Theducks Build To Date In (Not So) Brief (Anymore)

[Guest peter2b2002]

same here chap i bought our house from left it behind weighs a ton

peter2b

[theduck]

Right, quick update.

 

- The garage is cleared enough to be worked in!

 

- I bought a caterham heat shield for the exhaust which fits but needs tweaking to get it sat right.

 

- I sold all 12 of my wheels and so the kit is on stands and the ones I was intending to fit had too high an offset and so went back

 

- I have ordered tyres (195/50r15 PE2s)

 

- I am ordering Team Dynamics Prorace 1.2 15x7 wheels Monday finished in, well, see below:

 

 

[Dave Ed]

Wow. That's going to look funky when it's all done. Certainly know it's yours when you are out on a run.

Like.

[fry61]

"this wheel's on fire; rolling down the road, just notify your next of kin" -------------

[Guest chris brown]

Wow they will look great

[theduck]

Just got off the phone to rimstock and wheels are ordered

 

Price wise, not bad considering the special finish, only a bit more than the best price I could get for standard finishes.

[alanh65]

Stu ... hope you are sticking by marine regulations for wet weather ... red on port side and green on starboard side!!

 

So you'll need to carry 2 spares .......... !!!

[theduck]

New shiney trinket for the car, sparco quick release steering wheel boss

 

 

Very impressed with it, has 8 bearings set in group of 5 and group of 3 so you cannot misalign the wheel and also the way it releases by pulling the purple sleeve and pushing the silver button so you can't accidentally release.

 

Also got another item on the way which hopefully will make for a very neat addition to the car, if I can make it fit!

[theduck]

Another update on monies spent (I know, I know! I promise tomorrow will bring updates of progress!)

 

I bought these 4 lovely pieces of GRP from Richard Stewart:

 

 

 

Which go together a bit like this:

 

 

and will eventually form the outer edges of my boot cover!

 

 

Have had a quick look and I think it will be a really nice fit to the car as long as I don't make a complete hash of cutting the holes required to go around the roll bar!

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Stiff card templates.

[theduck]

Managed to get a bit of time in the garage, not long, but enough to start ticking things off the list!

 

First up I fitted the sparco quick release steering wheel boss, which I have to say is an awesome bit of kit, very happy with it!

 

 

 

 

Finally got a bit the right size for cutting the holes in my cycle wings to allow me to fit the side repeaters, trial fitted and now ready to paint the cycle wings

 

 

 

 

Also did some work tidying up the wiring to the headlights and running the cables for the side repeaters, the blue electrical tape will need to be changed at some point as will the terminal block it is currently doing a poor job of hiding, I did it to see how it would look and I'm not sure. How do people normally cover/hide the cables to the side repeaters in the cycle wing??

 

 

 

 

Just to add that the wiring to the cycle wing isn't attached yet and so won't sit how it is in the photo at the moment.

[Jez Morton]

Err what can you say, we'll have a chat at the club meet on Wednesday if your there. I'll attempt to impart some of my wiring expertise if you want ;-).

 

Jez

[theduck]

Err what can you say, we'll have a chat at the club meet on Wednesday if your there. I'll attempt to impart some of my wiring expertise if you want ;-).

 

Jez

 

Lol, thanks Jez. I had seen someone do something similar which is why I tried it. I deliberately used the blue because I knew if it looked ok in the blue then doing it in black would be absolutely fine. Obviously the blue looks god awful and so I know I need to go a different route.

 

Oh and the terminal blocks will all be removed once I know everything is right!

 

 

 

Richard, I had considered doing that but didn't think it would look right, though it looks ok there, may go try it...

 

 

Edit to add:

 

Better?

 

 

[theduck]

Finally picked my wheels up today

 

[richyb66]

Aaargh - my eyes!

 

 

 

They look great, can't wait to see them on the car.