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[minimanpage]

my wing is slower gettin worse and worse and i really want to put a fibre glass 1 piece front onto her but ive heard many things about garages will not m.O.T it. Also about the inner wings too, im soo confused about what is true and what is not.

any info about the legal law and about fitting fronts would be extreamly handy



many thanks

[Pooky]

I don't know if there's any real law about flip fronts on Mini's. Your main aim is to satisfy the MOT tester that the Car is structurally sound. Just solid mount the top and bottom mounts and stick some decent brace bars on there and you should be fine.

I've just had my first MOT with my 1 piece FG front and the blokes were impressed!



Another good idea would be to take some pics and show them to your local MOT stations and see what they think before you do anything.

Edited by Pooky, 18 February 2009 - 02:36 PM.

[Ethel]

If the car is post 76 with rubber subframe mountings it needs brace bars to connect the front of the subby soligly to the shell (by the top shockers mounts) in theory earlier cars with sold mounted frames don't need bracing but there are so few about now you may have difficulty convincing a tester that's the case. Apart from that the same basics apply as would to any bodywork - nothing is exposed that's sharp enough to cause injury or is likely to fall off or foul the tyres etc.

Most cut the inner wings back to just in front of the shockers 'n cross member but you could leave them intact if you wanted.

[minimanpage]

thanks 4 that guys, i couldnt see y they wouldnt b impressed to be fair ha ha. that pic helps alot,

where did u buy ur front from

is fibre glass better then carbon fibre?

sorry i have no1 really to help me on this so im thick

[Ethel]

fibreglass is cheaper that's for sure.

CF should be stiffer 'n stronger weight for weight.

But is that what you want in an unstressed panel that's really just an oversized bumper? Kevlar or Diolen (woven polyester) would be better high tech options.

[Pooky]

Mine was form Minispares I think and took a little fettling to get it but I'm happy with the end results

[minimanpage]

awesome, sadly being a student i shall have to go for te FG option. was the panel already cut for headlights and grille?

[the.stroker]

my front was straight out of the mould,so i had to cut the headlight,grill and indicator holes out,before it went for spraying

[minimanpage]

my front was straight out of the mould,so i had to cut the headlight,grill and indicator holes out,before it went for spraying

okies
i saw ur mini at malvern mate and tbf it was ur mini that gave me the idea of the front, is it a hard job to do?, anything that needs changing while doin that job?

thanks you so much for the help

[minimanpage]

so how do you lock the bumper part of the car down?

[feybrand]

can you gt that front with the bumper lip so you can still fit a chrome bumper cause i dont like te look without it

[analogue_radio]

can you gt that front with the bumper lip so you can still fit a chrome bumper cause i dont like te look without it

Easy fix, secure 3 'L' brackets & mount the bumper on that.

[feybrand]

how does it attach to the body anyway i know you use pins on the a panel but how do you atach the front i was just pricing up the panel and the strut braces so id like to know

[Pooky]

I hinged mine so it can flip and be removed but some use bonnet pins so that's it's just removable, I liked the flip-ness

[feybrand]

what do you hinge it to also what size are the arches on it i have 10 inch wheels you see so dnt want arche that are designed for 13 inch