964 Refurb
03-07-2014, 09:46 AM
#451
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03-08-2014, 01:43 PM
#453
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Having just re-fitted my rear bumper I was thinking of something similar. Knocking up carbon fibre car parts in my spare time isn't going to happen for me but I'm thinking of finding a way to lose the spire nuts. I coated the returns on the wing (lips?) in underseal to rust protect them, after wire brushing and re-painting them, because I was worried about the abrasion of the bumper components against the bare paint. I'm going to do the front end in the summer too so will give this some thought then...!
03-09-2014, 07:12 PM
#454
Three Wheelin'
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Finished off the front bumper and fitted the wheels arch liners. All stainless fittings throughout 
Passenger side sill cover and shark fin refitted
Drivers side. No shark fin this side yet. Got to coat the rear jacking point with dinitrol hard wax first.
Starting to like a proper car
Loving the brake ducts. Not connected to anything yet. That'll be another carbon project for later.
Passenger side sill cover and shark fin refitted
Drivers side. No shark fin this side yet. Got to coat the rear jacking point with dinitrol hard wax first.
Starting to like a proper car
Loving the brake ducts. Not connected to anything yet. That'll be another carbon project for later.
03-10-2014, 04:55 AM
#459
Instructor
Wow looks stunning Rob.
I guess that you wont drive it in winter and rain anymore ;-)
A question regarding your quick release that you put on your 964 did you look at the thinner on 26 mm instead of the 60 mm you put on and IF there was a reason for your selection of the 60 mm?
/Per
I guess that you wont drive it in winter and rain anymore ;-)
A question regarding your quick release that you put on your 964 did you look at the thinner on 26 mm instead of the 60 mm you put on and IF there was a reason for your selection of the 60 mm?
/Per
03-10-2014, 05:38 AM
#460
Three Wheelin'
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^^^ ah cr@p they're now doing a thinner version. That wasn't available last year when I bought mine. Anybody want to buy a standard BG quick release?
Thanks for the comments chaps. Still several weekends to go until I can think about booking an MOT. I don't intend to drive it in snow, salty, wintery condition -no. But if I'm out in it and the weather turns wet then so be it. It has plenty of the dinitrol hard wax in all the right places and I've tried to build it with corosion resistance high on the priority (hence all the carbon and stainless fittings)
Thanks for the comments chaps. Still several weekends to go until I can think about booking an MOT. I don't intend to drive it in snow, salty, wintery condition -no. But if I'm out in it and the weather turns wet then so be it. It has plenty of the dinitrol hard wax in all the right places and I've tried to build it with corosion resistance high on the priority (hence all the carbon and stainless fittings)
03-22-2014, 07:25 PM
#462
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
Been a lull in the garage activities for the past 2 weeks, but now the day job has returned to normal the fun can resume
On goes the shiny heat shielding
Been busy with the dinitrol 'metalic' hard wax again. Loving this stuff, best I've ever used. I've made sure all the usual problem places have had a really good spray coating in the stuff. For the bits you can't see (like the corners on top of the rear light boxes and top of inner arches) I've been brushing it on guided by my bore-scope
Finally, the rear bumper is on!!!!
Fitting the rear bumper and jiggling everything about to fit is without doubt the least enjoyable job I've done yet. Sorry Mr Porsche, but what were you thinking? The back end of these cars are a pigs dinner - you could have done soooo much better. I've lost count the number times its been on and off now tweaking the fit. Too many parts, too many gaps, too many fixings, screws, washers, rivets, bolts you name it it has them! (these pics aren't the final fit)
In the same fashion I did for the front bumper, instead of using screws and spire clips to attach the sides of the bumper to the wing I made up a carbon fiber spreader plate to place both sides through which 3 plastic bolts pass through and sandwich the whole assembly together.
Another job I'd been working on was the kill switch - I looked around at the various mounting and packaging options available but was never quite happy with the position, cable routing or in some cases 'birds nest' look. So Instead I came up with my own which is similar to that of the cup cars (in carbon naturally)
I ordered some battery cable and the various terminals and made them up to fit exactly. The switch terminals can't accommodate much more than 2 cables so instead of cramming everything on in one big mess I've used a 300A junction box that you can see just to the left. The starter still goes direct to the switch terminal but the rest of the car is wired to this box which takes its feed from a jump cable back to the switch. This also helps keep everything nicely hidden away.
Tomorrow I'll run the pull cable back into the cabin.
Aiming for an MOT in 3 weeks time
On goes the shiny heat shielding
Been busy with the dinitrol 'metalic' hard wax again. Loving this stuff, best I've ever used. I've made sure all the usual problem places have had a really good spray coating in the stuff. For the bits you can't see (like the corners on top of the rear light boxes and top of inner arches) I've been brushing it on guided by my bore-scope
Finally, the rear bumper is on!!!!
Fitting the rear bumper and jiggling everything about to fit is without doubt the least enjoyable job I've done yet. Sorry Mr Porsche, but what were you thinking? The back end of these cars are a pigs dinner - you could have done soooo much better. I've lost count the number times its been on and off now tweaking the fit. Too many parts, too many gaps, too many fixings, screws, washers, rivets, bolts you name it it has them! (these pics aren't the final fit)
In the same fashion I did for the front bumper, instead of using screws and spire clips to attach the sides of the bumper to the wing I made up a carbon fiber spreader plate to place both sides through which 3 plastic bolts pass through and sandwich the whole assembly together.
Another job I'd been working on was the kill switch - I looked around at the various mounting and packaging options available but was never quite happy with the position, cable routing or in some cases 'birds nest' look. So Instead I came up with my own which is similar to that of the cup cars (in carbon naturally)
I ordered some battery cable and the various terminals and made them up to fit exactly. The switch terminals can't accommodate much more than 2 cables so instead of cramming everything on in one big mess I've used a 300A junction box that you can see just to the left. The starter still goes direct to the switch terminal but the rest of the car is wired to this box which takes its feed from a jump cable back to the switch. This also helps keep everything nicely hidden away.
Tomorrow I'll run the pull cable back into the cabin.
Aiming for an MOT in 3 weeks time
03-23-2014, 12:33 AM
#465
About as close to new as you can get, very very nice!
By the way I bough the same P/S pump for mine, how does your one feel compared to the stock engine driven one?
By the way I bough the same P/S pump for mine, how does your one feel compared to the stock engine driven one?