Build Time

[Guest greavesy7]

Make sure you go and see sombody else car first and take lots of pictures it saves you making the mistakes and re doing it like I did

[Guest tom-zero]

will do thanks im really intrieged to see what the " BUILD DVD" is like lol starting to get my head around most things now the blogs are extremly helpful,

 

1 question tho what are rivitnuts how do you fit them and what is there purpose lol

 

thanks tom

[philshelton]

rivnuts are the holy grail of car builders work a bit like a poprivit but are put in with a threaded mandrel to leave thread insert

[Shaft]

They're a threaded boss, top hat shaped. Usually alloy, but you can get stainless or mild steel ones also.

You fit them similar to a rivet to thin skinned panels and the like. Once fitted correctly, they leave a thread for you to use

for whatever your fixing together.

Available in an assortment of thread sizes, but the most popular on a kit will be M4,M5 & M6.

 

I use a nut and bolt to fit them, the proper tools are expensive for a decent one and the amount you'll use on an average

build doesn't really warrant one.

 

On a side note, purchase some skin pins to assist in fitting the panels to the chassis.... they're worth they're weight in gold.

[Shaft]

Skin pins.... Yellow ones are for 1/8th" rivets.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-X-1-8-3-3mm-SCREW-SKIN-PINS-AIRCRAFT-TOOLS-KIT-CAR-BOATS-CLAMPS-/160775096281?pt=UK_BOI_Metalworking_Milling_Welding_Metalworking_Supplies_ET&hash=item256ef147d9

 

Avoid "Cleckos", they're good, but you need a tool to use them.

 

Rivnuts.... Random size

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOX-200-ALUMINIUM-RIVET-RIV-NUTS-NUTSERTS-AB52-/370595521111?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item564936e257

[sj-bradley]

Skin pins - also known as cleko fasteners.

 

Rivnuts, yes a long bolt, nut and strong washers are all you need. I had a mate make a "tool" which involved some steel, a thrust bearing and top cup which made putting in M8 rivnuts much easier.

 

True, clekos need a tool to put them in, but they were very fast to use, insert and remove. And the tool isn't expensive compared to the quantity of clekos

 

Simon.

[Shaft]

Skin pins - also known as cleko fasteners.

 

Rivnuts, yes a long bolt, nut and strong washers are all you need. I had a mate make a "tool" which involved some steel, a thrust bearing and top cup which made putting in M8 rivnuts much easier.

 

Simon.

 

 

Err, Simon.... Clecko's and skin pins are NOT the same and i won't be told otherwise! I have an Engineering Degree and a forklift license and make a mean Chicken Madras!

[Guest tom-zero]

are 1/8th rivets the size i will be using ??

[sj-bradley]

Ok, not quite the same. They do the same job though - temporary rivets.

 

I suppose self tapping screws would as well

 

Chicken Madras - Drool

 

1/8 inch rivets - yes - mostly

 

Simon.

[Shaft]

Hopefully, they're the most common size. Anything larger is overkill and you'll be weakening the chassis by drilling un-neccesarily large holes.

[philshelton]

so can a chicken curry hold a zero together nick or even hold panels in place till final fix

[Shaft]

it sometimes makes me pants stick to me arse so it's a definite possibility Jethro??

[Guest sandy77uk]

Mine took 11 months to build, then i buggered off on a two week holiday, then took 4 weeks to sort the IVA out, so from kit collection to registered and driving on the road was just shy of 13 months (although I've not fitted the roof or the windscreen wipers, everything else is done

[Guest Hammy360]

Go meet with Tony B mate, hes on your patch and has great looking Zero (almost as nice as mine lol)

 

[Guest snowy2]

I built a "seven " replica in 60 days whilst doing my job as a long distance truck driver.....it was very hard work and i was knackered afterwards but it did include everything (heater, wiring, roof etc) it passed first time as well (i used to be a car mechanic and MOT tester) i would not recomend doing it to anyone unless your very comfortable and confident in your abilities. you will also have to compromise on lots of things to get it built so quickly, but its do-able. Another car i built took just about 400 hours, which included lots of head scratching and trying to figure out some of my problems.....(sat on floor staring at it utterly lost)

Give your self at least a year and then add on a bit......