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Post by daveisom1 on Feb 17, 2013 20:00:37 GMT
Well I have now collected my kit on Thursday and have spent the weekend busy building.
I wanted to trial fit the bonnet to check clearance underneath and found no matter how hard I tried it just would not go over. Is there a trick to this or do I have to removed some of the bottom front corners as it appears they are stopping it.
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Post by edwinwl on Feb 17, 2013 20:57:00 GMT
Hi Dave.
The bonnet scoops around the front in a S-move.
It took me quite some filing getting it fit properly.
Suggestion: When filing protect the edges of the bonnet with tape.
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Post by slugshot on Feb 17, 2013 21:30:10 GMT
Hi Dave...first I assume you have fitted the wishbones, I carefully lift the bonnet over the cross brace and then lower it down over the front, on mine it only needed the bottom corners cutting back to clear the bottom corners of the chassis and bottom wish bones. Also the corners can be shaped to drop over the chassis at the ends of the cross brace. Cheers Kevin
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Post by daveisom1 on Feb 18, 2013 9:05:17 GMT
Hi Slugshot.
Thanks for info. I tried to fit top first with no luck so then tried sliding front on still no luck so went back to top first and noted it was bottom corners stopping but didnt want to cut untill checked. Will trim corners a little till fitted. Cheers Dave
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2013 23:36:45 GMT
My bonnet was the easier thing to fit, I expected a full morning of fitting, it took about 40 mins, maybe I was lucky? I fitted initially without any wishbones or suspension fitted, it seemed tight around the extra length headlight mounts fitted on mine, so I trimmed it front and back of these mounts, I then tried fitting it with the lower wishbones fitted, and removed some of the material around where the front wishbones pivot, only realising afterwards this didn't need doing :-)
After that, I only took a slight amount off the underside of the near side edge of the wing where it hugs the side of the frame near the dash, I found it almost impossible to fit as it was, and even worse to remove, in taking this amount out, I found after driving around pot hole Kirklees, it bounced this side off the frame, so I drilled it and bolted it through the bodywork and into the frame, fits fine now, only just removed it this evening again to assist on a job I'm on with, it takes approx 1 minute to remove the nose now, and about the same to refit.
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