nice work as usual!!! there will be plenty of dubbers freezing their nuts of feeling very jealous!

I finally had enough of the restricted steering, tyre rubbing and compromised steering geometry so found a set of wider front wings in conjunction with some concentric wheel spacers. I also plan to rebuild the steering rack with adjustable end stops to maximise the lock available. The wings will also need modifying to provide a better mounting surface for the air damn. From a quick drive around it is significantly better.. The front bumper brackets will need to be extended slightly to give a bit more space to the wings too but I think it will end up looking better with more flowing lines.

http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...de_wings_1.jpg

Rich, just read the whole thread from start to finish & jeez you've been busy. Very brave man tackling all the metalwork mods..very skillful. The car looks great...its all about proportion and you've got it! There's not enough top German lookers in England. See you at the shows.

Cheers Dave! If I only do one show next year I really want it to be Spa, no dates announced as far as I can see yet but it will be going in my diary as soon as it does! Volksworld is pretty likely too but unlikely as a show car as I don't want to get precious about it...

Plan of attack now for the remaining jobs is:

fettle front wings and paint
redo front air damn
steering rack adjustable end stop mod (as shown by Mattkab)
Go back to stock width lateral suspension arms
get interior re-trimmed in cocoa leather (997 sport classic inspired) & paint front seat back shells body colour (too much?)
stereo head unit bought & fitted
Replace broken roof bow over rear window
New chocolate sonnenland outer roof

Finally, sort out slipping clutch issue on full boost and maybe a remap.

Bit overdue an update!

Plenty of stone chip was sprayed on underneath the wings and then high build primer, final colour and clear before letting the paint settle for a week or so and then refitting them.

I actually got some stonechip overspray on the air damn so ended up giving that a full coat along with satin black paint as it could do with the protection anyway.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...gs_painted.jpg

All re-fitted!

I don't think the car looks noticeably different but with the wheel spacers and re-done steering rack with adjustable end stops I now have a lot more steering lock as well as a much more predictable and nice feeling balance to the car.There was far too much negative scrub radius with everything forced inboard to fit under stock width wings.

Another mod I've done is switch to smaller 5/8" brake master cylinders along with a calculated balance bar position and this has made the brakes MUCH more confidence inspiring with less pedal effort and a bit more travel!
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...de_wings_4.jpg

I made up this metal cover to cover the shifter base and allow trimming, still not sure how I will do it but it's a start.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/gaiter_base.jpg

I've been putting this off for a while... The old vinyl roof shrunk whilst in storage folded up so when I came to close it on the car the stress broke the wooden bow over the rear window. This meant a new bow and roof!
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/broken_bow.jpg

Bow from the original tooling was sourced from Germany along with a new roof outer skin, in Sonnenland (similar to mohair) this time around and a change of colour. A fair amount of repair of sound deadening material as well as repainting sections of the roof frame were done at the same time.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/new_bow.jpg

Here's the roof ready for it's new outer skin. The foam strip over the bow is to cover up the staples holding fabric to the bow and stop wear on the outer hood.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/roof_repaired.jpg

Almost there! I'm letting it all settle for a few days now before I get the knife out and cut the rear window aperture out. All seals and wires are refitted in this picture, just a couple of screws to fit at the base of the C pillars to take up any final slack in the material.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...settling_2.jpg
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/roof_settling.jpg

That black top looks miles better then the original white/beige top.
Normally I don't like convertibles, but yours is excellent!:)

Cheers, but it isn't black, it's dark brown!

looking good mate :)

I know it's not responsible, but I LOVE that rear window delete look! How about a rear view camera instead?;)

Jason

Too late Jason ;)

I'm guessing too late for both? You've cut the hole AND you've got a rearview backup camera?:lmao:

Jason

Thats a very nice looking germanlook convertible!

Roof just about done now...
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/roof_screen.jpg

I'm going for the light tan colour on the right, I was originally going to go for a cocoa colour but having thought about it I think it would be too much of the same and some contrast is called for.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...her_choice.jpg

Seat backs are a bit marked and as the seats will soon be dismantled for trim now is the perfect time to colour-code the backs to body colour.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabrio/seat_backs.jpg

The old trim panels were moisture damaged so I've made up some new ones. I will also be making some new moisture barriers to keep these ones dry!! You can also see in the background I've put sound deadening in the door panels
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...rim_panels.jpg

These are the cut-down aluminium Porsche 944 spring plate covers with much wider aftermarket urethane bushes to better locate the spring plates.
http://www.ricola.co.uk/images/cabri...ate_covers.jpg

WOW! that's Looking Great.... and the color combo is going to look Awesome :)

Chris.

Just PERFECT!!!!!!.

congratulations