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I'm on vacation from work right now, so my FFR build is on FIRE! Updating the blog is lagging a bit behind the actual work.

Got the panhard rod installed.
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And the rear rotors and brake calipers got installed. Had to do some shimming to get the calipers on the rotors straight.
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Now that the front and rear brakes were assembled, I could do a test fit of my wheels. Opened up one of the ...

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Does anyone know if the mounting plate for the wilwood pedal box is different for the coupe compared to the roadster? If any one has photos of how it mounts I would appreciate it

The day after I installed my front shocks, Koni sent a recall alert. Thankfully my date codes were easy to access and were outside of the affected date range, so I was good to go. I'm not very far along in the build and haven't bolted many parts on, so it would suck to have to unbolt the parts that I [I]just[/I] put on and send them back. So the build continues.

I got my front brake calipers assembled, which was easier to do on the workbench.
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[QUOTE=dliese;46074]Dave
A great story for sure and one that i am sure has inspired you and your brother and all those that lend their craft to FF.
I am new to this forum and for that matter to even the idea of building a kit car which quite honestly the MK4 2011 model has got my full attention. It has been 3 years i have followed information watched the DVD read info (don't understand a lick of car talk) but still persist on as a wanna bee owner of a MK4 kit car. I really hope to ...

First, a very important garage update. The floor is done! We finished coating the floor of the first bay, Zac installed the baseboard trim, and moved everything back against the walls. Here's an update pic of the garage before the motorcycle lift and all of the motorcycles moved back into the first bay (they were crammed into the 3rd bay while the work was going on).

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My FFR build is taking place in the 2nd bay in the middle, where it's easy ...

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