David's Build Thread

[voucht]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

I ordered a set of carbon fibre stoneguards off ebay (via a large kit car supplier)

Hi David,
Perhaps you can tell us who it is, so no one falls in the trap again, as it looks really crappy.

Thanks

[Davidbolam]

Well it seems like ages since I have updated my build thread. I have managed to align all of my body panels and have temporarily riveted them in place. I still need to get my mate to finish off the welding of the exhaust and also weld in the vin plate.

HUGE thanks to kev (k4kev) for helping me to put a radiused edge on the end of my silencer. I got to have a good look at his build so this gave me a bit more motivation to go and do more work on my car! I must admit though I am very jealous of his build facilities. His garage is a bit bigger than mine!

I think once the vin and exhaust are done everything should come together really quickly. I was really daunted by the prospect of looking at the rear electrics but when I actually looked at it and got my multimeter out this was very easy. I've managed to end up with only about 6 wires and had thought there was a bout 20.

I have trimmed the carbon fibre stoneguards that came from kitpartsdirect as they were a bit too large. These now have nice straight and delamination free edges. ( did this with a pair of kitchen scissors)

I have ordered all the materials to build my dash. I'm going to use 2mm aluminium and radius the bottom around a broom handle or something. To start with I am going to use the existing clocks from the mx5 and put it in place book spec. Ie put it behind a sheet of Perspex.

I have also picked up one of these from ebay which I thought looked ok

[Johno]

Hi David...
Nice to hear you are still cracking on with the olde girl...
I ended up running a seven core cable down the tunnel for my rear lights and some single core cables in split conduit for the fuel pump and sender.
So how did the AGM bodykit line up in the end.. I had fun (twisted) trying to align the bonnet/scuttle and nose cone with my ally side panels...LOL
Most importantly though David is WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS...

I must say I do like that key ring buddy....

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by Johno

Hi David...
Nice to hear you are still cracking on with the olde girl...
I ended up running a seven core cable down the tunnel for my rear lights and some single core cables in split conduit for the fuel pump and sender.
So how did the AGM bodykit line up in the end.. I had fun (twisted) trying to align the bonnet/scuttle and nose cone with my ally side panels...LOL
Most importantly though David is WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS...

I must say I do like that key ring buddy....

I think the bodywork has all lined up ok. The scuttle to bonnet join was the hardest bit to get right. I won't know for sure until everything is fastened down for the last time.

As for photos everything is too messy at the moment. The garage is full of bubble wrap and orange dust! I will take some ASAP and post them on here.

David

[Davidbolam]

Here is what I've done with 4 of the badges. I have removed the Mazda stickers and replaced them with haynes R ones.



They still need a bit of cleaning but should look ok

David

[rpjg1975]

They look spot on David, should add a little extra something to finish off your build

Russ

[Dualist]

They look sweet