Over riders, yes?, or no?

andrewblackwell · Oct 30, 2024

Good idea & along those lines I found an Ebay seller a few weeks ago listing 3D printed overriders for late bays, £150 unpainted.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/michaele...04679076&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211

Bet they could easily print the version you want if you or they develop the CAD model, which from your last post looks as though you have well on the way.

These late bay ones look solid, but giving some thought to hollowing out the rears on CAD so they were weak enough to fail well before transferring impact to the main body panels could be a further development.

Favguy · Nov 12, 2024

I've finalised my thoughts on over-riders. I'm going to fit a set of modified split rear type all round.

Comparison for scale.

I'm busy cutting and welding at the moment, so I'll let you see how they work out once I'm done.

ozziedog · Nov 12, 2024

Favguy said:
I've finalised my thoughts on over-riders. I'm going to fit a set of modified split rear type all round.

Comparison for scale.

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I'm busy cutting and welding at the moment, so I'll let you see how they work out once I'm done.

They are a bit slimmer ,without a doubt , might look a little less like a gang of cling ons melding with your bumpers

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, No offence to any Cling Ons reading this

Favguy · Nov 14, 2024

My over-riders have now been worked over and are now 35mm shorter and free of the towel rail paraphernalia.

They've turned out great I think, ready for final prep and paint now. My fabrication/welding skills aren't quite good enough to allow me to go straight to paint, but the maximum depth of the skim of filler needed will be less than 1mm, so not too shabby. These are going to look great on the early bay bumper profile.

Picture shows them just after the initial welding, finished ready for prep & paint, and then the metal removed:

For reference, these were sourced from Schofield's, made by Wolfsburg West and are really nice quality.

andrewblackwell · Nov 14, 2024

Those welds are an excellent finish. These are going to look great.

Favguy · Nov 14, 2024

andrewblackwell said:
Those welds are an excellent finish. These are going to look great.

Thanks, done using the almost lost art of Oxy-Acetylene welding too that I learned as an electricity board apprentice 40 years ago! (Still can't quite work out why they taught us that as Electricians!) I don't own a MIG welder as my brother welds for a living, so he usually does anything I need doing, but he's working away, so I dusted off my late dads old gas kit.