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i used autosol metal polish which is like 2.50 a tube.
took around 50mins to do one with a buff pad attached to a drill. wouldnt ever use sandpaper at all. it a delicate plastic
tonight i started working on the badly glazed over headlights.
only managed to get one done but the difference is massive
this is before
this is after
very happy with results
just gotta do the other light tommorow
thanks dann. been alot of work though.
fully honestly its on full power atm and has been since i fitted it and its much easier steering wise (this is all city driving). It feels alot more alert and snappy to me and would need turning down maybe a tad on a trackday but the fact is its all very...
yesterday i had to remove the hydraulic power steering, remove the pump,remove the air con pump, air con rad and also work out new belt size using string method.THe old belt was knackered anyway so just aswell i replaced it haha.........all this took all day as it was mostly awkward places to...
finally got shaft correct length and went about fitting the epas unit (after many on and offs getting it right) and then fitting all the indicator units,ignition barrel,etc onto the new unit.Next up was fitting the epas ecu to a save place which is actually fits to the right of the steering...
this morning i continued on with fitting the epas.
when i went to fit the the new colomn i realised it was about 6-7mm to long but this is easily remided buy carefully tapping the the column with both universal joints moved to one side to slowly shorten it.
be very careful not to go to...
so ,so far i have aquired
epas and epas ecu from 2001-2005 clio
epas control unit (from ebay guy in portugal
steering column from 2001-2005 clio with epas
made up power lead and earth lead with giant spade connectors
also a mega fuse (60 amp)
i have been looking into epas recently and have made a few purchases/made up some wiring to make it work,as always all my electrics are soldered and heatshrunk were possible
today i managed to get coilovers fitted
430 front lbs
300 rear lbs
in preperation for fitting these i thought it a good idea to make up some protective sleeves.i made them from thick polyurethane bags and stuck them in a cylinder shape with polyurethane sealant. they have worked real well. also...
this morning as with every sat before work i washed the clio,but as an extra i also claybarred and resin polished,and waxed to finish.
the results were superb as always with these products.
So tonight I managed to fit up my bucket seats.made up my own mounts onto the the sliders.
Also continued on with the floor spraying after removing the sound deadning the other week.
Today was working on car and started to remove carpet and big problem. The foam underneath carpets is soaked in red coolant so obviously the heater matrix is leaking coolant into the car. Solved this by removing the whole system including the aircon which was going anyway.
Had to u bend the two...
So today I discovered I had a passenger rear seized caliper. Had to replace it with a second hand new one from me mate round the corner. Lucky he had one.
Had time to retro fit the cruise control on the new steering wheel as it's a great feature I wanted to retain.
Few new bits goin on this week.
Firstly my aircon delete belt and pulley have arrived and will be fitted very soon.
My new steering wheel has arrived and been fitted as original was knackered and also way to big.i bought a 300 mm omp with boss
And lastly I went to my mates workshop last...
Haha I recently did lydden hill and all of my wheel nuts came loose,fronts were real bad. And I checked them the morning before I did trackday ffs.
Such a gorjus car matey
Managed to get hold of a new drivers door handle and window switch as the handle on me car currently is worn and shot and the switches are intermittent.
Also a nice new fresh pair of front tyres arrived finally,pirelli p zero Nero gts