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[Guest DGAV]

HI THIS IS MY FIRST KIT CAR BUILD !

THERE ARE 2 OF US BUILDING

MY SELF DUNCAN, AND BEST MATE HOT ROD

DONER IS 1.8 SIERRA

PICK UP DAY(D DAY)IS 4DEC

ANY ADVICE

[Guest Battery Bill]

Join the club Best advice you could get

[Big Jim]

ANY ADVICE

Don't shout! but also go and put your location into your "Profile" then folk know where you come from.

[Guest Peejay]

oh, and don't mess with Big Jim!!

 

Seriously tho'. Welcome to the Hoodie Clan, and we're all here to help

[Guest Guy]

Hi Dgav,

 

There’s a good document giving advice on your collection day but I can't find it anywhere, anyone know where it is?

 

I presume you've found the main site at CLICK, read lots of it.

 

Next year, go to as many shows as you can and don't be afraid to ask people about their builds, it can save you many hours of work.

 

Building a car is like eating an elephant, you can't do it all in one go! (I just love that quote )

[Guest salty_monk]

There something on collection on Bill & Joey's site, seem to remember some sort of story like Joey peeing on Richards foot or something... (it wasn't that...)

[Guest chris brown]

Duncan and Rod Welcome to the world of hoodies first bit of advice when striping the donor remove EVERY nut, bolt, self tapper, bracket etc that there is in the car and keep them. If you are going to use the donor wiring loom (in some respects easier that others) remove it very carefully identifying all connections with tags and a permanent marker or similar.

When getting rid of the shell the scrap yard may ask for the V5 DO NOT GIVE IT UP you will need it SORN it that way DVLA assume the car is just not in use at the moment and wont chase you for tax also if the engine number is not the same (mine wasn’t) as on the V5 you can get it changed. You need the V5 on registering the car to prove it was yours and to get an age related plate.

You don’t say if you are going for stainless if so I would recommend that on collection you pick up another sheet I did and used it all on the bits that Richard says “you’ll find a way of doing it”

As Jim says fill in your profile and join the club you may (no you will) find there are others in your area that have been down the same route and have overcome the problems you will come across.

[Guest daveg]

If you haven't asked for stainless - ring RHSC asap and ask to upgrade

 

Paint is expensive :boohoo:

 

Dave

[Big Jim]

and if you've ordered the Vickie Green wiring harness, give back work, then go buy a Premier wiring one. Don't get the seats.

[Mitch]

Loom comes as standard, on some, but i think the seats are now extras

 

Mitch

[Guest chris brown]

Don't get the seats

you can have mine as soon as I get some decent ones

Don’t get the hood ether in the first place or you could end up like me with a hood I never use, I just use a surrey top all year round. Just wear more clothes in winter and if you decide you want one later its still costs the same

[Guest Guy]

I've just found the link about collection day I was looking for. HERE IT IS hope it helps.

[Guest 2bsprint]

I wish I had known all that before I bought my kit.

 

I did ask if I could have a set of the videos before I picked up the main kit but they said no. It turned out that they only produced the videos over the christmas break and I picked it up in Feb.

 

My advise is read and talk to other people with RH's as much as possible because I know I was totally un-preparedon how the collection days worked and how long it takes to unload it from their shopping tolley, check it off and load it up into your transport.

 

the other thing I never excepted was to have trouble finding space in their yard to do all the loading etc. On the day I collected mine there were serveral people had to take their shopping trolleys out onto the road and load up on the road.