ESCORT-X4GC Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Are you feelin' better Big Man ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 Are you feelin' better Big Man ??? aye, but sadly just not had the time to do anything to the car at all waiting on few bits so i can fit my engine, and then time pending its full steam ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESCORT-X4GC Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Nice one mate, glad your felling better !!!! No rush with the car mate, i'll just keep an eye out, getting tasty this project mate, see you around Buddy !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 finally.. an update! still trying to get a crank sprocket because im too lazy to go to a scrappy and pull the engine apart to get one, but ive started on my dashboard and almost finished my centre console. also fitted the front two arches 2day. not too bad considering i wasnt down long! the back arches im gonna need to seriously modify to fit because of the back doors but nothing i wont find a way around, the fronts arent that bad a fit, just need a little trimming, and the skirts need extended. i'll be widening the bumpers a tad so that the arches flow into them too. piccies. centre consolehttp://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/ABCD0004-1.jpghttp://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/ABCD0003-1.jpg couls be doing with a tad more smoothing etc but im thinking of just covering it with some of the boot build fabric. will also mean there will be a 12v port in the back of the car. needs a tad more done and then aligator from here is going to make me a custom gaitor for it. arches.. http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/ABCD0020-1.jpghttp://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/ABCD0002-1.jpghttp://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/ABCD0001-2.jpg stuck on with evostick expanding foam and self tappers. a wee bit of work on these too and they'll look awesome, gonna smooth them into the car too to look a bit more like theyre supposed to be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedgie07 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 liking the centre consol ried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Good progress there mate. Centre console looks to be taking shape nicely and love the s2 arches on the front . With regards to the rear arches could you not mod them so the part of the arch that covers the door is cut and fixed to the door with the rest fixed to the body of the car? Or maybe lengthen the skirts even more so they push the rear arch section back far enough to miss the door all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Or maybe lengthen the skirts even more so they push the rear arch section back far enough to miss the door all together. now thats an idea, but it will make the wheels sit funny in the arch, kinda like the genuine cossie wings do. might see if i can cut them and fit the bit onto the door, but will need to sit and plan it out a bit before i touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMark Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Good bit of progress, looking forward to the finished product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 cant you just fit the rears, then with a fine saw, cut them while they on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 cant you just fit the rears, then with a fine saw, cut them while they on? will be awkward (sp? - doesnt look right) as hell due to not being able to see the lines of the doors. but thinking about it thats probably gonna be the only way to do it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 cant you just fit the rears, then with a fine saw, cut them while they on? will be awkward (sp? - doesnt look right) as hell due to not being able to see the lines of the doors. but thinking about it thats probably gonna be the only way to do it.. dunno if this will make sense or if it would even work... obviously easier with bigger arches. but... where the yellow lines are.. cut the arch.. the blue bit is where its fitted to the door and the red bit is part of the arch but just overlaps the arch when the door's shut.? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/K-TintZ/Pic-010315.jpg makes sense in my head, pmsl. but really depends on how much of the S2 arch actually goes onto the door maybe thats there is only a few mm that goes onto the door, in which case you'll need to cut it to the shape of the door. so.. put the arch on the outside. draw an outline. then open the door, holding the arch in the right place using the line you just drawn, then from the inside outline the edge of the door. you should then have a line on the inside of the arch. cut that. then you'll have two peices. fix both bits seperately then when you shut the door, it "should" line up this is all "in theory" of course. anyone else got an idea how to do it? brute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 ffs karl, went bent eyed trying to understand that! 2 secs i'll PS how it sits. u got the pic of the arch u used without the editing? cant find a decent un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 lol, told you it might not make sense.... lol. hang on i'll put up the unedited pic http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/K-TintZ/Pic-010331.jpg lol, its harder to explain, but if i could show you, you'd know what i mean. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/srj_mcsar/Untitled-1.jpg so its kinda akward to mark out, think i might try and split it though and fit the bit i cut off onto the back door, wont be easy tho, and theres always the chance of it coming off with the door being opened/shut constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 couple of rivets, expanding foam inside and a skim of fiberglass filler should see it sturdy enough to take the vibrations. could always try increasing the rubber seal for the door some way to make it softer on closing. a rubber bump stop or someting near the catch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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