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they are 8.5 front and 10 rear, they are fitted woth the spacers that where already on, i think 15mm/20mm ish. the rear spacers need to come off but i never had any shorter bolts. and the rear also needs to be jacked up about 10mm on the coilovers
I havn't gave an update for a while as ive been away and its been left in the hands of my pal. Just a little pic to show the smooth doors, no wing mirrors, no door handles. And most importantly, the shaping of the doors.
Ive used door poppers in the past before and they have all been sh!!t so i bought a remote garage door opening kit off ebay (a 1 that allows for 2 garage doors)...
These are very good quality and the remote phobs feel solid and well put together.
This phob has 2 buttons (A for drivers side door & B for pass door)
I then bought 2 ford transit van central locking solenoids (very heavy duty! - infact they pull 3 amp unlike the cheap 1s from china that pull about 0.5amp)
I added a relay into the circuite that was man enough and bobs your uncle.
Ive sent them to colourtech to fit but if your thinking of doing the same il email you a wiring diagram i made.
I never added any fuses into the equation incase they pop and i cant get into the car!
However I will be adding a charge point some where incase my battery dies!
Front lower plitter widened and built out, ready for trimming and sanding.
Bumper bar holes filled and sanded. Got to cut some new holes and add some fins through. Not sure yet if im going to change the bonnet scoop as per the concept im trying to replicate, i think i prefer it as it is!
Thank God it wasn't just my normal incompetence that meant the poppers I bought failed. I did wonder when the seller just sent me their uprated kit without asking for the original one back. They then refunded the cost when that didn't work without asking for either kit back.
Garage door puller is genius.
I saw somewhere on the internet a popper kit with a hard wired cable pull behind the front wheel rain flap. Dead Battery? Reach behind the rain flap and pull the cable. Great idea but the bloke put it on the internet with a picture of his car and the location of the emergency lock puller.
I wouldn't worry too much about being locked out though. It is really easy to get a straightened coat hanger with a hook on the end above the window and reach through to pull the roof releases. When my first attempt at door poppers failed it took the RAC man about 12 seconds to get in.
I think that TD£ looks awful. The proportions are all wrong. It is like a big car that has been shrunk using cheap cartoon software. It reminds me of the 'rad' VW Beetle charicatures
TVR used to fit a key operated lock hidden behind the rear number plate in case the car ever had a flat battery and you need to open the door. Very neat idea that worked well. You did need to unscrew the number plate first so neede a screwdriver as well.
Check out the latest TD3 prototype Cobra GT style from Backdraft Racing.
Im not a fan off this at all. It does look a bit 'cartoonified' as WCA says.
Im flying to the uk for a short visit (2 days!) on thursday untill my company flies me back to Germany for work onthe Sat. Il be calling into colourtech to take some pics and fit the door solenoids.
Hopfully the car will be somwhere near paint so i can give the 'go-ahead' to paint it or ask for a few final 'tweaks' before paint as I won't see the car untill a friend of mine drives it to spain for me at some point in March.
