Originally Posted by
daveaustin5
My S1 kit has arrived and I'm hoping to start building it tonight. I feel like a kid at Christmas! It's been 15 years since I last built a kit.
Any tips?
I've read
this which looks like a good starting point. Anything else I need to take particular care of?
Hi - there's plenty of advice on this thread. Firstly I'd bin the plastic kit shims and put metal ones in. You'll need to buy a lot of shims but they'll come in handy. The steering will need shimming and I've written a bit about this on my blog. With regular running, the car loosens up quite a bit so items such as steering will need re-shimming.
Good luck with the car, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, especially when you compare how little you paid for it against the high end ones.