john_p_b
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 posted on 30/5/05 at 06:51 PM |
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some pics of mine at last!
today i finally reached a point where i thought wow it actually is a car! so i decided it was worthy of clearing the garage, pulling it out on the
driveway for a wipe over and thought i'd take some pics while i was at it.
anything you guys see that is blatantly going to fail me a sva then speak up!
hope you all like.
thankyouplease
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 06:56 PM |
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 sva like 4 wheel nuts on a wheel
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rayward
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 06:59 PM |
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Nice car matey, only things i could see are radius on rear view mirror edges(centre mirror), steering wheel centre may need some padding, and are
your headlights high enough??.
Ray
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wicket
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:01 PM |
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Very nice job John. Can't see the indicator side repeaters though.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:07 PM |
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is the grille in the nose radiused?
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john_p_b
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:12 PM |
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side repeaters are sitting in the garage waiting to go on.
the center rear view mirror i bought from SVC with a big sticker on the back saying SVA OK so if it fails on that i'm not going to be happy!
the headlights are bang on with the sva book so they should be ok.
i'd figured on having the lash something up on the steering wheel.
remaining wheel nuts are also still in the garage, wheels need to come off again yet to bleed the brakes.
the grill in the nosecone is like a bloody razor so i'm thinking of meshing that over for sva then sorting it at a later date.
i've still got a few little bits a bobs left to do so all in all not too bad!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:18 PM |
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That looks very pretty - nice colour too!
One thing that's almost certain to fail is the top of the air filter - favourite fail point with those things. Easily fixable, just something
over the top edge, and nut covers (which may well fall off after the SVA)
DJ
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john_p_b
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:28 PM |
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glad you brought that up about the filter! was arguing with my dad about it today, i said it'll fail he said it won't! it's a bit
gruby too so have been thinking of replacing it with a nice soft foam one and you've just made my mind up now
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 07:36 PM |
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i suspect the lights are too low in fact, they might conform to the measurements in the manual but they are still obscured by the wheels, ie the
visable angles arent there.  not the end of the world though if that was the only thing it failed on!
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john_p_b
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 08:46 PM |
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are we talking about the indicators or the actual head lights here? the indicators i admit are possibly going to be a touchy subject but as for the
headlights themselfs they are MK supplied headlights on a MK supplied headlight mounting bar.
i'm getting a little concerned now
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Hellfire
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 09:24 PM |
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John - cover the MK grille with mesh or other suitable material - it will likely fail. Whatever you cover it with usually falls if passed on the
return from the SVA 
Nice job - good luck!
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john_p_b
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 09:33 PM |
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thats exactly what we have planned for the grill i was actually thinking about a reasonably tight woven mesh in black behind the nice stainless mk
grill?
can anyone else shed some light on the headlights? every indy i've seen has lights exactly like mine but now i'm worrying!
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/5/05 at 09:55 PM |
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headlights are probably ok, but indicators are more dubious. But then again, your repeaters might make up for it definately not an expert answer!
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Mr G
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 posted on 30/5/05 at 10:50 PM |
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Eye Spy With My Little Eye something begining with........
Sapphire Cosworth
Ah yes there she is.......
Nice.....
G
[Edited on 30/5/05 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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john_p_b
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 05:09 PM |
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indeed you do give it a few more days and said cosworth will be sporting a shiny new T34 turbo under the bonnet
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subk2002
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 05:33 PM |
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Very nice John 
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 05:48 PM |
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very nice. wouldn't lose any sleep over headlamps if it's an MK bracket and mounted in the recommended mk place can't see it being a
problem every 7 clone i've seen has them mounted in that position visibility angles on indicators might be though... all said and done nice
job
tony
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indykid
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| posted on 2/6/05 at 11:02 AM |
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lower spring platform/adjuster on the front shocker needs covering, afaik, just to be sure.
tom
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woodster
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| posted on 2/6/05 at 12:14 PM |
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very nice car ... luv the colour
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 2/6/05 at 07:35 PM |
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Headlights look fine to me, about the same position as ours when it passed SVA.
Nice looking car btw
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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