help on fitting one piece f/g front
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can anyone help me ,advice or pics on how to fit my new clubamn one piece front that is now on its way to me in the post :)

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take it slow,
measure measure measure,
test fit, test fit, test fit,
adjust, adjust, adjust,
think to self omg why did i buy a one piece,
swear at it,
throw stuff at it,
realise no matter how hard you try it just wont look right,
bodge it on anyway making up excuses as to why its out of shape,
get bored giving the same answer,
fit a steel flip front

***can you tell i did not get on with my one piece and binned it in the end :)

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Pretty sound advice already - measure, test fit, curse a lot. I've used some rod eye bearings that attach to brackets on the brace bars; the "front end" brackets are held on using the side lights. "Wings" fastened to the A panels using a pair of Dzus clips on each side (Dzus spring clips on brackets welded to the back of the A panels.)

All seems to work but the fit along the back edges is a bit iffy purely because of the slightly-not-right-shape of the f/g front.

Dave

Decide how you are going to hinge it, whether to use "off the shelf" ones from the Mini specialists or if you are going to make your own.

Dave's above look good as they appear to be adjustable, I made my own but mine hinges backwards.

Then I found the most important bit was getting the height at the front relative to the subframe correct.

After that it is just fettling.

If it's a secondhand one - as you suggested in another post earlier - you may have problems if too much has been removed in areas to fit another car so may have to use some resin and matting to put material back on.....

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

well its not gunna be a flip front its just gunna be removable as iv just been given a metro gte 1.4 16 k series so you can guess where this is going :)
(piston rings have gone on my a series)

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you may still need a bulge in the front to fit a k series in a clubby

bulge ??

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at the front to fit it in properly. Have a good read of this:

http://www.theclubman.co.uk/

just slightly ot, has anyone had an issue with mot man with FG fronts, just had an advisory with mine?.

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