homemade aluminum pedals

[corvettekid1973]

Weather was crappy and I was stuck at home waiting all day on the dang satalitte repairman so I made some custom pedal covers out of an old "No Parking" sign and figured I'd share it with ya'll. Total cost was zero dollars.

[XLexusTech]

hey those are nice.. Good job..

[Flash68]

Looks great. Heck you could sell that.

[corvettekid1973]

Thanks guys. It was super easy. Im sure this isn't a big wow for the more talented people on here but I'm happy with them ;)

[Greg from Aus]

Looks great.

[srh3trinity]

Nice job!

[corvettekid1973]

Thanks. I can't do my gas pedal yet because I may end up with a drive by wire set up.

[another69]

Those look really great, especially for the price. Proper layout shows I guess. Any way you can think of adding some traction to those to avoid a slippery pedal?

[woody80z28]

Those look really great, especially for the price. Proper layout shows I guess. Any way you can think of adding some traction to those to avoid a slippery pedal?

That looks awesome! I wonder if it would be slippery. I know the stock rubber pedal pad came off my clutch once and it was hard to keep from sliding off it. Rivets through the center might do the trick if there is clearance behind them?

[corvettekid1973]

I'm not sure yet. I sanded them in a left to right motion to make them look machined, so now they don't seem really slippery but I won't know for sure until I use them. I even thought about finding a thin sheet of black rubber to sandwich between the pedal and aluminum so it puffs up in the circles for some added traction.

[another69]

Maybe some small machine screws from the backside that would allow maybe an 1/8" of thread to stick out the front like little nubs?

[corvettekid1973]

Maybe some small machine screws from the backside that would allow maybe an 1/8" of thread to stick out the front like little nubs?

I was looking at a company that makes some and they look just like mine. Except they use a flush mount screw to mount them. If theirs works then I'm sure mine should be fine. At least that's what I hope :p

[chevelletiger]

good job!

[corvettekid1973]

good job!

Thanks

[Donutboy97]

that's really cool. I've been looking for something similar to that myself, but haven't found one I really liked. Nice job!!!

[jlcustomz]

Pretty cool. I made my own pedals 20 years ago from scrap 1/8" aluminum at work before every wanna be ricer started buying some. Did mine with more but smaller holes & deeper chamfers. Not too slippery. They've got a lot of nice remarks over the years, as yours will.

Just think though, we coulda spent good money on some that look like cheap crap. More power to us that can fabricate.
Ps, if you get really bored, copy my hood mechanism in my photobucket link.

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[corvettekid1973]

that's really cool. I've been looking for something similar to that myself, but haven't found one I really liked. Nice job!!!

Thanks. Only tools I used was a jig saw a drill with step drill bit and a rivet gun. Give it a shot

[corvettekid1973]

Pretty cool. I made my own pedals 20 years ago from scrap 1/8" aluminum at work before every wanna be ricer started buying some. Did mine with more but smaller holes & deeper chamfers. Not too slippery. They've got a lot of nice remarks over the years, as yours will.

Just think though, we coulda spent good money on some that look like cheap crap. More power to us that can fabricate.
Ps, if you get really bored, copy my hood mechanism in my photobucket link.

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Yeah it feels good to save the money and be able to say I made those.

I feel like the pedals I made aren't slippery either but they would be with a hard bottom shoe such as a dress shoe

I'll check your link out now

[jlcustomz]

If you ever needed a little more grip, you could Find some soft black rubber or foam rubber to bolt between the new & old pedal & buldge pot slightly between the holes.

[corvettekid1973]

That's exactly what I was thinking

If you ever needed a little more grip, you could Find some soft black rubber or foam rubber to bolt between the new & old pedal & buldge pot slightly between the holes.