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November 2016

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November 5th, 2016

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Got the roll bar off using some heat to soften the glue and a putty knife to wedge in between bar plate and body work. Then started to work on the new carbon boot sides.

 

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Once I got the holes right, the rest was just fine tuning. Now just the filler itself to do, but I will wait until I've been to the welder to see what is possible

 

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November 6th, 2016

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Fixed the brake line in the tunnel back using rubber lined P-clips, and replaced one or two broken saddle clips with new ones. Fitted the conduit and pulled wiring from the scuttle to the rear.

 

November 12th, 2016

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Continued with wiring at the rear.

 

November 13th, 2016

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Finished most of the wiring at the rear.

 

November 20th, 2016

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Further completed the boot side panels and reduced width of handbrake load spreader as it was rubbing against the wiring loom.

 

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November 25th, 2016

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At first I was not going to touch the roll bar, then I briefly considered painting it myself, until I had a quote from a local powder coating company to have it properly done.  Collected it today and it looks like new :yes:

The only snag is that I didn't remove the rose joints and the rubbers on them cooked in the oven.  Another thing to replace!

 

 

 

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Olliebeak

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Like the boot sides, what do you intend to do in the middle? I am looking to do something similar myself when I remove my RAC bar and fit my lovely chrome one. I butchered the sides of my boot boot when installing around the RAC bar and covered it up using carpet. I suppose that you could just cut the sides off the existing boot box and make it easily removable for access.

Quinten

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30 minutes ago, Olliebeak said:

Like the boot sides, what do you intend to do in the middle? I am looking to do something similar myself when I remove my RAC bar and fit my lovely chrome one. I butchered the sides of my boot boot when installing around the RAC bar and covered it up using carpet. I suppose that you could just cut the sides off the existing boot box and make it easily removable for access.

 

A boot lid.  I'm not actually fitting a boot box as I don't really need it, but I do prefer to be able to access the rear from the top.  The boot lid is still a long time off though, so I'll be re-using the tonneau cover for the moment and just lifting it at the corner when I need to fill up for petrol ;)

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