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"Let's get it ready for the road!"
"Let's get it ready for the road!"
We can take you through a few bits and pieces that we've decided to do to the car before we take it for its first spin.
Now don't get us wrong, a couple of bits and pieces are actually quite reasonable to keep. On the left you can see the thing Matt 3D printed to protect the fuel filler pipe and provide nice radius edge for IVA. That'll stay (yes the carpet around it does need sticking on a bit better, needs some contact adhesive rather than tape).
We finally installed the lower dash panel. We decided to keep the front of it clear and put 2x usb sockets and a heated seat switch on one side...
...and the powerCON (a mains socket to a trickle charger mounted behind the panel) and the other heated seat switch
looks tidy installed (and even better when the wires were connected up and hidden away!)
Stone chip guards were made and fitted
Cut then roughly shaped with a heat gun from 2mm thick carbon effect ABS sheets, we then stuck on some edge trim and riveted it to the wheel arch. Hopefully it will keep damage to a minimum and will be very cheap to replace once they start looking tatty.
Windscreen fitted
We dry fitted this last year before the car was painted so it just dropped on (we sent it back to GBS to be powder coated in the meantime)
(The trim has been trimmed to a better length)
Map switch fitted
You've not lived until you've been dragged out of the car by your legs.. or got your arm stuck around the cross brace..! but it was still far less stressful than taking the dash out...
We decided to hide the map switch in the return of the dash under the steering wheel!
front mud flaps cut and brackets made...
3mm aluminium, countersunk head bolts, nylocks to hold in place (thicker than the pvc so it doesnt get held too tight) then mudflaps bolted on with big washers and more nylocks.
...and fitted
Whilst warming the CAT up at the test centre for the emissions test, Kathryn was getting a face full of surface dressing and it got everywhere in the car as well! So we thought we would give these a try. The bracket is sikaflexed to the cycle wing and the 3mm PVC thick rally mudflap was cut, drilled (to fit over the nylocks) and bolted on. (yes, we trimmed the bolts down to the correct length)
We then made slits in the PVC above the holes so should it need to detach for any reason (reversing on grass) it won't cause any damage to the cycle wing - we've all heard the horror stories!! We gave them a bit of a tug and they came off no problem.
They sit about 50mm from the floor and yes, they look rubbish but hopefully they will save the car (and our faces) from stone chips etc!
Look at those pretty LED headlights!
(the DRL halos double as indicators in case anyone is wondering)
Headlights aligned using the garage door once again using the same method as before. Don't burn your leg horribly on the exhaust while you're faffing. Ask Matt to show you his scar (again)...
Wheels aligned again using the same method as before. It seems we didn't do the best job of the back wheels last time but they are OK now!
One thing we thought it would be a good idea to add is a fire extinguisher.
Home built car with home wired electrics and home made up fuel lines...
What could possibly go wrong?
We went with a fire-stick and put it in the little bit of dead space behind the fuel filler neck.
It's mounted using 2 of the wheel arch mounting bolts, so we didn't even need to drill any more holes!
Neat enough - hopefully we'll never need to use it!
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