22 Finishing Items and Extras
22.1 Wheels and Tyres
Parts required 045-8
1. If your wheels (046) have been painted it is very important to remove any paint from the internal
splines and the internal taper which meets with the hub and the external taper, which meets with the
spinner. Failure to do this can cause a wheel to seize preventing removal or can cause a spinner to
loosen whilst driving.
2. Grease the splines and tapers on each hub before fitting the wheels and then grease the internals of
the spinners (045) before fitting. Note that the right hand hubs are left hand thread and the left hand
hubs are right hand thread. Tighten each spinner by hand followed by the hide end of the mallet.
(The spinners are marked with direction; a downward stroke of the mallet on the spinner lug towards
the rear of the car will tighten them).
22.2 Tonneau cover
Parts required 166
1. To fit the tonneau cover (166) start by laying protective tape around the edge of the driver/passenger
compartment before getting an assistant to help lay the cover in position and assess how much of the
edge covers the body and work out how far from the edge to mount the snap fixings. You will want
them central in the stitched edge around the cover to look best; this is usually about one inch from
the edge. Once established mark a line all around the body aperture one inch from the inner edge;
this is the line on which to fit the snap fixings to the body. Start by marking the snap positions on
the door/s one inch from each end or the equivalent position on the opposite side if single door
model, with a third position marked centrally between them. Take the measurement between the
snap fixing positions and use the closest multiple to mark out even spaced positions around the rear
of the passenger compartments. Next mark positions adjacent to the Brooklands screens mounts for
snap fixing. You will need one either side of each mount making sure you don’t put them so close
that you can’t get a snap fixing in the tonneau cover.
2. Once all the positions are marked and you have checked the tonneau will cover all positions
carefully drill all positions with a 3mm drill bit. Now you are ready to remove the protective tape
and start fitting the snap fixings. The male part is to be riveted on the body; this is the half which
outer rim sits flat on the body with the centre protruding upwards. Before starting to rivet on the
fixings make sure the end of your rivet gun fits far enough into the snap fixing to pull up tightly. If
the rivet is loose between the snap fixing and the gun head find a suitable spacer to take up the gap
then rivet on all the male snap fixings to the body.
3. With the males all fitted, get an assistant to hold the tonneau cover in place at the front where the
cover goes in and out of the Brooklands screens mounts to get the cover central; it should also fit
nicely over the steering wheel. Pull the cover evenly and not over tight but enough not to make it
baggy. Once happy mark the two outer most holes in this front section. The easiest way to mark the
cover is to stick a small piece of masking tape to the underside of the tonneau cover then with the
cover in position push down firmly over the snap fixing and this will leave a indented ring on the
tape. The centre of these marks can then be punched out to allow the female part of the snap to be
fitted. Take the cover to the workbench where you can use the tools provided to mount the female
part on the inside of the tonneau with the chrome cover side on the outside.
4. With the first fixings fitted return the cover to the car and attach with the first two snaps. Next pull
the cover evenly over the cockpit and mark the two rear outermost snap fixings in the same way as
the first two then return the cover to the bench to fit these snaps before once again returning to the
car and fitting to the car with four fixings.
5. With the cover now held in place gradually pull the cover over the car and add snap fixings until they
are all fitted and the cover fits the car, take time to ensure the cover fits as smoothly as possible.
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