Easy job i thought just fit the wipers however they needed some fettling to make them follow the contour of the windscreen
First job was to confirm that the wipers still parked the right way ( just in case ) and they did
they are also adjustable but mine did not adjust far enough so had to cut off 25m and bend in the vice
looks good
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| just need to bend the tab over |
Time to fill in the IVA paperwork quite straight forward with the help sheet from GD , just need to remember to include all the bits reqd which can be easily missed
1 amateur build declaration
2 application form
3 copy of major item invoices (chassis, body, engine, gearbox suspension and steering )
4 Copy of Driving license
5 2 pages of pictures showing i built it
6 all pages signed
7 Declaration of newness ( from GD)
Planning on the car going to GD week before to have the IVA pack put on and for Andy to have a look at anything that could make it fail .
wanted to trail fit the stalks and the housing before sticking the leather to it and realized that i had left the stalk cables too long and had loads of cable to lose but hey ho .
All fitted on the steering coulomb so happy ,fitted the leather with the join at the bottom and pushed the front on and left to dry ,leaving the leather long at the moment until i see what its looks like on
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| waiting to dry |
When we offered it up it didnt fit as well as we wanted ,biggest issue was that the surround it cut out for a key and i dont have one .this tends to make the leather crumple in ,solved with a piece of plastic from a paint tray to fill it out now looks better
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| final fit |
The seats are supposed to have a 10mm spacer at the front to lift the rake up a bit and becomes very fiddley to fit came up with the idea to weld 8mm washers together to give me the 10mm and use a 6mm washer for the last one so I could tap it out 8mm
This held the bolts in place and made fitting the seat a lot easier
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| washers welded |
I kept the original running in oil in the engine and they recommend changing after 30 mins running .Figured i had easily done that so changed the oil
Put fully synthetic Dex2 5W30 and changed the filter as well surprisingly couldn't get the filter form any local suppliers so ebay to the rescue .
No pics as too messy a job but very straight forward .need to change again at 1000 miles .
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| Oil filter PF48 |
Now the dash is in and all the gauges are also in speedo was really fiddly time to final fit the undertrays
I have quite a lot going on with the trays as on the left one i have a aux socket and switch floor light speaker and a switch for the usb charge point behind the seat all fused from a cable from the battery
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| a lot going on |
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| Fitted note the whoops hole |
Realised that i needed reflectors to pass the IVA and didnt want the expense of buying another 2 standoffs so copied another users blog and made a bracket to support the reflector off the indicator s ,a bit of a fiddle to make but hopefully worth it
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| found a piece of stainless hanging around |
The slot was there on the metal i acquired but will be hidden by the reflector ,once i got the indicator to fit I spaced the refector with a 5mm drill spryed black and fitted .
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| look better than i thought might even leave them of after IVA |
Completely forgot to grease the propshaft before the body went on and kept putting it off , Bribed Steve with a Subway and he "volunteered!" to grease it ,apparently not easy according to the swear words sorry Steve !
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| Half a Steve |
Fitted the leather and the back of the seats found the easiest way was to use velcro
straight forward
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| finishes off nice |
Fitted the head rests for the final time didn't want the leather to look trapped so made sure the head rest was in the right place by filing the socket until they were level
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| tight and screws level |
I then pushed the cover past the sockets and once the rests were ight and Loctite in slid the cover back happy days
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| all fitted |
