Opinions please......

[CTWV50]

I have the bodywork, lights and wiring, tunnel panels and interior to do. Anyone recommend a best order to do these in or should I treat it like a house guid and do a wiring first fix then, tunnel panels then body work and finally interior?:confused:

Don't want to end up titting about it tight spaces if I can help it.

[rpjg1975]

That's basically how I did mine, nice and handy to be able to get to everywhere to fix wires and pipes exactly where you want them. Just remember where you want to cover so you don't route wires through then realise you need that section covering (don't ask how I know ;) ;) )

Russ

[flyerncle]

It's a good idea to make the scuttle panel above the pedals removeable as it is a nightmare to do anything in there when it's all together.

[voucht]

I'm more or less at the same point as you are. I would not do the interior after the bodywork. I will definitely fit the body work as late as I can (except the scuttle which is needed for the bulkhead and the dash board) to avoid any risk of damaging or even scratching it. I'm almost done with the wiring now, and when I see how my nice shiny brand newly powder coated chassis is now scratched everywhere after one month of work on the wiring, if it happened the same to the body work when I'm doing things after I fitted it, I would be very mad. Hope you get my point there.

So, personally, the order I chose to do things is:
- wiring
- inside ally panels (hopefully next week)
- seats, dash-board, etc.
- body work
- lights

Good luck with the wiring, it is definitely the worst par of the build to me.

Hope this can help :)

[alga]

Bodywork does not get in the way, especially if you can remove the nosecone and scuttle.

You need to run ~10 wires through the transmission tunnel: ground, left ind, right ind, brake, sidelights, fog, reverse, fuel pump, fuel sender. Also in the middle of the tranny tunnel you need to connect the handbrake switch and the reverse switch. Once these wires are sorted, you can do the tranny tunnel panels. Keep at least 2 of them removable, otherwise you'll have problems undoing the front diff flange and removing the prop.