Wing Mirror Mount Fitting

Fitted a strip of foam on the inside edge of the clamp to avoid damaging the roll cage. Clamped in to place and fitted the mirror. Powder coat looks great, just need to fit a cover for the thread.

Wing Mirror Mounts

Made up a pair of wing mirror mounts. I plan to fix them to the upright bar on the roll cage to save drilling the scuttle panel. I measured the circumference of the roll cage tubing and then marked up the aluminium bar. I then bent both ends of the bar in the vice and shaped the bar around the roll cage. I then drilled a 6mm hole in the centre of each clamp and cut to size. Finally I sharped the corners on each clamp to remove the sharp edges.

Next I coated the clamps with black powder coat. I then sprayed the powder and put in the oven to cure. When the clamps cool I'll fit the mirrors and clamp them in place.

Reverse Gear Cover

I installed the snap hook eye fixing for the new harnesses, when I bolted them in position I noticed that the harness would rub against the cog. 

I made up a cover in aluminium. First I measured and then cut two pieces to size, I then used the handle from my jack to shape the curve and then bent the straight edge in the vice. Next I drilled some fixing holes and then cleaned the aluminium.

I then powder coated the covers in orange and fixed in place with some black rivets. The results are great, the DIY powder coat kit is coming in handy.

DIY Powder Coating #3

Powder coated the remaining parts, followed the same process for coating with the powder and made sure that the parts were in the oven at 180 deg C for 10 minutes as soon as the coating turned glossy and smooth.

I coated both of my cam covers, first I masked off the underside and then sprayed with the powder. I then placed the cam cover directly on to the shelf and in to the oven. When they glossed over I left them in for a further 10 minutes. The great news is that they did not warp with this method.

While I was on a roll, I decided to try to powder coat the centre sleeve on the stater motor. This worked really well and again, great results.

Finally I wanted to see if I could heat and cure powder coat with a heat gun, I poured some powder on to a piece of aluminium and then heated with the heat gun. After a few minutes the powder melted with reasonable results. This method will be good on small areas on larger items that won't fit the oven or parts that need coating that can't easily be removed.