

I want one on a high series, with a shaker. Would look soooo awesome.

**DJM83** · 24-01-2007, 05:46 PM

Geeez i want one of those on the TE looks damn sexy. They must have bought the bulge and had it grafted on wouldnt be that hard

bonk182 · 24-01-2007, 07:29 PM

Is that Jims car? Cos that looks so damn hot! all up it probably cost me about 250 beans. 150 for the bonnet and 100 for materials. my mate had a bought the bulge only from ebay for a 100 dollars or something. I made a mould from it with casting plaster and made my own copy. from there bought the bonnet and fibreglassed/bogged it down... i wrote up a bit of a how too in my biuld (which i have yet to add pictures) here it is for those interested.

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....Anyway, ive quickly moved on to the next item of buisness and begun my Bonnet Bulge graft project. Now i picked up a second hand bonnet from aarons wreckers in rockingham for $150 beans - which at first i thought was kinda steep. But after a few more calls quoting $250+, i raced over the Aarons and picked it up. Now the bulge i made myself from a plaster mould that i also made from a mates bulge. I laid 4 sheets of matt fibreglass onto it, so its super strong! ....But i broke the mould in pulling it out *sigh* Never the less i ended up with my own handmade bulge.

Now for prepping both items. Firstly with the bulge i got out the grinder and cut the edges off only leaving about 15mm eathier side of the taper. I cut the back shallow, and the front even shallower (the less fibreglass there, the less bog and effort required to mould it into the correct contours). I then flipped it over, got the makita belt sander out and carefully sanded the base flaps down to around 1.5-2mm in thickness so they would be more plyable. The bonnet i simply stripped completed down (besides the middle patch under the bulge) with paint stripper.

Next i measured up and found a centreline on both bonnet and bulge and matched them up. I then painted the contacting edge of the bonnet with fibreglass resin so the bog and glue are more likely to stick. I let that cure for the day and begun gluing. I just rammed as much sikaflex as i could between the two pieces and stuck them together, weighting the bulge with 4x30kg bags of old cement on each coner to pull it in place. I let that set for a day and begun bogging up - oh what fun. Between each layer of bog i applied a layer of fibreglass resin to stop the bog cracking so easily (especially around the very edge of the bulge. At the moment ive done 85% of the sanding - i just need to run a few fine papers over the lot to get it as smooth as possible...."
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cant wait til it gets sprayed!! I was saying to my mate the other day - it takes sooo much work to do. i reckon that i would have done atleast a $1000
worth of panel beating work! but its so worth it.

James

Sledgehammer · 24-01-2007, 07:50 PM

They look sweet on an AU, should have been factory.

sfr rob · 24-01-2007, 09:51 PM

HLC, that was one of the pics i have seen.. looks awesome hey?! I reckon it really should have been factory!!

bonk182 · 24-01-2007, 10:36 PM

Whos the owner of that t3? FPV310, whos that? just wondering how much it cost you? or if you did it yourself aswell? anyone else out there with high series (eg, series 2, 3, fairmont) bonnet bulges?

Duffman · 24-01-2007, 11:23 PM

Hmm I might get mine fitted soon. The only issue is nobody wants to do it! Most shops are lazy and just say they will glue it down but that would look crap.

bonk182 · 25-01-2007, 12:04 AM

ill do it for you duffy ;) $1000 + bonnet :P

Sikplague · 27-01-2007, 09:41 PM

yeah they look unreal on an AU high series cos i was trying to get my hands on 1 then i got the idea to buy a BA bulge bonnet and just customizing the headlight moulds to fit an AU

5 FTR 5 · 27-01-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by stockoau

Where can I get one? or do I have to get it made?

I got mine from the spoiler shop in malaga W.A but you can get them from AWC.This one is all fibre glass double layered.Light as compared to the original.
Cost painted and all parts around $1300.[IMG]

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