V1 Brian's City Goblin-06/Crate MotorTC #61

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Can the boxes be swapped - and keep the Cobalt mechanicals - or does the entire assembly need to be swapped? I asked myself this a couple times when I was looking at doing this upgrade.

 

[Classy]

I 100% want the adjustable steering setup, after driving a goblin, to say that the steering is over powered would be an under statement. An instinctive steer away from something could really be dangerous

 

[Brian74]

Are you going have to switch your original EPS plastic box for the Vue metal EPS box? Or are you able to work around that?

I picked up an EPS assembly from a 2007 Vue last weekend.

 

[Brian74]

I fabbed up & tacked in a small bracket to hold the ambient sensor in place. I installed the EPS potentiometer in the old dimmer knob location and relocated the dimmer knob to a more logical spot.

No more **** holes in my dash. Re-glazing a few low spots and then will shoot another coat of primer.

 

[Brian74]

Can the boxes be swapped - and keep the Cobalt mechanicals - or does the entire assembly need to be swapped? I asked myself this a couple times when I was looking at doing this upgrade.

I'm not sure if just the box can be swapped. I picked up the entire assembly for under $50.

 

[Brian74]

Shifter and pedals showed up. The pedals are going to take a bit of careful planning to fab proper adjustable mounting brackets.

Shifter looks like it will match my frame powder coat nicely.

I plan to explore designing a partial sheet metal console to cover the shifter assembly and provide means of mounting a suede shift boot to match my seat inlays. I hope to incorporate a small tray for holding cellphone with a co-located USB charger. I would like to fab up a cupholder somewhere as well, if I can find the room (when I drive this to work, I will need a place to put my coffee!)

 

[ctuinstra]

I would like to fab up a cupholder somewhere as well, if I can find the room (when I drive this to work, I will need a place to put my coffee!)

Have you seen our cup holder STL file?

 

[ctuinstra]

Have you seen our cup holder STL file?

Prototype Cup Holders

I have two prototype 3D printed cup holders that are on the way to the trash. They are fully functioning, just we changed the design slightly (mostly to hold larger cup sizes). They are designed for our car and may or may not fit yours well. They don’t require any batteries or period...

dfkitcar.com

 

[Brian74]

Have you seen our cup holder STL file?

I’m planning to run an e-brake, so not sure quite how I’ll manage to integrate it.

 

[Justin]

Can you tell me where you got the solid shifter rod ends. I would love to get rid of my plastic ones

 

[Brian74]

Can you tell me where you got the solid shifter rod ends. I would love to get rid of my plastic onesView attachment 17478

The ones I have came in my kit.

 

[Justin]

Oh ok thanks, mine did not come with those

 

[Ark :D]

Interesting. So those metal replacements for the stock plastic clamps, came in your kit? I will have to inquire with DF about getting a set of those, I view the plastic clamps as a huge weakness in the build.

 

[Justin]

Hey Ark please let me know what DF says

 

[ctuinstra]

I think the solid was an early design and they changed it so you could use the plastic ones. You might still be able to get the solid parts from them.

 

[Brian74]

If I remember right, there are different sizes of linkage fittings required, depending on your shifter. I know there is a thread somewhere in here that addresses that. I could be wrong.

 

[Brian74]

More vids I finally uploaded from back in June, from the dash harness build. Bench testing the BCM and setting up the AIM.

 

[Brian74]

Dash brackets are finally installed. Spent a good hour just fine tuning the clamps to get the position right. I had a super tight tolerance to work with, but was able to get it dead-on. Gusseted the brackets as well.

Will wet sand the dash next and then vinyl wrap it.

 

[Brian74]

Dash is almost prepped for vinyl wrap. Hit it with some 600 grit and on its 2nd coat of flat black. Waiting for the paint to dry and I’ll wet sand one last time.

Will start welding my subwoofer mount. Also feeling ambitious about a shifter console. I could size it up just right to use the factory shifter boot and I found the boot in alcantra suede to match the seats. The fit & finish would need to be flawless as I would have it powder coated to match the frame. No room for a cupholder. I may build some sort of collapsible or removable one on the left hand side if theres room.

 

[Brian74]

Well I couldn’t just go straight to the vinyl wrap of the dash without first doing a static mockup. The wrap is a similar color so this will be close to the end result.

I’m super happy with it. Came out every bit as well as I was hoping.