Dick Axtell
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| posted on 7/11/04 at 01:57 PM |
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Luego Side Panels
Has anybody fitted these items? If so, what are your comments, on fit & general quality?
TIA
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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Mark18
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| posted on 7/11/04 at 06:43 PM |
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The ones I've seen look great, the only reason I didn't fit them is because they're flush with the chassis as opposed to the
nosecone.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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billy
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| posted on 7/11/04 at 06:54 PM |
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i have a luego locost, i found all the ally panels almost a perfect fit. top marks for there quality of there kits  im not creeping honest
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 7/11/04 at 08:01 PM |
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Agree with Billy on this all ally panels a good fit with no drama, quality good as well .Rusty
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 8/11/04 at 02:58 PM |
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Thanks Guys,
Have just returned from Luego. Panels now stashed in lock-up. Looking forward to fitting 'em.
Grant & the other blokes all very helpful. Noticed they were busy, seemed to have fair volume of work. Good to see that.
Just 1 more question :-
Is it better to install engine + gearbox before fitting ally panels, or can you still slide eng+gbox in place AFTER rivetting panels in place?
TIA
Dick
[Edited on 8/11/04 by Dick Axtell]
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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indykid
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| posted on 8/11/04 at 03:25 PM |
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don't know the specifics of a luego, but i'd say final fastening of the panels should be left til one of the last things to do.
if you put them on first, youll always struggle to get to something or other. I'm assuming you're fairly early on in the build as
you're just slotting the engine in etc.
have you run all the loom?, trial fitted seats, seatbelts, pedals?
don't mean to sound patronising, but it'll be a right c*nt if not
tom
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locoboy
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| posted on 8/11/04 at 04:03 PM |
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i have not got to the panneling stage yet Dick but i have a road going 7 already and have owned / worked on it for the last 4 years and the number of
times i have been doing something and wished i could take the seides / floor off to do it was amazing.
As such i would trial fit them and then do your pedals, brake lines, wiring, seats prop, engine install, exhaust fitting, fuel tank, rollbar before
fitting all the pannels permanently. Good luck.
ATB
Locoboy
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 8/11/04 at 08:50 PM |
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Down load Luego's build manual from their website, even if you are not building one of their kits you may find it very usefull . Cheers .Rusty
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James
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| posted on 9/11/04 at 02:20 PM |
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Dick,
I'd agree with the others- panels after engine. They'll only get knackered/scratched while you work on it otherwise.
HTH,
James
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 9/11/04 at 06:01 PM |
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Thanks All.
Reason I asked this Q, is down to Ron's book. He seemed to suggest that it would be necessary to keep the chassis as free from additional weight
as possible. That way, it would be easier to turn it over, to rivet the lower edge of the panels.
Think I'll get all the major items in place before fixing these panels, as you suggested.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 13/11/04 at 01:03 AM |
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I have a copy of the luego manual, and its on their site as well.
Its getting the order of things right that matters, or you will take bits off to get other bits on.
Like the first panel to fit acordings to St Luigi Viento is the drivers left side inner panel, as you cant drill the holes after you have fitted the
pedal box. Its small things like that that make the difference. Why fit and re-fit an item, when if you had the right sequence of events, you can save
yourself a lot of unnecessary work.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 13/11/04 at 02:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
Its getting the order of things right that matters, or you will take bits off to get other bits on.
Agreed.
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...the first panel to fit acordings to St Luigi Viento is the drivers left side inner panel, as you cant drill the holes after you have fitted
the pedal box.
So I've discovered!! Build sequence seems to bear no similarity to the 'book' version. Will check out the Luego suggestion.
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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