<BMW E46 ci > ROBolop Design

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OMG

 

Sooooooo nice

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T'es accro XouXou

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Still a wonderful job

 

I am in hurry to see futher

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This week I mananged to work some more on the bimmer. First of all I gave the interior a good cleaning.

I cleaned the leather with products of POORBOYS, and I must say, I'm really pleased of the result. All together I've been working on the interior for over 2 days now, and I must say, I did a fine job.

Cause I don't have the material to take excellent pictures from the interior, I asked a friend who came by with professional material.

I'll post the result of my cleaning when I get the pictures from him.

 

 

And then I took off where I stopped 4 months ago.

This was one of the last things I did back then.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01824_resize.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01826_resize.jpg

 

The middle piece you see here, should be covered in carbon fibre... At least, that's what we're going to try......:woot::woot::woot::woot:

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01826_resize-1-1.jpg

 

 

The left and right side are going to be sprayed in the color of the car, titansilver.

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01830_resize.jpg

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01829_resize.jpg

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01828_resize.jpg

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I hope to see soon what's coming next

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I hope to see soon what's coming next

 

 

 

 

These are some preparations I’ve done for the photoshoot my buddy is going to do from the interior.

On this shelf that’s mounted in that back, I already fixed the toggle which the Nikon is placed on.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/FOTOSHOOT/DSC01833_resize.jpg

I already placed it 100% in de middle.

 

Then I occupied myself by blinding the front and side-windows.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/FOTOSHOOT/DSC01866_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/FOTOSHOOT/DSC01867_resize.jpg

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Magnifique, du vrai travail de pro avec une finition exeptionel, aucun doute, y a le talent

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Here are the pictures of the interior with the interior-lighting I added and some I partly changed.

 

First the white lighting.

This goes on once the door is opened.

The lighting behind the doortoggles are LED. You could think they shine blue, but that's isn't the case. I think the pictures give a distorted image of this they are surely white.

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/foto2-1-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/batman-1.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/boxen-rechterdeur-850-1.jpg

 

When I changed the back piece of the front seat last year, some may have noticed I made an extra little sloth on the top. This was meant to house the lighting .

Many asked me why I mounted that idiotic net on the carbon covers again well, now you can see which effect this all gives when the lighting is one.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/robert-zetel-wit-850-1.jpg

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This lighting comes from above the pedals, but also from underneath the seat.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/7-1.jpg

 

This is another carbon piece I made for around the gears.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/foto4-1.jpg

 

Now the orange lighting. This will light up once you turn on the lights. The orange is the original BMW orange.

For some it may look 'over the top' right now, but don't forget that the windows are totally blacked out for the fotoshoot.

When it's just dark outside, and you're driving, it's very pleasant and enjoyable.

The reflections you see now, you won't see normally, but for this photoshoot, it came out great.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/foto3-1.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/8-1.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/clockwork-orange-1.jpg

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Here the total picture..........

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/6-1.jpg

 

On this pic you can obviously see what I added.

 

 

The lighting above the pedals, and underneath the glove box.

Underneath the seats.

Behind the doorboxes.

LED's under the seats shine on the doorspeakers.

Underneath the armrest.

LED which are mounted above the inside mirror, who shine on the dashboard speakers.

It's almost like I purchased another set of Focals when you look at this, but I think one set of Utopia's nr7 is enough.

 

 

At this point, the interior lighting is fully finished.

I put a lot of hours into it, but when you see the result (like in the last picture), again, it's been worth the effort.

As for the rest, I want to thank gNo for the work he put into his superb fotoshoot, I'm very pleased with the pictures! And without his help I wasn't able to show my Christmas lights to all of you

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I think that it's visually overloaded :/

 

I follow the report of your car since the beginning and till now it was just perfect but this step is, for me, too much

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I think that it's visually overloaded :/

 

I follow the report of your car since the beginning and till now it was just perfect but this step is, for me, too much

 

 

 

For some it may look 'over the top' right now, but don't forget that the windows are totally blacked out for the fotoshoot.

When it's just dark outside, and you're driving, it's very pleasant and enjoyable.

The reflections you see now, you won't see normally, but for this photoshoot, it came out great.

 

 

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WAOH.

 

[golf 4 addicted]

impressive

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OMG you're the boss!!!

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I prefer in orange

 

Good job

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WAOH.

 

 

 

impressive

 

 

OMG you're the boss!!!

 

 

I prefer in orange

 

Good job

 

 

THX DUDE's

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ooh yeah very nice jobs

 

C est magnifique

La sono

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Punaise ça déchire

 

(traduction: OMG !)

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magnifique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Very good job!!

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MISTER

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respect

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I’ve been driving around with the engine covers for some weeks now.

The first days when I drove, I opened the bonnet every little trip, and check out the heat. Offcourse it gets hot under there, but especially the left side, where the intake manifold is. To catch the biggest heat, I came up with this:

 

8mm thick aluminum slats, and bought some 2mm facet aluminum.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01897_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01895_resize.jpg

 

I planted the uppermill onto the aluminum slats and rounded the edges. You can do this tight and easy by taping a round piece of aluminum on there, and then hold it to the copy-mill

 

BEFORE;

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01904_resize.jpg

 

AFTER;

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01898_resize.jpg

 

Then I milled a slanting side on it.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01909_resize.jpg

 

Tapped some screw-thread to fasten the alu slats, and this is the result

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01917_resize.jpg

 

A robolop cooling-element...LOL

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01921_resize.jpg

 

This aluminum will catch a lot of heat from the manifold

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01922_resize.jpg

 

Here you can see how the cooling-ribs are placed next to the engine

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01930_resize.jpg

 

 

The entire element is about 6cm away from the motor.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01932_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01933_resize.jpg

 

 

You can also see why there are some slanting sides at the bottom.

The airco- tubes run there.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01935_resize.jpg

 

 

It’s also a good solution for not seeing those ugly tubes anymore

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01928_resize.jpg

 

Here you notice that I rounded the fiberglass cover here and there.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01929_resize.jpg

The primer which I sprayed on now is from a simple spray-can.

I did this on purpose to see if there aren’t any little splits or cracks evolving from the heat.

I also didn’t think the spray-can paint will hold , cause of the heat of the engine, but it still looks as tight now, as when I sprayed it on.

Once the testing-fase is over, I’m rubbing the paint off, and I’m spraying some epoxy primer on there, like it did to my brakes.

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Good job!!! Congratulation!!

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I’ve been driving around with the engine covers for some weeks now.

The first days when I drove, I opened the bonnet every little trip, and check out the heat. Offcourse it gets hot under there, but especially the left side, where the intake manifold is. To catch the biggest heat, I came up with this:

 

...

 

Tapped some screw-thread to fasten the alu slats, and this is the result

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01917_resize.jpg

 

 

 

A robolop cooling-element...LOL

 

 

 

Aesthetically speaking is faultless.

 

But, I've a lot of doubts about her efficiency.

 

The place narrower than before between the intake manifold and the "cooler" will accumulate more heat in less place.

 

I think you need to feed whith fresh air coming from outside to take off this heat overload.

 

May be will be dangerous to crumble the manifold.

 

It's only a thought.

 

The work is enormous and very well done !!!

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Since I mounted the aluminum cooling element, the heat that goes towards the fiberglass covers is much better.

The aluminum is doing what it’s supposed to do, absorbing the heat.

But I wanted to do something extra. My first idea was to make a ventilation system, but that was one bridge too far away.

Then I started thinking of something I’ve got my mind hooked on for some years now, and I always said: “when I’ll have the dollars, I’ll buy my one of those”.

But still ain’t got the money, cause I think it’s way too expensive.

I’m talking about this…

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/Vorsteiner20004_resize.jpg

 

Ventilation slots

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/Vorsteiner20007_resize.jpg

 

Not everyone will like it, but I just love it.

I decided to just go for it, and make those vents myself, in carbon fiber offcourse.

After many hours of thinking and drawing, I did a little test.

It worked out pretty fine, and here you can see the outer ring of the vent.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011040_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011042_resize.jpg

 

My making these, I also saw what I’ve done wrong, so I made EVO2.

I made this model a bit more short.

Here you can see how I made it, but it’s not so simple to explain.

 

 

First I made the outside out of MDF

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011032_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011030_resize.jpg

 

This is the inside

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011034_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011035_resize.jpg

 

Then I screwed it all on a plate.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011036_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011038_resize.jpg

 

The total thickness will be around 36mm

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011039_resize.jpg

 

The ditch you see, will become a little frame, and is 6mm thick.

 

 

 

Then I took the inner shelf, and mounted this on a MDF foot with a M8

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011043_resize.jpg

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011045_resize.jpg

 

Now I can turn this perfectly when I’m covering it with carbon fibre.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011044_resize.jpg

 

Here you can see the result.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011046_resize.jpg

 

 

Here there are 8 layers on.

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011047_resize.jpg

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011048_resize.jpg

 

One this is dry, I’ll grind and polish it, and then it’s time for the next step.

 

 

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Again, again and again

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Here you can see the further process of EVO2.

First I grinded it, and rubbed it down…

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/25062011047_resize.jpg

 

You can also see the thickness of the many layers Carbon Fibre.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01976_resize.jpg

The I knocked the MDF out, with this as result:

Damn, not enough epoxi...But there’s a solution for that...so no problem.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01981_resize.jpg

 

But then I saw another thing that I didn’t like.

When you take a close look, you see the carbon isn’t equally flat.

 

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01983_resize.jpg

 

 

How that came, I know now.

EVO3 is drying at the moment, and I’m pretty curious how that’ll turn out.

I’m working with carbon fibre many years know, and made a hundreds of things in carbon fibre…but I’ll have to say that every job you do with carbon fibre, you have to check everything 10 times when you go to work. There’s constantly something waiting to go wrong.

But quitting ain’t my game, it’s a bit too early for that now.

 

 

Here’s EVO1 and EVO2, you can also see EVO2 got a bit smaller.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC01985_resize.jpg

 

 

These 2 will come above my bed

 

[golf 4 addicted]

Still impressive

 

I am in hurry to see further

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I still whith the quality on the work.

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Congratulations... The work is beautiful

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As you can see, I’m working on EVO4 now, and now it’s looking like I wanted it to look.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC02019_resize.jpg

 

You can also see I made a wider one. Now I only have one job to do, and I can just cut it in half.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC02011_resize.jpg

 

As you see this one I nicely straight.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC02013_resize.jpg

 

I just needed to find a way to make these stronger. I cut out some carbon flaps of 9 centimeters.

 

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC02028_resize.jpg

 

 

I added them, and once it was dry, abraded it all nicely equal.

Then I’m planning of doing the trick with the pigeons again

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/POLYSTEN%20BMW/Motorkappen/DSC02030_resize.jpg

 

 

Ps: went to Werchter yesterday to watch Linkin’ Park.

It was an outstanding concert!

Next month I’m going to the FOO FIGHTERS..O YEAH !

 

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