Vovchandr Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Just took a pic of what I can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 (edited) Thanks. I'm assuming the tab is going under the chassis bracket to prevent it from tiping? Nice finishing with the black rubber trim. As you can see some of my aluminum skin is mangled in that area so that will hide the damage! Edited February 10 by das76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovchandr Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Yeah it should just slide and lock. That trim is a gigantic pita to install as well. I'm still not happy with it but it's good enough. You can see it doesn't truly follow the contour. More heat gun and relief cuts would be necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 maybe i'll just repaint the car! LOL (i am considering a colour change) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovchandr Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Either way for what it’s worth I’m very happy with the look and with doing the swap. current biggest problem is making sure everything stays tight after more street testing and finding a good way to secure the Carbon fiber headlight buckets hopefully without drilling. It’s a work in progress. I rarely drive at night and the headlight covers keep everything together in meantime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovchandr Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Carbon everything! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 The problem with my carbon is that only the stone guard area has clear film on it. Nose and 4 fenders are all raw and yellowing. Very silly that it wasn’t clear coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 What is the piece of carbon standing upright in the suspension ? If I can get my carbon clean and clear coasted so it looks good then I’ll consider doing headlamps and pods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 finally getting back to this. Here is the misalignment. Either it’s a bad bracket or they made some changes between 2005 and now (other than the metric conversion). I haven’t tried the other side yet. I think my only choice is to dremel/cut it open and use a bigger washer to hold it tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovchandr Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, das76 said: finally getting back to this. Here is the misalignment. Either it’s a bad bracket or they made some changes between 2005 and now (other than the metric conversion). I haven’t tried the other side yet. I think my only choice is to dremel/cut it open and use a bigger washer to hold it tight. Strange. For reference mine is a 2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamScotticus Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 nice paint. not even any overspray on the hole edges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 37 minutes ago, IamScotticus said: nice paint. not even any overspray on the hole edges factory paint so I’d hope so!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 So I elected to simply bend the tab back. Rendering it useless in terms of stopping the light assembly from tipping down. If it does tip down then I’ll use a self tapping screw as a second fixing point. Someone somewhere posted a picture of that. I though it was here. Anyways it’s already starting to look a lot better. Much less ‘buggy’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBuff Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I like the one up one down. For the goonies fans 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Left side done. It was much easier the second time around - of course. tomorrow I’ll tighten up the arb and put the hood and nose cone back on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das76 Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 All done !! Looks a billion times better. Now onto installing the Caterham LED taillights - next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I do like the Low Light Look. You've struck a nice balance. I'd argue mine are too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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