BODYWORK AND TRIM CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
After a lengthy process of preparing the rubber piping the first rear wing is now fitted and suddenly the chassis is beginning to look more like a car.
The rear arch from the front with the carbon fibre stone guard fitted.
Preparation of the stone protector and the piping around the edge prior to fitment to the rear arch.
Preparation of the piping between the arch and the main body. Holes are cut for bolts and suspension elements and `V` shaped cuts are made to allow the piping to curve smoothly around the arch.
This is a tedious task but worth spending time over to achieve a good finish.
The car with both rear arches attached.
A close up of the carbon fibre stone protectors from `Richard in France`
A close up of the carbon fibre sill protectors from `Richard in France`
The internal panel and piping all rivetted back to the chassis through the sill protector.
The stone and sill protectors.
A cycle wing balanced on the cycle wing stays. These will be stuck on rather than bolted on but this will be left until the wheels have been fitted so that they can be used as a guide to the positioning of the cycle wing.
The nose cone fitted to the chassis.
A close up of the `7` grille with the fine mesh grille behind.
The bonnet fitted to the car, seems to be a good fit as well.
The bonnet cutout............soon to be occupied by a rather large air intake.
The hole for the exhaust is marked up using dimensions from Raceline.
The hole was cut using a set of hand nibblers and then finished using a flap wheel on a dremel.
The finished hole.
The boot cover fitted after a lot of stretching and checking before fitting the poppers. The FIA boot cover isn`t the greatest fit, the holes around the roll bar stays are a bit large and incorrectly located.