Part 2 To the Knighter Rider Nose project.

Okay, continuing work on the nose, although the grills were in kinda tight, i was searching the internet for pictures of the grill install in other people cars (KITT) and i found one person who had a very good ideal, this guy build his own Knight Rider car and he lives in Japan. His website is out of this world. Moving on, he place metal tabs into the nose's lip areas and then he secured the grills to them.

I made my version of what he did on his, I got so lite metal and cut them to length. Next i bended them into L shape, next was to measure and drill hole into them. In all there is a total of four. Next thing I had to do was measure and drill holes into the grills themselves. I had to measure the hight of the L shape brackets so that the holes were even.

Next, I got my hand on some flat head stove bolts, zinc plated 32x1/2 (which match the holes perfectly). I did a test fit and success! The bolts also came with their own nuts to secured them. Taking everything apart and using for the first time "Automotive Amazing Goop" it come out clear and jelly like but very strong. it curing time is around 2-10 minutes, for maximum strength 24 hours to 72 hours.

Since I did all the work on Saturday, on Monday the right hand side was completed and glue in tight, I did the left hand side on Sunday, on Tuesday like the right hand side very secured. I tested the strength of glue by tapping the grills with an hammer lightly to see if the glue break off from the nose. Again i was amazed, it held! Now the next project for the nose will be cutting out the area for the direction lamp so that they can be seen.

Here are some pictures, hope you enjoy them.

Started Knight Project.

Hey Knight Rider Fans,

As promised, I started my knight project. Some history and background on my car, I have the pleasure of driving a 1983 black and gold Pontiac Trans Am. I had the car since 1995, he only had one very minor hit to his front right side, due to the taxi who suddenly stop in front of a Camaro, which traffic wasn't going very fast, and he tap the cab, I tap him and another firebird tap me. Every one was okay, the cab just took off, at that time I didn't notice that the nose had been pushed up into the frame on the passenger side. I found this out when i when to let my lights down and the right side light didn't go all the way down, anyway, back to the project, I had won on Ebay, a Knight Rider's nose and the dash as well for season one of Knight Rider. Both parts ran me around $800.00 including shipping, both were made by Mr. Robert Yancy. I also won on Ebay the grills that do into the nose's fog light area and they was made by Mr. Don Colie of ADAT.



Problwebsiteem, how do i mount the grills into the nose, I didn't have any instructions and I am alway on the knight registries.com's looking for information. I finally joined them and was surprised by all the information that they have listed from other members. I was given the idea that the grills are place into slits made in the lips of the nose. So I got my Black&Decker's Single Speed Jigsaw and proceed to cut five slits on the left side and five slits on the right side. I had to remove the guide plate so that the saw can fit down into the nose, using both hands to keep it straight, the cuts had to be somewhat deep. Now there was some errors and those can be corrected and fixed.
The grills fitted like a glove, and look damn good in their new home. See for you self, you can see that some areas of the fiberglass will need work. For those repairs I am going with Permapoxy: plastic, fiberglass & underwater repair epoxy stick, for the heavy areas that need repairing and my all reliable J-B WELD for the medium to lite scratches. In these pictures I have not apply the epoxies yet. But as I am typing this, that work have been completed.


The rest of the pictures are the finish work showing the grills in the lips of the nose, they are in there real tight. At this stage I will not add any glue to them yet, when I do I will be using Automotive Amazing Goop, it glues whatever and bond forever. The next work I will show you the cutting of the direction lamp access area on top of the nose, you can identify them by the green/yellowish marking on it (see the first pic). I will also be redoing the mounting parts which needs some serious correction work done. Till then, keep your scanner moving.