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Cheers for reply! It was me mentioning the certification of it really as ideally id like everything im doing to comply to racing regualtions so if I do decide to race in the future i'm not having to redo any work. He then mentioned that his has had his work certified in the past were hes had to...
rear dampers are a piece of piss mate they practically walk them selves out, the bottom bolt can sometimes suffer from corrosion but nothing some lube and a blow torch cant solve. I lube mine daily 🙈 :yum:
I preemptively bought all new bolts for my damper refresh nothing worse in my eyes...
I'm aware i'm likely to get a lot of mixed views on this but please fire away with thoughts and ideas from the technically minded bunch of you!
I'm currently in the process of fitting a half Safety Devices cage to my 182 and the guy who is doing the majority of the work is ex WFR engineer so...
Sabelt RS Wheel fitted, something to bear in mind when ordering a wheel boss is whether you are keeping your SAS (Steering angle sensor) and the self canceling indicators, as the boss I ordered the first time around didn't have these, that was a Sabelt one, ordered it as ithought id keep things...
These ones were surprisingly easy! the easiest ones id say they practically fell off, needed some heat of course
Behold my friend Wilson....the Blue Lead Turd
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More on the tar removal...
This back one was a nightmare with the shape of the floor, I struggled with the tools I used anyway heat is your friend.
The weight quickly adds up and the roof one alone was 3kg
Bag of ice on the roof and a hose of water to keep the roof paint cool this is a must...
The plan was to build a clean everyday track doable car, as I can't afford another car yet you slowly doing the track work to it the cleanest and best way I can and when I can afford another daily drive go full hog with this one.
Wouldn't go as far as saying with knowledge lol I've still got a...
Gutted you live so far away mate! I mean I do all the usual polishing and sealing to the best of my abilities but don't know the exact expertise of the trade really!
No spoilers you!!
Cheers mate! Appreciate it! Bit of a different path to you haha! All I'm gonna say is I've had a taste of the weight saving and it's bloody addictive!
Couple of things bought from Bilt Hamber for the winter months...
This stuff is incredible! Bought it for the wheels and busy work really as a fall out remover but tried some on my engine block and worked a treat! Didn't get a before pic but take my word is was bad! The usual nasty orange...
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Bloody hate the winter months as its always gets so dark working on the car...I carried on regardless of not being able to see s**t with relocating the loom...
Wrapped up the exposed wires that were going to in the rear quarters probs not necessary but...
Right then its been a long time coming so I thought I'd pull my finger out and show you what I've been up to in between my hectic uni life think ill just let the pics don't most of the talking hopefully I can just mult upload by the masses on my iPood here goes....
Nope can't do that...one at a...
Yeah they are pricey but arnt all things that look pretty haha!
Yeah the IDK does sound lovely goes well with the exhaust set up ive got!
Yes they are the harder race ones from vibra-technics that ktec re brand such a worth while mod! made the throttle response genuinely better something...
Yeah your certainly right about that mate! Ive actually between now and the last update done quite a lot to the car just havent had the time to upload all the photos etc as its quite time consuming and ive never had a evening free where im not doing anything to do it!
Wit regards to the leads...
cheers buddy!! appreciate it! there has been a serious lack of updates for a while because uni has taken over my life both with the masters course and formula student!! its killing me!! love working on my car and just don't have the time! 😢
haha yeah they are pretty evil mate! the 400 odd pages for the thesis certainly gives you the practice and a bloody bad back too as it takes fecking ages!!
cheers gaz! yeah the price makes them ideal! no money atm so its a great compromise! Ive been driving essentially a rally spec clio since...