KC3 Project Silver

you put wrong smiles, you should put:
New super mod to be added shortly. TURRRBO €€€€€€€€€€€

Nice!

Said i wasnt going to do this, but put the leather interior in the B today.

Looks and feels great!

Making the turbo Barchetta that little bit lighter

Piccie then KC??

Some pics of the new interior, Really like it inside now, only thing i,m not so happy to drive her as she feels slow compared with the other wild thing -(Barchetta Turbo)

Need to get the turbo on her and i,ll be

Sorry! forgot the pics.

Nice job Kiry, love the Novitec floor mats - a hint of things to come!!

Yup, bolts secure it to the top of the bulkhead. Bottom of the hoops sit on a flat piece of aluminium with pre-drilled holes in it, mark up the bulkhead and drill (being careful not to drill into the fuel tank!!).

BOOM!

The bars LRB is talking about are the cheaper versions which are easy to fit. as they just bolt on from above.

The ones i have are the better, stronger type. but need to be fixed from below the rear bulkhead.

They are a few good hours to fit as you need to
1, remove seats,
2, remove rear plastic panel which is behind seats.
3, unbolt metal backing which exposes fuel tank and empty space of rear shelf.

4, I also removed the hood as it was difficult to get to this panel, cant remember in which order but it made things easier .
5, the bars are made from 6mm thick steel bars and around 65mm in diameter and have large bolts that screw into them from underneath.
5, remove the fixing bolts and place bars into there correct positions, now this is reasonably simple as one end of the bar contours with the shape of the rear shelf.
6, mark round the bars where they will sit and cut through into the plastic trim to expose rear metal chassis.
7. You may also want to remove the rear plastic trim but can get away with leaving it on.
8, drill correct size hole for the bolts. this is a bit tricky as the rear shelf has a box section which is angled to the shape of the bars and does prove difficult to drill because you will be drilling at the correct angle and not straight down. . and be carefull here as the fuel tank is just below.
9, Once drilled, refit rear plastic shelf, place bars into there position, and bolt through the rear box section. the drivers side is relatively simple to fit but the other is more difficult because of space issues but not impossible. Someone with a good tool kit should be ok.

10, Refit all panels, trim, hood , seats and thats about it.

The total product is proffesionally looking and felling bars. but if you cant be bothered with all the hassle of fitting these type then the bolt on cheaper versions would look just as good.

Hope this helps.

OR, you could leave them off and not make your b look like an MX-5!!

Point 1 BEFORE removing seats: unhook battery,
unless you want a little pilot light on your dash

Oh ! and first thing, Must disconnect the battery as you will need to pull air bag plugs from under seats.

Thanks to Rollie for pointing this out.