Twincharged, Wide-arched Convertible Peugeot 405

[davetibbs]

Thought that this was due a small update:

Brake callipers prepped for paint


Painting the shocks


Brake callipers painted


...and lacquered.


Making the metal tube inside the airbag bigger so the shock (with newly-welded coilover sleeve) will fit inside it


Top mounting plate + bearing fitted to airbag





The complete strut


Fitted to car


New steering rack (though seemed to be fitted with incorrect track rods, but I recovered the situation by fitting 306 track rod ends rather than 405 ones).


Steering rack fitted

[davetibbs]

Sadly crap weather and being busy with work has reduced updates recently

Here's a few photos:

Anti-roll bar painted and fitted:


Sitting on the airbags:



Roof pretty much sat right now:



Mounting frame for the roof:



Roof folded down with roof cover fitted:



Adding strengthening to windscreen frame:



Also looked at fitting a better brake servo than the original, and plumped for one from the 3.0 v6 406 Coupe. Here's a comparison:


It bolts straight in, but sadly the bonnet won't shut when the master cylinder is fitted


Feels scary at the moment as I've cut away a LOT of metal, and haven't added much in the way of replacement yet! Got a lot more to do though. I'll try and post a bit more regularly with updates too.