All they needed was the welding finishing off, a bit of shaping with the angry grinder and a few poorly applied coats of paint.
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Engine Mounts Completed
Finally got around to finishing off my engine mounts.
All they needed was the welding finishing off, a bit of shaping with the angry grinder and a few poorly applied coats of paint.
All they needed was the welding finishing off, a bit of shaping with the angry grinder and a few poorly applied coats of paint.
Fog Light Wedge
Made a wegde for my foglight this week to correct it's vertical position for IVA:
Made it out of a chunk of balsa wood I had lying around from my RC plane days.
Shaped and sanded, then added a couple of coats of spray paint. Simples :)
Made it out of a chunk of balsa wood I had lying around from my RC plane days.
Shaped and sanded, then added a couple of coats of spray paint. Simples :)
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Interior Trim and Seats
This week I've been getting in touch with my feminine side and spending some quality time with the sewing machine.
A few weeks back I did a little experiment and made a couple of these panels to fill in the gaps between the chassis rails:
I wasn't sure at the time, but it's grown on me a bit and I thought I may as well make some more, along with a cover for the tranny tunnel.
Whilst I was at it, I made gaitors for the handbrake and gearstick.
The panels are made from vinyl / leatherette glued to 2 layers of 3mm scrim foam using a can of spray contact adhesive. One layer of 3mm foam wasn't enough to make the diamonds puff out!
I should have used 6mm or thicker foam in the first place, but I'd already bought several meters of 3mm stuff...
When I'd finished making the vinyl/foam sandwich I marked out the diamond pattern on the back and went over the lines with the sewing machine.
Finally, I stiched cotton bias binding around the edges of the panels.
I also finished fitting my seats last night. They're Cub Sport L7 seats from Kit Parts Direct.
I decided to treat myself to a pair after getting peed off trying to get my first set of cheapo plastic seats to fit.
A few weeks back I did a little experiment and made a couple of these panels to fill in the gaps between the chassis rails:
I wasn't sure at the time, but it's grown on me a bit and I thought I may as well make some more, along with a cover for the tranny tunnel.
Whilst I was at it, I made gaitors for the handbrake and gearstick.
The panels are made from vinyl / leatherette glued to 2 layers of 3mm scrim foam using a can of spray contact adhesive. One layer of 3mm foam wasn't enough to make the diamonds puff out!
I should have used 6mm or thicker foam in the first place, but I'd already bought several meters of 3mm stuff...
When I'd finished making the vinyl/foam sandwich I marked out the diamond pattern on the back and went over the lines with the sewing machine.
Finally, I stiched cotton bias binding around the edges of the panels.
I also finished fitting my seats last night. They're Cub Sport L7 seats from Kit Parts Direct.
I decided to treat myself to a pair after getting peed off trying to get my first set of cheapo plastic seats to fit.
Thursday, 7 March 2013
ECU Cover
Knocked up a dodgy cover for the ECU this week to keep the IVA man's balls away from it :)
It's just a sheet of ali with some trim down the edges, bolted to a bit of ali angle on the floor, and a chassis rail at the top.
I also added three press studs to it at the top. My intention is to make a fabric/foam cover for the relays and fuse box which will attach to this (and also cover it's sharp top/leading edge).
It's just a sheet of ali with some trim down the edges, bolted to a bit of ali angle on the floor, and a chassis rail at the top.
I also added three press studs to it at the top. My intention is to make a fabric/foam cover for the relays and fuse box which will attach to this (and also cover it's sharp top/leading edge).
VIN Plate
Fitted my VIN plate the other night.
I got it from a trophy engraver off ebay, and paid a whopping £2.05 for it, including delivery!
I got it from a trophy engraver off ebay, and paid a whopping £2.05 for it, including delivery!
Mirrors
That's my mirrors fitted!
The side mirrors are from Furore, and the centre one is from CBS.
For the centre one, I just bolted through the scuttle.
For the side mirrors I sikaflexed a couple of ali stips to the underside of the scuttle to stop them wobbling about too much.
The side mirrors are from Furore, and the centre one is from CBS.
For the centre one, I just bolted through the scuttle.
For the side mirrors I sikaflexed a couple of ali stips to the underside of the scuttle to stop them wobbling about too much.
Front Indicators
Recently spent a couple of weeks fitting and wiring my headlights and front indicators.
That took a bit longer than I expected...
For the indicator extensions I went locost and used a metal tube from my old bed frame (I kept hold of a couple after dismantling it, thinking they'd come in handy for something!).
Rather than two individual extensions I went for a single tube running the whole width, with a couple of nuts welded into the end to screw the indicators into.
To hold it in place I just used sikaflex on the inside of the nose cone (and sikaflexed my front grill in place while I was at it).
Also fibreglassed some cable tie bases in to the nose cone to keep the wiring tidy.
I've changed the wiring slightly since I took the above photo so the wires for both indicators come out of the same hole in the tube, and both run down the side with the tie bases so I only have to disconnect the wires in one place to remove the nosecone.
That took a bit longer than I expected...
For the indicator extensions I went locost and used a metal tube from my old bed frame (I kept hold of a couple after dismantling it, thinking they'd come in handy for something!).
Rather than two individual extensions I went for a single tube running the whole width, with a couple of nuts welded into the end to screw the indicators into.
To hold it in place I just used sikaflex on the inside of the nose cone (and sikaflexed my front grill in place while I was at it).
Also fibreglassed some cable tie bases in to the nose cone to keep the wiring tidy.
I've changed the wiring slightly since I took the above photo so the wires for both indicators come out of the same hole in the tube, and both run down the side with the tie bases so I only have to disconnect the wires in one place to remove the nosecone.
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