Where is that? I love the yellow components everywhere :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Where is that? I love the yellow components everywhere :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Looks like the splash gaurd.Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
^^ yup.. passenger side..i took a better pic of it - but it didn't want to upload. Mudguards maybe?? lol.
The yellow components all thanks to john again; ive just been doing a little touching up to it - with more to come..
thanks for comments
i like the blue material on the floor. what is it. where did you get it
Nova Antibes carpet...Quote:
Originally Posted by paddy138
im loveing it mate its going to be another minter wen its done keep the great work up
*wee update*
fiddled with window surrounds today; painted them up last weekend; so made a start..
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By total fluke i happened to fit them in the correct order, and although i kept going needing to remove the quarter glass.. -
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..progress was then halted when the local vxl dealer phoned me back to say they didn't keep the clips i need for the long bottom frame, in stock..
So theyre on order - will pick this up at the weekend when the clips arrive.
So aftert that i turned my attention to a bit of wiring; making a start on stereo wiring...
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Also finishing/tidying the digidash wiring. (No pics tho)
All is well except the handbrake light; can't get it to work..
Tis all for now. More soon.
you will need to change your quarter window ruber as it will be differant for the window suronds to fit along the bottom.
balls. Thought i would. The rubber doesn't look like fitting all the way around so ill have to change the lot. Ok. Thats gona take some time...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
Thanks tho mate :thumb:
i should of said before. No worrie's
You can cut the original rubbers, but best to get windowframed window rubbers, don't want it leaking!
looking good there dave mate !! its coming along really well
^^ lol; first post mate??
is it you kev; c20let boy?
*Update* - including stripped out pizza!
The combination of payday, trax and watching the fast and the furious on itv2 or 3 last night (mostly prob the cheesy film, mainly) inspired me to carry on with the car a bit more today; it being my day off..
I haven't done anything in a while, ive needed the parts - prefered to wait it out until the right parts and the right prices came my way rather than willy-nilly spending on whatever i get my mits on first..
Anyway; big big thanks to colin (novarally) for the door glass rubbers; theyve done the job spot on.
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I did think they were the incorrect ones when opening the parcel, however a nights sleep later i checked again to discover i was lookin at them the wrong way round.. lol
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Old, standard 3/4 glass rubber with glass about to be removed..
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New, framed 3/4 glass rubber, glass about to be fitted to it..
I cleaned everything up; did the swap then went to the car..
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Ide already made a start weeks ago; as seen in last update. In between all ive done is painted the 3/4 window post. Anyway like a man on a mission i went at it in one swoop.. neglecting to take many pics along the way..
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Then we was done, lol..
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Looks loads better - all in all went ok, the car now has the symetrical/balanced look back and i hope the satin black breaks the sea of blue down a tad, even if its only subtle ..
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Then i retired for lunch..
Found this.. - But i dont like vegetables.. or spices..
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So 2 mins later; all stripped out. Unwanted weight in a nice pile then thrown away. lol..
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Yum.
lol i would have ate the spices
*Update
Success!! It stops...
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Spent the weekend finishing the brakes.. been a long time coming but finally got it hooked up - things went well, weather, mood etc etc...
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Also, ive made a start on refitting the seats..
Previously fitted on 'tailoured' cobra subframes, where the rear mountings have to go through the floor..
That way sucks; there is too much play/flex in the poor old floor for anyone to be happy never mind safe etc etc..
So im going to mount them differently, for now all ive done is removed one of the seats to guinea pig another, better way to fit them. Grometted the old holes up..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A0244.jpg
Lastly, we did a little more to the one bit of major rust on the car; inner arch edge - was fibreglassed ages ago; now undersealed - but will layer more unseal again soon...
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Thats it pics.. Have one or two more short vids of the car tootling in the street; tho fascinating for me , its not massivley exciting viewing, testing brakes lol..
The car is soon to move to new premises; a lil lock up where its properly out of the weather.
Ill be continuing to tinker over winter; but once the seats are back in to a degree im happy with; theres not much left to do really..
I keep ya posted.
Cool
Im liking the yellow bits.
Who's is the beemer? Lol
yellow bits are cool.. johns handy work tho dude.. im just carrying it on really.
Bimmer is my mates'. It is as good as it looks; full respray (imo didnt need one!) spax, scorpion, mint mint it is.
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FOOK me, i love those motors :cool::cool:
..just to add, ad..
I went and ordered x4 nova 1.2 caliper to hub bolts; after you pm'd me back - they fitted ok; as you can see...
Whether it was becasue they were new and/or had new nutlock on already.. or that calibra bolts simply dont fit.. - they looked very similar so to this day unsure, but went with what you kinda suggested and presto.. worked a treat.
Cool mate.
I think the calibra ones are different bolts, slightly bigger thread or something.
Looking good dude :) Must pop round and have a nose when i'm free..
what type of paint was that used on the inside.... i guess it was rubbed down then sparyed?
Yeah; same as out.. But i guess other than areas of glue it would just have been factory undercoat/primer or some topcoat; so yeah quick sand down, primer then new topcoat over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulwar
looking very nice davey lad :thumb:
Looking good!!!! have you got the Back box on yet?????? and did you recieve the Magnex emblem?????
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Originally Posted by GRUNT 16V
duuuuuude!!
i did and im chuffed..
But no, not yet - its not something we can do on my drive tbh (we did give it a go) but as soon as its mot'd (prob early next year now) it'll go on - can't wait myself.. never actually had a proper stainless before.. how sad lol
Wanted to add - my old XE is up for sale again lol
How sweet would it look in my current project - all blue powder coating and polishedness...
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/items...c20xe-f20.html
But i dont have ?400...
Save, borrow, whatever you can and get it back! Offer him ?200 and a handjob? lol
Keith
sell your gran lol
gran-nap his gran and sell her back to him
the wee'est of updates..
Car has been moved. We did it this afternoon. Chuffed its gonna stay mint now; out of the elements just as its gettin bad out..
hello..
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So, thats the winter hibernating sorted. Over winter plans:
I need to finish the interior on the car. Just one part of it (interior, exterior, engine) needs to be 'done'. So ignoring everything else for a bit; this is my main focus for next few months.
Starting with those stupid subframes. Im fiddling with them again. As you can see (passenger side at least,) the cobra 'thru-the-floor' frames are out and, off camera, theyve been chopped up to be refitted a better way soon hopefully.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A0261.jpg
Here sits the O.E nova frame, we're measuring up at the mo; working out ways of gettin the cobra frames adapted to sit in hopefully, a lot lower and not using the floor; than before.
Ill keep posting updates, as per.
Good move getting it in the garage.
Whats been the problem with the subframes? Did you buy "proper" ones?
lol check out my old cally on the video :D
yeah but, u saw what cobra's version of "proper" was..Quote:
Originally Posted by Long Live The Nova
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ok at the front; jsut far too high..
look at the back - its pants.
So we are lowering the height,.. (60mm!) and fabricating ****e for the rear. Prob donor the O.E subframes.
beh?Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
Oh right, aye they dont look the best quality,Lol.
They cost ?75 ish each normally!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Long Live The Nova
I paid ?95 for the two, still pissed.. lol.
My point is the floor mounting; u said urself in a post ages ago the floor is too thin to use as a main mounting point; 1mm thick metal; and yet cbra think thats enough to mount seats to; safety eh..
I weigh just over 9st, and when i sit in it and move about the floor gives, very slightly; to the movement of the seat like..
crap.
had a blonde moment :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by peester