Before I waste more of your time with another late-night post, I want to make 2 things quite clear:
1) The Nomad was never designed as a daily commute. If it was, it would be as bland as my X3 and 1/10 of the fun to drive
2) I bought it as a daily commute because I am slightly unhinged and love tinkering with a 10mm spanner. Nuff said…
So today was ‘Project Trench foot’.
Having designed a roof to keep off the sun and rain (
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=17151) and attached mud flaps to keep out the… mud and water (
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=17132#p288751), my attention turned to the gap at the bottom of the windscreen / top of the nose cone. This seemed to be an area that attracted water and took great pleasure in soaking my socks!
When moving forwards, water runs up the nose cone into this gap. When stopping or sitting still, water runs down the windscreen into this gap.
Using a bit of material left over from the roof, I’ve attached a strip to cover this gap. I spent minutes trying to figure out how to run it under the main crossbeam, but couldn’t work it out with discreet anchoring points / interfering with the windscreen wiper motor movement. So over the top it was!
The idea here is NOT to try and make it waterproof – King Cnut I ain’t! Instead, the idea is that any water hitting this area will filter off to the sides and not run relentlessly onto my feet, soaking my go fast / go slow sock.
Early tests with a hosepipe seem positive. As soon as it next rains, I will be out there going fast and stopping quickly, challenging Mother Nature.
If you’re reading this a potential Nomad owner – or on the waiting list – please don’t read my list of projects as issues with the car. As explained above, I bought this car knowing it was not a daily commute, but I made a little a promise to the wife that it would be. So in essence, I have sold my soul... Armed with a 10mm spanner, I am trying to redeem myself. I'm sure you understand.
You won’t read about me having to rebuild gearboxes or replacing brakelines. Ariel have taken care of the important stuff.This is just 'old man' stuff...
Cheers.
In the raw, the material does not fit well due to the angle of the crossbeam.
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With the bonnet panel on, 70% is hidden, leaving the underlying material to channel wet away from the socks.
- IMG_20180731_185000548_LL.jpg (138.41 KiB) Viewed 3354 times
Before I waste more of your time with another late-night post, I want to make 2 things quite clear:
1) The Nomad was never designed as a daily commute. If it was, it would be as bland as my X3 and 1/10 of the fun to drive
2) I bought it as a daily commute because I am slightly unhinged and love tinkering with a 10mm spanner. Nuff said…
So today was ‘Project Trench foot’.
Having designed a roof to keep off the sun and rain (https://ariel.club/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=17151) and attached mud flaps to keep out the… mud and water (https://ariel.club/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=17132#p288751), my attention turned to the gap at the bottom of the windscreen / top of the nose cone. This seemed to be an area that attracted water and took great pleasure in soaking my socks!
When moving forwards, water runs up the nose cone into this gap. When stopping or sitting still, water runs down the windscreen into this gap.
Using a bit of material left over from the roof, I’ve attached a strip to cover this gap. I spent minutes trying to figure out how to run it under the main crossbeam, but couldn’t work it out with discreet anchoring points / interfering with the windscreen wiper motor movement. So over the top it was!
The idea here is NOT to try and make it waterproof – King Cnut I ain’t! Instead, the idea is that any water hitting this area will filter off to the sides and not run relentlessly onto my feet, soaking my go fast / go slow sock.
Early tests with a hosepipe seem positive. As soon as it next rains, I will be out there going fast and stopping quickly, challenging Mother Nature.
If you’re reading this a potential Nomad owner – or on the waiting list – please don’t read my list of projects as issues with the car. As explained above, I bought this car knowing it was not a daily commute, but I made a little a promise to the wife that it would be. So in essence, I have sold my soul... Armed with a 10mm spanner, I am trying to redeem myself. I'm sure you understand.
You won’t read about me having to rebuild gearboxes or replacing brakelines. Ariel have taken care of the important stuff.This is just 'old man' stuff...
Cheers.
In the raw, the material does not fit well due to the angle of the crossbeam.
[attachment=1]IMG_20180731_184906575.jpg[/attachment]
With the bonnet panel on, 70% is hidden, leaving the underlying material to channel wet away from the socks.
[attachment=0]IMG_20180731_185000548_LL.jpg[/attachment]