360 Saving a Stradale

That floor damage is worrying , big price . You hope it get's repaired not broken for spares . Although then it will have a story and be worthless

 

If you have missed my other thread "Making a Stradale lower dash" here is an update of the almost complete item in the car .

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So next is to fit the carbon door cards , fortunately I have one complete Stradale door with all its extended brackets for fitting the door cards and another damaged door that I will be able to salvage the mounting brackets from . I think it is sensible to fit the door cards and check all the clearances before committing to covering everything in Alcantara . Once that is confirmed correct , I will strip out the interior of most of it's wiring harnesses , as I need to replace the dash harness to CS RHD ( I have a LHD harness ) Then all the sound deadening removal and spray the correct statin black .

 

Carbon door card clearance , all looks ok
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In fact I haven't , at that stage I was still driving on Modena harnesses. I think you maybe spot on , I hadn't even considered that the Jap cars had air pumps . I have not finished removing all the harnesses from the donor car . Which I must do!!
Thanks for your reply

 

Finally got some time to get back on this project . Interior almost completely stripped out . Then sound deadening removal and paint Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Yes , you can see in the last pic I did a bit with a heat gun
Apparently you can use dry ice and acetone !! and freeze it off , but I was worried how it would effect the rivets and glue , so heat gun is fine


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A progress pic

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some more slow progress

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Test coat on the front bumper

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Another update . Wiring harnesses !!!!!! I have removed the dash harness from the LHD Stradale donor ( for anyone who has done this , what a job !!!! )
I have refitted all the harnesses I removed to paint the interior . The RHD Modena dash harness is still installed . I was considering just modifying this harness to move switches around ( would appreciate some feedback from guys who have done this , Josh did you do this ?) I know Randy indicated that he had changed all the harnesses ( Randy ? )
So now I need to decided whether I attempt to swop out the dash harness , remembering that the harness I have is from a LHD car . Aldous thought that I may be able to flip it upside-down , which after looking at it may well be possible . The two round connectors in the trunk are not in the same place , but might be close enough .
I would be interested in feed back if you have done this .

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Aldous is correct !! I fitted the LHD dash harness effectively upside down and so far the only wire that needs adjusting is the heater/AC control ecu . I think I can strip the covering off the harness and move where the heater/AC ECU wiring come out the main harness . I have refitted the dash and lower dash to double check everything is good before I send it for covering . Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Brake light pedal switch is different on the CS ( a four wire self adjusting switch ) I had to make a new bracket for it and then work out how the self adjusting ratchet worked . All seems good so far . It fired up first push of the button ( and the key does not activate the starter ) and the microswitch on the rear lid was preventing it going into gear . With that sorted it goes backwards and forwards .
Interior pieces are sorted and ready to go to the upholsterer , for all new Alcantara .

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