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Day 154 - Front section, steering pad

I wanted to allow the front section to be held open under its own weight (like the rear), so I used one of the old front radiator brackets, and taped it on to see if it would foul anything.

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It didn't, so I first of all epoxied it in place...

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...and then put GRP over it. While it was setting, I fitted some quadrant rubber in the gap between the dashboard and the body to fill the gap.

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The earlier work on redoing the steering wheel pad didn't go very well, because I didn't have the right contact adhesive. I now had some, and proceeded to redo it, starting with stripping everything off, and removing 3mm from the outer edges.

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I also hollowed out the foam where the velcro pads are - allowing it to sit closer to the wheel itself.

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I covered it with foam (as before), and then with the alicante.

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And from the front.

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I then trimmed and used contact adhesive on the velcro pads.

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And then on the wheel.

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I carpetted the inside of the doors, using a template I'd made a while ago, and also put some alicante on the top of the door.

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The front splitter was getting in the way of it opening, so I took it off, and cut some bits out.

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Unfortunately, it still didn't help it opening that much, because the metal bracket now prevents it opening more.

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I'll look at using some gas springs...

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