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Post by RedUn » Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:31 pm

Looking good! Make sure you protect the ball joints with something, I ran similar arms in the past with no protection and they didn't last long...
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Post by MrPT » Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:46 pm

They look sexy. So how does that work then, do you need extra tabs welded onto the front subframe?
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Post by Liam22 » Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:25 pm

Very nice! Is there any castor adjustment with those?

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Post by Vanne » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:12 am

Cheers guys, Red, yep I'll be looking into that.
MrPT, AFirm sir, huge bracket (which I'll re-enforce) welded to the frame.

Liam, these are fully adjustable, width, wheelbase (caster), anti-dive, the downside is that I'll need to weld up some steering stops.
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Post by Liam22 » Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:00 am

Ah, I can see the rose joints are threaded, now I zoom in!

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Post by Zikim » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:20 am

Vanne wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:14 am Ok, so I finally pulled the finger out of my bum and got going with the door cards. :thumbsup:
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It's curing atm, I learned a few things about dry carbon layups and very easy to work with compared to fiberglass. Sorry about the many pics, thought they could tell the story better than me dribbling on about some rubbish.

Estimating this to be extremely light. :thumbsup:

How did the door card turn out, were you happy with the finished product and was it strong enough?

Were did you buy the kit?

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Post by Vanne » Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:30 pm

the mK I door card wasnt strong enough, and got slightly damaged when removed from the mould.
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Post by RedUn » Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:50 pm

Vanne, you could add some honeycomb in areas to add stiffness if that's an issue. It will add next to zero weight too :thumbsup:
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Post by Vanne » Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:39 pm

AFirm sir, honeycomb ordered :thumbsup:
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Post by RedUn » Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:00 pm

Vanne wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:39 pm AFirm sir, honeycomb ordered :thumbsup:
Let me know if you need some advice :thumbsup:
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Post by Vanne » Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:40 am

Def open for advice mate, let me know what you know please. :thumbsup:
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Post by RedUn » Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:32 pm

Dropped you a PM :thumbsup:
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Post by Vanne » Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:31 pm

and then we started stripping panels... :tumbleweed:

So I am currently on holidays from the frikkin slavers.. awesome time to start work on the car.

Really loving working on this squirrel. Such a nice way to relax and get a bit grounded.

Took a day to strip the car from panels. (Figure one side at a time is s good start.) Then started matching up panels..

Result after today, pretty good.
This kit fits really well. Surprisingly well actually.



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And then the FedEx guy rocked up..

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Gotta love working on the car...seriously loving it. So nice to relax, though i am pretty rooted after today. I am pretty sure the missus wished i dropped the car off and get this done by a shop, but i know they will just f**k the kit up, and i want it done right.

so cant wait.. tomottow start stripping the other side...
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Post by markplant » Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:37 pm

Liking the kit :thumbsup:
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Post by Liam22 » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:19 pm

Spanner therapy - love it!

Those gas struts look heavy :wink:

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