Vanne's lightweight/ interior modification thread

Red, nope the kit does not come with liners. thats ok, prob will fab something myself if it needs it., ive been thinking a bit about it of late the only real reason i can think of for liners is to protect the abs pump at the front left. aside from that, i am not totally convinced this will need liners, but we will see. without liners, there is much more airflow through the hood area, which is a good thing.

Colours? yep, already got that set firm. though the final paint job prob wont come untill after testing is complete.. :thumbsup:
 
Off to the cage shop for rear strut bar/mount re-inforcing (due to rear coil over)

Cage getting the cross bar and guards getting cut /welded a bit.

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Finishing off the cage and rear strut bar/rear strut mount re-inforcing.

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Rear strut bar in place

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The whole strut tower wrapped/re-inforced. With just two pipes left to weld to the rear cage bars from the strut tower.

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Closer up.

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Top view.. here you can see the initial top mount steel re-inforcing plate from AKG, and then shows how the side nicely wraps around.

These were the plates before welding.

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Will need sand blasting before paint.
 
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Rear strut bar and support finished.


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B-pillar strut finished. Cage complete. Next stop.. paint shop for interior.
 
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Performance plastics window in, including the pro slider. Don't mind the frikken dust storm we just had last night.

Hopefully strip the other door tomorrow and then install the pax window with the budget slider.

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Lol spec tech drawing of the Z4m brake pedal flange to brake booster.

And on other interest.

Window #2 is in.

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I've been struggling with the fitting of the drivers seat over the last few weeks (in and out of ISO) but have finally got there (i hope), the struggle comes from being rather a bit tall (6'2") and then with the helmet on requiring 2 inches of space between the helmet and the roll bar that runs across the top of the door frame. This v's the view that ill have if i mount the chair all the way down so it clears the helmet. Its a prick.. first I moved my chair as close to the tranny wall as possible. there is now 1cm of space between it and the chair. so can't even get hands in there to bolt s**t up. had to weld a makeshift tool to get in there.

Then lowered it as much as possible after removing the slider. Had to angle the seat so its on the lowest selection on the tranny side and 2/3 selection on the door side. (this kind of works, its not perfect, but it provides the helmet clearance), I've also angled the chair in towards the steering wheel a bit as otherwise your driving offset by an inch and a half.
Its probably hard to make out what i am on about here, but ill include a few pics. The thing is with the chair this low, its like a freaking rubix cube everytime i need to make or try and adjustment on the chair, it takes nearly 2 hours to pull the fucking thing out. It really is tough, and everything is a compromise..

These first 2 images are test aligning the shoulder belts and making sure they comply with 10 degrees off the horizontal. (check)

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Test fitting belts for degrees of horizontal. Perfect!! :)

Seat fittage..

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Thanks goes to Micheal, Cammo, Liam and a few other guys from the group.
 
I always look forward to your updates, and I love how this all started off! What a weapon. Just don’t be dropping your phone or keys down the side of the seats too often :lol:

Looking forward to the next updates! I suspect it will come together at some speed now, and then a lot of setting up?
 
-Tom- said:
I always look forward to your updates, and I love how this all started off! What a weapon. Just don’t be dropping your phone or keys down the side of the seats too often :lol:

Looking forward to the next updates! I suspect it will come together at some speed now, and then a lot of setting up?

Thanks Tom, appreciate the kind words mate.

Yeah keys down the sides will mean the chair will have to come out.. lets not go there.. :tumbleweed: :lol:

There are a few jobs ive been putting off as they are going to be a bastard, but i wanna get the interior sorted first, ill take care of the outside/engine and drivetrain next.
Many many jobs to do before that though.

Today i fitted the proto type CF left hand door skin. Its pretty good, but i already have a few things ill be incorporating, and adjusting for the production version #2.

Pics to follow. This thing weighs 150 grams... so its light.. maybe a tad too light. I think ill dubble the CF cloth for version #2.

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Is there no regulation issue with having the seat at a slight angle like that? I understand why you've done it. I also know you'll be firmly strapped in to the point you're basically an extension of the seat. But if you did have a shunt, would it not put a lot of force at an odd angle through your back?

I only ask as a good friend was involved in an accident a few years ago now that he should have easily stepped away from, but as his seat partially twisted under the impact, he is now in a wheelchair with spinal injuries. (but yes, that was a standard road car 'sports' seat.)
 
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