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Majority of my power tools are Makita LXT. Keep an eye out on Amazon Prime for batteries coming up cheap, got a few 3.0ah for £17 each. Ive got the biggest ugga dugga they do with some 5ah batteries, which is more than enough for most jobs. Ive got Milwaukee ratchet and stubby impact, purely...

Just dont get how its taken this long to bang an engine in :LOL:

Im trying to convince the wife that a garage rebuild is necessary for our current extension :LOL: I saw these being demonstrated at Autosport a couple of years ago. They seem nice bits of kit.

Cat6/or 5e, if you can route it easily, is nice to have. You can use pairs of Cat6 to form HDMI for example, its also great for taking the load of your wireless if you can have devices hard-wired for streaming etc. That being said you can use Powerline for this if you really wanted to.

Worth doing on Mk3 MR2, rear chassis legs can go crusty, and the lower bulkhead/floorpans near the engine.

Figures that he wouldnt s**t on his doorstep, if people are far away they are much less likely to turn up unannounced!

All of those with good experiences, are you local? This guy was hours away. Wonder if that has a bearing on things.

Usually genuine guys who get in too deep and then service suffers, dramatically. Extra points when they have been admins friends and it takes even longer to come to a head.

Love these. Converted one with my Dad a few years ago. The rear passenger fog light housing is empty, and removes easily, you can use this to route a commando socket into for power hookup without an ugly socket on the side somewhere.

I know the feeling @GrahamS , I remember chatting to you on Messenger when I broke my 172, life gets in the way and especially when you own a property other things take priority. I have had a lot more fun with the £1k MR2, relatively standard and just general upkeep rather than the worry of...

Whats it actually like to drive out of interest?

I like it, very cool. Whats the going rate for one?

The seal is seperate from the shaft iirc, it is fitted to the gearbox.

@mr bognor what you reckon to the door stabilisers? Im after a set. Ive just fitted a hardtop to mine (mainly for winter but its on at the moment), makes a great difference to the handling I think!

@Djw John how is it on longer trips? My alfas a 1.4 petrol turbo with similar power and on long motorway runs can get a bit tiresome. These do tick all the boxes for me next as a dependable, practical 'daily'. Also is the estate actually worth the extra space? I know some estates end up not...

They are all starting to rust now, rivetted on skirts dont help as most have never been off! Mine was going under the seam sealer in the arches.

Yay roof down summer buddy!

I used to go to loads of meets when I was younger, most of my closest mates now I can trace back to a meet, even my now wife was a friend of a mates girlfriend I met at a car show. It still happens, young lads at work who are into cars still do the odd meet and that, I think just as you get...

Ive been using Seren with a Real Debrid account, seems pretty decent but took ages to setup right.

Dont do it. I wish I had kept mine standard-ish. Massively compromised and resented it in the end as I had to fork out for a TD to use it properly.

I just gently tapped the pins with a hammer to get them aligned. Well, @dann2707 did.

Give me a shout when/if that happens as I would be interested in that.

Seriously considering one of these next in auto form, look smart and well kitted out. How does the engine suit?

Glad to see its all sorted! Will you be selling your 1zz? Mines burning oil pretty badly - is yours sound?

Looks great, wicked colour as well. Not a fan of the stick on plate. Dont get the wanting a clean nose but then ruining it with plate slapped on at an offset! Ive just moved on to an MR2 Roadster, top down at every opportunity is the way forward!

Ive found most exhausts to be drony without the mid silencer, might be worth having a ride in a car with one and one without.

I used stainless bolts, nuts and washers instead of rivets for easier maintenance. I used a flap wheel/wire brush to remove loose bits, kurust to convert the rust, then zinc primer, followed by stonechip for the bits under the wheel arch, regular colour paint for the inside bit.

Dean is sound, I went a few weeks ago to get a bumper and bonnet. What geo are you going for? I need to sort mine when I decide on springs or coilovers!

Ive been buying this for the last year or so, its generally decent but they absolutely bum Porsches and BMWs... worse now some Evo staff have joined! Lots of generic ‘rifle bolt action’, ‘handles like a go-kart’ in the reports as well. Better than a lot of stuff out there though.

What are the Meisters like on the road @mr bognor ?