Finalizing some stuff today. Met with the painter, talked over a few things and requirements. No sure yet if I'll go with this guy, he's good, but bloody expensive..
Put the bottom alu crash plate on, it's part of the rigidity of the car. And then tried to fit on the nose ..
Yay guess what, another fuck up.. nose doesn't fit any more as the heat exchange unit (intercooler in hoon terminology) piping comes down about a inch and a half lower than the sway bar, so spent today moving that fucker up an inch so the nose can fit on .
I'll show you what I mean...
And then after I sorted that I had some luck with the nose..
And
Didn't snap a pic, but she's on properly now. Wheel is perfectly centered, so that's lucky. I do however have to cut some more of the splash guard as that still rubs on full lock.
(Not pictured is me swearing like a sailor when I found out I had to cut part of the sway bar mount, and also not pictured is me swearing like a Sydney sider trying to force the nose mount into place as the bolt is about 4mm to long for the offset of the nose. Fits, but fuck it's gonna be hard to get that off.. I'll cut the 4mm off it when I pull the nose off tomorrow.