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Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
Saturday
After being constantly interupted by rain I managed to get the following done:
Bolt battery box into the boot, trim and crimp cables and route through the car:
Move V6 airbox to bolt directly to the tb, had a little trouble with the top hose of the header tank hitting against it but thanks to a good and quick fix from Tom@JMS I think its sorted!
Fitted 172 Cup headlights, although they are really badly weathered, they where worse than these pics when I got them, ive already sanded them down a few times following the guide on here so might get richy22 to PC polish them back. I have since found out that one of the headlight adjusters is broken so I may have to replace one of the headlights anyway
The drivers sides insert currently flaps about all over the place when you touch it from behind!
Sunday
Saw there was a Cobra Suzuku for sale saturday night on here so got up at 7am and started the 2h30m journey to pick it up!
As is it wasnt raining and wanting to get my current seats out to sell I set about fitting my new Cobra, the seat itself is 90% mint apart from a few scraches here and there and the cloth coming off slightly on the driver side which im sure I can sort.
Its using the standard Cobra alloy sideframes with a GDI low subframe and my god its low lol! I cant see my bonnet anymore! Very strange and also awesome at the same time, I may have to move it on the sidemounts slightly though. Will have to run with a single seat until I get paid next month to get another, this seat will then become the passengers.
I also sprayed some mirror covers Ford Graphite grey along with redoing my front diamond which was abit tatty so hopefully ill get them on tomorrow!
Dan
After being constantly interupted by rain I managed to get the following done:
Bolt battery box into the boot, trim and crimp cables and route through the car:
Move V6 airbox to bolt directly to the tb, had a little trouble with the top hose of the header tank hitting against it but thanks to a good and quick fix from Tom@JMS I think its sorted!
Fitted 172 Cup headlights, although they are really badly weathered, they where worse than these pics when I got them, ive already sanded them down a few times following the guide on here so might get richy22 to PC polish them back. I have since found out that one of the headlight adjusters is broken so I may have to replace one of the headlights anyway
The drivers sides insert currently flaps about all over the place when you touch it from behind!Sunday
Saw there was a Cobra Suzuku for sale saturday night on here so got up at 7am and started the 2h30m journey to pick it up!
As is it wasnt raining and wanting to get my current seats out to sell I set about fitting my new Cobra, the seat itself is 90% mint apart from a few scraches here and there and the cloth coming off slightly on the driver side which im sure I can sort.
Its using the standard Cobra alloy sideframes with a GDI low subframe and my god its low lol! I cant see my bonnet anymore! Very strange and also awesome at the same time, I may have to move it on the sidemounts slightly though
. Will have to run with a single seat until I get paid next month to get another, this seat will then become the passengers.I also sprayed some mirror covers Ford Graphite grey along with redoing my front diamond which was abit tatty so hopefully ill get them on tomorrow!
Dan
Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Yup, just need a heatgun! Hopefully get this done next weekend weather dependant
yep it's a time consuming job! i think i had 17 patches in total front and rear
b&q do a heat gun for about 20 quid, it's the one i bought to do mine.
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
lol that sucks
nah you can do it on your own, you'll only have one heat gun i'm guessing?! oh and a wallpaper scraper too.
will take approx 3 hours approx to do front and back depending on how stubborn the tar is.
little tip - white spirit on an old rag to get the majority of the tar stains off, and then the rest of the little bits you can't remove, get some autoglym tar remover on it.
then a dab of hot water on another clean cloth to get rid of the dirty marks you'll leave over the rest of the floor.
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Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
Cheers mate
Yeah there not alot in there now lol
Yeah was worth it, thanks alot!
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
I've got heatgun and scrapper! Missed you this weekend
Sweet!
Got a feeling you'd be there twice as long there with a hairdryer!
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Geezer you shouldn't have a battery in the car unless its sealed / dry cell, vents fumes into the cabin :dead:
Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
Really? Is this an MOT failure?
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Not sure on the MOT, Only reason I found out was a local Audio specialist was telling/showing me a car they were repairing & they couldn't stress enough not to do it, gave me a good reason to buy a race cell
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Google - batterey fumes mate
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Red Top 25, Job done & a nice little weight saving
Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
So yesterday I got rid of the nasty tar, was really happy with how much weight I saved! Couple of pics from the days work:
Getting the tar off was the easy bit as if its done correctly for the front parts at least you can just pull it all off in once piece. The bit that was the pain for me was getting rid of the glue under it, I didnt think to use thinners as im stupid plus by the time I did there was no seat in my car to go and get any I got 98% of the glue off but there are still a few little bits around but nothing to worry about imo.
Matched inlets from JMS next as I honestly forgot about even getting these fitted over my other mods, an easy 5-10bhp to be made for £230 fitted which is an awesome £/bhp ratio!
Getting the tar off was the easy bit as if its done correctly for the front parts at least you can just pull it all off in once piece. The bit that was the pain for me was getting rid of the glue under it, I didnt think to use thinners as im stupid plus by the time I did there was no seat in my car to go and get any
I got 98% of the glue off but there are still a few little bits around but nothing to worry about imo.Matched inlets from JMS next as I honestly forgot about even getting these fitted over my other mods, an easy 5-10bhp to be made for £230 fitted which is an awesome £/bhp ratio!
E90 320d M Sport
I do love the look of your 172 Greeny, it looks awesome.
Just a couple of question's regarding your mods.
How much did the rims cost / where is best to source them?
The side indicator covers in black. Are they easy to source?
The bullet's in yellow. Did you do those yourself or did somebody else do them? If so, who
I'm thinking of having mine in black with the 2.0l 16v in white.
Cheers.
Just a couple of question's regarding your mods.
How much did the rims cost / where is best to source them?
The side indicator covers in black. Are they easy to source?
The bullet's in yellow. Did you do those yourself or did somebody else do them? If so, who
I'm thinking of having mine in black with the 2.0l 16v in white.
Cheers.
Greeny.
ClioSport Club Member
440i + 182
I do love the look of your 172 Greeny, it looks awesome.
Just a couple of question's regarding your mods.
How much did the rims cost / where is best to source them?
The side indicator covers in black. Are they easy to source?
The bullet's in yellow. Did you do those yourself or did somebody else do them? If so, who
I'm thinking of having mine in black with the 2.0l 16v in white.
Cheers.
Cheers, its abit of a messy ***** tbh tho lol
I swapped the rims with Richy22 on here for my old powercoated standard rims, they arnt that expensive though:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15-B-MONZA-R-...s_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item1e5be7e70b
Minus the centre caps LOL, also mine had a nasty red rim which I had to black over.
The side reps I got off a guy on ebay who just sprayed a standard set of orange ones, im also running orange 501 bulbs to ensure they shine through well, passed 2 MOT's without issues. I didn't want the 'smoked' ones you can buy as they dont really blend in with the bodywork, I would just have a go spraying some standard orange ones gloss black.
I did spray my bullets but had them redone by NathJ on here but they need doing again really which im sure ill get to at some point
Cya at FCS?
Still too slow x
Oh BTW I only got your text yesterday for some reason (haing phone issues at the moment..) and I was out on the piss all day in Camden Town...Im now riding the Tsunami Waves of discombobulation that are crashing over me!
Il text you tomorrow when im more "alive" tomorrow
xOh BTW I only got your text yesterday for some reason (haing phone issues at the moment..) and I was out on the piss all day in Camden Town...Im now riding the Tsunami Waves of discombobulation that are crashing over me!
Il text you tomorrow when im more "alive" tomorrow
