PHer sets up Noble mods site
Products available to enhance looks and performance
Graham Broad's mirror mods
Broad tells the story: "The Noble M12 is a superb car but it can be improved on, including those pieces robbed from the Ford and Rover parts bins. I started making various aesthetic modifications to my car soon after I bought it and, being a stickler for detail, unless a change I make looks like it could have been part of the original car design then it goes in the bin. I am my own biggest critic.
"I’m a rally preparation specialist and have teamed up with a composites engineer friend who makes components for established manufacturers and F1 teams. The design of each part takes many hours to achieve including substantial moulding and tooling until we are happy with the finished product. For example our new rear ‘Tail-Blazer’ taillights took eight mouldings each to achieve our working prototype. We have a couple of small detail changes to make before we go into production so there will be another couple of moulds yet. This attention to detail though is essential to ensure a high quality part.
"The new Web site will allow people to look at what we have achieved and more products are being added to the site on a regular basis. We aim to produce parts that not only look good but that are easy to fit for most enthusiasts and at an attractive price."
As well as parts, Broad also offers to help fit them at very reasonable rates, although they're designed to be easy to fit yourself.
) Can confirm that the quality and fit is A1. Well done graham. 
All yesterdays e'mails have been replied to - I'm going to work out some shipping costs for a number of people but what with the Owners Day I won't be able to update those guys until the weekend.
Dan - I'm doing the detail stuff at the moment but I wouldn't rule out some form of larger scale work in the future. But you're right - it would be pricey and probably not enough interest to warrant the development time !!
Paul (worty) - As Alex says I am going to Rockingham. The 'tail-blazers' are fitted to the car and are a fully working prototype. I've got some final detail moulding to do which will make all future lights 'fit & finish' 100% but visually they are there.
For anyone going to Rockingham - feel free to come and have a chat. If it's crap weather I'll be the one in the red Mitsubishi Ralliart jacket keeping warm and dry - if it's fine weather I'll probably be the anonymous one somewhere near my car !!
I've also got a good contact for a divorce lawyer if anyone needs it
Cheers
Graham
As you may be aware the glass currently fitted is flat and the window will only retract to such a point that the mechanism will allow it before fouling on the inside of the door moulding. I haven't had a good look so I'm theorising a bit here but I can't come up with any other logical explanation!
Having some curved glass manufactured would allow the mechanism (with some modification to the pick up points) to clear the inside of the door but then it will not sit flush with the door aperture when closed - the aperture being flat but the would be curvedglass curved !!
The only idea I have come up with is to modify the linkage pick up points so that they are 'floating' but on a guide. So as the window retracts to its current lowest position the mechanism would then move inwards as it moves downwards to create more space for the glass. The glass still visible above the door may look a bit odd as you retracted it past the current 'stop' position but then it would only be for a few seconds.
Hope maybe that gives you a few ideas - if you resolve it before I get to it let me know !!
All the best
Graham
Nice to see that someone is taking the bull by the horns. You may want to check out
www.nobleforums.com/
for the mods that the Noble owners in the US have been doing. It may give you some further ideas. As for the footrail protection I went with stainless steel pieces that just slip snuggly over them. See: www.nobleforums.com/showthread.php?t=514
Craig
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