where do i start LOL

[Trebor]

LOL.. Is the bank manager your wife? That's who mine is, and coincidentally enough, she's a financial adviser at a bank...



Chris

ha ha your not far from that:blush:

 

[Trebor]

well i have found the bits for the front end

been all day polishing the edge up on 1 of the arms phewwww just another

3 to go:helpsmilie: i will be having a blue and silver theme as all 1 colour

i think looks:2guns: i am using the krikke/elcon quick release shock mounts

with the elcon stainless quick pull "E" clips

 

[charlieboy]

lookin good mate the polished edge looks ace nice touch

 

[voo2doo]

What did you polish the edges on?
J.

 

[Trebor]

lookin good mate the polished edge looks ace nice touch

lot of hard work to get it like that charliephewwww

 

[Trebor]

What did you polish the edges on?
J.

James i did the edge by hand using a small half round file and then 100 grit

emery cloth then onto 400 wet and dry paper and finished it with

1200 wet and dry paper then a quick :2guns:metal wadding polish

was at it all morning as under the blue is a primer coat but only

another 3 arms to go should have them done fore maybe next friday LOL

 

[mattc]

I'm liking the polished edge and the whole thing will look awesome.
One question, what do you use to stop the polished alloy from tarnishing?
Matt.

 

[Trebor]

loads of elbow grease Mattand a little wadding

 

[voo2doo]

How did you get the edges so perfect,even with a steady hand you would still wander over the edge for sure? I didnt know anodisation had a primer?
J.

 

[Trebor]

How did you get the edges so perfect,even with a steady hand you would still wander over the edge for sure? I didnt know anodisation had a primer?
J.

i have a real steady hand voo as i used to have :2guns:for real

i didnt know about the primer but as i polished the blue

it came off slow... there was this grey underneath like a paint primer??

which didnt want to come off to easily

 

[Trebor]

i will take a picture of the next one i do part polished to show ya

this is the best i can do to try show the grey

 

[pipeous]

I like the break in color. I thought you were going to do the edges like xray does to their anno parts, just a camfoured edge is non anno.. I think that grey stuff is the pre stuff they use to clean and etch the metal. anno is so they don't have to polish the parts hehe

 

[Trebor]

I like the break in color. I thought you were going to do the edges like xray does to their anno parts, just a camfoured edge is non anno.. I think that grey stuff is the pre stuff they use to clean and etch the metal. anno is so they don't have to polish the parts hehe

now that would have been more tricky barry to do just the chamfer

yep i think your right about the etching "stuff" i wonder what it actually is

 

[Trebor]

its been a while:blush:but i started to put a couple bits together

this morning...the sump guard is a KCR003A and the "A" bar is a KCR004

the bulkheads are blue krikke(elcon) and the shock tower is elcon

im using stainless fixing through out





will get some more done after :santa:

 

[Trebor]

found the next bits these are krikke/elcon b14403

quick release lower front shock mounts



i have finished the polished edges on the front wishbones



don't want to be doing that again :no:a real ball ache

 

[atom3624]

How do you find those shock mounts?
I've seen a few on FleaBay but was wondering if they 'pop off' with a bit of 'attitude'?

 

[cryptonblade]

they do "pop off" or break ,waiste of your money

 

[Trebor]

they do "pop off" or break ,waiste of your money

:nono:we will see

im just waiting for some nylon 66 washers to turn up in the post

if any "pop off" i will put normal stainless "e" clips back on

 

[Trebor]

well my winter project went more on my MCD's

so it looks like its going to be a summer project now....LOL







here i made some large stainless washers to cover up the slots in the front bumper



these are 6mm black nylon66 washers i had made to space the gap



the rear of the arm i made stainless spacers (zero play)



the front drive squares are elcon 24mm wide which i had to mod slightly to enable the kpd brake disc to go over......the axles are long elcon and shown next to the longest FG make





more to follow when i get round to it

 

[Trebor]

in the last picture it is showing the steering stops

:2guns:fitted on the correct position which is on top of the ball joint

would be a waste of time as the hyd brake nipple would hit the arms first

sooooo i repositioned them like 8mm forward drilled a 4 mm hole in the

steering arm then made a 4mm to 7mm peg drill to counter bore slightly

the strengthening rib so the stops sat down correctly............

all good fun:shuriken:

all screws and fastenings are in stainless steel