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For us SV owners ?

Just need the SV run of grills now

What else ? grills for the SV owners of course !!

☹️ (SV owner !)

Well if the nice man wants a few extra £ in his pocket that looks like at least 4 SV grills, dont know about the rest of you but im happy to pay material costs, postage and a few more £ for beer etc and his troubles....

go on, do a run of SV sized grills. ideal xmas prezzy ! happy to pay a little more seeing as its gone beyond a quick project, i dont mind you making a few £ for your time etc.

I'd love an SV one too

Anyone know whats involved to do same job to a sigma 1.6 125bhp to 140 supersport?

Just to add to the thread . Had Dave out today to do my 7's nose, front rear arches and the 20mm down the side strips. As the others say great job, no messing about just arrived got on with it and on his way few hours later. Fantastic finish, dont envy his friday evening return down the M6 though.... Just need it to dry out a bit outside now then I can go out and give the armour fend a test....

thanks charles thats the top i was tring to describe looks like a big lump. As its only been finished a few days i shall give caterham a call tomorrow see what they say as ive still got 9 months warrenty. They can advise suggestions. along with why has the speedo now died ... no readout on the display looks dead to me !

theres a large cap laft hand side of the tank on the top maybe 20cms across? its got the fuel pipe outlet on it and a long thin connector 4 wires and 2 blanked off. other than the filler pipe on the other side of the tank thats all i can see on the top of the tank...which is why im lost on the sender or just being thick and missing something obvious ?

Just to add, checking earth black to yellow on Guage connector gives me 207 ohms, give cara good wobble ie slosh the fuel and I get readings 192 to 208 then settles v quick to around 207 again Guage fault then?

Cally in the knowledge of blat chat! My new 7 is giving me problems with the fuel gauge 10% of the time it works the other 90% it's showing around the full mark. Since the last fill up its showing just below full but I've done 130 miles and I know a 7 isn't that economical! I've got the floor up but a bit lost with the wiring as to what is the sensor. There a large white tank cover left hand side of tank with fuel hose and block connector with black, grey green, green black, and yellow green wires. No obvious sensor or is it all under the large white cap held in with the black ring? Don't want to risk breaking the gasket unless I have to. Guage end is 3 wire connector yellow,green and black wires so not sure what's between the sensor and Guage? Any offers as to where the problem may be? Checked the earth black wire at Guage and off the tank both fine

Well just over 2 weeks (how long!!) since she went off to caterham for post build etc etc, we now have a reg plate. Cannot wait to be back in the country on we'd to go get the 7 and have some fun ! Still less than 11 weeks from delivery including the sitting time for paperwork at caterham not bad for a first build. Just a question of how long before I'm in the spotted section! And hopefully not wrapped round a tree or in a ditch 😬

Well iva passed just waiting on paperwork now but hoping to be out on the road next weekend, maybe even end up in the spotted section ?

nope i definatly mean 3mm !! when i first tried, power on at the ke, led on all the time at 1mm gap. so backed it off till no light at all, turning the hub i moved it in till led flashed, started at about 4mm, at 2mm gap on all the time. so set it to 3mm, wheel on, dropped her down round the block and tacho works. no idea on the gap, it works im happy. except cars gone now to caterham for post build etc

well jacked up and tweaked this morning needed a gap of 3mm ! any closer the led stays on. Down the drive, the speedo flickered. Another excuse round the block with no number plates or tax etc etc...but sod it ! I now have the Caterham 😬 just going to be a long wait for its return from midlands post IVA etc. maybe even with a new sept number plate i guess...still 7 weeks start to finish not bad, and working abroad so no after work working on it

well she runs. went off down the drive to test things seems to work so round the block once, then again, and then 3 more goes just to be sure All works but no speedo any suggestions? rechecked the gap, was about 1.5mm now 1mm, but no idea. all the lights work etc so im stuck now ? but how tempting to go for a proper blast out ....

Near the end ! Anyways couple of questions for the blat chat experts. Grommets for the wires on headlamps/indicators. Do they have to be fitted as proving to be nightmare to fit them ? or is it acceptable to seal them into the holes with silicone or sikaflex instead ? (its going for iva at nottingham) bonnet fit - is it worth it or needed to fit some sponge or similiar where the bonnet fits onto the rest of the car to stop it chafing around ? thanks guys !

Thanks phil. Pretty much what i did last night although gone for the direct fixing. Just about to go out and see what happened during the night before I do a second coat and cover all around the tubes with sika. But how much carbon on your car ? and that polish job looks amazing - what did you do/use to get that glass finish look ? mine will need a good going over post build. hopefully next weekend looking like less than 6 weeks delivery to finished. And i work abroad so can only do a bit when im home not every night after work !

Thanks for that link grubster looks like im going for overkill as the plan was to take the steel tubes to bare steel and coat the hole lot in sika about 1 inch either side and all over the mount tubes to create a "triangle" ish shape of sika with the steel mounts in the middle.

i got a tube of the 292 (not sure how im going to stop the tube going off when ive just used a small bit to intially stick them in place hope its like silicone where just the outer edge goes off) Seem to remeber something about the leading edge of the wing in relation to the wheel for the IVA but carnt find anything in the manual guess they assume we all like looking at bolt heads....

Wwll tis time to call on blat chat technical help line ! Its time to fit my front wings. I dont want to have the bolt heads through them so have some sikaflex on standby. Other than the obvious, ive removed all the paint on the tubes and rough up inside the wings them selves. The plan is to put a small amount of sika on the steel tubes and then eyeball the wings into position over the wheels (fitted) masking tape them in place then if they still look ok tomorrow a good coating of sikaflex all around the tubes and about an inch either side of the tube onto the wings. Anything ive missed? hints or tips to position them etc as I dont want to loose them on the B roads etc thanks !

Yup thanks jonathan, sometimes i put my "thick head" on, still ive spoken to caterham 4 times over it and noone suggested that ! I thought IVA be about 3 weeks - its the job for tomorrow.Also need to get booked into Caterham for post build inspection too. i get side tracked and end up in the garage assembling rather than sorting it out... as for your wing and paint I shall let you guess why my rear wing was dispatched to dartford on friday way beyond a polish just glad its only paint damage and not fibreglass. Plus today it got an extra 3/32 hole though the side Drilling the poper hole on the hood (lower forward one by wheel arch) and the drill bit snapped resulting in the broken bit still in the drill going through the ally just glad its under the boot cover. I guess its been personalized now....... Clutch is bled (as far as i can tell i darnt try using it with the engine going until i sort some brakes out as the drive is downhill.... As for IVA guess who was too busy building to take pics ? ive got a lot of the car going together but only 1 of me with the car when the kit first went in the garage. Any suggestions on that one ? Id rather not start taking it to bits again but that dif is never coming out again.

just tried it with the headlamp rocker switch on(full on not side lights) then the fog light and the full beam switch both work. So Im guessing thats how it should be just odd the rest of lights all work with the keys out ! Still not got my head round why the fuses are only live if the switch is in the on position, but if its working as it should thats good enough for me - just want it through the post build and IVA as fast as I can to use it ! Not doing bad only had the kit 4 weeks on monday, im on my last box only side screens, front wings, nose, bonnet and bleed the brakes to go. Oh and one rear wing thats gone back to be repainted...(dont ask what happened ! )