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Mirrors - Wind Wings - Sun Visor
Today I got to install some accessories. I installed the interior and DS mirrors as well as the Sun Visors and Wind Wings. The Mirrors and Wind Wings went on just as the instructions from FFR dictated. The Sun Visors required a slight modification. According to a post from Jeff Kleiner a while ago, the small screw holes in the windshield frame get filled with chrome and thus make it very hard/impossible to install the 6-32 screws. In fact I guess that many people use metric screws. Well, I followed the post from Jeff Kleiner and purchased some square nuts and slide them into the "track" at the top of the windshield frame. This worked really well and I used a small amount of blue loctite on the screws to insure I do not have an issue in the future. So, I did have a little problem with the square nuts and sliding them in. The nuts that I got seemed to be just a little thick to slide into the track so I had to take them all to my bench grinder and just add a small bevel to the two sides that slide under the lip of the windshield frame. Once I did this, the nuts slide in just fine and everything tightened down exactly as expected.
Here is a LINK to Jeff Kleiners thread about the sun screen mounting modification. Super Simple....
Here are some photos.... I left the protective paper on the wind wings and sun visors for now. I did remove the paper around the screws and brackets.
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Some minor work completed
While I'm awaiting my new headers to arrive and title from DMV I'm continuing to work on some of the little things left to do.
Over the past few days I brushed up the aluminum cover plates for inside the trunk and installed the Fuel Tank sender unit and fuel pump covers. I'll wait to install the battery cover plate for when I'm done disconnecting the negative terminal all the time... Long time back, before I sprayed the Lizard Skin Sound control, I installed 10-32 nutserts for these panels. I will most likely finish the trunk with carpet at some point, but for now it is just the Lizard Skin and the shinny brushed aluminum. The aluminum also has 3 coats of Shark Skin on them.
I also installed the wiring for the tag light and have also taped in place the LED strip that came with the kit as a courtesy light onto the trunk lid. There is a nice ridge that is molded into the lid of the trunk that I will permanently stick the LED strip to once the paint is completed. Until then, it is just going to be held in place with some clear tape. I'll have this light wired to the tail/tag lights. This way, when those lights are on, the trunk light will be on. I may / may not install some kind of either motion switch or simple on off switch. I really don't care if the light is on in the trunk all the time. I'm very pleased with how much that little LED strip lights up the trunk.
I'm not sure if I posted this before, but I have also installed Red LED light strips over each foot box for the interior convenience lights. The are wired to the appropriate wire in the RF Harness and go on when you turn the headlight knob to the extreme counter clockwise position.
Here are some photos...
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Headers Installed - Gel Coat Driving Immanent
Receive the last set of fully assembled test headers today. These are stainless steel, 3" bolt pattern headers. I'll be using these for a while to be sure that everything is just right and then in the near future I'll be receiving my final set that will be fully polished. It looks like the fit is just about perfect, only a very minor tweak needs to be done during the assembly of the final permanent set. Once completely confirmed, there will be a new option available for MK4 Builders with the BluePrint Engines 302/Aluminum Head engines. More information will be available soon.
So for now, I've installed the side pipes and everything looks great... (The Compound 302 Polish should be here on Monday and the side pipes will be shined up and I'll hopefully get the brown off of them, waiting for amazon)
Planning to also install some vinyl striping to the body to add some jazz to it until it gets sent off to Jeff K next fall.
I've sent all the papers in to the DMV for the title and am just in the waiting stage for that....
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Driver's side:
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Final Set of Test Headers:
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Who Knew Gel Coat Could Look So Good!
Ok, exhaust system installed and it's down on all fours.... Today I rolled this thing out of the garage and took some photos... Then took it for a drive around the neighborhood. I would have put 100 miles on it if I could have. I settled for about 3. My next step is to get the alignment completed professionally and hope for the DMV Title/Registration this week. I did not want to tear up the tires or get a ticket. So for now, just a big grin. Who knew Gel Coat could look so good!!!
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Headlight Problem found - Bad Headlight
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Originally Posted by
BadAsp427
The other night I was adjusting my headlights and realized that the passenger side was significantly dimmer than the drivers side. I remember as I was building things and running the wiring that one side or the other of the RF harness had a smaller gauge wire going to the headlights. I'm guessing it is the passenger side. Has anyone had this same type of issue? I've not had the chance to get under the body and actually look at the wiring yet. I was also going to swap the headlight bulbs just to be sure it is not the headlight itself.
Today I had a chance to do a little trouble shooting and here is what I found out. First thing I did was check my weather pack connections, just wiggled them around a bit to see if that was the problem. No change, the passenger side light was still dim. I also double checked to be sure that both of the bulbs had both low and high beams working. They did. So next, I just swapped out the two bulbs. The bulb that was dim on the PS was also dim on the DS and the other one was just as bright as before... So there is my problem, the bulb is bad... So next I looked at them for the part numbers...
This photo shows what both have on them, they are both marked as exactly the same.
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But take a look at the actual Halogen bulbs inside the headlights. The one with the "blue" coloring is the dim bulb and the clear one is the one that is bright. It's like when the bulb assembly was put together, the person doing it grabbed the wrong bulb to install. So I guess it's just going to be the purchase of a new headlight fixture to fix the problem. Fingers crossed that is all it will take.
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1st Extended Drive - Out of my immediate neighborhood.
Let me start out by saying that I fully understand and agree with everyone about the use of the full seat belt harness installed in my roadster. I'm a guy that ALWAYS wears his seat belt in my DD and expect everyone in my car to do the same. On this day described below I was originally planning to take my friend around the block. In my neighborhood, this is about 1 mile of driving; not over 35-40 MPH max and on a very low traveled road. But just after leaving the driveway, the plan changed and I went ahead and drove a bit further. My mistake was not putting on the full harness in the first place, and my second was not stopping and putting them on once I changed my mind to go a bit further. Please, if you are reading this or watching my video know that it is never OK to drive this type of vehicle without the use of a full restraint system. I want to also thank the few that called me out on this.
So about a week ago I had the chance to take the cobra out for a bit of an extended run. This was the same day that I had taken it out to the little cruise in where I won the "car of the month" award.... Here is a video of about an 18 mile "leisurely" drive. I was really trying to get a feel for the steering and the cruise control. The Cruise Control is still not reacting just right, but I'm certain it is just adjustments on the "dip" switches. The steering seems really ok, I'm still wondering about the self centering, but as I drive it, it seems really reactive and right. Perhaps it's just me and I need to get use to the different feel from my front wheel drive focus. Time will tell.
https://youtu.be/Fn3qJRPkjAY
