heyzee
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| posted on 4/4/04 at 08:14 PM |
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side panels
does anyone have any photos of the side panels mainly at the front around the wishbones .ive tried trawling through the photo archive and drawn a
blank.i would like to make my own out of alloy,but would like to see how it looks round the wishbones and the shape around the bottom of the
chassis.any photos would be great,im sure ive seen a photo of a yellow one on here but i cant find it???
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 4/4/04 at 10:55 PM |
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www.groovy42.freeserve.co.uk
Yes go to my website and look at the 'Locost 4' page........................
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 12:02 AM |
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This is how MK do there's:
Any more info - I've got no more, but I can take some tomorrow if you need em. 
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 02:32 AM |
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This is how ive done mine with a seperate panel around the wishbones. Its only roughed out at the mo but now the suspension is fitted, i can trim it
to size. Top tip, buy a nibbler!!!
 
locost front suspension
[Edited on 5/4/04 by andrew-theasby]
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James
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 08:45 AM |
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Nice neat looking build Andrew! I think I'll copy you and split the side panel- means mistakes in cutting the w/bone holes will be cheaper!
How come you've used a chocolate upper ball joint tho? 
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 5/4/04 by James]
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 05:36 PM |
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Thanks, everything is just temporary at the moment those top joints will be getting changed. A bit of an after thought i had was to paint the panels
then fit a thick either stainless or polished ally doubler around the holes with nice radiused edges rather than using that edging ruber stuff. Guess
ive just got too much time on my hands tho
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heyzee
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 07:55 PM |
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side panels
helfire i cant get on to your website when i click next it goes to another website.the picture of the side panel in that shot you show does it just
stop at the front wishbones?????is the bottom edge folded at a right angle or are they radiused,realy could do with knowing so i can borrow a sheet of
ally from work.
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JoelP
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 08:11 PM |
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those uprights are the dogs spuds andrew! cost much, the blue effect?
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 08:27 PM |
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Andrew,
What discs are they and which calipers are you using? My balljoints always look like that, just WD them
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 11:31 AM |
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Hey Hellfire, so do the mk side panels come as one solid sheet and u hav to cut out the manifold holes and wishbone holes?? Ur car is Funky as hell,
was on ur website, top notch!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 11:34 AM |
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Jay,
they are supplied by MK, pre-cut just before the front wishbones. They do need tidying up a bit (at least we thought they did) The exhaust manifold
hole on the nearside, has to be cut by yourself.
[Edited on 6-4-04 by Hellfire]
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 11:42 AM |
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Ah rite not to bad then. Cheers
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 7/4/04 at 06:08 AM |
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Joel and pete, the blue finish on the uprights is just paint with plenty of lacquer. I blasted them first then smoothed them all over. The discs are
off a saab 900 T16 (black diamond) and the calipers are off an rx7, painted blue the same with home made mountings to the cortina hubs. Just going to
post some pictures now ive finally got it rolling.
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