Started fitting body work today.
Got the spider in place
Sills in place temp.
front clip mounted, all the gaps seem fairly reasonable at this point.
The questions are the gap between the sill & front clip seems pritty good but should I be able to see the chassis tube that the radiator is suported by. it is down by the width of the tube 20mm.
If this is ok then that is good.
If not I will drop the front of the clip but it may not help with the gaps.
2nd question .Doors seem to be a good fit around the roof & front pillar.
At the rear pillar the door hits & wont fit in the apature it gets wider maybe 15mm overlap towards the bottom.
The rear leg is in the exact spot & no I havnt fitted the rear clip to check but I will.
If that all works out & the excess has to come of the door is this amount normal.
If it is then that ok but does anyone have an expected measurement for the lenght of the door & from the back edge of the door to the door handle recess to give me an idea if im going in the right direction.
I dont want to cut the doors then find out it was a bad move.
I presume I was correct in notching out the underside of the sill to accomadate the lowered floor.
As the sill has to stretch a long way & it didnt look right.
Nothing in the manual ,I presume not updated .
The other thing is the front clip lower edges seem to wont to keep curling intowards the body. is this normal & I presume that once it is held in position on clips & cones it will eventually find its relaxed position ?.
Hope someone can help with this.
I will thank you now. Jim Cowden
Got the spider in place
Sills in place temp.
front clip mounted, all the gaps seem fairly reasonable at this point.
The questions are the gap between the sill & front clip seems pritty good but should I be able to see the chassis tube that the radiator is suported by. it is down by the width of the tube 20mm.
If this is ok then that is good.
If not I will drop the front of the clip but it may not help with the gaps.
2nd question .Doors seem to be a good fit around the roof & front pillar.
At the rear pillar the door hits & wont fit in the apature it gets wider maybe 15mm overlap towards the bottom.
The rear leg is in the exact spot & no I havnt fitted the rear clip to check but I will.
If that all works out & the excess has to come of the door is this amount normal.
If it is then that ok but does anyone have an expected measurement for the lenght of the door & from the back edge of the door to the door handle recess to give me an idea if im going in the right direction.
I dont want to cut the doors then find out it was a bad move.
I presume I was correct in notching out the underside of the sill to accomadate the lowered floor.
As the sill has to stretch a long way & it didnt look right.
Nothing in the manual ,I presume not updated .
The other thing is the front clip lower edges seem to wont to keep curling intowards the body. is this normal & I presume that once it is held in position on clips & cones it will eventually find its relaxed position ?.
Hope someone can help with this.
I will thank you now. Jim Cowden