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Now, the question of "which LEDs to pair with these?". I see Phillips makes them, which seems like a good bet. Outbound already covered some good semi-affordable options for full LED replacements, but since most of them don't have a particularly retro aesthetic, I'm conflicted. (Holley RetroBright seem to be the one with perfectly classic looks but a dedicated LED)

Yeah, have to agree with the alignment being the culprit here, I am nowhere near the wear bar after two thousand miles (of mostly-enthusiastic driving). Photo from July as that's the newest close-up (ish) I can find. I am however considering Azenis RT660 if I get 14", and looking into ZZS when they start being newly-manufactured again. Edit: When the ZZS *does* come back into production, Roger Kraus is the local Avon distributor and would be the natural fit to get them. He also sells the Nankang AR-1 for our sizes but it's my impression that the AR-1 is even less street-oriented than the R888R. https://rogerkrausracing.com/pdfpricing/Nankang Porsche Cobra Caterham .pdf https://rogerkrausracing.com

I found my own thread when searching for something else and I was curious if this was still going... Looks like it might be! Granted mine are still sitting in a box, but recent drives in fading light have confirmed that I want to look into my lighting quality and quantity so I might give them a go and compare to my current units. https://parts.toyotasandiego.com/parts/toyota-headlamp-assembly-8111060p70

Happy to see another Bay Area 7 will be hitting the road soon! As for your questions... @ralph has some fairly recent and local knowledge here, perhaps he can help...

Group drive with friends and breakfast at Godzilla's over the weekend. Also took the 7 to the go-kart place and can confirm that their steering wheels are bigger than mine!

You can find him here, he always posts in that group…

The silver belts look sharp! I've been lagging on installing crotch belts* for my OEM 4-point harnesses (with buckles that can accept them, a relief). Either that, or just getting the Schroth ASMs and being done with it as this is (so far) a street-driven car. *and at that point, figuring out if I'm doubling up on the lap belt anchors or drilling the floor and installing a plate for the sub belts — @Xhilr8n , I assume these plates went in underneath your floor and secured with those eyebolts for the anti-sub belts?

Thanks for making the spreadsheet, @hyper7! I'll wondering which (many? all?) of the fasteners are different on an imperial chassis, I'll let you know when I get around to doing this...

This guy always has the cleverest ideas (and posts them on FB). Same guy who set up the CPU fan pedal box air extractor.

ProjectFarm just did a comparison test on trim restorers and Cerakote totally ran away with it. Tempted to try it on some trim on my other cars, although like Anthem said I'd be a little curious about using it on a touch point. The one tip I found from the comments section is to mask really well as this stuff really doesn't want to come off. As a side note, I've been curious about using 303 on the tonneau/trunk when the time comes.

Do you have the stock oil pan or a Raceline (or otherwise lower-profile) sump? If it's the former, the Raceline sump could get you up to a whopping 3" of clearance, maybe...* *this is actually a guess, I'm not sure how much more clearance the Raceline has. If it looks aluminum and is full of fins it's probably the Raceline sump though.

This is something of a tangent but — I would pay a lot for seat sliders that don't freeze up (either by ingress of gravel, or who knows what else). Mine barely moved when I got my car and now I can't move the seats at all. I figure the only way to really get access to fix them will be to remove them, but I've been pre-traumatized by every thread I've read about installing them...

Get a quote from Hagerty, if you're driving few (compared to a daily driver, anyway) miles per year at least I can tell you it'll be a lot cheaper than these guys.

I feel like it looks quite tidy for a Locost but they say it's definitely a (UK, I assume) kit. Agree that it's definitely not a Westfield — Briefly compared against a Robin Hood and while they share the same horizontal belt line, nothing conclusive from it. I'm sure somebody here will know though!

What sizes? (and price, as long as I'm asking — even if not for me, maybe for someone else locally)

I found myself a sudden expert on upper column replacement recently due to a steering column bushing replacement, although I did not touch my lower column for this job. There's two recent threads on the topic in here in fact. The good news is, with the OEM QR column you don't have a steering column lock and so you can remove the upper column quite easily without disturbing the bushings, simply by undoing the telescoping clamp between the upper and lower columns (loosen the locknut followed by the grub screw on the clamp immediately forward of the firewall, then undo the two bolts and remove the clamp — now the upper column will be free of the lower column and you can pull it out from the driver's seat using the wheel as a handle). I posted a bunch of pics from my job in the thread. Again, you should have an easier time with a QR column as it lacks the locking collar that interferes with the upper bushing upon removal. You should be able to remove and reinstall it without issue. As for the lower column, that's outside my wheelhouse but it should be somewhat easy to deal with once the upper column is removed (famous last words, I know).

The only good news about this ill-advised idea is it sounds like the Kuwaiti investment group just want to license the name (because it has "strong recall", lol) for their (doomed) team and Caterham wouldn't be thowing any money away on the affair. But did anyone even ask Caterham/VT Holdings about this before going to press?

So just to clarify — you've got an air bubble in your cooling system? What are the symptoms you're experiencing? Thermostat not opening? There are plenty of resources if you search about bleeding/purging a cooling system, but the upshot is usually to try and get your bleed port (either the top of the radiator or the top of the expansion tank) higher than everything else, lifting the front of the car can aid in this. And of course, having a big funnel fitted to the top of the expansion tank that you can keep topped up while the car is idling and you're giving the radiator hoses a good squeeze. Although, after many experiences of bleeding a cooling system the old fashioned way, I've become a believer in a vacuum cooling system filler tool, myself. I also added a bleed tee to the upper radiator hose (before settling on the vacuum tool) as that part is higher than the expansion tank on my car. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BW39HJS This is the tool I used when I filled my system last year.

As a preface: I've got a full windscreen so my eyewear choice is mostly about keeping wind out, with impact resistance as an equal but slightly-less-pressing factor than people without one. I'm cyclist so I already own way too many wraparound glasses (in various tints, which are nice), I can say they're good as long as you can stand them stylistically. I'm partial to the Smith Pivlocks, but there's no end to the selection here. I've looked into glacier glasses (including Smith) too but I've also been worried about the peripheral vision impact, as well as not knowing how well they keep wind out (there's no way to test this in a store) For an even more daring fashion choice, I always leave a pair of these 3M Virtua safety glasses with foam gasket in the car in case I get caught out after dark or somehow forget my glasses. Really good at blocking wind with the (high-density) foam gasket. They're also available in various tints (I have the "indoor/outdoor" version which is really close to clear) $13 at Digi-Key - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/11872-00000-20/6828528 I only wish that the RAF-style flying goggles I purchased back in 2005 with the intention of living the Seven Live (it took me a decade or two to make good on that) didn't fog up within the first few seconds of wearing them, or else they'd be the natural choice. As for headwear, I'm starting to acquire a concerningly large collection of trapper-style hats for driving. All this being said, I'd love to see what else people have in mind as I can always do with an excuse to get more...

Ted, you doing the two-car thing again? You’re wild! Hopefully I can meet up with you guys. Not sure if I’m bringing the Seven yet but we’ll see.

Wow, that's... ambitiously wrong. Hope you can get it sorted out with eBay or the seller.

Very clever! Will have to keep this in mind for any "touring" I do in the future. Will be a necessity if I go camping again and don't want to occupy the whole passenger seat with gear.

Yes! I actually drove the Seven there last year as Bring A Trailer was having their event and kicked down free Saturday tickets (with the expectation that you bring your appropriate car...). This year, BaT is not doing their event so I'm not sure if I'll brave the traffic in the Seven or just drive a normal car, but I'll definitely be at the track Saturday, and in town for one or two days too (I'd love to catch the Concours tour on Thursday morning, never did that before)

I'm looking again at UberNiche's goods. This seems like a nice setup (and they've got a lot of other handy stuff, like an extended heater knob that you can actually reach when strapped in, that might be the actual winner for me) https://uberniche.co.uk/lifeline-mirror-mounts.html

An old thread with many satisfied users of the Mirrors For Sevens mirror I only just learned that the creator of the mirror is a member here (hi @bsimon!) as well and posted in the above threa And the website (via archive.org as it seems to be defunct now). https://web.archive.org/web/20160608034640/http://www.mirrorsforsevens.com/index.htm