Thanks guys. IMHO they actually rust worse than S Bodies, quite an achievement
Nikki has been sourcing the bride material herself, only off cuts left now
Thanks guys. IMHO they actually rust worse than S Bodies, quite an achievement
Nikki has been sourcing the bride material herself, only off cuts left now
Made a start on the drivers sill
Middle sill wasn't as bad as expected so decided to work with it and fix the lower sections of it
and the bit of the inner arch at the back
Old sill removed
But I did manage to carefully remove the cappo for use later
Built up the last bit of inner sill
Then began rebuilding the middle
The back
Everything ready to go
Swiss cheesed my new sill
Fitted
By the time that last picture was taken it was gone 3am, so we didn't end up finishing it popperly. Currently looks like this
Will tidy further later, but right now I'm worn out.
I managed to get a tyre fitted on one of the wheels to do a bit of test fitting to see what's what. For future reference this is a 195/50/15 tyre on a 15x8 ET0 wheel.
Popped it on
With arch
Clearance is good
I could have room for a slightly larger tyre if so desired
Then I took the same wheel and stuck it on the front with the plastic liners removed
Little bit tighter but still manages to squeeze in just
I checked out the clearance on lock, got to here
And as expected it fouls. It makes it past the arch lip, but fouls the rear of the inner arch.
Other way
Could go lower to clear, but I think I'll just trim the inner edge of the lip back for more room. definitely less of an issue than the other side anyhow.
So options available are fit a smaller tyre. 185/50/15 do not seem to be available so that would leave either a 195/45/15 or a 175/50/15, both of which would give a similar amount of extra clearance. That on its own may be ok, but it may not so, I need to engineer in more castor into the front the suspension or modify the rear inner arch for more clearance. Both will involve lots of head scratching, but it will be nice and look pretty cool If we can get these wheels to work
This is fully awesome mate good work we had similar issues with same wheels and offset on my friends car changing too the 195/45/15 gave a lot more clearance And they are really easy too get which is handy
Absolutely amazing build! Looking forward to seeing it finished! True dedication
Has it been in the sea?
sat in one of these today. they are so tiny and cute.
love the build. proper dedication to the cause. cant wait to see it finished
keep up the goodness
The fuel lines didn't make it with all the pulling about while the floor was done so I bought newies.
New clips too, no pics fitted but they are on now.
Adjusted the splitter for more wheel clearance.
Left the other side for today
As all the welding is done on the drivers side now I decided to add some bling. Lost the old wheel and knob and fitted my Nardi and a Monster Sport knob.
Much better
Really wanted to get the new wheels on in time for Kei Kars In the Park this weekend. i would have liked to paint the whole car really, but there isn't enough time.
Started making some room
Rather than rivet, I got hold of some Aluminum dome head bolts, that way I can remove the arches as and when needed, such as painting.
The fronts went on quite well, slight gap at the back of the arch
And started on the rears
They're bolted on now but will need a bit more tweaking as the bolts didn't have the length to meet up at the front arch mount. Have to order some longer ones. I also want to come back and spot weld in the nuts behind on a few mounts on the rear quarter to make it easier and do a bit more tidying underneath the rears.
Also got my boot off to smooth a few minor dents out and got it in primer too
Ordered the tyres too. I went for a 45 profile in the front for more clearance on lock and 50 in the back so my speedo reads about right. Finding somewhere that sells the same tyre in both sizes was quite a task so I ended up ordering a pair of each from different places. They both turned up, but one company has sent me the wrong model of tyre so they will have to go back and get swapped before I can get them fitted. Fingers crossed they'll be on for KKITP
Very nice.
Tyres got fitted in a rush last night. Then showed off at a the HWH meet
Looked awesome at the meet
i love this little beast... i also hate it for hogging dals ramp 99% of the time. looks wicked though nikki
Looks much better with the wheels, arches and front lip on. Could look good with a ducktail spoiler as well
Made a few last min adjustments for KKITP
Fitted the flocked rear panels
Doorcards fitted too
Then met up with a few friends
lol, it does look impressive in the flesh, sounds nice tooOriginally Posted by sxbaz
Don't lie you know you love seeing her on Dal's ramp
Only 99% of the time, I better up my game
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See you fitted that lower door trim. Should hold the rear trim in place better andstop the rubbing when you close the door
Yar, its much quieter too, cant hear the door locks clunkingSee you fitted that lower door trim. Should hold the rear trim in place better andstop the rubbing when you close the door
Today Nikki got full lock back
Another 5mm or so was removed and got it stuck back together again
Bit of protection
Then Nikki made some nippy full lock circles and all was well again
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