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After a pair of extra wide rear arches for seiw. ZK Colour not important. Thanks jez

I'm very surprised this hasn't gone. I remember following the build thread with interest, and onyone who has done so knows that this is a reqlly well thought out and well put together car.

I think if you went the DIY route, you would be more likely to get a good finish by learning to wrap it yourself than trying to spray it yourself. Just my view from seeing mates try both over the years. And a wrap is much more forgiving if you get it wrong, peel it off and try again! Get good at the underlying preparation and I think doing a wrap yourself isn't too difficult.

Unless you rent a booth and do it yourself, not cheap. Even doing all the prep work themselves, the last time I saw someone quote a price on here, it was over £2k, possibly nearer £2.4k, I can’t remember. I know when I’ve asked paint places about doing the complete job in more recent times, low end has been £3k, high end, over £5k; but I soon realised they were talking show car finishes. Needless to say I passed. (Materials alone, with primer, base, clear coat on the first quote were the best part of a grand.) if you know someone in the trade, shop around etc, I’m sure you could get cheaper, and as I say, doing the initial strip, clean, fill and sand yourself, would help. Also, just for clarity, the quotes I got were from decent road car finishes (apart from the one that wanted to do show car stuff). If you opt for someone that will do a “race car” finish, ie looks good from a distance, not so much up close, then obviously it’s much cheaper. The other option is to have a go completely yourself. @corsechris achieved amazing results with ingenuity at home on his amazing Midlana.

And another blatant bump. Not sure how many I get before I get a red card....

@Ewanas an alternate to a full wrap, how about staying on the Lotus F1 theme but go with the Martin livery the team used on the 79 cars. using the livery as a base so you can strategically place stripes/decals over the blemishes in the gellcoat. Also takes the eye away from any nasty areas.

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I think it looks brilliant in that green with the classic body. Are you sure that it couldn't be improved with a gentle cut and polish and just embrace the dings as part of the history?

Supposed to be dry, I can actually make Thursdays now so fingers crossed my first will be the last of the year, in the westie too if it is dry lol

How about replacing all the bodywork? I went from the original blue to black with carbon highlights. Obviously you would loose the period look. Kenton

I may now have to rethink this project. Having decided on a JPS inspired theme of a gloss black car with gold (well, copper) decals, I had a possible design drawn up. But the cost has come in at approximately £3400 inc. Vat - which is too much for a project being done just for a bit of fun. Perhaps naively, and based on nothing in particular, I had thought it might have been around half that, given the diminutive size of the vehicle. Oh well. So, plan B, look at having it painted, and probably stick to a gloss dark green. Anyone have a ball-park idea of the cost to paint a Westy?

Won’t make this one due to my work curry night Till the Xmas night…. Andy

I'll be there

As long as the weather and health hold up – gotta keep doing it! It’s not gonna last forever… But while you can – just go for it! This clip’s actually 2× speed,:) but it still shows what’s I felt and what is awesome about kit cars – it’s not about the km/h, it’s all about the feeling. But I am sure You know that ! Way more intense than in any regular production fancy car!

I watched it on YouTube earlier, looks almost like your own personal hillclimb! Just makes me want to get the car out that does 👍

Hi ... They were fitted to solid discs . drilled and grooved

Maybe last ride this year , golden autumn, only watching recording... I had to speed up the video to show what I actually felt while riding

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Our last Golden Pheasant meet of the year, before December's Christmas Curry! Roughly 7pm if your eating, 7.30 pm or so, otherwise.

Hi A pair of Westfield 4 pot calibers along with EBC Green Stuff pads in good condition ... removed from my Megabusa when switched to Willwood radial units .. see photos for mount diamensions ... £175 + P&P at cost

Thanks for that. This was me experimenting this summer with a slightly cranked lever: It's hard to see from the angle but it does tuck under the dash a bit. With the size of the Westfield remote I do seem to have to choose between under the dash or reaching back a bit, at least with the lever with the amount of crank that I had. When the weather improves I'll experiment a bit more 😁

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The Type 9 gear lever was bent as close to the bottom as possible. (Oxy acetylene heated to cherry red, then bent) Then the shaft was shortened and re-threaded. It has been used for a number of years. No problems at all. I made a jig to clamp the lower end of the gear lever in a vice. That 1. Avoid damaging the bottom end of the lever. 2. Controlled where the bend starts, e.g. not too low. The car is a wide body 2L Zetec, with an initially MT75 gearbox, but it was later converted to a Type 9.

As there’s no forum update or patch notices available for Admins to view, I’m guessing no updates or fixes yet…

Just bought a new one 😎 cheaper than a Westfield 😎