kayentaskier Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Josh and Ross Robbins delivered my new 420R last night, see pics. We all have our favorite colors, but for me this green looks so amazing in person; I could not be happier. I published the spec earlier, in the Last Crate from Dartford thread but we made a few changes during the build. The car now sports rear lighting courtesy of Just Add Lightness and a third brake light from the same source. I ordered the black hood latches from Redline Components too late for installation, but those will go on soon. I also added half doors from Thunder Sport and a full tonneau for good measure. Josh added the cool rear license plate bracket, which mounts using existing holes for the license plate light. Josh also added a clear wrap to parts of the car, including the rear wings. Based on comments from Croc, I put the C/F wing protectors on the shelf for now. I can’t say enough about how great Josh was to work with every step of the way, from spec’ing the car through delivery. Every question I had was answered promptly and the only reason the car was a little late was down to an incorrectly manufactured electric component from a Caterham supplier. Even with that, Josh was able to source a new part from Caterham that arrived in 48 hours! I am not a great photographer, but Josh took lots of pics this morning just at sunrise, hopefully he will add a few pictures to this thread when he has time. VIN inspection and DMV this week, fingers crossed. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyoung Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 very nice, it would appear you might be in Arizona? I build my 420 S with all the R components three years ago, love the car but I wanted the CSR, who knows, I live just east of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayentaskier Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 The car is in So UT, about 15 miles from AZ border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Congratulations Jim! Looks beautiful. You have a nice part of the world to enjoy your Caterham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Loving that green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayentaskier Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Received my license plates today! DMV here in UT is pretty flexible, no safety inspection, no smog except in counties with larger cities. I called DMV they sent someone to my house for the VIN inspection at a time convenient for me. I assumed they would attach a VIN plaque, but instead said we could use the Caterham serial number. Drove to 30 minutes to DMV, waited 10 minutes, paid my fees and left with license plates. From the time the inspector pulled into my driveway to walking out with plates (including drive time) was 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamericano Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Perfect day in the neighborhood. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Received my license plates today! DMV here in UT is pretty flexible, no safety inspection, no smog except in counties with larger cities. I called DMV they sent someone to my house for the VIN inspection at a time convenient for me. I assumed they would attach a VIN plaque, but instead said we could use the Caterham serial number. Drove to 30 minutes to DMV, waited 10 minutes, paid my fees and left with license plates. From the time the inspector pulled into my driveway to walking out with plates (including drive time) was 2 hours. Right, I am moving to Utah! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Received my license plates today! DMV here in UT is pretty flexible, no safety inspection, no smog except in counties with larger cities. I called DMV they sent someone to my house for the VIN inspection at a time convenient for me. I assumed they would attach a VIN plaque, but instead said we could use the Caterham serial number. Drove to 30 minutes to DMV, waited 10 minutes, paid my fees and left with license plates. From the time the inspector pulled into my driveway to walking out with plates (including drive time) was 2 hours. Pokey must be shaking his head in disbelief as he reads this Congrats on making it through Utah's arduous process! -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Pokey must be shaking his head in disbelief as he reads this Congrats on making it through Utah's arduous process! -John I particularly like the take-out VIN inspection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayentaskier Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 I finished my new foam in place seat cushion and went on a short blat this afternoon; the seat is a big improvement for me. The goal of the new seat was to increase thigh support while allowing the seat to be easily interchangeable with the standard S seat cushion. In my S3 cars, I simply removed the entire seat and foamed the seat directly into the tub. Because the S3 was shorter than the SV, I did not use a rear seat cushion at all, just a foam pad made of the same material as the foam in place seat. This time I wanted to be able to retain the S seat back cushion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Hi Jim - The result looks great. What kit did you use to produce that result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayentaskier Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Hi Mike, I use two products from here: https://www.sunmatecushions.com/pages/liquid-sunmate-foam-in-place-seating I use a sheet of Sunmate foam as the seat base and then, use the liquid sunmate for the seat. This one was more complicated because I wanted to retain the seat adjustment hardware and the seat back. I then took it to a local upholstery shop for finishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 That came out really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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