FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

robolop · Verfasst am: So Dez 23, 2007 6:31 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

Started taking off the leather. awefull job

The 16cm FOCAL speaker is taking approximately the same place where the original speak is.

Designerdepartment going at full speed
Worked on the ring where the speaker goes in, more smooth now.
Step by step, till it workes out to something he likes;

Here a couple of pics of the original doorpanel, to compare more easy

In the meanwhile he made a whole into the doors platework, behind the speaker.
You can see the windowglider. Just nog touching the speaker

Made some more parts, to fill up the other wholes.

On the background, there's a alu plate of 4mm thick. Very hard and strong.
In the middle you can see 2 Carbonkevlar parts. He made em as thin als possible but as strong as an ox.
On the foreground you see 4 little rings he made, to screw the doorpanel extra tight.

If you look to the second on the right, there's a little rubber he pasted on. On the place where he screwed it. This to prevent resonance.

This won't be the end of the door. HE has to make some tiny wholes airtight, but that won't go untill the has all the material to fill up the sound.
All he makes, will be filled up with this material. What exactly his going to use, he's not sure. we'ill keep u informed.

As you can see, he's putting a lot of work into all this. And more work is coming up so the sound won't be lost...

I think this is a type of work, that is underestimated be many people. But the work will pay of in the end, that's what we are sure of...

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der böse Golf · Moderator Anmeldungsdatum: 21.02.2007 Beiträge: 2581 46919 Punkte

that's not "trying" to make everything right and optimal!
that's just making everything perfect! at any costs and without compromises...

fantastic!!! i'm really excited to see more pictures or to see AND HEAR the car in real!

are you guys coming to the Car+Sound-fair in Sinsheim next year?

MVH · Verfasst am: So Dez 23, 2007 9:38 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

I'm following this for a long time now and I am waiting for new pictures!! I like your work very much and I'd like to see and hear this system , too! Excellent work with carbon and perfect wooden work and everything!

Man I don't want to think about the time HE had to invest for that!

robolop · Verfasst am: Di Jan 15, 2008 6:30 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

back to: THE DOORPANELS

cause the piece on the doorpanel looked a bit harsh
, according to him. He looked for something that could 'brake up' the big part.
So he worked in a little lamp. This will light up, when the door is opened.

need some more things to do on these panels.
As you can see, het got the disc in there again. Disced a ditch in there so he gots some place to get the overflowingin leather away.

The alu and the pole he got on there so it all stays equal when it gets overlayed.

you see, the plates can be rattled off

as you guys can see, the bottom part is already painted black, you all know what happens then...

indeed, CARBON TIME
Not more then 1 week in the new year, and he thought, LETS BRING IT OOOOOOOOOOOOOON.
the bottomsides of the doorpanels will have to be done in CARBON FIBRE.

So a dificcult object to get in the Carbon fibre. But we must admit, it's done nicely..
Many time was put into preparation the prevent the CF - overlay to got wrong at any place.

after firmly rubbin' the epoxy, he added another layer op expoxy.
Maybe it's not so visible on the pic, but it's quit flat already.
4th layer of epoxy.

Now it's important to rub the last layer good. Start with an 800 and end with a 2000.

He also found the same red leather to cover the panel like the original one

robolop · Verfasst am: Di Jan 15, 2008 6:40 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

Cause he didn't want to change his original 16:9 screen in the console, he had to find a place for his ALPINE CDA-7998 Phantom Face.

He wanted to do this in the middle, under the armrest. Then he had to get of the front en extend it with cables. If this was an ordinary radio, no problem, but with this radio he didn't want to take the risk.
So looked for another option to place the radio, without doing harm to the looks of the interior.

Made little trolley to fasten the radio.

Because he can only tighten this trolley with 2 screws, he made it extra strong. all made of iron.
The radio won't move a mini-mm, it's locked TIGHT !
He also weld the original sleigh of the radio onto it.

The fiberglass piece he made for the radio, is finished.
He lost about a day on this piece to get this perfect. When u sit down and
look closely, it was a bit slanting.
reason: the dashboard of the beemer was slanting also: conclusion:
THEY WERE ALL MADE ON MONDAYS
So he placedit, so the lines in the dashboard flow with the piece for the radio.

This will be the new place for the radio.
there was a little meaninglesscompartiment here for some useless stuff, so lets give the space some meaning !

Not the normal place for a radio, but that's was just so we didn't have to **up the middleconsole...

there will be people who don't like the setup over there... but didn't have an other (GOOD) option.
In the iron

this is the result of the fiberglass piece.
Thougt of covering it in CF, or doing it in matt black, but changed his mind on the last minute and sprayed it silver? like the christmas-speaker-balls.

We were afraid it may be a bit too much silver, but cause the piece is really far down
If he changes his mind about the colour, it can be resprayed in black orso.

This is the radio with the screen clapped in.

This is the sight when he sits in the car. Just enough the see all of the radio.

The advantage of posting on forums is that you can sometimes take idea's from the people who reply...

got the armrest between the seats and screwed it onto a wooden plate.
So it look originally

This is the original remote controle that came with the radio.

Took it apart. First thing he did is take the eye (aiming to the radio) out of the remotecontrol (out of the printplate), and he will place it under the seat.
problem solved.

robolop · Verfasst am: Di Jan 15, 2008 6:49 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

the meaning is the remote will glide out of the armrest.
This is the -so called- glider where it will run into

you can see, he did a disc-job into the armrest
Where the thing stopped, it'll get the same shape as the upperside.

You also can see he bended some white alu plate.
He took this specially so be stick-vilt, where the piece is getting into, sticks good.
The upper plate of the remote controle will become 1 with the alu.

Better look on everything

This is how it will appear

remote control

In the alu piece where he made this, he made an extra plate on the bottomside, fastened with one tiny screw.
like this, he can always get into the inside, and he can changes the batterie from time to time.

Here you can see where the remote control will slide into. As you can see, he put some selfclitting vilt on the sides, and the bottom.
Did this to make sure it all glides nicely...

You see the slot in the middle.
backside, tightened with that screw.

On the bottomside, you see he made something simple where he can get into with the finger, to glide it all out.

It'll be super easy to control the radio. Nothin' will feel stodgy while riding the car.

The remote got it's color.
It also got a nice contract with the Alpine buttons.

According to him (and me), it looks (as always SUPER), but we still need to see it when it's mounted into the car.
He don't want it to look OVERDONE.
In the worst case, we can spray it black once more..
this is the advantage if you make something that can be taken apart in seconds.

One thing to do still, is to paint the little screw (where it's tightened with) in silver

the-esox · Verfasst am: Sa Jan 19, 2008 5:45 am Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

Hi,

Your work is not easy to grasp
Sort of accurate, and your first idea!

I have genuine respect executed before your work
Very very nice to keep going like that. Dream of a hifi system would be it for me.

Yours greet
Chris Applause

robolop · Verfasst am: Sa Jan 19, 2008 11:45 am Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

robolop · Verfasst am: So Jan 27, 2008 7:05 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

This will be the new coverplate that'll come above the remote control.
He made little heights. (do not understimate the time that goes into this, it's a ****ed up job)

On the left,you can see the Nokia mobile phone. Took this one for takin' pictures.
On the right, you see a IRIVER MP4 player.I can attach this on the radio, and watch movies en pictures on it.
HE normally doesn't buy this stuff, but it will look pretty cool...
Gotta help belgium economy

They'll be worked in on the alu plate like this

On the front of these toys, he made a little ditch, so you can get the things with your finger

Don't mind the dust. Busy rubbing the doorpanels.

this silver box will be under the mp4 player.

The amrest almost finished, and put back in the beemer.
If you see it like this, nothing special...That's the beauty of it.

On the bottom the little grey lip to pull out the remote control.

This is how it looks like when the remote is out. Easy to control now.
The gear is set to D, so can't go further the back.
You can see there's enought place between both things.

Pic with the armrest open.

This is the leather, where he overlayed the upper part with. This is 100% the same material as the original panel. In the middle will come the original panel, covered in leather

When he did all this, he just needed to adjust the polyester piece above the speaker a bit...for a perfect fit.
This piece will get painted MATT silver like the original trims andso of the beemer.
This will be just right, according to him.

The doors are covered with the Skai Leather. Really f**ng job to do.
There was a layer mouse of 3mm on, and that's really different to work with then normal skai.
But.... Difficult still goes

When he mounted it all, It came to notice, the MATT CARBON looked really great, and still nicely noticable. Shiny varnish would be TOO shiny for this interior..
Satisfied!

All 3 things on the pic. The panel, the radio and the balls

Kuchen_v5.0beta · Gelegenheitshörer Anmeldungsdatum: 15.08.2007 Beiträge: 54 680 Punkte

Man, you've got balls ... made of plastic ... in your car Very Happy

It's just perfect work, there's nothing more to add ^^

BlacksunGT · Verfasst am: Di März 11, 2008 9:52 am Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

WOW This is awesome work! This looks greats!
Applause

Im waiting for the next Pictures of your perfect Car! Mr. Green

Darkstrike87 · Verfasst am: Mi März 12, 2008 8:57 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

Perfect, Perfect, Perfect... Applause

Spaik3 · Beginner Anmeldungsdatum: 27.09.2006 Beiträge: 33 436 Punkte

I must say that this is the best reconstruction I have ever seen!!!!!! Applause

robolop · Verfasst am: So Jun 01, 2008 3:27 pm Titel: Re: FOCAL BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

Right now i'm working on the brakes. These will stay original, but they will look a lot better once i'll be ready.

The caliper claws will get a silver paint finish.

I also want to make the protection plates behind the discs a little larger (2cm smaller than the inside of the rims)

The idea is to make these plates in carbon kevlar.

The major part of the work on these modifications will be the supports that have to attach the carbon kevlar plates.

One spypic...........:excited::excited: