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[R1minimagic]

Yeh, will be having the all over body shave!!!

The holes are useful for getting some fresh air in.....

[markrally]

Tooooooooooo Much information!!!!
Yeah ok for you trackday boys but us commuters need to keep warm and dry!!!

cheers

[R1minimagic]

Lol, commuters!!! Where will you be commuting in it???

Make sure you have your headphones ready!!

R1Miniwife said wrap your head in bubble wrap....

[markrally]

I only work 2 mile down the road so i will just have to wear Ear defenders and my i-pod!!!!!

Anyway a bit of thread hi-jacking going on now, i will have to get MSN!!!

sorry dean

[Dolts]

WOW! Keep up the good work mate!

[dean_chad]

Well in between workin myself silly and fixing my sisters car i thought i would put the front end together! im still waiting for the hubs and flanges to be coated as i missed the deadline last week as i had the flanges modified and faced to accept vw spec wheels. they had to borrow a 12 x 1.5 tap of me and they broke it too! wasnt happy with that!

over all i was very impressed with the space frame front although i did notice a few things i noticed a few bits missing and a couple of bolts seems a little short

The spacers between the rose jointed parts are various sizes and shapes! they looked to have been coated at some stage put has all cracked off. i even have a few missing, am i being a little fussy about this? also if there is anything that look a little wrong let me know as there is any documents with this and i think ive not done tooo badly from a box of bits!





this pic shows the fitment of the lower wishbone and the spacers and the flake effect spacers!


on this pic you can see how un even the spacers are ive aquired a piece of tube from work which i will be making up a new set


this will be stripped back down again and bolted up properly when the hubs are built and ready to be fitted

anyone know how much a refurb kit will be for metro turbo hubs and 4pot calipers?

[dougie_10 :D]

wow looking good dean going to be a lovely mini

[miniboo]

i havent got a z-cars kit but if i had one and had payed that much money i wouldn't be happy either

[mini-gti]

hey dean projects coming along well

how much are those spaceframe kits from zcars?????

gaz

[welderman]

dean that looks the dogs, those screw drivers though are not good for your steering. .

Must say though won't it be a struggle setting the suspension with the springs right behind the tank. Just a thought.

[miniboo]

also its different to the "other" sace fame isn't it, the one that was on ebay i mean?

[welderman]

Ye i noticed that too, but it was for a normal mini engine i think. That had the springs on the outside, rather on the inside.

Still looks the dogs danglies though.

[Bungle]

LOL all put together on the dinning room table

[R1minimagic]

Dean

Those spacers might be a different size because they have cocked up with the welding of the arm mounts. Have you checked to see if they are symmetrical on both sides??? I would be bloody pissed off if i had received that mate > >

I would get onto z cars and check what is going on.....

[markrally]

Dean, Dont forget you will need 2 old drive shaft/CV joint ends machining down to hold all the hub/bearing assembly together aswell!!!

Cheers