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Originally Posted by CTWV50 (Post 95313)

OMG vinyl stripes! That's "nearly finished" type stuff! :) I started back again with mine after new year, and have been thinking about grill mesh and front indicators. Does the mesh have to be automotive specific or not. Where did you get yours' from?

Indicators and mesh look good.:cool:

Good to see you have started making progress again. My wife keeps saying it look nearly finished but I've still got over 30 jobs to do. Some of them aren't straight forward either.

I had thought about mounting the indicators under the headlamps but I'm ok with the extensions. Will probably leave it like that after iva as well. They could easily be shortened if needed.

David

I only have one job left on mine to get it ready for IVA.

Finish it.

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Originally Posted by flyerncle (Post 95316)

Opinion ? is there any reason pre IVA not to fit them under the headlight by some means as opposed to the extension on the nosecone.

The problem with the under headlights is the angles of visibility. It's the 80deg outward angle (viewing from the kerb) that is the problem as the wheel is in the way. You still need to extend them forwards to get around this.
My attempt but it looks very temporary so I don't know if it will be ok or not.

Front carbon indicator pod by Series1Landy, on Flickr

Looks like the extension route then .:rolleyes:

First class job on the interior Dave. That looks like it has just come out of the factory ! Changing the subject, does anybody recognise the headlights on the haynes roadster featured in complete kit car magazine in the latest edition ? It was a 2 part feature on a scratch build haynes. The headlights look really different, in a good way. Wouldn't mind a set of those. I don't think it was a car from this forum, I don't recognise it, he gives a bodykit manufacturer a little kick about quality. He has a changed the bulk head ever so slightly to allow the Zetec unit to be set a little further back, build quality looks tidy enough, but the engine really needs some tlc. It looks like it has just been lifted straight out of a focus & dropped straight into the bay. I thought that he would have at least painted the rocker cover as it's a feature car ?:eek: :D

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Originally Posted by jason 82 (Post 95334)

I was wondering about those lights as the may solve the indicator problem!

I'm sure the builder is a forum member as they would have bought the bodykit off spud or Nathan.

David

It's baz-r's car in CKC magazine; SVC, Europa or CBS will likely sell those headlights.

Tonight I spent a bit of time making my dashboard. It just needs to be fitted into the car. The bolts are being reached by some black dome headed bolts as soon as they arrive from ebay.

I will eventually put in a carbon fibre dash as soon as someone makes one wide enough with the radius on the bottom.

I'm almost happy with the result. I wasn't going to use the padding underneath but when I measured my radius I was slightly under the 19mm so don't want to risk it at iva.

Here is a photo.....

I will post a photo of it in place and that will be the interior finished apart from the harnesses (not enough in piggy bank / car fund) at moment for those.

David

Here is a picture of what the car looks like so far.....

David