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[Ben_O]

Carpets today.

 

X member piece and toe board piece go in first

 

 

Then the 1 piece inner sill and inner arch 

 

 

Then the front and rear pieces followed by the seatbelts and I also made a liner for the front shelf

 

 

Apart from the seats and door trims, the interior is complete

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Ben 

[Ben_O]

Rear side windows in

 

 

 

I crouched inside with the windows and doors closed and ran the engine.

The noise level inside inside car is greatly reduced so thumbs up to optimise automotive!

Very impressed 

[floormanager]

Hmmm got me thinking about adding a new carpet to the to do list...

[cooperd70]

Ben,

Intrigued with the OA sound deadening kit. I see on their web site there is a front back and additional strips. Did you just fit front/back floor? Wondering where the other bits of the kit go. Cheers....and excellent work as always!! 😊

[Ben_O]

Ben,

Intrigued with the OA sound deadening kit. I see on their web site there is a front back and additional strips. Did you just fit front/back floor? Wondering where the other bits of the kit go. Cheers....and excellent work as always!!

There is one big sheet for the inside of the roof skin, the two precut pieces for the front and rear floor, a piece to be cut into two for the inside of each quarter panel and then 2 pieces for the rear bulkhead and seat base respectively.

 

Cheers

Ben 

[Ben_O]

I have also recovered the tatty rear bin liners to match the new trim

 

 

Edited by Ben_O, 08 July 2021 - 08:00 PM.

[Ben_O]

Hmmm got me thinking about adding a new carpet to the to do list...

If you were thinking of adding it to the list for me to do in October, and would like to have an optimise set, we need to move fairly quick as this set took I think 8 weeks to receive as they are behind with orders.

 

Cheers

Ben 

[floormanager]

 

Hmmm got me thinking about adding a new carpet to the to do list...

If you were thinking of adding it to the list for me to do in October, and would like to have an optimise set, we need to move fairly quick as this set took I think 8 weeks to receive as they are behind with orders.

 

Cheers

Ben 

 

Understood Ben, who's the supplier?

Edited by floormanager, 08 July 2021 - 08:10 PM.

[cooperd70]

Cheers for the info Ben 👍

[Ben_O]

 

 

Hmmm got me thinking about adding a new carpet to the to do list...

If you were thinking of adding it to the list for me to do in October, and would like to have an optimise set, we need to move fairly quick as this set took I think 8 weeks to receive as they are behind with orders.

 

Cheers

Ben 

 

Understood Ben, who's the supplier?

 

Optimise automotive 

[70K1100]

Ben, how do you find the optimise sound deadening compared to other products like dynamat for sound deadening?

[Ben_O]

Ben, how do you find the optimise sound deadening compared to other products like dynamat for sound deadening?

Dynamat and the like are more for the purpose of anti drum than sound deadening.

As you can see, I have used an anti drum straight on the floors and then stuck the Optimise sound deadening over the top.

 

The two together seem to work well but I'll know more when I get it on the road for testing. 

Simply crouching in the car with the doors and windows closed then running the engine shows quite a difference I sound levels.

It also seems to be a good insulator too

 

Cheers

Ben 

[70K1100]

Thanks Ben. 

[Ben_O]

Hi all.

 

I've been pottering on this one in the background.

The interior is now pretty much finished now that the seats are back from trimming.

 

The rear cards went in with some sound deadening behind.

 

 

 

Then the rear bench

 

 

Then the front seats.

 

 

And door cards

 

 

Then the bonnet went on

 

 

I had to replace the main left fuel tank unfortunately as the pickup in the original was blocked solid so it was only feeding from the right tank.

 

Here is the petrol going back in after fitting

 

 

Next, I wanted to fit the rest of the front end but decided to run the engine up first, check the timing and adjust the mixture etc.

 

Sadly, I noticed a coolant leak in a place I really didn't want to see one.

 

Can you see where this is going?

 

 

Yep, the headgasket was leaking.

 

I have now fitted a new copper one 

 

 

And built it back up

 

 

It's now running again and no more leak. 

 

Now I can finally finish up the front end

 

 

The finishing list is now getting very small.

 

Cheers

Ben

[MikeRotherham]

The interior looks like very good quality particularly the door cards.

 

Can you give us the manufacturer? is that Optimise as well?