Daniels Blue 182.

[dann2707]

Whatsapped ya biatch!

Erm right so yesterday I went to my main man charlie at CSK fab in york. Properly sound guy who sorted my exhaust out, definitely don't go anywhere else now as he's cheap and does an incredible job and makes sure it's right but also treats you like a friend rather than a customer. I cannot emphasise enough how much I hate garage places that "book you in" and you have to sit in the waiting room watching tv or reading magazines that are stacked high. It makes me feel weird.

So he got me involved, definitely my bag and what I enjoy!!

I fitted a decat as obviously my exhaust died on track at Blyton so thanks to @Diesel Davis he sorted me out with a pipe cheap, cheers dude!

It didn't fit my powerflow exhaust as to be expected so took it to the above place to get sleeved. It now sounds brilliant, no blowing at all and actually not that louder than before.

Took a pic at work the other day, makes me laugh how small it looks compared to the corsa due to the perspective

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I also fitted some rear powerflex black series rear strut bushes thanks to @M.A.C Came ridiculously quick too!

Not really been able to give it some beans due the weather and the awful awful tyres i've got on there. After the track day i've realised just how bad they are in comparison (I used my 16's with PS3's on there)

Today I went about lowering the steering wheel as it's pretty high with my bucket seats being so low!

Removed the trim to get to the bolts

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This pic shows the bolt that I removed where the washers will be going to space it out

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I then loosened off the bottom two bolts just so I could pull the column down. Due to the angles, it means that when lowered the holes will not line up so out comes the dremel and I elongated the holes

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I used longer bolts for this step obviously due to the washers taking up more length. Pic just shows the bolt I used. Luckily I had some spare from fitting the buckets

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Washers in place

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It's literally the worst comparison shot ever but it gives you an indication of the final product.

Before

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After

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[RMDavis]

Top work mate! I'm glad your happy with it.
Car looks spot on! [emoji4]

 

[Jekyll]

Does it feel different? Better?

 

[rainbird]

Would have been easier just to use your booster seat dude.

 

[dann2707]

Does it feel different? Better?

Much better mate. I feel like i'm driving a go kart now! It's amazinggggg.


Okay so my life is changing atm, i'm finally moving out and moving closer to work meaning I won't have the commute of 70 miles a day which was totalling around £70 ish in fuel a week as I drove to the gym too.

As a result of this i'm going to start saving for turbo parts. I need to do a hell of a lot of research into it. It's going to be expensive but rather than paying someone else to do it. I'd much rather say... 3 months buy a turbo, then the manifold a month later, intercooler the next month just in dribs and drabs.

I'm not really sure how to go about things so will be nagging a lot of people on here who's already done a diy conversion.

I'm aiming for 300bhp so forged internals are a definite go go.

Just thought i'd update my current plans

 

[Andy93]

Enough of the clio. Have you made your mother cry lately?

 

[Jekyll]

Holy sheeeeet, 'tings getting real!!

Vrroooommm, tiiissshhhh.

 

[dann2707]

Enough of the clio. Have you made your mother cry lately?

Not yet but on a date tonight doing the exact same thing so it could happen identically. Our big SHEILS could be in tears all over again 😂😂😂

 

[Simon_16v]

Steering wheel looks like a big improvement.

Where are you moving to?

 

[Jekyll]

Is it on a date with an escort? If so DO NOT take your phone with you!

 

[dann2707]

Steering wheel looks like a big improvement.

Where are you moving to?

Huddersfield/gashfield. It's so awful

Is it on a date with an escort? If so DO NOT take your phone with you!

Nooooooo haha a normal date. With a normal person. Well not normal as it's Tinder but you knowwwwwwwwwwwww what I mean haha

 

[Simon_16v]

Wrong direction!

 

[Matthew]

Love the wheel mate, it's on my list of 'to buys'.

 

[dann2707]

Seems like i'm not updating this as much lately, I think it's because the majority of the jobs are done pretty much which is perfect as winter is coming for sure.

Start off with a pic in the car park the other day

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Up in Leeds we had awful rain the other day and I came to the car and realised the light had done this

The covers are in place at the back of the units too

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I got a hair dryer behind and dried it out although it's left some water marks in there. I've just come to it now and it's done it mildly again Really annoyed as it ruins the look of the whole car


Did a few odd jobs today whilst I had some free time. After Blyton Park the brakes looked like this, they were silver at the start of the year

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The rear brakes were collecting rust on the edge of the disc like so

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so I wire brushed it making it a tad neater

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And out with the trusty wirebrush and hammerite smooth I went over the brakes again

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Whilst the wheels were off I gave them a good clean too. They were absolutely filth, haven't washed the car in 3 weeks or so. It might even be 4

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Obligatory gay wheel brush shot

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Much better

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I then fitted the wheels

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Tempted to paint the lips of the rear discs in hammerite now actually as you can see the rusty edges.


Also I noticed that one of the rear strut nuts wasn't as tight as i'd like. So I nipped it up. It looked like this before

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Now it looks like this

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HOWEVER, only one of them goes this far, the other won't budge and is like the initial pic so this is confusing me. What is wrong? surely they should tighten up the same amount?

@M.A.C what were they like for you? Have I fitted them correctly?

 

[sparklesTHEpony]

i feel your pain on the headlight situation dude! i bought a set of 172 headlights for my rep, dont know what happened between me buying them but the passenger side one has proper dribble ass stains on the inside, ruins the look completely. given up on cleaning the front end for it, all about the sides and rear haha.
only thing i could think of was to heat gun the edges and open the case, clean it properly then tigerseal the whole thing back up properly. However thats a whole day job and i cba with it anymore since buying the 182.

 

[Matthew]

That's commitment mate, removing the whole brake calipers to paint them silver! I just painted what I could see ha.

Bad news about the headlight too. Presumed it was due to the lack of rubber cap but as you said, they are in place. Strange one really.

 

[Jekyll]

It's only a bumper off and removal of the headlamp. It shouldn't take that long, I did it today in no time. I know mines a ph1 but it can be done in good time. The gum on the headlights is forever sticky so you won't need to tiger seal them back up IMO. I never did.

Definitely paint the lips of the discs Dan, it'll look better.

 

[dann2707]

As if it's been 2 weeks since I last updated. I'm still absolutely loving the car, i'm not losing interest. I've just been spending lots of time driving it It doesn't really need much work doing to it tbh apart from maybe changing the tyres to something better as these are f**king shocking for spirited driving as said countless times before.

I hadn't washed Boris for over a month so finally got the mitt out and gave her a decent clean. The last one for a while as i'm taking him off the road for a bit whilst living away from 'ome!

This is shown here haha, thought it looked like a good shot despite looking grubby as f**k.

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And of course the classic driveway after shots...

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Can't believe he's nearly on 103k miles now I bought him on 87k around 14 months ago. Time has flown by so much. cs 4 lyf y0

 

[bashracing]

My 195 50 15 ad08r's will be for sale this week dan 6-7mm tread £160 to you if interested

 

[Welsh.Dan]

My 195 50 15 ad08r's will be for sale this week dan 6-7mm tread £160 to you if interested

I probably would be if Dan isn't.
Ns2r on my f1s are a bit dodgy, not sure if their warped/distored or something as I get vibration through wheel with them fitted. Only just been balanced.
So am on lookout for decent bargain track rubber. [emoji4]

 

[Mr Plums]

My 195 50 15 ad08r's will be for sale this week dan 6-7mm tread £160 to you if interested

I think Dans are 16's

 

[Jekyll]

There 15's.

My 195 50 15 ad08r's will be for sale this week dan 6-7mm tread £160 to you if interested

That's a steal. I paid £200 plus postage for mine second hand with the same tread depth. Great tyres once warm.

 

[dann2707]

First big boy shop at Lidl and thought i'd take a pic 😂😂

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[JDM]

First big boy shop at Lidl and thought i'd take a pic 😂😂

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Car looks so good! Makes me want to do so much more to mine!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

First big boy shop at Lidl and thought i'd take a pic 😂😂

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Will you stop taking these pics in Huddersfield. Making me miss the place!!! Still can't believe we never properly met up haha

 

[dann2707]

Jesus long time no update.

I haven't done much to the car lately. Barely even driven it but today I came home to my parents for a deep clean. Clayed glazed and waxed,restoring the trim too.

Fitted a new gear knob also but I'll get pics of that up tomorrow.

Ended up polishing and waxing in tesco car park. No comments about the parking please as I just nipped in that area for those pics and then drove off

Comes up well for an eleven year old thing.
Booking Cadwell for the 15th of January too, looking forward to giving it another beasting on track. It was begging for it at Blyton

Cheers and sorry for the s**t Photobucket images. Can't access Flickr easily on my phone for the share imgs

 

[incy-spider]

I need a new knob...

 

[Mr Plums]

Cars looking great Dan.

 

[dann2707]

I need a new knob...

Do you want to buy my richbrook from me?

And cheers Tom! How's your clio doing mate?

 

[Mr Plums]

Do you want to buy my richbrook from me?

And cheers Tom! How's your clio doing mate?

I told Andy to do the build after Xmas mate as I need all my spare cash for Xmas Prezzies etc, he told me the engines out etc just waiting to order parts and then he can crack on with it.

 

[incy-spider]

Do you want to buy my richbrook from me?

Only OEM [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[dann2707]

But it's silver and freezes your hand on a morning what's not to like xoxoxoxox

 

[incy-spider]

What does it look like?

 

[dann2707]

Fire me a message on WhatsApp mate I lost most numbers when that hooker took my phone lol

 

[dann2707]

More pics as promised on Flickr too

It started off looking like this

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And this be ma knew knob

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This is my old one

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[leeds2592]

Becki said to tell you to stop sending me pictures of your knob . I liked it though hehe.

Looking well, I desperately need to do mine so it's properly sealed for winter.

 

[Rubicon_]

I need to get one on these spoilers for the track car, finishes the back of great!

 

[berilia]

Thanks mate!

Tiny update, although hopefully if the postman is nice he'll deliver something today :smile:


Sprayed my upper grill black as before it looked like this - A kind of off grey which didn't match the fog surround or lower grill as shown.

What did you use for this?
Mine looks awful against the black car...

I was gonna get black stuff to spray but been told not to as it should be a dark grey with the speckles in?

 

[debussetti]

I used plastic primer and Halfords Satin black, it's lasted well, 2 years or so with only a few minor chips, and then I just fill them in with black sharpie

 

[berilia]

I used plastic primer and Halfords Satin black, it's lasted well, 2 years or so with only a few minor chips, and then I just fill them in with black sharpie :tongueout:

Ha! Think I'll do the same. Cheers!