+2 crashpad
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:59 pm
I have a crashpad from Paul Matty for some time now. It is a plastic shell that I think is designed to take the foam from an original crashpad after the cover has been peeled off. Looking at mine, there is no way the original foam is going to fit neatly into this shell and wondered if anyone has completed this job on a +2.
I can find very little in the archives regarding a new crashpad for a +2 and not sure what to do! The few references refer to the poor fitting of 'new crash pads' but say nothing of filling them. Is there perhaps a ready made 'solid' crashpad and that I have an inferior product?
I considered filling the shell with builders foam, but worried that during curing, the foam might distort the shell plus, keeping it 'straight and level' will be a problem as this foam cures quite hard. I did a quick search for flexible foam mousse, but not much joy!
I wish I had not peeled off the plastic covering from the original so quickly, as now I am thinking I should have made a mould of it in situ for a GRP pad that I could have painted with vinyl paint...
Interested in any comments fitting these things to a +2 please!
I can find very little in the archives regarding a new crashpad for a +2 and not sure what to do! The few references refer to the poor fitting of 'new crash pads' but say nothing of filling them. Is there perhaps a ready made 'solid' crashpad and that I have an inferior product?
I considered filling the shell with builders foam, but worried that during curing, the foam might distort the shell plus, keeping it 'straight and level' will be a problem as this foam cures quite hard. I did a quick search for flexible foam mousse, but not much joy!
I wish I had not peeled off the plastic covering from the original so quickly, as now I am thinking I should have made a mould of it in situ for a GRP pad that I could have painted with vinyl paint...
Interested in any comments fitting these things to a +2 please!