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Thought id post my build thread on here for anyone thats interested.
This documents my build over the last year and parts of it are copy and pasted from another forum so some parts may be confusing to the reader here. Enjoy
Ok, decided its finally time to document my build in the form of a thread so here goes.....
Late August 2011 - after many years of umming and ahhring about building a kit car i finally decided on the Exocet. I originally wanted a 7 clone but had found myself going back to the MEV site more often than not (mainly for the Rocket) until i accidentally stumbled across the Exocet. I, like many others, instantly thought no way can a car be built so easily for so little cost but the more i read into it the more believable it all became. Add to that the proven MX5 handling and the community behind both all things MX5 and Exocet i was sold, the Exocet would be my build of choice!
Early September 2011 - After a few nights scouring the classifieds on Pistonheads i found the perfect donor for the perfect price at a nearly perfect distance from my house. A few phone calls, emails and 48hrs later and i was the proud owner of a 1.8 Eunos V-Spec for the more than reasonable price of £900.
This was used by the previous ower as a weekend/track car and as a result came with some tasty extras in the shape of a hard dog roll bar, P5 Puredrive coilovers and Helix uprated clutch as well as more history than you can shake an MX5 shaped stick at. Perfect!
I must admit that on the way home i was having second thoughts about stripping it as it just seemed too good a car for it but forced myself not to get too attached to the green beast. So the following morning without any hesitation or second thoughts it went to its final resting place, my garage and the stripping began!
Things slowed down a bit here as i was working away quite a bit but over the following months i had it stripped and parts refurbed. Below are some of the highlights of the stripping.
After knocking two holes in my garage wall to support the RSJ to clamp the hoist to i discovered i had made a school boy error......the RSJ was about a meter short to span the gap! so i knocked up a supporting frame made from some buckets, concrete and 4x4 timbers i had laying around. it worked a treat and the body came off without any issue
The next school boy error i made was not to support the subframes which in turn dropped to the floor. This was bit of an issue as there was an MX5 shaped shell hanging over it making access to do anything a bit iffy if not very safely. After a bit of head scratching the father and i got the chassis out from underneath allowing us to lower the shell back down and store it out of the way
The following week the shell left me on the back of a van/pick up. It was quite a sad sight
On the plus side i got £80 in return for it, an old radiator and the RSJ. Happy days! The cost of the donor was made back with ease especially from the roll bar which ended up going for £260! iirc.
November/December - mainly spent refurbing the parts and deciding on when to order the kit. I thought it would be wise for me to see how the refurbing process went before ordering the kit.
Here's what i had to work with. Not in a too bad a condition.
Suspension arms getting stripped with the use of a wire wheel attachment on a 4inch grinder. Before and after pic
I decided to use hammer rite direct to rust spray. If i was to do it again id use the brush on stuff as the spray was pretty runny and the coverage was not very good, i think i done about 6-7 coats on them.
The subframes i used the hammered effect hammer rite direct to rust brush on paint. Im not to keen on the finnish (the hammered effect) but it does a good job of hiding any imperfections.
Next up was the suspension itself.
I was in two minds wether to get a new shiny set of shocks and springs but then decided to clean them up as the P5 Puredrive seems a really good set up so i could well have been sacrificing handling for looks. After a good scrub i was more than happy how the came up
It was around this point my phone met a very sugary death in my cup of tea and as a result i lost quite a lot of pictures of the refurbed bits and pieces. But on a high note i had almost finished the refurbing so placed my order for the Exocet kit a day before the xmas holidays started.
Mid Jan - Confirmation that my kit was ready! A few days later my father and i were doing our best white van men impressions in the hired transit and set off for MEV HQ.
Upon arrival i finally got to see a completed Exocet and must say it looks even better in the flesh/metal than in any pic i had seen. I especially liked the colour scheme on Julie's car, it worked very well.
The van was loaded and back home we went.
With it being dark and hammering down with rain and having rubbish lighting in the garage we arrived home and i decided to temporarily store the kit in the house. One of the joys of living on your own is you can store anything anywhere! Waking up in the morning and being confronted with this sight never failed to put a childish grin on my face
This reminds me of how xmas morning in the living room looked like when i was a kid!
The actual build then began during the last week of Jan. Pretty uneventful regarding the cutting and fitting of the floor apart from breaking 3 handheld riveters which seems to be common with the rivets that are supplied. I ended up using slightly smaller rivets which seem to hold the floor in place just as well.
Mandatory flooring pic below
Brake and fuel lines went in without any hassle. I opted for renewing both fuel and brake lines with goodyear and copper lines respectively.
It was then onto fitting the chassis. Bit of a fiddle but with the help of a 2meter length of metal rod to act as a lever it finally slotted into place.
I decided to go for something different than the seats MEV supply as i wanted something a bit more body hugging. Ebay, once again, came to the rescue. I had read a lot of negative things about the company that supplies the seats ranging from poor quality to long postage times but going on my experience i cant say a bad word against them. Took 2 days to arrive and for the money i cant fault them.
Im going to be keeping the 15" wheels (minus The Stig centre stickers!)
Next up were the dreaded electrics!
I had labelled up most of it and had a few issues when it came to reconnecting everything. turned the key and nothing! turns out the battery was dead so borrowed one from a local auto electrics but even this didnt cure the problem. At this point i had given up on the electrics and had arranged for the professionals to come in and sort it out. They werent able to come out for a few days so in the meantime i was googling to my hearts content car electrics then found a video on youtube (rickyhaha iirc) of a chap with the same problem with his and the cause was an aftermarket alarm.
Mine had an aftermarket alarm and immobiliser fitted and i had a feeling this was the cause of mine not starting. So back onto google i went and tracked down instructions on how to remove an alarm. Armed with some insulation tape and snips i went at the loom with avengence! Found the parts of the loom where the alarm disected it so a bit of snipping here and there i was convinced i had it sorted. Laid it all back out onto the car, connected what needed to be connected and fired here up. This time it was trying to start but would not catch. Turns out i had the fuel pipes fitted the wrong way around. Fitted them the correct way and once again went to turn the key and...........started first time! Such a relief!
Then i had the task of finalising the fitting of the electrics which was such a ball ache. Lots of trial and error but got there in the end. Knocked up a little tray out of some home made brackets, some plastic channel and an offcut of the aluminium sheet to hide it all away neatly.
Trial fitting the bodywork
Not had much chance to do anything else on the Exocet for the last 3 weeks due to working away. However i did manage to wrap the tunnel this morning. Looking back i should have watched some tutorial vids first but me being me i dived straight in and this is the result
You can see some bubbling in the pic but they have now almost all gone. I found heating it all caused the bubbles to expand, follow this with a pin to each one, a quick rub over with a finger or credit card and then just place it somewhere to cool back down and hey presto the bubbles disappear. There's most probably better ways of doing it but like i said i just dived straight in. Next up is to wrap the footwell panels, wing mirrors, instrument cowl and possibly some detailing on the bonnet. Ive also got the chequer rubber matting for the floor which i'll hopefully fit tomorrow.
Had a few hours on the Exocet today and managed to get the flooring cut to size and stuck down as well as trial fitting the tunnel cover.
Im more than pleased with the overall look of it, it doesnt feel as 'tinny' now with no bare aluminium visible if that makes sense.
Had another busy day in the drafty, damp, asbestos roofed office today.
Managed to final fix the new brake lines as well as bleed them all. No major issues apart from relocating the small rear junction box and the ball ache of a seized bleed nipple. I was amazed to find no leakages at all (hardly surprising when a pro has done the flares and not my diy efforts!). The full set of brake lines (6 in total) were from mx5parts.co.uk and very good quality.
My new suede gear knob and handbrake handle gaitors turned up yesterday so finished off the tunnel. I didnt think it would turn out as well as it did, more than pleased with it
Trial fitted the tunnel and bulkheads,which have also had the carbon vinyl treatment, again before the final fixing of them.
I had an idea how i wanted everything to look from day one apart from the lighting layout. That came to an end last week and the postman delivered the goods this morning. Trial fitted the rear lights (LED stop and tail) and indicators earlier and think im gona stick with this layout. The indicator lens is much darker in the flesh, almost black, and blends in nicely with the angles of the car.
As you might have noticed from the pics the wiring has gone. I decided on a new loom after butchering mine and realising i had cut off a few things which i needed. That should arrive this week from mx5 heaven fully labelled!
All the lights are now finally sorted. After 3 different layouts on the rear i ended up settling for the original lighting layout, pics of the completed rear to follow in the next few days.
I decided to fibraglass into position the fog light and revers light. Used the nuts and screws to get the 90degree angle, However the fog light has set about 5degrees out so might end up re doing that one.
ready to be fibreglassed...
...fibregalssed! (excuse the quality, was my first ever attempt!)
Finished product including number plate light...
I didnt like the look of the standard cowl cover nor the mev supplied version as i felt both look quite bulky so came up with my own. One sheet of ali, some bending & cutting, throw in some carbon fibre vinyl and edge trim and hey presto! I'll let the pics do the talking.....
After some fiddling i finally got the nosecone to sit right. Also decided on a location for the front indicators.
My indicators were flashing far to fast but now i have them all wired up they have slowed down so thats one less problem to deal with.
After changing my mind about a hundred times i also decided on where and how i want the switches. They ended up on the transmission tunnel (silver-horn, other two -hazrad+rear fog light). Rubber caps fixed to the rocker switches as the edge is below the 2.5mm radius. Ive got some labels to go next to them but wont put them on until the very end.
A rubbish quality shot of the switches
Ive also got around to changing all the oils - gearbox, shifter turret, diff and engine. The gear changes are much much better now, so they should be considering there was no oil in the shifter turret when i first checked!
Another day another job out of the way. Today's job was to sort out something for the battery. I found that everything you could buy off the shelf was either too expensive or too bland so decided to chop up some perspex and get out the good ol' carbon wrap. I decided on leaving the front clear as i wanted the front of the battery and carbon detailed holding down strap on show as it looks pretty neat.
Here's the box...
I dont know whether its early signs of OCD or just too much time on my hands but i even carbon wrapped the brackets
Had a good weekend on the Exocet and its now 99% complete!
Finally got around to fitting the instrument cluster. After reading through many build threads,noting all the different ways of fitting and trying various ways i eventually came up with one that i was happy with. Its pretty simple yet very sturdy.
First off i fitted 2 bits of ali angle and marked out where i wanted the cluster to sit. Then drilled to fixing holes.
Next up was to fit a rear brace, again a bit of ali angle, to get the cluster at an angle that i was happy with. This brace also acts as a wedge which takes away any 'rocking' of the cluster.
Then it was onto bolting the small L brackets on the instrument cluster tabs.
Once these are on all that is required is to line the brackets up with the previously drilled holes and bolt up. Happy days.
The overall result is a very neat one with the ali angle well hidden although keeping with the theme of things i carbon wrapped them
Got the battery box fitted, nice and snug. You cant see in the pic but there's about a 25mm vertical gap at the back of the box (the top panel over hangs the box to hide this) to give a little bit of ventilation.
Im in the process of making a rear diffuser and will post up complete pics of the car once this is done and fitted but until then this is how it pretty much looks like right now.
I need to knock up a little cover for the back of the instrument cluster as well as a few tweaks here and there with various things but as for overall build, im almost there.........
.......that was until i went to start the thing! nothing! not even a click! Checked all the fuses and they are fine and i havent altered any of the electrics since saturday (when i last had it running) so im hoping its just a dead battery. Im amazed the battery still works though as a couple of months ago i stupidly connected the wrong terminals but the local auto electrician somehow managed to bring it back to life (i didnt tell him why the battery was dead due to embarrassment ). So im going to try a different battery in it tomorrow and hope it solves the problem.
here's a shot of the custom exhaust set up ive gone for. The pics show it before it was final fixed, also it doesnt stick out as far as the pics make it seem.
The no power issue was as expected, the battery. A new one turned up today so hopefully tomorrow (if it stops raining for one bloody minute!) i will get some complete shots of the car. Until then here's a few more updates.....
The side panels had taken a battering over the last year and i was either going to order replacement ones or carbon wrap them but then spotted a can of matt black primer sat in the garage so put that to good use. Sanded the panels down to get rid of any scratches and gave them a few coats and theyve come up really well.The matt black really compliments the gloss black bodywork and the carbon details
Next on the list was to sort the rear diffuser as i felt the rear was really missing something. After numerous design ideas and a lot of trial and error i settled on the following...
The nuts and bolts are only temporary and will be changed for more aesthetically pleasing, shorter black ones. I will be taking it off for the IVA and then refitting afterwards. This is how it looks fitted.....
That brings the build up to the present time (jan 2013).
Had an issue with the dials not working a couple of days ago and after a lot of head scratching discovered what the problem was. The was a 15amp fuse in place where there should have been a 10amp. This caused part of the circuits sheet circuit to break killing the dials. You can see the break in the pic below
The car runs lovely and all thats left to do now is one big tidying up mission. I will post completed pics and maybe a short video once im happy with everything.
This documents my build over the last year and parts of it are copy and pasted from another forum so some parts may be confusing to the reader here. Enjoy
Ok, decided its finally time to document my build in the form of a thread so here goes.....
Late August 2011 - after many years of umming and ahhring about building a kit car i finally decided on the Exocet. I originally wanted a 7 clone but had found myself going back to the MEV site more often than not (mainly for the Rocket) until i accidentally stumbled across the Exocet. I, like many others, instantly thought no way can a car be built so easily for so little cost but the more i read into it the more believable it all became. Add to that the proven MX5 handling and the community behind both all things MX5 and Exocet i was sold, the Exocet would be my build of choice!
Early September 2011 - After a few nights scouring the classifieds on Pistonheads i found the perfect donor for the perfect price at a nearly perfect distance from my house. A few phone calls, emails and 48hrs later and i was the proud owner of a 1.8 Eunos V-Spec for the more than reasonable price of £900.
This was used by the previous ower as a weekend/track car and as a result came with some tasty extras in the shape of a hard dog roll bar, P5 Puredrive coilovers and Helix uprated clutch as well as more history than you can shake an MX5 shaped stick at. Perfect!
I must admit that on the way home i was having second thoughts about stripping it as it just seemed too good a car for it but forced myself not to get too attached to the green beast. So the following morning without any hesitation or second thoughts it went to its final resting place, my garage and the stripping began!
Things slowed down a bit here as i was working away quite a bit but over the following months i had it stripped and parts refurbed. Below are some of the highlights of the stripping.
After knocking two holes in my garage wall to support the RSJ to clamp the hoist to i discovered i had made a school boy error......the RSJ was about a meter short to span the gap! so i knocked up a supporting frame made from some buckets, concrete and 4x4 timbers i had laying around. it worked a treat and the body came off without any issue
The next school boy error i made was not to support the subframes which in turn dropped to the floor. This was bit of an issue as there was an MX5 shaped shell hanging over it making access to do anything a bit iffy if not very safely. After a bit of head scratching the father and i got the chassis out from underneath allowing us to lower the shell back down and store it out of the way
The following week the shell left me on the back of a van/pick up. It was quite a sad sight
On the plus side i got £80 in return for it, an old radiator and the RSJ. Happy days! The cost of the donor was made back with ease especially from the roll bar which ended up going for £260! iirc.
November/December - mainly spent refurbing the parts and deciding on when to order the kit. I thought it would be wise for me to see how the refurbing process went before ordering the kit.
Here's what i had to work with. Not in a too bad a condition.
Suspension arms getting stripped with the use of a wire wheel attachment on a 4inch grinder. Before and after pic
I decided to use hammer rite direct to rust spray. If i was to do it again id use the brush on stuff as the spray was pretty runny and the coverage was not very good, i think i done about 6-7 coats on them.
The subframes i used the hammered effect hammer rite direct to rust brush on paint. Im not to keen on the finnish (the hammered effect) but it does a good job of hiding any imperfections.
Next up was the suspension itself.
I was in two minds wether to get a new shiny set of shocks and springs but then decided to clean them up as the P5 Puredrive seems a really good set up so i could well have been sacrificing handling for looks. After a good scrub i was more than happy how the came up
It was around this point my phone met a very sugary death in my cup of tea and as a result i lost quite a lot of pictures of the refurbed bits and pieces. But on a high note i had almost finished the refurbing so placed my order for the Exocet kit a day before the xmas holidays started.
Mid Jan - Confirmation that my kit was ready! A few days later my father and i were doing our best white van men impressions in the hired transit and set off for MEV HQ.
Upon arrival i finally got to see a completed Exocet and must say it looks even better in the flesh/metal than in any pic i had seen. I especially liked the colour scheme on Julie's car, it worked very well.
The van was loaded and back home we went.
With it being dark and hammering down with rain and having rubbish lighting in the garage we arrived home and i decided to temporarily store the kit in the house. One of the joys of living on your own is you can store anything anywhere! Waking up in the morning and being confronted with this sight never failed to put a childish grin on my face
This reminds me of how xmas morning in the living room looked like when i was a kid!
The actual build then began during the last week of Jan. Pretty uneventful regarding the cutting and fitting of the floor apart from breaking 3 handheld riveters which seems to be common with the rivets that are supplied. I ended up using slightly smaller rivets which seem to hold the floor in place just as well.
Mandatory flooring pic below
Brake and fuel lines went in without any hassle. I opted for renewing both fuel and brake lines with goodyear and copper lines respectively.
It was then onto fitting the chassis. Bit of a fiddle but with the help of a 2meter length of metal rod to act as a lever it finally slotted into place.
I decided to go for something different than the seats MEV supply as i wanted something a bit more body hugging. Ebay, once again, came to the rescue. I had read a lot of negative things about the company that supplies the seats ranging from poor quality to long postage times but going on my experience i cant say a bad word against them. Took 2 days to arrive and for the money i cant fault them.
Im going to be keeping the 15" wheels (minus The Stig centre stickers!)
Next up were the dreaded electrics!
I had labelled up most of it and had a few issues when it came to reconnecting everything. turned the key and nothing! turns out the battery was dead so borrowed one from a local auto electrics but even this didnt cure the problem. At this point i had given up on the electrics and had arranged for the professionals to come in and sort it out. They werent able to come out for a few days so in the meantime i was googling to my hearts content car electrics then found a video on youtube (rickyhaha iirc) of a chap with the same problem with his and the cause was an aftermarket alarm.
Mine had an aftermarket alarm and immobiliser fitted and i had a feeling this was the cause of mine not starting. So back onto google i went and tracked down instructions on how to remove an alarm. Armed with some insulation tape and snips i went at the loom with avengence! Found the parts of the loom where the alarm disected it so a bit of snipping here and there i was convinced i had it sorted. Laid it all back out onto the car, connected what needed to be connected and fired here up. This time it was trying to start but would not catch. Turns out i had the fuel pipes fitted the wrong way around. Fitted them the correct way and once again went to turn the key and...........started first time! Such a relief!
Then i had the task of finalising the fitting of the electrics which was such a ball ache. Lots of trial and error but got there in the end. Knocked up a little tray out of some home made brackets, some plastic channel and an offcut of the aluminium sheet to hide it all away neatly.
Trial fitting the bodywork
Not had much chance to do anything else on the Exocet for the last 3 weeks due to working away. However i did manage to wrap the tunnel this morning. Looking back i should have watched some tutorial vids first but me being me i dived straight in and this is the result
You can see some bubbling in the pic but they have now almost all gone. I found heating it all caused the bubbles to expand, follow this with a pin to each one, a quick rub over with a finger or credit card and then just place it somewhere to cool back down and hey presto the bubbles disappear. There's most probably better ways of doing it but like i said i just dived straight in. Next up is to wrap the footwell panels, wing mirrors, instrument cowl and possibly some detailing on the bonnet. Ive also got the chequer rubber matting for the floor which i'll hopefully fit tomorrow.
Had a few hours on the Exocet today and managed to get the flooring cut to size and stuck down as well as trial fitting the tunnel cover.
Im more than pleased with the overall look of it, it doesnt feel as 'tinny' now with no bare aluminium visible if that makes sense.
Had another busy day in the drafty, damp, asbestos roofed office today.
Managed to final fix the new brake lines as well as bleed them all. No major issues apart from relocating the small rear junction box and the ball ache of a seized bleed nipple. I was amazed to find no leakages at all (hardly surprising when a pro has done the flares and not my diy efforts!). The full set of brake lines (6 in total) were from mx5parts.co.uk and very good quality.
My new suede gear knob and handbrake handle gaitors turned up yesterday so finished off the tunnel. I didnt think it would turn out as well as it did, more than pleased with it
Trial fitted the tunnel and bulkheads,which have also had the carbon vinyl treatment, again before the final fixing of them.
I had an idea how i wanted everything to look from day one apart from the lighting layout. That came to an end last week and the postman delivered the goods this morning. Trial fitted the rear lights (LED stop and tail) and indicators earlier and think im gona stick with this layout. The indicator lens is much darker in the flesh, almost black, and blends in nicely with the angles of the car.
As you might have noticed from the pics the wiring has gone. I decided on a new loom after butchering mine and realising i had cut off a few things which i needed. That should arrive this week from mx5 heaven fully labelled!
All the lights are now finally sorted. After 3 different layouts on the rear i ended up settling for the original lighting layout, pics of the completed rear to follow in the next few days.
I decided to fibraglass into position the fog light and revers light. Used the nuts and screws to get the 90degree angle, However the fog light has set about 5degrees out so might end up re doing that one.
ready to be fibreglassed...
...fibregalssed! (excuse the quality, was my first ever attempt!)
Finished product including number plate light...
I didnt like the look of the standard cowl cover nor the mev supplied version as i felt both look quite bulky so came up with my own. One sheet of ali, some bending & cutting, throw in some carbon fibre vinyl and edge trim and hey presto! I'll let the pics do the talking.....
After some fiddling i finally got the nosecone to sit right. Also decided on a location for the front indicators.
My indicators were flashing far to fast but now i have them all wired up they have slowed down so thats one less problem to deal with.
After changing my mind about a hundred times i also decided on where and how i want the switches. They ended up on the transmission tunnel (silver-horn, other two -hazrad+rear fog light). Rubber caps fixed to the rocker switches as the edge is below the 2.5mm radius. Ive got some labels to go next to them but wont put them on until the very end.
A rubbish quality shot of the switches
Ive also got around to changing all the oils - gearbox, shifter turret, diff and engine. The gear changes are much much better now, so they should be considering there was no oil in the shifter turret when i first checked!
Another day another job out of the way. Today's job was to sort out something for the battery. I found that everything you could buy off the shelf was either too expensive or too bland so decided to chop up some perspex and get out the good ol' carbon wrap. I decided on leaving the front clear as i wanted the front of the battery and carbon detailed holding down strap on show as it looks pretty neat.
Here's the box...
I dont know whether its early signs of OCD or just too much time on my hands but i even carbon wrapped the brackets
Had a good weekend on the Exocet and its now 99% complete!
Finally got around to fitting the instrument cluster. After reading through many build threads,noting all the different ways of fitting and trying various ways i eventually came up with one that i was happy with. Its pretty simple yet very sturdy.
First off i fitted 2 bits of ali angle and marked out where i wanted the cluster to sit. Then drilled to fixing holes.
Next up was to fit a rear brace, again a bit of ali angle, to get the cluster at an angle that i was happy with. This brace also acts as a wedge which takes away any 'rocking' of the cluster.
Then it was onto bolting the small L brackets on the instrument cluster tabs.
Once these are on all that is required is to line the brackets up with the previously drilled holes and bolt up. Happy days.
The overall result is a very neat one with the ali angle well hidden although keeping with the theme of things i carbon wrapped them
Got the battery box fitted, nice and snug. You cant see in the pic but there's about a 25mm vertical gap at the back of the box (the top panel over hangs the box to hide this) to give a little bit of ventilation.
Im in the process of making a rear diffuser and will post up complete pics of the car once this is done and fitted but until then this is how it pretty much looks like right now.
I need to knock up a little cover for the back of the instrument cluster as well as a few tweaks here and there with various things but as for overall build, im almost there.........
.......that was until i went to start the thing! nothing! not even a click! Checked all the fuses and they are fine and i havent altered any of the electrics since saturday (when i last had it running) so im hoping its just a dead battery. Im amazed the battery still works though as a couple of months ago i stupidly connected the wrong terminals but the local auto electrician somehow managed to bring it back to life (i didnt tell him why the battery was dead due to embarrassment ). So im going to try a different battery in it tomorrow and hope it solves the problem.
here's a shot of the custom exhaust set up ive gone for. The pics show it before it was final fixed, also it doesnt stick out as far as the pics make it seem.
The no power issue was as expected, the battery. A new one turned up today so hopefully tomorrow (if it stops raining for one bloody minute!) i will get some complete shots of the car. Until then here's a few more updates.....
The side panels had taken a battering over the last year and i was either going to order replacement ones or carbon wrap them but then spotted a can of matt black primer sat in the garage so put that to good use. Sanded the panels down to get rid of any scratches and gave them a few coats and theyve come up really well.The matt black really compliments the gloss black bodywork and the carbon details
Next on the list was to sort the rear diffuser as i felt the rear was really missing something. After numerous design ideas and a lot of trial and error i settled on the following...
The nuts and bolts are only temporary and will be changed for more aesthetically pleasing, shorter black ones. I will be taking it off for the IVA and then refitting afterwards. This is how it looks fitted.....
That brings the build up to the present time (jan 2013).
Had an issue with the dials not working a couple of days ago and after a lot of head scratching discovered what the problem was. The was a 15amp fuse in place where there should have been a 10amp. This caused part of the circuits sheet circuit to break killing the dials. You can see the break in the pic below
The car runs lovely and all thats left to do now is one big tidying up mission. I will post completed pics and maybe a short video once im happy with everything.
It was the cheaper stuff off ebay, not the 3M Dinoc stuff. I found it pretty easy to use and as long as the surface is perfectly clean the finish should be bubble free. The largest thing i covered was the transmission tunnel and that was a bit awkward, anything bigger and id be looking for an extra pair of hands to help me.
Thanks for the positive comments guys.
Here a few completed pics. A bit of edging trim, some nut covers and a rear view mirror need sorting but apart from that the build is complete. The steering wheel will be changed back to the smaller sportier one after the IVA aswell as the rear diffuser. Enjoy.
Here a few completed pics. A bit of edging trim, some nut covers and a rear view mirror need sorting but apart from that the build is complete. The steering wheel will be changed back to the smaller sportier one after the IVA aswell as the rear diffuser. Enjoy.
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