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It's more to do with the fact that the shocker mount were never designed to take the weight of the vehicle.

Now that the coil overs are mounted to this spot I have just added extra bracing to transfer the load back to the original spring pocket/body rails.

Got some suspension and other bolts zinc plated and picked up some inner and outer door handles. 

 

Sent Bonneville Consulting and email tuesday but haven't heard anything back yet.

 

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Started fitting the back seat, needed to modify the seat base to fit over the skyline tunnel.

I used the seat base out of a UC hatch that I brought for spare parts but it may turn into a future project and wont need a 

back seat. ( S14 front suspension, R32 rear suspension, drift ute, maybe)

The wire frame was a bit bent so it had to be straightened and reshaped over the tunnel.

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Rigged up a hot wire to cut the foam.

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All fitted up, I will probably only register the hatch as a 4 seater as there isn't mush foam left in the middle seat.

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Gave the drive shafts a clean up and some paint.

 

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Removed some of the lip on the fire wall and fully seam welded it.

 

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Added some more strengthening to the front suspension towers to make sure the load is transferred back to the rail where the original subframe mounted. 

 

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Have contacted a few engineers to see if they were interested in taking on the project. I've chosen one, now I have to reassemble the car

so he can see where it's at and where to move forward from here. Hopefully he will look at it in a few weeks.

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Had the engineer, Peter Turner http://www.techedaustralia.com.au/ have a look at the project.

He is happy with what has been done, he wants an extra brace between the rear suspension towers and I

have to have retractable seat belts for the outer back seats. The car will have to pass the IM240 emission test

and also have a torsional rigidity test. The plan now is to get the car ready for the torsional test then 

start the panel work.

Rear seat belts something like this.

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Decided to mount the seat belt reel besides the back seat so they don't stand out as much.

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Ground up a piece of flat bar to match the shape of the panel.

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Will also weld this comp plate over the outside when the engineer gives me the ok.

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Also made up some panels for the back out of some aluminium that i'll cover with some vinyl.

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Started fixing the rust in the tail light bucket.

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First had to get dogs ok on the tail light bucket from the spare parts car.

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Only going to replace the bottom half but had to do a small repair first.

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Had to repair some rust in the corner. 

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Bottom replaced.

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