Indicator repeaters fitted to front wings & cables fed through the hollow wing stays. This is quite tricky as the cables are a snug fit. Solution was to thread a long length of house earth wire sleeve up from the bottom , push the end onto the rubber connector of the repeater wires then use this to push & pull them through the stay. Unfortunately sharp edges inside the stay resulted in some nicks to the outer heatshrink.
The assembly guide describes a complex process for positioning & drilling the mounting holes in the front wings. In reality a much quicker & easier way is to centre the wings over the tyre, drill the holes in the wing stays using the tyre tread to get the same spacing front & rear, & finally put a pilot hole in the wings by using the holes in the stays as a guide & drilling up through them to mark the wings. You can then flip the wings over finish the pilot hole & drill out to 5mm.
Now that the wings & front & back lights are on it's looking like a real car! Unfortunately I discovered I'm missing the Econoplug connectors so cannot complete the headlight wiring & also realise that I'm still waiting for the hoodsticks. I'll have to put in another call to Caterham (I seem to have had rather a lot of shortages/missing items).
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