Been about a month since my last update. I had a goal to get the spider fit and set in place before my daughter went back to college (that day was today). Nothing against my wife but our daughter is a better assistant in the shop.
Since charging my AC before Christmas here are some of the highlights of my progress (mostly it has been some wiring, fitting panels, etc.)
Subwoofer box built and installed. My original plan for a 12" Rockford Fosgate sub I had laying around took up too much legroom in the passenger footbox so I purchased an 8" Infinity Kappa Series sub (matches my 6 1/2" component system) and a larger Infinity Reference amp (need more power for this small sub). The sub is in a sealed enclosure I built and only takes up about 6" in depth of the passenger footbox. I am still working on were to mount the amp, it is LARGE. I think it will end up on the back wall between the seats.
Installed the anchor duct, fit the dash, and worked on some of the wiring under the dash (I am done with adding wiring into the footwells) for relays, etc.
My lift system has more stroke in the cylinders than what my shocks allowed for at full extension so I built some tapped steel doubler plates for inside the footwells to lower the upper shock mounts 9/16". The tapped plates allow me to remove the brackets without having to have someone crawl inside to hold a wrench on the nuts.
Tidied up the plumbing on my oil cooler.
I purchased the mounting plates from Pantera Electronics along with their controller for my Tesla EPB calipers. There are two tapped holes in the rear wheel uprights behind the calipers that are not used. By adding a 1/2" x 2" length of aluminum to the purchased brackets I was able to utilize these mounting holes without having to add any holes to the uprights. This was my first attempt ever at TIG welding aluminum. After much practice my welds are functional but not the artwork of a seasoned welder so I built them up and ground them smooth.
After that is was spider on. I trial fit my windshield and with a 1/2" of shim under the spider near the door hinges my windshield fit perfectly.
After much fitting, measuring, shimming, etc. I decided that I need to move the drivers side of my tub another 1/4" forward to get the spider sitting exactly where I wanted it. SHIT. In order to do this I needed to remove the tub to do it right. This would also give me a chance to insulate my floors and knock out some other small tasks that I had planned to save for later. Off came the spider again. My daughter and I set it outside for a couple of days and sure enough we had ice and snow. The cup holders are perfect molds for making ice cube frisbees.