Those damn finishing touches

[HandyAndy]

I tell you what.............

Those damn finishing touches seem to take longer than it did getting the chassis to the rolling stage

Tho I must say the "to do list" is getting very very short now thankfully

I,m now at the stage where I,m going around my car "Looking" for things that need doing, & when I find something it seems to take ages to complete the task

Have others found that they ended up RE doing things that originally you thought were finished with? ....arrggh ...pulls yet more hair out .....I,ll be bald by the time Stoneleigh weekend

cheers
andy

Ps.. I also "Twotted" a finger today, oww the bloomin hurt ! lol

[dogwood]

Ain't you heard Andy, they are NEVER really finished.

[AshG]

yep your nearly a the end now. i got hacked off with mine towards the end

[HandyAndy]

David...... Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo don,t say that I want to drive the Bloomin thing, not tinker with it , well, not until I "blow" the engine & need a new one

Ash....... I,m pleased that I,m not the only one that goes thru this stage then ,

In the last few days I,ve fitted a new rad, repositioned my side indicators, put new rear lights on, put new gauge into the dash.....& the bug bear of a job......tidied up the wiring for what seems the umpteenth time ...aaarrrggh

And why is it when you hurt a finger ,,,its the one that gets used the most ......typing, phone digit, nose picking LOL ..only kidding on the last one, LOL

cheers
andy

[deezee]

I know the feeling. I had aluminium brackets for my brake unions, these all had to come off (IVA feedvback from others) and steel ones welded on. The same with my roll bar needing extra bolts on the rear down stays. Going around the car looking for internal / external projections that need trimming or modifying all together. Its seems like such a thankless task that takes loads of time. Whats worse is after an evening with the car, its doesn't look any different!

[Bonzo]

Look on the bright side Andy

You may be going over & re doing some jobs that you were happy with at the time .... Could be worse !!

At least you are not re building the complete chassis

Yes I imagine all of the finishing bits n bobs are very time consuming.

Great to hear that you are almost crossing the finish line

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by deezee

Whats worse is after an evening with the car, its doesn't look any different!

You,re right there Deezee, I spent a full day on it yesterday, drove it back into the garage, looked at it & thought..."what have I done today"...doesn,t look any different

Cheers Ronnie, you,re right mate, just the last few bits n bobs etc, just at times it gets like the feeling that nothing seems to "get finished"



Peeps......don,t under estimate how much edge trim you,ll need, me being a tight sod, ordered what I thought would be enough.....I,ve just reordered double the amount I originally purchased

I,d like to say a big thanks to Jas & David ....
Jas gave me a great contact for the rear fog light situation, after a slight problem with them sending me an Old unmarked lense, I now have the correct fog light for IVA ( new "F" mark etc ) in the NAS style.

Davids money saving tip for mounting the fog / reverse light in the vertical plane on the rear tub has worked a treat, I,ll put up a pic later of the rear of the car .

Thanks guys

cheers
andy

[aerosam]

Handy I am at exactly the same stage as you, and falling into the same pitfalls.

I've been filling and sanding my enlarged nosecone for about 2 weeks now, doesn't seem to get any smoother, just makes the garage dustier.

Like you, my list is getting very small now.

And like you, I just found out that I'm about 14" short on edging trim, Grrrrr.

[AshG]

i think i used at least 10m of edge trim on mine. its funny though as it all seems to have fallen off over the last couple of thousand miles.

[tex]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

I tell you what.............

Those damn finishing touches seem to take longer than it did getting the chassis to the rolling stage

Tho I must say the "to do list" is getting very very short now thankfully

I,m now at the stage where I,m going around my car "Looking" for things that need doing, & when I find something it seems to take ages to complete the task

Have others found that they ended up RE doing things that originally you thought were finished with? ....arrggh ...pulls yet more hair out .....I,ll be bald by the time Stoneleigh weekend

cheers
andy

Ps.. I also "Twotted" a finger today, oww the bloomin hurt ! lol

andy when is your IVA? got it booked yet?
do you need a help with anything?