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[RooBoonix]

I really really love this, that carbon cover is awesome! Love the wheels too.

[carthorse]

Great install - how did you settle on Rover 75 hinges? That internal bracing on the underside of the cover looks pretty substantial, does the cover flex at all,when you open and shut it or is it totally rigid ?

[nicklouse]

Great install - how did you settle on Rover 75 hinges? That internal bracing on the underside of the cover looks pretty substantial, does the cover flex at all,when you open and shut it or is it totally rigid ?

there is a video of that cover being stood on. so I don't think it will flex much.

[carthorse]

Great install - how did you settle on Rover 75 hinges? That internal bracing on the underside of the cover looks pretty substantial, does the cover flex at all,when you open and shut it or is it totally rigid ?

Just looked at the ABS website and answered my question!

[Richie83]

Great install - how did you settle on Rover 75 hinges? That internal bracing on the underside of the cover looks pretty substantial, does the cover flex at all,when you open and shut it or is it totally rigid ?

Just looked at the ABS website and answered my question!

The hinges were recommended by ABS and there's no flex at all. The cover is pretty substantial.

I've ordered some Quik Latch pins today. They look the business. I ordered aerocatches for it, but they'll be returned as they just don't look right for my install.

[megamini_jb]

Awesome! The carbon looks so nice with the yellow

[Richie83]

Awesome! The carbon looks so nice with the yellow

Thanks 😊. I think it suits it really well. It does need a little refining to get it looking completely mint (nothing that won't buff out).

These are the catches I plan to fit:

They are only 2.5 inches in diameter and good for 500lbs each. Plus they lock. I think they'll look good.

[RooBoonix]

Liking the look of those latches, will look pretty neat.

[Richie83]

I managed to get organised and installed the latches today.

First came the brackets. These are totally bare at the moment and stand in place of some carbon fibre ones that I'll switch out at a later date:

Everything was then masked up and I used a tiny bit of grease to mark where to drill the pilot holes:


Next, after some nail biting came the carbon drilling part. I bought a tungsten carbide hole saw especially for the job and it came out neat at you like.



Here's the finished article:





It was all pretty fiddly but straightforward. A dremel sanding bit worked well on the underside hole (pictures to follow). I can now take it all apart for a wet sand and laquer.

[Rocket.]

Lovely pick up !

 

Catches look great really subtle

[Jared Mk3]

Nice 

[Richie83]

Okay, a tiny update as a precursor to a pending large one. I bought this snazzy carbon gear knob from Wood and Pickett:

[Richie83]

Work has begun on the floor today. Here are the oversills, original sills and some other miscellaneous bits and pieces.



I'd really hoped the oversills had just been used instead of proper sills. But alas they had just been (very well) welded over the old ones. The end result is not pretty:




Here is the oversill. Pretty damning, especially as the car has seen very little of the wet stuff:


Any idea what this is?

[wingnut]

Think thats a drain hole that takes water out of the buck

[Richie83]

Think thats a drain hole that takes water out of the buck

that would explain the rust then I guess. That was inside the oversill 🙈