A little progress in the last few days. I bought some closed cell padding, 15mm thick for the headlining to create a pad underneath the Alcantara and that landed this morning. Unfortunately I should have bought 30mm thickness pads.... I've started fitting double layers of it and it's gone very well so far, just the bits infront of the first rib to do and then I can think about a little contact adhesive and final trimming leaving just the pillar covers to contemplate.
The headlight assemblies are being powder coated now, collection on Friday. Some Allen socket screws arrived today and are marginal on length. I think, for the sake of £3, I'll buy some longer ones. Hopefully I'll get a chance to assemble everything on the bench before I go to Gerry's next Monday!
Lastly I dragged out the exhaust heat shield. It was a bit battered and bruised but a little persuasion with some suitable tools has restored it's correct shape. I think. It was also covered in years of crud, underseal, oil and road dirt. A day with a filler spreader carefully removing it all and then a bit of sanding have restored it nicely. I may drag the polishing kit out to get a mirror finish on it and protect that with some lacquer but there are a couple of splits in it that need a slight welding first and a spot that's been rattling on the front pipe to centre clamp that needs more careful attention.
Lastly, a question for those that know!
How thick is the felt padding that sits between the carpet and floorpan?
The carpet is loosely in but it's very "baggy" so I need to replace that too. Another job for the closed cell foam but this will be stuck onto the back of the carpet rather than the floor I think.
Guy
