31 replies to this topic

[Thorpey69]

Roll cage padding be added and new carpets being fitted..

And this is as far as i've got this week..

[davej]

Welcome back to TMF, your project is looking really good, never seen a roof like that before, keep it up.

[Thorpey69]

Another quick update,i've been messing around trying to get the headlamps i bought fitted,proving to be a little tricky so far,but think they will look good if i can get them in..



Also popped the Minifins on the back to see how they look..mmm retro..

[SAL 821X]

That's a hole lot of carbon....... dribble.

Look cracking though.

[Deathrow]

What headlights are they and what work are you having to do to get them to fit? They look really good!

The car on a whole is shaping up to look awesome. Love the black surround on the rear lights against the bodywork.

[megamini_jb]

Looks awesome mate

[jb93]

Looks awesome mate

What he said

mmmmmmmmmmm carbon

[Rosco5000]

Holy carbon fibre batman! That is making me drool, I love the black on white look...

[Thorpey69]

The headlights are mk1 golf tinted crosshairs,so far cut the inner ring ,modified the outer ring along with taking off brackets not needeed,and im still having trouble seating the headlamp accurately so I can get adjustment.I painted all the light surrounds as I wanted the black and White theme throughout really,scrapping the golf headlamps would make life much easier but would detract from the look I have in my head,so I'm going to persevere a little longer

[Deathrow]

Stick with it, they're going to look great!

[babyrich82]

Hi Loving this build, just a quick question, what size tyres have you fitted to the 10x7.25???

Cheers
Rich

[Thorpey69]

Hi Loving this build, just a quick question, what size tyres have you fitted to the 10x7.25???

Cheers
Rich

Again from memory they're 165 Yokos AO32R's ,they stretch fit which isn't ideal but i can't find anything wider???.would even run a set of treaded race tyres if i could get some as it will only see very occasional dry use when finished.

[Thorpey69]

Another quick update as i had a day off today so spent a few hours doing a few bits n pieces,first off as an incentive i briefly bolted on one of the arches to give me a taster of how its gonna look

definitely a bit wider


Next up i manged to get the front discs off,and the plan was to fit the Pagid grooved discs which i have had for years and bolt the ca;ipers on,unfortunately it appears whom ever supplied them back then cocked up as they're nothing like a mini disc,cant beleive i actually had these turned down to size as well doh!,still heres some caliper sexiness courtesy of KAD


Faffed around having a tidy up etc and also fitted the fire extinguisher and a few other odds n sods

[BronkoMini]

Great Project Anything new?

[Thorpey69]

Long long time since I've done anything on this but work has now started again,primarily the brakes are now on and bled,although the rear cylinders were knackered so new ones going on,also rewired the front lights so all working.Back up the workshop again this coming Tuesday so hopefully more progress will be made inc trying to refit the glass.
Heres a couple of very low quality pics.....