Hi,

I've offered up my side panels and have noted there are gaps between the chassis rail and side panels, mainly in the cockpit area. I started to use a clamp to see if I could get them flush but it felt like I was putting them under too much load so I stopped. Is this fairly normal for indy panels?

I've since bought some strips of rubber, 2.5mm thick, and was planning to use this to pack the gaps, then rivet through the top of the panel and the rubber and into the top rail. Has anyone else got round this another way?

cheers,

Lee

couple of images:

Have you pushed the sides up /if so push them down and have the gap at the bottom of the sides this is what i did

Hi, I've not pushed the sides up, this is where they seem to want to sit

The section of fibreglass above the rear wheel arch where the roll bar is seems quite tight. In the images above, if pulled these areas down, I thought it might put the fibreglass that sits flat above the wheel arch under stress. (unless I grind down the metal next to the roll bar but I thought I'd better check here first before doing something drastic!)

Sorry to hijack your post but what did you use to cut the holes in your side panels for the wishbones?

hole saws cab be used as well as jigsaws and dremmels use a drum sander after to smooth the edges

ive recently been working on a mk indy it also had gaps as you have. the builder had used some washers as packers and riveited through them. hth. .m.

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Originally posted by JeffJeffers
Sorry to hijack your post but what did you use to cut the holes in your side panels for the wishbones?

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Originally posted by MkII
ive recently been working on a mk indy it also had gaps as you have. the builder had used some washers as packers and riveited through them. hth. .m.

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The idea of foam I think may be a good shout. May stop the fibreglass crack rattle noise a bit when you finally start driving.

I have never built a car so take my advice with a pinch of salt. The foam does sound like a nice finish though.

If it was me I would be using rivenuts (m6) to hold them on, so I would use washers to space it out. Then I would use J section ali on top drill and counter sink M6 stainless steel screws (A4 preferably, I used A2 for this sort of thing as it' cheaper!) into that on the bits that show.. A PITA to do but it means all the pannels can be removed, it will hide the gap and give a bit of strength and be IVA proof...

Dan

Hi,

I'm liking the rivnut method especially as the side panel will need to come off if I need remove the exhaust at some point in the future

I got some lengths of L-section aluminium with the kit. I've also seen hockey trim mentioned on here before. Is this the same stuff? Does anyone have pictures of J-Section ali fitted to these areas?

Thanks again,

Lee

Had the same problem, I cut out the side panel around the roll bar bracket, that moved the gap to the bottom of the side panel, strips of ply sikaflexed into gap. Done

I rivnutted the panels in and as spacers put some 3mm-ish plastic strips in the rear panel.

The side panels on mine are OK on mine as I skinned with ally first then put the GRP over that (as I surmised that's what the build used to do).