Noble M500 Upgrades & Overhaul

[craig]

Ever thought about setting a Dash2 into a dash of a MR2.....

I dare say that could be arranged......

Cool. Handy to know for when I get my race dash2

[juliankv73]

OMG I was won over just by the detail on your carbon dash, the type font etc but this is the mutts big kahona's right there...,



That's so OEM, it could have come from the factory except they didn't have your attention to detail or wiring/soldering skills

Love the Stock look...makes me want to modify my Dads v6 for him just to have OEM looking trick details. That's just sublime Peter

[thomp1983]

Excellent work peter, have you started your rear lights yet?

[Danbob]

Very impressed with the TPMS integration! Very professional!

[Scott Barton]

Mouth watering brilliance!

[Peter Gidden]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Excellent work peter, have you started your rear lights yet?

Rear lights are going to be a major project. Going to need to make several moulds of moulds of moulds , so going to finish interior and associated jobs, plus get engine sorted.

Front clam and rear clam will be done next winter.

[jakeymears]

brilliant build, Just read the whole thread and I love the attention to detail like the brake line holders on the wishbones, on the other hand the piston clearance that was scary, glad you sussed it.

Keep up the good work I'm looking forward to the updates

[Peter Gidden]

Dashboard has been flocked. Thanks to Yorkshire Flocking (who have flocked all the Ginetta dashboards) for a perfect job:

[juliankv73]

Oooh that's just

Spot on as ever, loving the attention to details on the epic build

[craig]

Looking good there Pete.

[l1ca]

flocking hell that looks good!

[killerferret666]

who you use for the flocking Pete??

was it a send it off jobby or local to you.

[juliankv73]

Dashboard has been flocked. Thanks to Yorkshire Flocking

I thinks its this one

http://www.allfab.co.uk/yorkshireflocking/?page_id=12

[Draven]

Very impressive pete. As usual your attention to detail is fantastic.

[thomp1983]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Excellent work peter, have you started your rear lights yet?

Rear lights are going to be a major project. Going to need to make several moulds of moulds of moulds , so going to finish interior and associated jobs, plus get engine sorted.

Front clam and rear clam will be done next winter.

just can't bare to part with the last mondeo part can you?

[Peter Gidden]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Excellent work peter, have you started your rear lights yet?

Rear lights are going to be a major project. Going to need to make several moulds of moulds of moulds , so going to finish interior and associated jobs, plus get engine sorted.

Front clam and rear clam will be done next winter.

just can't bare to part with the last mondeo part can you?

I've not modified the thermostat housing ... yet.

[Peter Gidden]

Dashboard has been flocked. Thanks to Yorkshire Flocking

I thinks its this one

http://www.allfab.co.uk/yorkshireflocking/?page_id=12

Correct.

Speak to Mike - tell him you've seen the work he did for me. As i said above, they've done all the dashboards for Ginetta.

High quality and not expensive.

[Peter Gidden]

Once the dash is fitted, access to the wiring is just about impossible, so i needed to test all circuits before fitting the dash. I also wanted the centre panel totally removeable from the car for future maintenance etc.

Centre panel was wired with colour-coded wire, and all circuits, plugs and sockets etc. noted in Excel. 2 12pin plugs connect the panel to the main dash loom.



Bench testing the circuits. The 4 main switches were special order bi-colour LEDs. Green for sidelight circuit and red for switched circuits. Sidelight LEDs have now been dimmed down using an inline resistor.



Panel was plugged into the chassis mounted sockets and all circuits tested.

Then the big day. Removed gear lever (3 hours!) and carefully fitted dash. Audi air vents fitted, and gauges, Dash2 and DL1 plugged in.

[Peter Gidden]

Some months ago i picked up a genuine BNIB Ford GT billet gear knob. The engraved gear positions are the same as my Getrag box, and the brushed aluminium finish matches the Audi vents perfectly. Bargain at just over £100.

Gaer lever was cut down by 35mm, and thread recut to match the gear knob. Refitted along with tunnel trim.



The Lifeline extinguisher controlbox wouldn't fit where i wanted it with the side entry DIN plug.



So it was opened up, and marked for drilling.



After drilling and filing, DIN socket now fitted to rear of box.



Needed a new battery, so went for same Red Top as used in the Ginetta race cars.

Smaller than my old Odyssey and 2.5Kg lighter!

[2mad]

Splendid stuff Pete