Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Rear panel - remove and start trim fitting

Now the rear panel is drilled, I removed it to
  1. Drill the pilot holes for the rear wheel carrier (red paint markers in evidence)
  2. Clean up all the swarf around the holes
  3. Remove the shroud & fit/glue on the trim

Trial fitting of the first length & how I am intending to do the join between the two types - to be glued in place in due course

The carpets were trimmed down flush with the chassis tube, shroud ends cut to length (note the trim thickness adds 2-3mm to the shroud arm length required), trim measured up & the shroud marked at 10cm intervals ready for drilling:

I decided to cut the shroud arms rather than bend along the horizontal chassis tubes. I have seen the later done on other builds - trying something different.

Quite a slow job, but it looks pretty decent so pleased with the result so far.