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yeah was playing briefly earlier on downpour, someone was in those water tower thingys.
Really fuckin annoying, i wanna know how to do it! How come EEEVERYONE KNOWS???
haha i was thinking about quoting all the broughts and gently letting you down but Dansta's way is better lol!
Looking good though, quite like those wheels!
Have now received arb, bushes, driveshafts and wishbones from speed over on c16v and took delivery of some willy shocks the other day but one is fucked grrrrr so am on the hunt for a single willy shocks 8-)
Yeah often referred to as the phase 1 gti6, 5 speed box, different engine as well iirc?
Had a ph1 d turbo a couple of cars ago, timing was out so wasn't massively quick but the handling was grrrrrrreat!
Widetrack it, the car wouldnt be finished without it imo!
Just read this on and off from about 8 o clock tonight and f**k me, never occured to me before how much work has gone into this.
Cant wait to see it with those wheels on!
When is that engine going in beanie?
I should also mention that I have a williams arb, wishbones and driveshafts & bushes on the way from speed over on clio16valver :D just need to find a set of willy shocks now!
Cheers mate :D
That was sitting in traffic in the queue going into rockingham and my fan doesnt like to kick in as soon as it should lol, drops straight down once it does, around that sort of level actually. Need to look into it!
Not sure atm, it doesnt really bother me to be honest, im not really willing to shell out a large amount of money for something that doesnt make it go faster :D Ever since i took the sledgehammer to it to stop it scrubbing ive sort of forgotten about it
Today i have had the power steering pipes...
Spent 4 hours cleaning her today. Used this colour restorer by tesco which i presume is just their cheap version of t-cut all over the car and its made a massive difference. The colour was so fuckin matte before and now it actually reflects light instead of absorbing it!
Also heatgunned...
Used not far off a whole bottle of power steering fluid yesterday topping my power steering up, was completely empty and making some disgusting noises. Bled it through while i was there and its now quieter than ever!
Want a fun way of getting rid of old power steering fluid?
Go on a track day...
Managed to scrape my car together in time for FCS and had a fuckin amazing time. Had 30 minutes on the track, luckily wasnt on my own as i was out with ronee (clio-girl) who tried in vain to make me feel less nervous :) was fine when i got out onto the track though, not sure my clutch would have...
Was getting pissde off with having such a shite heatshield and having the brake pedal feel funny after a ragging so while i was at the scrappys today i found an exhaust heatshield from a car that looked like it could be made to fit around where the existing one goes.
This is my old one, just...
Took to the dent in the rear quarter with a sledge hammer today cos it was pissing me off the amount it rubbed. While i was under there i noticed my disc is only being worn in the inner half? there is about 3/4 of an inch on the outside of the disc thats not being worn by the pad, anyone have...
Started stripping today, started quite late in the day though so didnt get too much done. Started taking the tar out with a chisel and a hammer then decided that was too much like hard work so took out the rear trim. Spotted some rust under the rear window seal so got my girlfriend to hammerite...
Since last post i have crossed the following off the to-do list
-Spray bumpstrips black
-Rocker cover gasket
-Grille clips
-Clean bird s**t off roof
-Get new rear tyres (came on new wheels)
-Carbon fibre bonnet (not happening any more)
Went to somerset on 6.5.09 to get some gold turbines :D...
Friday 3rd April 2009
Had a go at spraying the rust on the tailgate today but turned out blueish grey?? Think its because i used grey primer, not good underneath white paint.
Now looks like this
Annoying :? Need some white primer
Monday 13th April 2009
Came outside to find some...
Lowered it today, might go very slightly lower as the front is quite low but am happy with it for now. Was an absolute piss of piss, took around 1.5 hours and is the first time ive lowered an open torsion bar, things just popped out!!
Noticed the other day as well that since fitting the...
Yesterday my girlfriend was being amazin and randomly called me up saying ive found you insurance for £1500! which was £200 less than it was previously.
However, we got another quote later on and put her on it for a laugh and it went down! So we put my mum on it as well and it has gone down to...
Right went with my friend to triton today and thought while im there i may as well ask them if they could weld my column and they did it for a tenner in i would say less than a minute lol. Would have been less but i didnt have any cash so just said i would do the minimum thing for the card...
Managed to get hold of an 3/8 drive extension yesterday (was putting off buying ANOTHER one ffs) so took the steering column off today, tis a right fiddly b**ch aint it! Haynes manual isnt too precise either!! Gave me a good opportunity to change the ignition barrell over as well (to fit the new...