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Atacama Yellow 35is build thread
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The journey back begins…re-covered dash goes back in…Bondarised plastic lugs hold up…after forgetting some key cables for the centre speaker necessitating a removal and re-fit the dash is home and secured ..only got to put everything else back now..
Very hard work trying to get the new leather with 3mm foam to fit in and around the various orifices..very glad I used a professional rather than trying my luck..
Put lots of sticky backer felt tape to deaden the rattle of plastics..
Very hard work trying to get the new leather with 3mm foam to fit in and around the various orifices..very glad I used a professional rather than trying my luck..
Put lots of sticky backer felt tape to deaden the rattle of plastics..
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A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
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The instrument cluster binnacle was re-covered as part of the dash..but the leather /foam made it impossible to refit the oiter cover of the unit to the inner part of the structure..lots of clamps required..
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The journey continues..I revisited the bond(ar)ing of the c/f fronts to the various switches..I used a hot glue gun and with the clamping force and flex they were starting to separate ..this time it’s epoxy resin..and clamps..the mother f@€kers shouldn’t move this time..
Next in line was the fitment of the ID4Motion cluster to the removed instrument binnacle…the problem (among many) is that the novel construction of the adapter results in about 3-5mm float / jiggle between the body of the cluster and the binnacle…so resorted to a bit of silicone mastic and yet again some trusty clamps..
Dash now fitted..I thought I’d lost the starter cable so took it out again..only to find it lying on the floor..
The A pillars were covered in leather..boy what a bitch to make them fit..I guess not surprising that if you keep adding material then it’s going to cause issues..
So yet more clamps required to hold A pillar covers in place whilst top windscreen trim put into place..now the self tapping holes that hold the sun visors in place are too loose..so have to order some fractionally thicker torx headed self tappers..
As an aside ..have you ever tried to balance a male headed torx bolt on its socket to try and start a difficult to reach bracket…ie the steering column brackets..it’s a bitch....
Despite all this I am enjoying this..I think..
Next in line was the fitment of the ID4Motion cluster to the removed instrument binnacle…the problem (among many) is that the novel construction of the adapter results in about 3-5mm float / jiggle between the body of the cluster and the binnacle…so resorted to a bit of silicone mastic and yet again some trusty clamps..
Dash now fitted..I thought I’d lost the starter cable so took it out again..only to find it lying on the floor..
The A pillars were covered in leather..boy what a bitch to make them fit..I guess not surprising that if you keep adding material then it’s going to cause issues..
So yet more clamps required to hold A pillar covers in place whilst top windscreen trim put into place..now the self tapping holes that hold the sun visors in place are too loose..so have to order some fractionally thicker torx headed self tappers..
As an aside ..have you ever tried to balance a male headed torx bolt on its socket to try and start a difficult to reach bracket…ie the steering column brackets..it’s a bitch....
Despite all this I am enjoying this..I think..
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One day, perhaps in the distant future, you may actually get to drive the Yellow Peril and think, yes this is the car I want. Finished!
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Car starting to come alive..bad news is that the CIC unit that powers the radio/sat nav etc is dying…I tried a fresh disc but no cigar..got a second user one to fit..
DSP/amp with MOST bridge powered up..no sound for sometime (ignoring the CIC unit only works for 15 seconds every 5 minutes)…but a firmware update to the remote controller and it burped into life..
Plenty of set up required but the audio sounded very meaty..
DSP/amp with MOST bridge powered up..no sound for sometime (ignoring the CIC unit only works for 15 seconds every 5 minutes)…but a firmware update to the remote controller and it burped into life..
Plenty of set up required but the audio sounded very meaty..
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I'm glad someone knows what their doing , look at all those wires
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I thought there’d been an explosion in a spaghetti factory!Jollyjoiner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:33 pm I'm glad someone knows what their doing , look at all those wires
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Looks like its coming together now, brilliant thread Peter.
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Yup it’s never easy ..thank god the adapter harness got so far..Jollyjoiner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:33 pm I'm glad someone knows what their doing , look at all those wires
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
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Yup the light at the end of the tunnel is the train coming towards you!
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I thought the light at the end of the tunnel was just some bugger with a torch bringing more work
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In my case both…
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The lads at Performance Centre were asking after you today when I took mine in for a service.
Told them you were doing something which I didn't understand and from the images, I don't
Told them you were doing something which I didn't understand and from the images, I don't
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B21 IS the Reassembler!
Coming back together …rear cabin cinched up…
New c/f covered roll over hoops with nice leather fronts with themed yellow stitching..
Rear cam now mounted neatly …
Remounted spoiler..my god that 3M tape sticks ..I’ve got the rear slightly mounted off the line on the boot in the middle..looks like a custom diffuser gap…only visible to moles..
Coming back together …rear cabin cinched up…
New c/f covered roll over hoops with nice leather fronts with themed yellow stitching..
Rear cam now mounted neatly …
Remounted spoiler..my god that 3M tape sticks ..I’ve got the rear slightly mounted off the line on the boot in the middle..looks like a custom diffuser gap…only visible to moles..
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Looking like a car again and very nice too. Good job
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