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[Ansoeb]

Side wind deflectors from Westfield £160 or some 5mm polycarbonate sheet from work - free to a good home. Stainless liftoff hinges left & right hand - Amazon £12.

I knocked out the hinge pin, machined them to size to suit the windscreen then drilled & fitted a 3mm grub screw to secure. Tried and tested today, much satisfaction in the process of making and the end result 

[Craigieboy]

1 hour ago, Ansoeb said:

Side wind deflectors from Westfield £160 or some 5mm polycarbonate sheet from work - free to a good home. Stainless liftoff hinges left & right hand - Amazon £12.

I knocked out the hinge pin, machined them to size to suit the windscreen then drilled & fitted a 3mm grub screw to secure. Tried and tested today, much satisfaction in the process of making and the end result 

 

Look fantastic, well done.

Just a pity they're about 3 weeks too late for me. 

[Craigieboy]

Wired up the DRL's.

Used the same controller as I've used on a few Mx5 installs and it's never let me down, though required a couple of resistors to work properly. It was fine with a incandescent bulb, but wouldn't recognise the leds.

Hardest part was threading the cable up through the sleeve to the headlamps, but I was determined to do it.

 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

On 30/06/2024 at 21:57, Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative said:

The original foot plate weighs a ton so you will be glad you made this, I like it! I hope you have some blue and orange paint 😉

Julie, you just know I can’t resist a challenge 🤣. I really should have better things to do with my time.

 

From a distance they look ok. Up close they look like some of the early work of a hyperactive toddler set loose with a tray of poster paints 🤪

 

[Euan Hoosearmy]

Finally got the crash pad recovered and fitted. Fake suede. Looks good at the moment, see how it fares over time

 

I have enough material to redo it about 20 times!

[Craigieboy]

Looks fantastic, you can be proud of that. 🙌

 

You could always cover your costs by using up the extra fabric on other people's cars...😉

[Kingster]

Taking pooch for a walk on a lovely mid summer day ☔️

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

3 hours ago, Kingster said:

Taking pooch for a walk on a lovely mid summer day ☔️

 

He/she will need a jetwash when you get home! Just make sure you turn the pressure down 😂

[Kingster]

1 hour ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

He/she will need a jetwash when you get home! Just make sure you turn the pressure down 😂

Yeah he had a long shower 🤣

 

snoozing now 👍

[Onliest Smeg David]

On 30/06/2024 at 17:34, Onliest Smeg David said:

Mountain biked in proper mountains for 1st time.... Austria @ 2000m

Some shakey videos of us (handlebar mounted phone)

 

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, Onliest Smeg David said:

Some shakey videos of us (handlebar mounted phone)

 

 

 

How did you get the YouTube vids to embed? Last time I put a YT link in all I got was the  written link, no icon or anything 

[Onliest Smeg David]

2 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

How did you get the YouTube vids to embed? Last time I put a YT link in all I got was the  written link, no icon or anything 

In YouTube > play vid > select 'share' > copy link > paste into comments box

[Philb65]

Bodged my accelerator cable after it snapped at the pedal. Managed to get home thankfully as I didn’t get very far. If I’d known how it connected I’d probably have been able to fix it properly before my bodge 😆 New cable needed!

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

38 minutes ago, Onliest Smeg David said:

In YouTube > play vid > select 'share' > copy link > paste into comments box

Yeah that's what I did. I suspect it may not have worked immediately because I had literally just posted the vid on YT. 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

28 minutes ago, Philb65 said:

Bodged my accelerator cable after it snapped at the pedal. Managed to get home thankfully as I didn’t get very far. If I’d known how it connected I’d probably have been able to fix it properly before my bodge 😆 New cable needed!

 

 

 

Same thing happened to me in my Tiger yonks ago, luckily I broke down not far from a Halfords so used a bike brake cable. After that I always carried a spare cable in that car. I should do the same in the Flying Carrot really but had forgotten all about it until I read your post, so ta for the reminder 👍