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[JetBLICK]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beam axles - because that means coilovers, and i've decided i dont like coilovers. I must admit i've never had first hand experiance of them, but from what i've read, they're rubbish, i've even read that one guy has changed back to rubber cones from coilovers because he didn't get on with them. From what i've found out, they're very good if set up correctly - even tho you loose a bit of the 'mini' feel - but if they are not set up, they can be dire!

For your Z-cars, and vtec's and others, yea fine go for coilovers, but not on my a-series project

[JetBLICK]

So, hears all the piccys.....


All my new toys

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OoOoOoOoO - and let me tell you bout my new harnesses....

They are from germany made by a company called schroth, whats special about them is the box of tricks on the back. Its a reel - like a conventional seatbelt, so you have freedom of movement when you need it. But thats not the good bit! The best bit is the reel can be locked I dunno how the mechanism works, but, the lock is released when you supply power to it. So this can be done by a switch for instance, or they have supplied a 'little box thing' that senses hard acceleration or braking, or serious inclines/declines or whatever (basically when the car aint reasonably flat on the ground) You secure the 'little box thing to the car and its kinda like an electronic spirit level switch.

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Now i've told you this you have to keep it quiet - can't have everyone stealin' my ideas can we


Next, what i did this weekend...

Jacked car up, subframe off, subframe shagged, radius arms rebuilt with new pads and wheel bearings, painted boot, found rust......its all /\up there/\ i'm not explaining it again


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Edited by JetBLICK, 05 March 2007 - 09:29 PM.

[lew]

lookin good keep the good work mate

[JetBLICK]

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[Pie]

Sing with me;

"Whats that coming from by PC World?
Is it Dans Zebra
IT IS DANS ZEBRA!!
wooooooooooo"

lol
looking FABBO matey

[CanadianMiniFan]

lovin' the seats and harnesses the inertia reel thing is cool, the lock is cooler . when shall it be done?

[mad4mins]

its coming along.. loving the choice of colour, because when you rallying the white should hide the dirt! doh

what does your cage fit like?? looks good, schroth are a top make nice one!!

[ben]

seats look ace mate as does the whole project, i cant wait to get another mini. How much were the seats if you dont mind me asking?

Cheers

[JetBLICK]

The seats are from SMB, look up 'smudger' on the forum.

This weekends progress, er.... not done much really that looks too productive, but its all necessary before i can start fitting the toys...

split...
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cleaned - took bloody hours to scrape all bitumen stuff off!!
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painted...
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Painted the back of the subby
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And took a photo of the trumpets because they look ace from this angle - huuuuge!
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Edited by JetBLICK, 12 March 2007 - 05:01 PM.

[CanadianMiniFan]

TRUMPETS really ace, but i'll have to pass on them, as my car is going down a very retro route.....well didn't the '60's racers have them?!

[mad4mins]

getting any further with the build Dan??? you've gone very quiet!! lol..

[JetBLICK]

Not really, been very busy doing work on my other mini - my CAD project

[mad4mins]

oh yeah forgot you where doing that! lol.. hows it coming along?? got any screen dumps of it yet??

[JetBLICK]

mmm kay.... this is how it been handed in, because i have run out of time to finish it But when its finished it will be a full copy of my own car, well, what i want it to look like anyway. So i still got to do the raised notch bit down the middle of the bonnet, wipers, door handles, boot handle, mudflaps, splashguards, stickers, interior bits, brakes, exhaust etc etc. But aas far as the assessment piece goes, its plenty good enough....

[mad4mins]

looks good chief!! the black looks good but as an assignment the red shows of your work better!!

dont forget the slideshow to!! fun fun fun!!