Scottie's Tribute A352 build - Page 46

Scottie22 · #**901** 28th May 2014, 16:27

What a brilliant idea Mr T, I could always put a plastic bag over my head in case it rained on the way...........

Mister Towed · #**902** 28th May 2014, 17:11

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Originally Posted by Scottie22

What a brilliant idea Mr T, I could always put a plastic bag over my head in case it rained on the way...........

Make sure you punch some eye holes in the bag with a steel spike. Then take the bag off your head and ask to be led to the nearest A&E.

Actually, I was serious about taking the glass out. If the car hasn't got a screen it doesn't need wipers to pass the mot.

At least one Spyder builder had this with the perspex flyscreen - a short-arsed tester failed the car because he couldn't see over the aeroscreen, but passed it once it was removed. Madness.

Not sure whether you'd need to take the frame off too though.

Scottie22 · #**903** 29th May 2014, 13:19

Thank goodness I did not follow your advice about the holes Mr T,
I was intending to, then on reflection, suspected it may lead to injury!

To be honest, I have now given up the idea of an early Mot, and will plod on and finish the beast to the best of my ability, and the Mot will naturally come after that, with all things working present and correct.

Scottie22 · #**904** 29th May 2014, 15:17

After much measuring fiddling and swearing, I now know what size wiper blades and arms I need, and have taken Drummajors advice, and ordered what I need from Tex Automotive.

They will have to make the arms to special order, and I should have them by the middle of next week.

They will all be in stainless steel, which is something good, but I thought at over £66 pounds, that is an expensive way to remove water from the windscreen.

Or am I being tight-arsed? Is £66 a bargain to pay for wipers?

Anyhow, it is what I want, and what the car needs, so it must be.

davecymru · #**905** 29th May 2014, 16:19

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Originally Posted by Mister Towed

At least one Spyder builder had this with the perspex flyscreen - a short-arsed tester failed the car because he couldn't see over the aeroscreen, but passed it once it was removed. Madness.

Not sure whether you'd need to take the frame off too though.

Yup that was me and a right pain in the @rse it was!

completenovice22 · #**906** 29th May 2014, 18:34

I paid £32 for stainless wiper arms and blades, if they were made to measure you will pay more, The problem is these cars look naff without stainless/chrome wipers!

Mick O'Malley · #**907** 29th May 2014, 18:56

Hey Scottie

I'm probably too late, but Europa do 'cut to length yourself' blades.

I thought about a bucket, but it's only a ten second walk..................

Scottie22 · #**908** 29th May 2014, 21:25

Completenovice22, you are quite right which is why I paid so much, like you say our cars have to look the part.

Mick, the blades were only 8 quid plus Vat each, it was the arms I was stung on. To make it worse, the bloody arms are only 8 inches long anyway!

Hopefully this is a one-off, and I won't have to use the company again.

Tribute Automotive · #**909** 30th May 2014, 20:28

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Originally Posted by Scottie22

Does he still own it Chris?
Is that where you got the idea for the colour gel coat you used?
It would look like it!

No he doesn't own it now, but it does come back to his garage for it's MOT each year.

Yes it was that car that made me do your car in that colour!

Tribute Automotive · #**910** 30th May 2014, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Scottie22

It seems like I'm doomed to making everybleedingthingmyself!!

Because the screen is so small compared to a full size one, I have now realised there are no wipers nor wiper blades that are actually small enough to fit straight on.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!.

I trial fitted the rubber into the screen aperture to see what size wiper blades I would need, and the measurement from the top of the rubber to the lower edge is only 11 inches.

Really `10 inch blades would be pushing my luck a bit, as it looks in tests as though they would foul the rubber at the lower edge.

I have found some 9 inch blades on the internet, and ordered some, as without them it will not pass the Mot.

They are Renault mundane rear screen blades, and are plastic, but right now, I'm not in a position to worry about that.

Once its through an Mot, I can then mod up some stainless ones to look correct.

until I get the wiper arms shortened and the blades fitted, I cannot progress any further with the wiper fitting, as I need to know the wiper sweep and where they will park in order to drill holes in the screen to fit the damned things.

Will it never end!

Watch this space.

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I used to get this problem with roof chopped kustom cars that I built, the easy solution was either these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nos-LAND-R...item566561a6bc

or something like these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROVE...item3ef4bd12b2

Scottie22 · #**911** 31st May 2014, 00:55

Thanks for that Chris!
Headlight wiper blades! Would not have thought of that one. :-)

Jaguartvr · #**912** 31st May 2014, 09:52

Have you tried the arms from your MK2? They are very short.

Scottie22 · #**913** 31st May 2014, 13:50

I just went out and measured them, they are short, they are 17 inches from the shaft centre to the end of the wiper blade.
But hey JagTVR, we are talking micro stuff here!

I just measured the one I "made up" as a pattern, and it is 13 inches long. So the MK2 ones would not do.

But, as I said earlier in this thread, I bit the bullet and paid through the nose to the tune of over 66 quid, and had some made in stainless steel, hopefully the perfect size for the car.

When they arrive next week, I will post pictures, watch this space...........

Scottie22 · #**914** 31st May 2014, 14:32

Today I mowed my back lawn.

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Scottie22 · #**915** 31st May 2014, 14:54

The more observant of you may have noticed that my back garden is a lot more visually attractive than the front one.

This is because my front garden looks like a cross between a Syrian refugee camp, and a scrap-yard, but hey, nobody is perfect, perhaps with the exception of my good fiend Mr Towed............

WorldClassAccident · #**916** 31st May 2014, 18:30

Today I rode my bicycle...

...and hit the third planet from the sun quite hard. I appear to have moved my left shoulder two inches to the right.

Right shoulder

Left shoulder with optional lump

Bet I had more fun doing that than you had mowing the lawn

Scottie22 · #**917** 31st May 2014, 19:08

Well you most likely did as I've just checked, and both my shoulders
are quite normal! How boring is that?

IanA · #**918** 31st May 2014, 21:54

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Originally Posted by WorldClassAccident

Today I rode my bicycle...

...and hit the third planet from the sun quite hard. I appear to have moved my left shoulder two inches to the right.

Right shoulder...Left shoulder with optional lump

Bet I had more fun doing that than you had mowing the lawn

Are they what you'd call shelfies???

davecymru · #**919** 1st June 2014, 06:03

I may have to step outside of this thread for a awhile as i'm not sure where you two are going with these photos, first a pic of your trimmed lawn and bush, then some off-the-shoulder-pics....

I didn't realise that this was "that" sort of forum?

It must be due to the lack of females posting on here.

Paul L · #**920** 1st June 2014, 07:21

Scottie - For some reason I thought your "tent/garage/workshop" was in the back garden.

But after Dave's post above, I am not sure whether I should mention I like the stripes on your lawn.

So back to the build and given how many things you have made from scratch, splashing out on the wipers seems fair enough.

Good luck, Paul.