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Old 27th June 2014, 05:42 PM
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Hi,
Thank you for the replies.
First, yes, the floor is fitted, and it is a 3mm aluminium plate.
Yes, it is a very tight fit... but not everywhere. At U4/U5 level, it fits perfectly. Then, the gap is increasing slowly going frontward and backward, reaching 5mm at the front end of TR1/TR2, and at the base of SS1 curved plate at the rear. It is more than that at the junction between SS1and CP3CP4, as you can see on the picture.
So, no, I cant lower the panel more then that because it is a tight fit at U4/U5 level (if it could, it would do it naturally thanks to gravity I think ).

Ben, thank you very much for blaming the problem on my chassis, it is very nice of you. It looks like you are preventively defensive, when at any time I have blamed Equinox for the problem. We all know the energy you put in selling/promoting Equinox products, but don't over do it, especially if the result is this kind of preventive defence by criticising and questioning other people's work.
In my first post, I just exposed a problem I have: how to fill the gap between the GRP and the chassis rails. I never said the panels were not fitting because of the manufacturer, and never questioned Equinox products and quality. I didn't even mention the name! So why so defensive?
Now, as you want to talk about that, after I read your first post, I have remeasured my chassis at different places, just to be sure. Believe me, you don't want me to publish the results here, it will not serve your cause.
Yes, these side panels come from the same moulds as a lot of others which have fitted a lot of other cars, but perhaps the transport conditions were different, the storage conditions were different, moist, temperature, etc. There can be a lot different factors that make a GRP part different from another one from the same mould, and you know that. And these side panels might have fit a lot of cars, but everyone has problem with their side panels, where ever they come from, you can't deny that. Give me some examples where a GRP side panel was “plug and play” and no trimming/adjusting was needed. I'm not sure you will find a lot of them. So why blaming my chassis more than other possible cause? I'm sorry to sound rude Ben, but I find it offending considering what you know of me and my build.

But again, the point of this thread has never been to find the cause of the problem or to blame it on someone, but just to find a way to sort it out! And even if the problem came from my chassis, I'm at the final stage of my build and I would have to do with this chassis anyway. Where ever the problem comes from, my chassis or the side panels, I need to find a way to fit them, and that is my only concern. So if you want to help, constructively, you are of course welcome to do so.

I'm still open to other suggestions about how to sort this problem out.

Thank you.
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