July 4, 20215 yr Hi all, I am looking to see how people have made the carpet cover trim on a Robin Hood 2B, I see kit-spares sell them https://kitspares.co.uk/collections/all/products/carbon-fibre-side-crescents-pair but I don't really want carbon fibre ones, Attached is the area i am looking to cover, any help is much appreciated.
July 4, 20215 yr yeah that was a pain sorting that. Mine aren't perfect by any means but not too bad looking, i beat some aluminium into the right shape and covered with black leatherette. I'm lucky i had an old rollbar off a tractor with a nice curve that i could beat the ally around. The inner side is cut to allow it to curve as i couldn't get it to bend both inside and outside curves. I can get a picture if you want.
July 5, 20215 yr Mine is on version 2 which is 2 pieces of ply cut to shape for the inside & outside. Aluminium sheet over the to top and then covered in thin foam & vinyl. They've been on for a year or two now and have lasted OK. Originally it had lengths of square plastic guttering cut and bent to fit with black vinyl covering them - it didn't look as bad as it sounds ! Steve.
July 6, 20215 yr Used plastic pipe of same bore as O/D chassis, covered externally with camping mat & a vinyl "sock" "U" shaped to be a tight fit when pressed over the chassis tube. Don't remember how much hot bending required for tube, but it all fitted in the finish without fixings.
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