Triple Nose Vents

Fitting the triple nose vents is needs doing before paint if you are going the fibre glass route rather than alloy.

I chose this fibre glass as I want them painted the same colour as the car - the alloy just wouldn't have looked right with the colour I have chosen.

Fitting them requires a fair bit of standing around but it is a simple task.

First mix a small amount of P38 and put four or five dabs onto the nose vent. Jon at AK advised keep the amount small as the painters will shape them in and they can get a little funny if there is loads of p38.

Do one vent at a time and basically hold it in place until it sets, which is 10-15 minutes.

I decided to do this with my old man so he could hold it on from the inside whilst I moved it around from the outside of the car, making sure it looked right. This also meant I could do another job whilst he held it in place.

After the P38 had set on all three vents I mixed a good amount of P40 and used this to glass the vents to the body as shown in the picture below.

After a little bit of sanding just to take any sharp edges off I then painted the fibre glass with POR-15 caliper paint, the same as the rest of the engine bay.