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[Mincento]

well what does everyone think?

honnestly?

i love it BUT i think youve got to realise the sheer amount of strength your taking away in some places, deseaming a shell as many know can detract alot from its overall strength in the situation of an impact, to drill and lighten the subframe as well without a roll cage to preotect youself is madness

how old are you if you dont mind me asking?

youve got a hell of a lot of work ahead of you and i cant wait to see how it turns out, i have seen the reverse mount headlight mod done on a 50's Ford by Chip foose and it looks propper trick if done preoperly but aint half a b****rd when you need to remove or refit it (imagine getting your head inside the wing on a wet day once its built up to get it lined up and youll undertsand the probem)

wayne

[MINIMON]

Hi mate im 16 and the changing of the lights shouldnt be a problem as the garage at my mums is HUGE so it will be in there when its finished and this is only a track car so it wont be too big of a problem plus its having a VERY VERY structural roll cage fitted by my dad that will be fastened to the a/b pillars and subby mounts

another strange idea my dad had was that he was going to get a special company he knows to make me an alloy roll cage that will be stronger than some steels you can buy and it should be alot lighter aswell

hope that answers some of your questions

Edited by MINIMON, 04 January 2008 - 02:47 PM.

[wilcooper]

heres your pic with brg

[MINIMON]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH thanks mate i now no thats what i will be doing i thinkof doing this because its abit differant?

[Mincento]

Hi mate im 15 and the changing of the lights shouldnt be a problem as the garage at my mums is HUGE so it will be in there when its finished

in that case im even more impressed doing something to this extent at your age is damn impressive most (no offence to others) are out earning themselves an ASBO or two

its having a VERY VERY structural roll cage fitted that will be fastened to the a/b and c pillars

another strange idea my dad had was that he was going to get a special company he knows to make me an billet roll cage that will be stronger than some steels you can buy and it should be alot lighter aswell

Nice to hear it will have a cage BUT sorry to be negative here but you have litterly NO chance of insuring this once you have passed your test i and many other have tried insuring cages and the insurers are simply giving a blank no they really dont like them for many reasons

Billet cage would be nice but would cost a mint

good luck with the progress its looking pretty good

wayne

[MINIMON]

the car will be payed for by my mum as her being the first driver and me the second (thanks mum) and her current car i will insure until the insurance on the mini can be bearable !!!!!! im from lathom near burscough and theres no yobos around here which is great and the cage my dad is paying for fortunatly and thanks for the well dones and good lucks most people at my school know more of how to steal and rag a corsa or nova and brag about how much weed they took at the weekend i think they all need to wake up and smell the coffee as there life goes down the toilet me on the other hand i brag about how much i got done on the mini that weekend and how to fix and clean it.

anyway enough of a rant about chavs any the likes

Edited by MINIMON, 04 January 2008 - 02:49 PM.

[$way]

good lad.

[Boab]

good lad.

I second that. Keep up the good work

[andywaller]

looks quality with those wheels, and you have got to have your bonnet raised like that, its they way forward!

argh i should have deleted that picture lol, that was maybe, possibly, could have been how i was doing my paint

fair play to you though it looks wicked with the green!

wouldnt a billet cage be ridiculously heavy, or was it just going to be an ally cage made from tube? only down side i could see from that is you wont be able to weld it to the shell.

[MINIMON]

im not clued up on the cage but my dads said it will be lighter and hes ill now so cant really explain to me how and the bonnet deffinatly will be like that im glad you like my colour choice as i now can stop worrying about it looking to chav if that was even possible anyway

argh i should have deleted that picture lol, that was maybe, possibly, could have been how i was doing my paint

sorry about taking your car colour i should of asked really but im glad i took it as you could of said no lol lol

the only problem with the wheels is that there 12s when edd took his off and i put these on the front he and my dad asked if they were on properly as they stuck out to much lol does this seam quite right to you as alot of other people have said that they seem some how too wide for only 6" wide

i must add also its not a car ANYONE ELSE is paying for IM PAYING FOR EVERY SINGLE NUT AND BOLT except b day an crimbo pressies

Edited by MINIMON, 28 February 2007 - 10:29 PM.

[$way]

yeah im not really sure what you mean by a billet cage. billet things are machined from a solid block, i dont understand how your going to get a cage...

[MINIMON]

my dad said that he can rememrer it being something in one of his landrover mags that a fabricators can make an billet alloy cage

yeah im not really sure what you mean by a billet cage. billet things are machined from a solid block, i dont understand how your going to get a cage...

when you put it like that $way i have no idea and its going to cost in the region of 800 quid the fabricator has told dad

any update on your project mate whos are those orange calipers on your photobucket god their bright !!

Edited by MINIMON, 28 February 2007 - 10:49 PM.

[$way]

when you put it like that $way i have no idea and its going to cost in the region of 800 quid the fabricator has told dad

any update on your project mate whos are those orange calipers on your photobucket god their bright !!

ouch! im very interested to see what this cage is. let me know when youve got it made!

small update, ive written in there yesterday. not much will happen till the weekend, doing this comosites course at college all week so have no time off.

those orange fiesta calipers are a guy called "Purtsi" on here. i took the picture to show others what i meant about the hose set up.

J

[MINIMON]

hi i hope your not getting excited about this as ive managed to speak to my dad a bit today and hes said that its your roll cage or the respray so unfortunatly the paint means more to me than the cage i should of varified eveything before i said i was getting it but as everyone knows when doing a project youve got to have some last minute re thinks right so i will have to settle for the same cad drawing that ive got for the aluminiun cage but in metal and i will have to chop some more metal out to compensate for the heavier cage and because of this ive decided against the bill sollis style bulkhead as this also adds weight . god im getting picky now im sure if i lose some more weight and have a good log before i go out in the car i could have the bulkhead

ive started to remove the headlining rails tonight before it qwent dark but im unsure about the rail that is on the inside of the b pillar do/can i remove this as when i removed the rails there was a big hole going down tu the bottom and i think it will be better with it out imo

[$way]

hi i hope your not getting excited about this as ive managed to speak to my dad a bit today and hes said that its your roll cage or the respray

bummer. yeah man go for the paint it'll make the most difference to the car and y9ou can always sort the cage later once its driveable

but as everyone knows when doing a project youve got to have some last minute re thinks right

yeah for sure...

my amtes think im weight concious, your just mad . im actuall thinking about cutting my cage out sometime soon(ish).

J