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Sounds like a plan, thank you, I’m looking in to whether there’s anywhere local that stocks them because as you suggested I’d like to sit in one to get the size right.

Do you find the Kirkey’s comfortable (with covers)? My car came with a Kirkey but it’s a 15” which is a little like wishful thinking, if I go that way I was thinking the 5t Drag in 17” too.

I’d appreciate. Picture, thanks Paul, email, PM or here, whatever is easiest for you.

I may have a spare Cateham SV aero screen if anyone is interested.

My seats are standard Caterham fabric but are kind of tired, sun bleached and one has a hole cut for the sun belt. I’m debating whether to have them recovered or whether to replace them with Kirkey racing seats. Any thiughs on the pros pros and cons either way? I just got a price estimate of $500 to have both redone and the hole/slot for the sub belt tidied up. I think Kirkey seats with covers would run about $400 each. I don’t know that I NEED race seats but figure they would look good, be fairly comfortable and also make for more room if necessary, just not sure how they compare for comfort day to day driving around. I’m not likely to be in a track, I’d expect 95%+ would be touring around. Id welcome any comments or suggestions as to how “livable” race seats are (with padded covers).

Okay thanks, I’ll give it a shot this afternoon and see how things go. I guess if the fits not right I can just drill out the other rivnuts and replace with rubber.

Did you trim yours down? If not did it leave the fender sitting away from the body? As I’ll be mixing the original rivnuts and these I’m concerned about making a kink in the fiberglass.

Okay, so the bits and bobs are here. The outer “flange” on the rubber insulated rivnuts looks huge/thick, does that compress when installed? Looks almost 1/8” think or so. Better figure out what to do with them.... so I drill a 1/4” hole, pop it in but then what? Does the bolt sqush it up or am I foolishly not realizing there’s a tool I need?!!

You beat me to it with details, my list is now as follows... Nylon Hex Head Screws, M5 x 0.8 mm Thread, 20 mm Long Black Nylon Hex Head Screws, 1/4"-20 Thread Size, 1" Long, 3/8" Wide Head Rubber-Insulated Brass Rivet Nut, 1/4"-20 Thread, 1/32" - 3/16" Material Thick Range

Here’s what I have so far... 99602A430 Nylon Hex Head Screws, M5 x 0.8 mm Thread, 20 mm Long 99091A153 Black Nylon Hex Head Screws, 6-32 Thread Size, 1" Long 93495A110 Rubber-Insulated Brass Rivet Nut, 6-32 Thread, 3/8" - 33/64" Material Thick Range Now, rivets... I’ve got a rivet gun (came with the car) but have never used rivets, seems it makes sense to maybe order some rivets while I’m at it, is there a fairly generic size I should get? Any other useful spares while I’m at it?

Doh! Found them!

Can you help me understand what you mean by an “insulating” rivnut? They don’t seem to be listed that way.

For the M5 Nylon bolts I thought when I took them out they were under an inch in length, I was thinking 20mm but you said 25? I suppose with nylon they’re easy to shorten... so 25mm or 20mm? Nylon washers or reuse the existing ones?

My thinking is that I’m reluctant to replace all of the rivnuts, does it make sense to get M5x25 nylon bolts to use on the existing rivnuts but 1/4” and re-drill the ones that are missing?

I have the fenders/wings off so it’s time to think about the rivnuts. On the back left one was spinning loose but was accessible so easy to remove, another was spinning but not accessible so I had to cut it off. This leaves me needing to replace at least these two the holes are two big so I assume I need an alternate approach, especially the inaccessible one, I assume that at a push I can put a bit/washer on the other one. So, questions... 1. Where’s the easiest place to get replacement bits? I couldn’t see any at Home Depot etc. 2. What is the best approach for tackling the oversized hole issue when I cannot get to the back of the hole? I’ve read about replacing with plastic, it seems the guidance is theyllnshear ifntheres impact, what are the pros and cons and where would I get plastic ones? I don’t expect to spend much of any time on the track, in that case is it appropriate to considernplastic? Chris.

So tempting, especially as I just scratched up the back end and think I now need to study wet sanding! *sigh*

One step at a time... I have to wash a lot of grime off before I can even start polishing, I’m not sure I’m up to a real mirror finish but we’ll see, maybe I’ll catch the b-ball bug eventually!

In looky, I can do the upside down thing too!

Thanks. I started learning how to polish today. Not exactly like a nitro yet but it’s coming along! http://www.usa7s.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=13990&stc=1http://www.usa7s.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=13991&stc=1

Well, as soon as you ask.... got it separated, now though... is it really supposed to fit through that hole? Pull the rubber grommet or no? Perplexes me why these things are so big.... that’s what she said.

The connector for the tail lights... does it have a lock/latch? It looks like it does but for the life of me I cannot get it to disconnect. ‘13 Caterham SV

Anyone have experience with this upper column for QR? http://www.plays-kool.co.uk/acatalog/Caterham-Top-Half-Steering-Shaft-358.html ? i like the rapfix hub, after clicking the picture to see a larger version it looks as if the column is ready for the rapfix maybe. I have emailed them to check as the page is sorely lacking in info.

Excellent, thanks guys.

I'm missing one of the DZUS nose cone fasteners, just the screw/bolt piece - does anyone know if these are generic? The part on the Caterham site is here https://caterhamparts.co.uk/fixings/3156-dzus-fastener-short-lower.html?search_query=76012&results=2 - I have an option to order and have some brought oevr from the UK in about 6 weeks but wondered if it's quicker/easier to find some here. Anyone know if these are easy to find? There seem to be variations on Amazon, eBay etc, just not sure if they are the same.

I decided on Hagerty in the end, I was going to go with Grundy but the application process was painful, it said I could apply online then they tell me that's wrong and you can't, also Hagerty seem much more understanding of things such as occasionally taking the car to work or the store. Fair chance that the price with Grundy may have gone up, they were apparently cheaper but the process was so painful I never truly got to a final, firm price.