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turbo s15
10-26-2003, 06:26 PM
Ok

I thought of ways to make intercoolers and was thinking about the rcd way of doing it but i had one of those muscle machines tuner edition rsx that came with a huge hks front mount so i got to work.

1-take apart the car and take the intercooler off.
The intercooler measures 9 1/2 long and 2in high
I would cut the spare lexan 11in by 4 and see how it looks then go from there.

2- cut a space for the intercooler in your body that you have.

3- get a piece of lexan body and cut it a little bigger than your space for the intercooler in your 1/10 body.

4- drill to holes in the spare lexan to make it so both side pipes on the intercooler go through the lexan eqaully.

5- now take the spare lexan and sand then paint it black.
or which color you prefer for the background.

6-let dry for 24hours

7- get some super glue or shoe glue and put the intercooler throught the holes then glue the to holes that connect to the lexan and the pipes

8- then glue the rest of the spare lexan to the body evenly on all four corners.

9- let dry

10- now you have a real looking intercooler
:D :D



heres the mucle machine im talking about


p.s ill have pics up soon!
R34
10-27-2003, 02:56 AM
Can't wait to see it.
turbo s15
10-27-2003, 08:35 PM
wow.im all done and this thing looks great for something diff.

I'll have pics up by tommorrow afternoon.

:D :D :D :D
Mindless
10-28-2003, 08:51 PM
I have the ultimate solution for your intercoolers. I have access to a thirty thousand dollar vinyl printer. I can actually take a pic of an intercooler and print it out to a photo quality sticker. I will post pics and get a price asap.
turbo s15
10-28-2003, 08:59 PM
i guess that would look alright
turbo s15
10-28-2003, 09:00 PM
not everyone has acess to 30 thousand printer:D
Mindless
10-28-2003, 09:53 PM
I do and I can print out as many as I want. I just payed for the vinyl. When I get the finished product I'll ship some out for a few bucks.:D
Nrctc3
10-29-2003, 09:15 AM
We have many plotters and a products called the Gerber Edge that can actually print 265 colors onto vinyl. So then you have a photorealistic decal. It's great! I make custom headlights and stuff all the time.
Mindless
10-29-2003, 01:05 PM
I just got a Mimaki printer, I don't even use my gerber edge.The Mimaki prints in over one million colors.
Nrctc3
10-29-2003, 03:10 PM
Nice, I think we can do any color, since we have a 4 color proces system too. If anyone needs some decals or something done. Just let me know!
acidburn
10-29-2003, 03:57 PM
Originally posted by Mindless
I have the ultimate solution for your intercoolers. I have access to a thirty thousand dollar vinyl printer. I can actually take a pic of an intercooler and print it out to a photo quality sticker. I will post pics and get a price asap.

I guess the whole idea of making an intercooler is to make it look 3 Dimensional rather than 2D...
turbo s15
10-29-2003, 08:22 PM
hey soory for the pics not being up yet.
The digital camera i lost the connector so ill have it up by friday.

Sorry:(
boostspike
11-01-2003, 03:12 AM
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p9bbedf0f510ad180463cfd05e38be30c/fbca6bc1.jpg.orig.jpg