Sooooo Impressive!!! :-)

Battery box holder, 33gr against 58gr of the stock one;)

Maybe a bit over-engineered, but I like it

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This week I cut the lug nuts I bought a while ago as they have been way too long.
Not easy to find some aluminum ones with M14x1.5 and conical seat for my OZ-Racing rims.
So a little time spent on the lathe and they look much nicer. The color is fine, but the cutting surface of the machining will not stay that nice, so I have to anodize them again.

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Because there is a little Jack Olsen in everyone of us, I went to Ikea yesterday to buy a nice item for my garage:D

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Haha, PMSL :D:D So true!

In fact, I'll be driving past an Ikea tomorrow....and it's the same colour as my Colchester lathe!

Excellent work Roland, stunning machining and finishes. What's next on the list?

would your buddy make some extra pairs of those ? I could use a pair maybe 2 :)

I have one pair left, not anodized yet. Not sure if I should store or sell, and if I sell, what would be a fair price (don't forget, shipping would be from Switzerland, not cheap. Maybe it fit's in a letter...)?

What I can offer is to send the CAD etc. file to let cut yourself somewhere in your area

Thank you

I have always a couple of things I work on, keeps my mind fresh. One thing are the brackets to hold down fuel tank... Will show soon

Finally some more progress on the tub. Starting with paint very soon:)

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sending the CAD would be great ,we have a water jet cutter in city very nice work he does. Nice to see some paint on this project of yours , so now all these very skillfully made parts can be seen on the car ... keep up the good work . By the way I can't thank you enough for those pics of intercooler big help in my project, hopefully I can get mine on dyno

Kozmo

Kozmo

PM me your email so I can send to you

Some more pics before painting

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Tiny little progress :-)
 

Bracket for washer tank/pump assy. Alu anodized of course with alu tubtaras and alu screws.

Short said: Everything alu except tank and pump;)

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The end is near (at least return of the tub)
 

Some pics of the almost finished painting

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That has to be the understatement of the century. Wow.
I can't wait to see what your car looks like when finished and how much weight has been lost. Your skills and time to do this project are the envy of every enthusiast.

Love the color!...btw Roland if you ever decide to make a few of those alu parts for sale keep me in mind...really nice work...

Nice!

Fresh sheet metal, fresh paint and plenty of fancy parts to bolt on! That's going to be a fun build!

Although my car is everything else, I do love understatement.

... Be patient Brian, you will some day in 2014 (at least my goal;))

Thanks for the kind words

Those parts are mostly designed and made by myself, which means they are not proofed or fit any engineer standards. Therefore it could be some risk of failure etc. Further most of them took a lot of time due my possibilities and skills compared to the result and some went into the trash before finished:D

I don't think I can make some for a price which would make us both and time is very pricy for me;)

Do you mean a specific part here or generally?

PS haven't seen the color in real yet, but it's looks darker on the pics. It (should) is the same as before. At the beginning of the thread you can see it better

The time of smiling after every bolt is comming (or anger when it does not fit:D )

I know it isn't - because I think I've asked you before - but in the above pics, the paint looks SO close to my car, Horizon Blue...almost spooky. A trick of the light(ing)!

Great work as always; planning on doing more machining over the Christmas period Roland?

Cheers
S