Body fit, just gets worse!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:59 pm
Brief background, I bought a Plus 2 for restoration and it became apparent that the nose section had been very badly repaired. Having spent a lot of time sodding about with it I decided to have a new front mid section moulded. The chassis is a pretty new Spyder unit and was clearly replaced post accident, it is in very good condition and shows no sign of any account damage.
I have been struggling to get the new section to line up correctly, I produced a number of alignment jigs to aid in this process. Having got it 'nearly there' I can see that the hub to underside of wheel arch measurement is around 10mm greater on the o/s. Removing the section I laid a piece of wood across the top wishbone mounts and a cord along the back edge of the bonnet aperture (see picture) this seems to confirm that the body is raised in relation to the chassis on the o/s. All body to chassis bolts are removed and the body appears to be equally seated on the chassis either side of the gearbox bell housing.
Any thoughts or comments welcomed. The two photos below show the general set up and the front on picture shows the transverse piece of wood and white cord are not parallel as one would expect they should be. I'm assuming this is not normal.
I have been struggling to get the new section to line up correctly, I produced a number of alignment jigs to aid in this process. Having got it 'nearly there' I can see that the hub to underside of wheel arch measurement is around 10mm greater on the o/s. Removing the section I laid a piece of wood across the top wishbone mounts and a cord along the back edge of the bonnet aperture (see picture) this seems to confirm that the body is raised in relation to the chassis on the o/s. All body to chassis bolts are removed and the body appears to be equally seated on the chassis either side of the gearbox bell housing.
Any thoughts or comments welcomed. The two photos below show the general set up and the front on picture shows the transverse piece of wood and white cord are not parallel as one would expect they should be. I'm assuming this is not normal.