Yorkie
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 05:57 PM |
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IVA Test on Tuesday (pic heavy)
Hi guys,
Just finishing off a few things ready for IVA on Tuesday.
Could you have a look to see if i've missed anything. The harnesses are not bolted at the top yet, i'm making covers tonight.
 
 
GTS Panther - Front
 
GTS Panther - Ready for IVA - Side
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mookaloid
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:05 PM |
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looks pretty good to me - good luck 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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big_wasa
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:08 PM |
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I feel a lot is down to the tester.
Nut on the front camber adjuster.
Rear fog light bracket, is it just the little steel bracket at the bottom ? others have failed for it not being ridgid enough. Solution make up a
wedge.
very tidy build 
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RichardK
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:09 PM |
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Where's your rear seat belt mounts?
Can't seem to see them that all.
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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RichardK
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:12 PM |
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Just out of curiosity who's are the lower wishbones, is the lower shocker bracket really hanging over the bottom plate?
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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Yorkie
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:20 PM |
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Hi,
The harnesses have been unbolted so that I can make some covers.
The lower wishbones have been fabricated to the GTS drawings.
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designer
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 06:55 PM |
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Top photo - ball joint nut.
Internal threads showing, that's a no-no!!
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 07:11 PM |
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Looking good Neil,
Is your n/s front brake flexi hose in a loop?
If it is,it will kink on full right lock.
Good luck with the test
Andy
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 07:15 PM |
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And as already said,i would glue
some small wedges behind the fog and reverse
lamps.
They need to be fairly rigid.
Andy
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eddie99
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 07:17 PM |
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Looking neat, I cant believe your having a crack at IVA before me  haha Good luck mate!
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RichardK
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 07:29 PM |
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Maxi ball joint could need nut covers on top and bottom, well I did anyway.
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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austin man
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 09:02 PM |
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spring platform may give problems we used a large electrical gland to cover ours
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Yorkie
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 09:15 PM |
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Cheers guys,
The list so far to do/check tomorrow.
Nut covers on maxi ball joints.
Check n/s brake flexi.
Wedges behind fog and reverse lights.
Cover spring platform.
The camber adjuster is now covered with a cut down top from toothpaste pump! Need to paint it black.
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craig1410
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 09:26 PM |
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Looks really good mate, I hope you have a successful IVA.
Couple of things:
Fog light doesn't look to be vertical in one of the pics - I think it needs to be beaming out parallel to the road if memory serves.
Your headlights are the same ones I got through SVA with but I rotated my lenses 15 degrees to provide the correct beam pattern. From the
driver's perspective I rotated them 15 degrees clockwise to provide the "kick up" in the pattern at the left as required. The
inspector was happy with this. To do this requires that you file a little notch in the lens holder as there is a bump on the lens which engages with
this notch. Easy to do with some patience.
Apart from that it looks really good. Take some self amalgamating tape, cable ties, bits of old radiator hose etc with you on the IVA so you can cover
up anything else that the inspector spots. Rubber hose covered in self amalg tape is usually considered a satisfactory fix.
Try to make sure your speedo is calibrated okay before the test. I almost failed my SVA due to my speedo being 100% accurate. Seems illogical but you
are allowed to have a speedo which over-reads speed by up to 10% but must not under-read by so much as 1 MPH. I thought I had set mine to be around
5% over but it turned out to be exactly accurate at all measured speeds. Quite lucky I didn't fail on this simple point.
Good luck,
Craig.
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stevegough
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 10:57 PM |
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Very nice tidy build - you'll get good IVA brownie points for that alone!
Only item I would say is a definite fail has already been picked up - the front camber locknut is insufficiently screwed on - if you can't get
the threads to go right through, you will have to remove the adjuster and put the locknut on the outside of the wishbone.
Good luck!
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 11/7/11 at 07:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
spring platform may give problems we used a large electrical gland to cover ours
That's a new one for me! Got any pics of this "electrical gland"? Would be very useful for my pre-IVA prep.
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steve8274
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| posted on 11/7/11 at 07:14 PM |
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hi
not 100% sure but think your gauges need to be recessed into dash to cover radius` problems.
someone else may confirm.
other than that looks really good
good luck
steve
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