Recent content by DaveL485

I've seen this post/had this conversation many many times over the years, Renault 5 GT Turbo's, 21 Turbo's. Clio 16v and so on. It's part of the cycle when values are lowest. This attricion rate will eventually create scarcity and drive values back up again.

Thank you - yes I am delighted he is involved. He's never shown a lot of interest in car stuff until recently (and I never forced it on him) and he's been helping me service, change brakes and bits like that so this seemed like natural progression. I have to say though... wouldnt an 11,000rpm...

Got him removing the carpet next As previously mentioned - filthy pigs! We bashed the loose stuff off, hoovered it, pressure washed it, then soaked it in hot water with a liquitab and vanish dissolved in it, then hit it with one of those drill brush things, then pressure washed the soap...

We were considering a new interior all together but I thought i'd just give it a shot taking the covers off and giving them a wash in the machine. 3 hour anti-stain wash with a liquitab and some vanish. Would you believe it? Good or what?! Reassembled with zip ties instead of those horrig...

First off, yes I went through full hazmat biological decontamination after being in this thing. Why would you do this to your car? The seats are supposed to be the same colour as the door cards. Filthy pigs!

OK OK So the title is a little provocative but its actually a 2015 MK3 999cc 3 cylinder Twingo with the engine under the boot floor - I believe a shared platform with a Smart car? I got this off copart for fairly cheap, its got a broken front bumper and needs a clutch. Its for my son, currently...

With the fan loom and fog light loom done I refitted the nosecone and bonnet, again stainless fastners and new spire clips everywhere.

Decided to refit the brake cooling ducts and trim, this meant dealing with the rusty crap that was stuck in place And also remaking the brackets which had done a fairly good job of disintigrating, I did triangulate the corners to reinforce, pics later when I paint them. Refitted with...

Despite the entire handbrake system being new and the calipers rebuilt as you saw earlier in the thread, the handbrake wasnt working. I traced the issue to the OSR caliper, the lever was just moving and not binding the brake on. Tried to fiddle with it in place but ended up taking the whole...

New alternator arrived but was damaged so returned it - some thug had dropped it and bent one of the fins, and it was catching the housing. I could have bent it back but you dont know if its damaged the bearing/shaft. With a few more wiggles of the spanners it drove out of the garage! I...

Wow my last update was Jan 15th! I have been tinkering away a bit, but I did enjoy a rather splendid Ski holiday with my kids at the end of Jan - Andorra. (This is my 16yo lad, not me, btw!) Anyway, I was having a right old hassle with the copper tracks in the rear lights so I rewired them...

I'll have a chat with the TR crew and see if we can fund another Toblerone.

Thats an interesting price tag.

We will try and arrange the static shot session a bit better this time, those that rolled up last time got some great pics but I dont think enough people knew about it. It's just quite nice to get some photos without any background disturbances/people/distractions. Should be some great angles...