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Cheers Mate, No problems now Ive had a couple of guys contact me with the dimensions. 35 x 120. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for that mate, appreciate it.

Hi, Can anyone provide me with the dimensions for the 5.8 badge that are stuck on the front guards behind the wheel as well as the Falcon Badge stuck on the boot? Im ghost painting some of the badges on to the Reaper, so looking to get the sizes as close as possible. Any help very much appreciated. Cheers Terry

The Reaper has been a 6 year project so far, but finally finishing him off. Yeah I get to that stage all the time, Ive just learnt now to stop and come back when I feel like doing it, other wise Im doing it again.

Thanks mate, I appreciate your input, could have been a few months earlier though hehehehe, but the elogated holes turned out alright, and the engine fits in nicely, there is room for all hoses at the back and the gearbox fits and there is plenty of manoeuvre room with the tail shaft, so Im a happy man. Your idea does have merit, though. Next time......

Where on earth from my comment would you think I wasnt calm or though you were having a go at anyone???? I was just saying how I was told to do it, and its worked for me, along with many others by the sounds of it. Im not intending to put in a different Diff set up so its not going to be an issue, but if you were going to you would still have the same issue with your idea, and I would suggest it would be something you take into consideration.

The gearbox crossmember has enough play in its holes to move it forward as well, its only moving half an inch at the most, so not a big movement. There is plenty of length in the tail shaft spline for it to move forward. Why would you muck around welding more plates on when elongating the holes does exactly the same thing? There are other guys on here with far more experience on this than me, they could answer your questions better, but from what Ive seen with mine, its not an issue, as I said, the engine is only moving forward cm, not feet.

Thats funny, I wanted to use the adjustable steering column out of my ZL but for some reason it came out a lot further than the XE one, no matter how I played with it, it wouldnt fit. So I kept the original XE column, was disappointed.

Found out Zeusproducts no longer does small jobs like reflector repolish. Went and seen the guy who does my chroming and he was going to rechrome them. Problem solved.

Thanks stockesp, thats just the thing I was looking for. Will give it a go. Cheers

Hi all, Im rebuilding a set of XE ESP headlights from several damaged sets, and I have to replace one of the knobs that control the angle of the reflector, Having a look at the set up which is a knob on the back of the body, connected to a long threaded rod, which screws the reflector holder in and out, this is held in place with a washer and a rubber spacer, but there doesnt seem to be anyway of removing it without damaging it all. Has anyone ever changed one of these over, or have any idea how to do it? Thanks

Hi guys, Ive made up a decent set of ESP headlights using 2 sets, but Ive found the mirror lenses in the lights have become tarnished and no longer have that mirror finish to give a good light. Does anyone know how to polish them, or how I can go about restoring them to new? Cheers

Not worried about the VSS, just happy with the power steering the way it is, well for the time being anyway.

Thats definitely the way to go, where can you get it from?

Well this little project is finished. Mounted the bracket, fitted the pump, 2 new hoses, high pressure one made by Pirtek. Very happy with the result, just need to see how the hoses are affected due to the proximity of the extractors.