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| posted on 15/8/14 at 11:16 PM |
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Not updated this in ages, not because I've been doing nothing, just not bothered updating the build thread.
Got some body panels temp fitted to check clearances
Built a battery bay at the bottom of the passenger footwell. Also houses the ecu. accessed via a hinged panel in the engine bay (not shown)
Engine and box have come out to be cleaned up, painted and checked over with new seals etc.
This shows the de-oxidising gel removing the rust from the block. Awesome stuff and very very effective
Bought myself a zinc plating kit so have been restoring all sorts of parts then wrapping them up ready for final build later on.
Here's the plating tank
Nuts, bolts etc post plating and yellow/gold passivate
Hub carriers were done in clear passivate as were the alternator brackets and bolts
Also, stripped and rebuilt the rear prop shafts, and hubs which were all plated and look brand new again.
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ste
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| posted on 3/12/15 at 04:28 AM |
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Howdy :wave:
Been a long long time since I've updated this thread but a lot of work has gone on since the last update.
I've also had a baby and moved house in the mean time.
I've re-made my upper front wishbones to the book spec as the originals I made with camber adjusters built in but didn't like how they
turned out.
Moving out my old garage:
New garage:
Car in there, temp wheels for moving it and dummy shocks
Bought my wheels, pro race 1.2 in satin black. 15"
Battery and ecu bay in front passenger footwell
Loads of time has been spent on the wiring loom, I've used the original mx5 loom but made loads of changes and mods to it.
Everything is working so far
LED side repeaters. Will need to be removed and repositioned in the front mudguard as they fail the IVA test as they are obscured from the rear by the
rear indicator 
Billet aluminium pedals from OBP with remote adjustment
Fog and reverse lights mounted to rear tub along with numberplate light
Had these seats made by intatrim in telford. GRP shells with padding in black vinyl. Really comfy and surprisingly light
Wilwood Ultralite 4 pots up front, rears are Audi S3 aluminium calipers, light and have a good handbrake function
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Rosco86
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| posted on 3/12/15 at 08:09 AM |
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looking like a nice build, nice to see a few Haynes being built!
My Build Thread
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dmrider_10
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| posted on 15/12/15 at 05:17 PM |
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Do you by any chance work on aircraft?!
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ste
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| posted on 15/12/15 at 06:36 PM |
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What gave that away haha
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dmrider_10
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 posted on 15/12/15 at 10:36 PM |
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3 Things:
The wire strippers
The craft knife
The over the top labelling of everything with a label maker
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