Wing Mirror Mount Fitting

Fitted a strip of foam on the inside edge of the clamp to avoid damaging the roll cage. Clamped in to place and fitted the mirror. Powder coat looks great, just need to fit a cover for the thread.

Wing Mirror Mounts

Made up a pair of wing mirror mounts. I plan to fix them to the upright bar on the roll cage to save drilling the scuttle panel. I measured the circumference of the roll cage tubing and then marked up the aluminium bar. I then bent both ends of the bar in the vice and shaped the bar around the roll cage. I then drilled a 6mm hole in the centre of each clamp and cut to size. Finally I sharped the corners on each clamp to remove the sharp edges.

Next I coated the clamps with black powder coat. I then sprayed the powder and put in the oven to cure. When the clamps cool I'll fit the mirrors and clamp them in place.

Tillett Seats #2

Added a couple of small Tillett spacers on the front edge of both seats between the slider and the seat. This will lift the front of both seats slightly to give a better positioning.

I bolted both seats in to place through the chassis rails and fixed with M8 high tensile bolts. I then fitted the lap harnesses in to place and adjusted the length slightly to account for the snap hook fixings being not in line.

Both seats fit well, the passengers side moves freely on its runner without fouling the body tub, however the drivers is a little tighter and rubs on the body tub when moved. I must of spaced the body tub differently on each side. As the drivers seat won't be moving that often, I'm ok with this. 

The Tillett seats sit lower than the standard MNR seats and are wider, this is an ideal fit for me and exactly what I was trying to achieve. They look great too.

Rear Diffuser

Fitted the rear diffuser, I wanted to fit the diffuser in a similar to the way Chris with the grey MNR, he fitted his with a small overlap at the rear and bolted at the sides.

Fist job was to position the diffuser, I did this with a jack to hold it loosely in place. I then used the Dremmel to shape the sides near the rear arches, I then marked the bottom edge and shortened the diffuser by a couple of inches to allow the edge to slide under the bottom lip of the floor panel. I left the sides in place so that I could use them for the front fixings at the front edge of the wheel arch.

I then fitted a piece of mesh to the centre section and tiger sealed it in place. I next used tiger seal again to fix the edge strip in to place. I left the diffuser over night to dry.

I fixed the diffuser in to place with the front lip and then taping the rear in place. I then drilled and fixed in place with 3 points on either side with M8 repair washers, nylocks and large head hex bolts. The centre section needed some support, so in the section either side of the centre tunnel l used a 2mm drill to make a hole through the diffuser and in to the bottom lip of the body tub. I then used two small self tapping screws to take the weight of the centre section of the diffuser and to pull it tight to the bottom edge.

Reverse Gear Cover

I installed the snap hook eye fixing for the new harnesses, when I bolted them in position I noticed that the harness would rub against the cog. 

I made up a cover in aluminium. First I measured and then cut two pieces to size, I then used the handle from my jack to shape the curve and then bent the straight edge in the vice. Next I drilled some fixing holes and then cleaned the aluminium.

I then powder coated the covers in orange and fixed in place with some black rivets. The results are great, the DIY powder coat kit is coming in handy.