Christian's build in MA; US Exocet #148

[einy]

Yes ... Cut the shock plastic hats below your bump stops off / pull them out. They will definitely bind upr

[pleurotus]

Mar 27, 2016 17:15:02 GMT gwnwar said:

..don't know how NAS got there...

mevowners.proboards.com/post/84133/thread

Apparently not fixed after all!

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Thanks,

Del

[buildercg]

Mar 29, 2016 22:05:30 GMT @delinkeizer said:

Test: nuts, nuts, nuts.

Aw nuts. 

[buildercg]

My seats came yesterday.


I like them. 

I like the Corbeau sliders less. The mounting brackets them come with don't fit and even if they did they'd cover up the mounting bracket for the 5th harness strap. I'll use the ones I received as a guide for making my own longer ones.

For those wondering, those are the Corbeau 2" flat double locking sliders direct from the factory. They're about 2" too short to be used without modification on a US kit.

[abc123]

Did you get Miata specific sliders? Been thinking about adding sliders to raise the seat a bit and from what I've read all you have to do is flatten the bend in the bracket.

[buildercg]

Apr 1, 2016 5:42:26 GMT abc123 said:

Did you get Miata specific sliders? Been thinking about adding sliders to raise the seat a bit and from what I've read all you have to do is flatten the bend in the bracket.

No, I purchased the flat floor sliders. I don't know if the Miata specific ones will fit.

[abc123]

Have a look about 2/3 down the page, also mentioned in the build guide...looks like they have the extra material where you need it

grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/grm-exclusive-reveal-exocet-spec-a/57663/page58/

exomotive.com/exocet/build-guide/installing-seats-harnesses/

That was my plan, not sure what others may have done though.

[buildercg]

I'm trying to attach the front cross member to my frame today and running into a fairly significant issue: the holes for the front crossmember do not align above the upper wishbone or the rearmost bolt. I've loosely attached the driver side so I can push it around but there's no closing this up. Both are off by about 1/3 of an inch.

[jon]

I got some shallow, but wide, U channel to mount the Corbeau sliders to the frame. The U channel bolts to the frame, and the sliders bolt to the u channel. Works great and is stiff.

I had to cut away the inside edges of the u channel where the slider lever goes to allow it to move unobstructed.

I got the sliders alone, not that bracket that you show... don't need that.

[gwnwar]

Come Along Cable Puller and Porto Power work good some have used tie downs to pull with..

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Thanks,

Del

[buildercg]

Thanks for the advise guys. I'm going to go with Del's idea, as I'm concerned about bending important bits unnecessarily.

I took a break from the front end and started assembling the rear. It's mostly complete though it seems all the pounding I did on the long bolts that run through the bottom wishbone/knuckle may have caused some damage to the threads for at least one of these. A while ago I was looking to replace these but couldn't find a source short of going to a stealership ... does anyone know if they're available anywhere?

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Thanks,

Del

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Thanks,

Del