G28 - Simple Mans, Simple REDO of an G28 LP640

[Simple Man]

::helpThis is great! I have been reading back from the beginning and just in the first few pages I have found a lot of great ideas. I am in the same boat of having purchased someone else’s build and finding a ton that needs to be redone especially the stretch from a safety standpoint. Inspiring work!

Hopefully your project is in better shape than the REDO 

[Simple Man]

Man I've been catching up with your build, I'm amazed at all the great work you've been doing to this car.  This will be one of the great ones when it's finished.

Thank you!  When the C-19 is over I will head down your to check out your car!!!

[Wookie77]

 ::helpThis is great! I have been reading back from the beginning and just in the first few pages I have found a lot of great ideas. I am in the same boat of having purchased someone else’s build and finding a ton that needs to be redone especially the stretch from a safety standpoint. Inspiring work!

[autopro]

Man I've been catching up with your build, I'm amazed at all the great work you've been doing to this car.  This will be one of the great ones when it's finished.

[Simple Man]

passenger rocker

add foam, CSm for better panel alignment

Fibergalss the back side.

steel mounting frame for rocker

cut and adjust, cut and adjust, rocker panel

DYnaglass, sand, rage sand

still have some sanding but called for today!

[Simple Man]

The passenger door continues

Passenger OEM replica Rocker partially mounted.  Have some fiber glassing to do

[Simple Man]

Its a ton of work to get the OEM side view mirror to work with the G28 door skin.

Wasn't happy with the way the body lines were from the door to the back of the car on the modified drivers side.

Had to cut the mounting system for the door handle and lower it 1/4 or so and welded it back together so the handle and lock aligns with the existing holes in the door skin.   

After a bunch of this and that the door lines up better with the body.

Im still not 100% on the OEM mirrors on the G28 but Will move on to the passenger side.

Worse case scenario, I need 2 G28 door skins.   

[Simple Man]

New windshield install on reworked A pillars. 

When the REDO was purchased the doors could not shut with out breaking the windshield.  (A pillars to close together)

Spent some time sanding the correct 2 angles and mocked up the height with 1/4 of washers.

Now the door install can continue. 

[Simple Man]

Worked on the frame stiffing in the rocker area.  Used 1/8 rec tube for the bottom and my machine shop friend brought by some high strength steel plate for the side.

Also added ladder for sill area and made a sheet metal piece backed by dyna mat to go over the spray can insulation.  Will caulk the seams later

avoided catching the car on fire

[Simple Man]

Reassembled the door then took it apart to start fitting the door skin.

Need a few adjustments on my door latch, but ran out of welding wire, Saturday before it arrives.

The cutting and sanding the door skin actually went well, this time

[Simple Man]

When using OEM side glass the G28 side mirrors wont work.  Jose and Pedro were both selling Murcielago two piece replicas, but they were not LP640 style. 

You can find some pretty good deals on LP640 style side view mirrors that are broken.  Both of mine were purchased as multiple basket cases over the span of 5 years. You just have to be patient.

Both driver and passenger side the folding mechanism were broken.  Lamborghini doesn't sell the parts to fix this but you can replace the plastic gear that is cracked  for $59

the worse part was aligning the silver metal bracket with the threads, with the black motor flange to bolt the two pieces of the side-view mirror together. 

here is a video link of mirror folding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7UiEqMa64Y&feature=youtu.be

[Simple Man]

Raining today so the REDO stays indoor.

Actuator bracket and handle mount made and painted.

now on to reassembly   

[Simple Man]

Actually nice out today so took the REDO out side

Got the the final mock up on how I want the rocker to sit. 

Needed to add to the length of  Qtr panel and a bit to the rocker. So spent a bit of time cleaning and grinding the inside of the qtr panel for fiber glassing.

[Simple Man]

Received the missing parts for the latch.

Did a little Dyna glass, Rage Gold.

The latch functions great now

Installed the reducible force gas door spring.  The drivers side some how leaked oil over everything, and no longer had the lift.  I used this one on the passenger side and installed a new on the drivers side. 

Test fitted the door skin.

On to the door handle 

[Simple Man]

While waiting around for some parts for the door latch....

Cut the passenger rocker out and modified the OEM replica rocker. 

Widened the Sill.

Tested for fitment

Took off the Driver OEM replica rocker.  Definitely a REDO