So what is the consensus - approach the original guys again or try carbon fibre fabricators
So what is the consensus - approach the original guys again or try carbon fibre fabricators
Colin Ellis #456 It'll be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end
Whichever gives best value for money.Originally Posted by Ragman
OR
Investigate both routes
Not that I'm sitting on the fence or anything
Andrew Flewin
ZT260SE #269
The mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open.
Let me guess - you used to be indecisive but now you're not so sure?
Colin Ellis #456 It'll be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end
Where are we now!!! with this?? Anybody got any info on/position regarding under-tray,s
Looking for a a response here
Dixie
Whao! Calm down. Unsure from your post what you need to know, but ...
Do you need one?
The thing is there for a reason (well several actually, if you read through the threads here), and they all had them, even if many have gone AWOL, so a good thing to have. No down sides anyway, surely? Sound proofing, under car airflow, cooling airflow through both radiator and the engine bay, keeps all sorts of mechanicals and electronics apart from road salt, water, mud, ice, snow and other detritus, not to mention (some) protection from speed bumps and any random road kills too!
Where to get one.
Big problem is to get one, being NLA from ex-dealers and XPart, and second biggest, if you do find one even second hand, is to pay for it.
I was lucky enough to the buy the actual new NOS one (KRB000151) from AndyG, pictured in his post #48 above, but
I hear the cut down FWD 75/ZT diesel ones are almost just as good, albeit with a bit of work.
Any other option?
As far as an alternative is concerned, having a re-make run didn't look feasible cost-wise, as I recall.
The 'el-cheepo' thin plastic ones on eBay, are really useless, or so I hear from those who have tried them.
... I hope that answers your question, even if perhaps not what you hoped to hear
David
Last edited by David; 30-09-2022 at 04:45 PM.
Thank for ur insights David. Am still on the hunt for a 260 undertray.
dixiejon
OK, I sympathise. You will find it impossible to find one as 'NOS', I think.
Next week I will see if I can make a 'brown-paper' pattern from the original NOS undertray I got from AndyG, which I happen to have just taken off the car for an oil-change, and allow that to be used to accurately mark up a Diesel FWD 75/ZT for "trimming" and hole-boring. No personal experience of doing that, but hear that the FWD Diesel one, being deeper, is a more accurate shape than FWD petrol ones, and the end-result is then quite acceptable.
... of course you still need to find an intact diesel FWD one!
Perhaps Tim won't mind if I lodge a template with him for anyone else interested in future.
David
Last edited by David; 06-10-2022 at 08:12 PM.
Whichever gives best value for money.
OR
Investigate both routes
Not that I'm sitting on the fence or anything
In other words "Investigate both routes" to determine "Whichever gives best value for money"
Colin Ellis #456 It'll be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end
Maybe. It depends on which way you look at it but then on the other hand.......In other words "Investigate both routes" to determine "Whichever gives best value for money"
Andrew Flewin
The mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open.
The thought of a carbon fibre undertray sounds great but it may be cheaper to go for the same/similar type to that already fitted to [most] of our cars.
If cost reasonable, then Carbon Fibre
...so says Mr Indecisive
Just don't ask me what's a reasonable price
Andrew Flewin
The mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open.
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