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13/01/2008 Wiring for headlights. The DIY U shaped bracket will mount the headlight a little higher than Marlin's own bracket. Normally I would use bullet sockets on the hot side of wiring but I couldn't get them through the hollow headlight bolt.	13/01/2008 Wiring from above. Wire to the left is for the spotlight, to the right for the indicator which I am planning to mount on the wing. U shaped metal clip makes sure that the node con doesn't rub on the wiring in any way.	13/01/2008 New Fiamma horns from Ebay. Exactly the same as the original BMW ones except not rusty!	13/-1/2008 Wiring run from bulkhead to front.


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13/01/2008 Front bumper fitting. You can see the sleeve that was needed to take up the slack - made from galvanised sheet left over from making the exhaust heatshield.	13/01/2008 Node coane fitted for the umpteenth time. Hope it doesn't have to come off again too often as the screws are a b*gger to get at.	13/01/2008 Side bonnet fitted.	13/01/2008 The other side bonnet fitted. Top bonnets next whoopee!!!!


13/01/2008 Wiring runs under the nose cone. Marlin made a poor job of cutting out the nose cone to fit the chassis. By the time I had tidied it up there was a big gap all round. I used this to my advantage to run the wiring as I didn't want to run it through the bodywork.	03/02/2008 Trying to find the centre line for the bonnet. The problem is that the nose isn't 100% symetrical. In the end I gave up trying to be clever and did it by eye. .	03/02/2008 .	03/02/2008 Trial fit of the bonnet once the front and back had been trimmed. .


03/02/2008 Cutting the bonnet to fit. I must have measured it about half a dozen times before having the courage to cut it. I used a hand saw cause I dudn't trust my skill with a jigsaw. Took a bit longer but produced a very accurate cut. .	03/02/2008 It fits! Only taken two weekends to get this far. Just the other side to do now. .	03/02/2008 I allowed a 2mm gap between the top and side bonnets. Seen here with the spacers still in place. The front bonnet catch was a pain to fit as I had to cut away some of the vertical nose/radiator support bracket. It would have been better if there were a few less louvers in the side bonnet as it would have given me more space to fit it.	02/03/2008 Bonnet fitting finally complete all except for a few missing screws. Can't beleive it's taken almost a month to fit the bonnets although I have been a bit distracted buying a new car :-)


02/03/2008 Bonnet opened on stay.	03/03/2008 Close up of bottom end of stay supported by a bracket bolted to the side bonnet. The top of the stay simply fits through a hole in the top bonnet flange, reinforced with a piece of 3mm aly pop riveted to it.	10/03/2008 The bonnet stay components. The rod is 5mm steel (B&Q!) I bent it by first heating it to dull red with a blow torch. One end is threaded and screws into the lower bracket. The little aly plate reinforces the top bonnet where the stay pokes through a hole in the flange. .