Britspud Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hi All - me again...you can tell I'm getting near the end of my build!! Well it feels like that anyway... So when my kit first arrived, I read in the manual that the roll bar had to go in before you could fit the rear suspension. I saw no reason to wait, and it was one of the first things I did...a job done and a big box gone! It's a track day roll bar with the cross struts..and I also remember reading that the harness shoulder bolts on the far left and right hand side are too long to fit after the roll bar is attached. So I duly also fitted the shoulder harness straps before putting the bar on. Months later and the rear suspension is all fitted. I then read something that made me think that I should also have installed the bulk head carpet before because of the vinyl bit at the top which also goes under the boot cover and harness bolts. I'm away from the car at the moment but have attached the below pic, which was just after I'd fitted the roll bar and top harnesses. You can see the bolts on either side...which I'm pretty sure I won't be able to completely remove in order to lay the carpet strip along that member. Am I over thinking this? Or am I indeed going to have to remove the coilovers and loosen the roll bar in order to fit the bulkhead carpet? Cheers all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisoner7 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hate to tell you this...but read this blog... https://caterham420rjoy.wordpress.com/2021/12/14/full-carpets/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britspud Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Thanks P7 ... well I guess that's me taking it all apart then! Unless of course I can cut slits into the holes allowing me to just undo the bolts a bit and slip it under and onto the bolt stems.... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 9 Leadership Team Share Posted March 9 If you fitted the bolts from underneath, above the shocks, you won’t be able to insert the vinyl strip even with slots for the harness bolts. Unfortunately it’s as you’re expecting …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britspud Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Thanks SLR...ah really? Well in that case, so be it! Is that because the roll bar points also come down on the strip, holding it on either side?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 9 Leadership Team Share Posted March 9 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britspud Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Ok many thanks 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I fitted new harnesses last year and had to do the same. It was a couple of hours work incl tea! While its annoying, sometimes you have to go backwards to do it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 14 minutes ago, Wrightpayne said: While its annoying, sometimes you have to go backwards to do it right. ....and it is often quicker too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative paul richards Posted March 10 Area Representative Share Posted March 10 Ditch the carpet. It will only get wet and smelly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britspud Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, Drumster said: ....and it is often quicker too. It shouldn't be that bad a job...I've read on other threads the sequence. The thing that worries me is getting the top damper bolts back in again...I remember that being a right pain in the @rse. Anyway, thanks all...sounds like I will be doing it!! Edited March 10 by Britspud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 10 Leadership Team Share Posted March 10 Make yourself a wooden wedge to put under the rollbar to raise it above the chassis tube, then use the wedge to gradually lower the bar as you insert the harness bolt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted March 12 Member Share Posted March 12 There's a hint about sockets to loosen the half-height head bolts that go up into the roll bar: Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Hutton Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Good looking car! I did exactly the same thing when I built mine. I like the foam on the end of your front axle stands. How many times have you whacked your shins on them so far. I was quite good at that 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britspud Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 On 12/03/2024 at 20:01, Graham Hutton said: Good looking car! I did exactly the same thing when I built mine. I like the foam on the end of your front axle stands. How many times have you whacked your shins on them so far. I was quite good at that 🙂 Hi Graham...I learned from other's mistakes!! My wife hit her shins on them when I first got the car on those wheeled stands...the language was educational, as was the implication of blame towards me. Thus, the lagging 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Hutton Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Have fun! The build is a special time. I loved every second of it. Just had my first MOT this morning which means 3 years since I finished it. Where did that time go? When I finished the build I remember saying to my wife that I have enjoyed it so much it is hard to imagine I will have a similar number of enjoyable hours driving it. How wrong I was, it's been a blast and 9000miles later it's part of our family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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