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[mini_mad69]

 

 

 

My lightweight doors are really really really light. But I work at an airport and need to open and close the window to access the barriers to get in and out. And I fancy adding a bit of soundproofing to the car.

 

 

Bought some doors.

 

 

Took the skins off.

 

 

Frames were a bit crusty.

 

 

New metal.

 

 

 

Skins got some sound proofing.

 

 

New skins on!

 

They weigh a tonne, even not built up with winders and glass etc But i think it'll be worth it to have the car more usable.

 

Edited by mini_mad69, 26 March 2015 - 11:39 PM.

[mini_mad69]

Drove it the other day, missed driving it. Running fine since the head gasket. The alternator light wasn't working properly when i finished, but I think that might just be a loose wire.

 

 

Took a door off..

 

 

Put a door on.

 

 

Couldn't believe it fitted first time. No adjustment what so ever.

 

 

I was given some dooor panels, think I'll try dye them black.

 

 

The nearside door took alot more work to make fit. I had to cut the bottom off and git a replacement panel, and it was cracked all over by the hinges. No pictures of that though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So Primed the doors.

 

 

Hopefully get this sorted and maybe take it to riv run.

Or take my Bini, havn't decided yet.

[mini_mad69]

 

Got some colour on the doors.

[mini_mad69]

 

 

 

 

Annoyingly the doors have come out alot better than the rest of the car. So it will need a good flat and mop to try and make it better.

 

 

Anyone interested in these?

[mini_mad69]

 

Welded on some brackets

 

 

Primed

 

 

 

Painted same colour as the roof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This stuff is great!!

 

 

Came out ok.

 

 

Grill came off 6 months ago on the trackday.

 

 

 

Put it back on.

 

 

 

 

 

Also bought this.

 

I've sold my daily driver Bini, so this is being put into full time use for a few weeks. So will be making is more usable with an interior and sound proofing. Need a radio though. getting boring on my commute.

[mini_mad69]

 

Rollcage came out ok, same colour as roof.

 

The paint has never been very good on the car, looks alot better in pictures than it is. You can see in this picture near the vertical seam where the rear quater and rear panel meet.

 

 

So decided to wet sand and mop some parts of it. It came out a bit better. But Ideally parts of the paint need to be re-done.

 

A little better.

 

 

Rear cage painted and installed. I also fitted a load of sound deadener and some carpet to the back. I know I need to buy a headlinder. Need to sort out some water ingress issues at the front and re-inforce the front floor at lower subframe mounts as it's gotten damaged. But been using the car a lot more recently and nothing serious to report. Just going to make it a but more comfortable, tidy some things up and get the NOS on it.

 

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Never got round to sorting the NOS out and sold it on.

 

Got another trackday on Saturday so been doing a few bits.

 

 

Had a few issues, one being the loom catching on fire for no apparent reason today, so i'll have to sort that tomorrow, the main feed from the solenoid to the ignition switch went up, and I can't work out why. Ran a new wire to test and it worked fine. I'll fit a master kill switch tomorrow.

 

 

Boot paint has gone weird.

 

The subframe ripped a 6 inch crack in the drivers side floor plan.

 

 

So Fitted some 2mm steel plate, welded in now.

 

 

List not really moving.

 

 

Never really mounted my radiator properly, so knocked up a couple of quick brackets to hold it steady, another temporary fix that will more than likely be permanent.

 

 

Picked up a set of 13x7 with very good Dunlop sport tyres on very cheap locally.

 

 

Fitted some death pads, worked on my Bini ok, so thought I'd try them on this.

 

 

Still loooooooooods to do tomorrow, and hopefully it doesn't catch fire again.

[mini_mad69]

 

 

 

 

Car got warm after around 15 mins and developed a misfire, let it cool down and it was fine. Did find a loose HT lead at the end of the day.

[mini_mad69]

 

Doing stuff.

[mini_mad69]

 

 

Trying to get a bigger radiator on it.

 

 

I'm taking it to Newquay for Riv Run at the end of the month, there wasn't really anything wrong with it. So I took the engine out.

[mini_mad69]

 

I pulled out my race fuel tank as i was getting annoyed with not having any boot space. As i'm going to Newquay in it soon for Riv Run, I want to be able to take some luggage and tools etc. So decided an MPI tank would be the best option. I found my vectra pump and little low pressure pump way too noisy as well on the previous setup. I need to sort the boot floor out, as the second hand carbon one in there is in a terrible state.

[HARBER07]

Gay

[mini_mad69]

 

I'm Gay

 

 

I know

Edited by mini_mad69, 19 April 2016 - 02:48 PM.

[HARBER07]

You should get another mini. 

[mini_mad69]

Ok...................

 

 

 

 

Now what?