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B pillar brace finished off with satin black and final fitted today



Finished welding in the reinforcement tube to the O/S in front of the seat and painted in satin black.



Made and welded bracket for drivers cooling fan.

Tacked some bracing into the spare wheel well, where I cut it away for the ducting.

So ordered one of these last night, was going to go with plywood but...

I'm also contemplating xpower 500 colours with the green down the middle.

Hmph, ordered a GRP bootlid fm Moto-Build website Saturday to get an email yesterday saying we don't make them any more and how did you order it ?

So, got the moulds for the engine bay ducts finished off. Lined the inside with sticky back plastic, reinforced the outside with bodge tape and polished the inside with beeswax furniture polish as a release agent. Hopefully will see how these work out today...

There we go first one done, not bonding them but fastening them like they do with Elise's using brackets.

At long last the rear caliper brackets are done.

At long last I have brakes on the rear.







And finish fitting the n/s air scoop.





What will tomorrow bring?

Interesting rear brake setup Where did you get the rear calipers

big angus wrote:Interesting rear brake setup Where did you get the rear calipers

Got them from rally design, they're not specifically rear 2 pots, but the pad is that small you couldn't use them as fronts.

It's been a welding and grinding day, tomorrow may be a body filler day...

Replacement slam panel fitted and modified





Bonnet fabrication finished

Progress on the bonnet.





And modified the gear lever assembly similar to the way big angus did his.

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Also raised the engine mount arms 10mm to the height the normal mgf mount.

We're getting there.





But tried to fit the rear anti roll bar today - it won't fit. Coilovers are getting in the way, going to have to modify it.

Great progress - and like what you've done with the windows - you've done what I had in mind for them and so nice to see that it works! Have you any more photos of the support brace, and where did you get that tubing from?

Sorry to hear about the grief with the ARB...

Rob Bell wrote:Have you any more photos of the support brace, and where did you get that tubing from?

Sorry to hear about the grief with the ARB...

Rob, which support brace are you on about the B pillar one?

Will have another look at the ARB this weekend, I wonder if I could use a front mgf one and modify it for the rear..

Thinking something along these lines

I was wondering about the plexiglass supports? I had similar problems to you with the flat panel (it flapped about A LOT in the breeze!) This could save me a few kilos in weight

I really like that adjustable ARB. Is it universal? What diameters does it come in? Available front and rear? I should probably look at the Eliseparts.com website shouldn't I?

Rob,
The tubing is 8mm stuff from B&Q, 2 x 1m lengths will do a window. I have to redo the drivers side from scratch so will do some more pictures when I do it.

That's brilliant, thanks

Rear anti roll bar problem sorted. Modified the mounting bracket, lengthening it cutting off the rear bolt and welding two new ones in moving the ARB backwards.





Also finished the prep on the bonnet and primed the centre area. Will be giving it its new colour tomorrow