coupe's xjs

 

[turbonutter69]

Sweet get rid.

 

[coupe]

lets see/ Monday i was laying a concrete base for the new conservatory so no car work done.

today i put the rear seats back in, sorted the speakers in the front doors and replaced the rear quarter glass with polycarbonate.

the original glass weighs 1.5kg each side.
the polycarbonate weighs 0.5kg each side
so that's another 2kg gone.

so far i have managed to get rid of 60kg of unwanted weight.
still got the rear bumper and exhaust to sort yet.

 

[indiaman]

Could you please tell me what thickness of polycarbonate you used?

 

[coupe]

i used 5mm polycarbonate sheet.
it flexes enough to be able to shape it.

 

[MasterAuron]

You can get away with 4mm to meet MSA regs.

 

[coupe]

thats nice to know.

only go to do a few rwyb do's

 

[indiaman]

Lovely pictures, thoroughly enjoyed looking at them

 

[coupe]

drivers side polycarbonate rear quarter window.

not the slightly too thin door glass, i think that needs replacing.lol

 

[turbonutter69]

Nah it don't need replacing that will hold just fine

 

[coupe]

well
i sorted the remote door poppers today, got them working yay.
replaced the front quarterlight glass with yet more polycarbonate.
shaved another 1kg off of the weight.lol
so far i have managed to shed 60kg from my tank.

 

[MasterAuron]

Good going and fast progress, don't you work?

 

[coupe]

semi retired on medical grounds.

 

[turbonutter69]

don't you work?

Yes on the car lol

 

[coupe]

got to tile the bathroom floor sometime soon.

 

[turbonutter69]

Finish the car first mate.

 

[coupe]

yeah right as if that will happen.

 

[turbonutter69]

You being pressured mate?

 

[coupe]

lets see.
i got a conservatory to put up
bathroom floor to tile
my sons caddy to lower

 

[turbonutter69]

Busy man then hey.

 

[coupe]

yeah
unfortunately.

 

[weber44idf]

but its as they say " want something done in a hury , get a busy person "

 

[coupe]

finally after a week of tiling bathroom floors and demolishing our old conservatory i took an afternoon off.

got one side done.
got the drivers door to do and then make the sliders.
bit more done.
back to the conservatory monday if the bits i need arrive.

 

[coupe]

well its been a rotten week.
rain
conservatory bits didn't arrive.
then they did
then there were more bits missing
then more rain.

but

finished the windows and sliders.
got to rip off the rear bumper next.

 

[turbonutter69]

Tis looking good buddy.

 

[Loz]

Good work, it's getting meaner by the week! :bigsmile:

 

[coupe]

well its been weeks of conservatory building, pond digging, paving laying and decorating...............................but.

bonnet off.

air-con rad out.twin fans in.

pile of bits removed so far.

old fan and rad cowl gone missing.

got some wiring and the air-con pump to sort out next.

at last some progres.

 

[MasterAuron]

Is it me or is that rad mahoosive!? They're a messy looking engine bay aren't they fella.

 

[coupe]

yeah its not the pretiest of engine bays.

big rad.
aircon rad is the size of a normal rad, then you got the oil cooler as well.

still i will get it looking better over time.

 

[indiaman]

The Dark green coupe is a stunning beautiful car.Excellent job, coupe, looking forward to more pictures

 

[coupe]

air con pumps are blooming heavy:amazed: nearly had a hernia getting it off.:toung:

still its all out from under the bonnet now.

 

[weber44idf]

you can also pull the water pump , short vee belt power steering drive , drop the extra drive pullys from the harmonic balancer by installing an electric water pump and a plate to replace the water pump . ( just did it to my v12 works real well , more hp , cooler & less weight forward of the front wheels & lower gravity centre )ps i also put the fans on the engine side of the radiator again the weight distrubution

 

[coupe]

well i have wired in the twin rad fans now.
got 2 switches on the consol.
next we have to turn the car round and rip off the rear bumper and move the fog lights.

:blink:

 

[T9 man]

Car is looking mighty fine so far, do like the power bonnet, great pics! For the engine clean up try Meguires engine products, very very good stuff

 

[coupe]

well
rear bumper is off. thats 17kg gone.
aircon pump and bits is another 20kg's of lost weight.

got some welding and cutting to do to smooth all the bumper mounts off, then i need to sort the rear fog lights.

 

[pgarner]

spare wheel ? whats that doing in there lol

could you use the holes left from the bumper as exhaust holes, something a little different

 

[coupe]

i'm going side exit on the pipes, just behind the rear wheels.
then the gaps for the exhausts will be plated over for a smooth undertray.

might try to fit the rear fogs in the mounting holes.

 

[coupe]

rear bumper finished for now.

back to the front belly pan next, wife permitting.

 

[turbonutter69]

Lovin that rear wing.

 

[indiaman]

I like the car except for that rear wing

 

[coupe]

i can't decide on the rear wing yet.

but it was a present from the wife, so it might have to stay.lol

won't get anything done today.