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RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Sean1380 - 09-23-2016
Nice Krishan, very nice.
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Sean1380 - 09-23-2016
Question, why the upside down door handles
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Minimad - 09-23-2016
Thanks Sean
Felt like the most comfortable position to use the handle ... also due to be using a bit of foam between the rod and the door inner skin...the handle doesn't spring back quit fast enough.... so it needs a push....lol. other than that no real reason
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Miniac - 09-25-2016
This car has come a long way since you first started it.
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - DomMINIque - 09-26-2016
Car is looking very nice dude!
Definitely an exemplary build you've done there.
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Minimad - 09-26-2016
Thanks ED and DOM.....
Didn't do much over the weekend. So nothing worth posting other that I have my Dash temple cut out of 16mm super wood, now I just need to spend some time on engineering some brackets to hold it in place and then start mounting up the gauges....
Cleaned up the A-Panel and boot lid badges ready for installation once the car is polished....
Custom centre dome stickers for the centre caps on the mini lite rims are done.
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Miniac - 09-29-2016
That cap sticker looks awesome, ties in nicely with your seats
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Dion - 09-30-2016
Coming along nicely, well done!
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Minimad - 09-30-2016
thanks Dion, another weekend that's all booked up...so wont be able to get much done on the mini
RE: Minimad Vanden Plas - Minimad - 10-03-2016
So I managed to sneak in a few hours off work on the dash over the weekend and I'm quit happy with the progress so far.
Saw dust is a huge problem....creates a huge mess
base design cut and edges angled for mounting.
front panel to mount gauges is done...holes are 102mm (hole saw that's the closest size to the gauges) and the gauge is 105mm...so not much holding the gauge from going through the panel....so will have to make up some brackets to hold them in place.
I would have liked to have mounted the radio in the centre of the dash ...but due to the size of the gauge panel, I had to off set the radio. which in turn means that I also have to off-centre the three 2"gauges above the radio.
Still deciding whether to add a glove compartment or just a dump panel for it......I might just mount all the electrical control boxes on a plate around that area and use the glove compartment door to access them should there be an electrical fault.