Martin's 197 Lux Project

[The Chubby Pirate]

Martin what did ye clean the arches with a few posts back mate?

 

[Martin_172]

Martin what did ye clean the arches with a few posts back mate?

Autosmart G101 all purpose cleaner to scrub them
Autosmart Tardis to remove the tar - took 3 or 4 go's
stuck a coat of Infinity wax synergy ceramic on them as I had some left, would probably use qtechniq c4 next time (probably wont be a next time as im too busy taking the engine in and out on it)

Bought an Akra for it, absolutely love how they sound, ironically I got a 200 diffuser for it so I can use the carbon tips as my last akra on my 197 I couldn't use them, and they were missing from the box Ktec looking into it

 

[Martin_172]

currently driving about like this as 2 months later KTEC haven't been able to sort out the missing tailpipe trims yet - Nightmare

Its had an ABS light, a rear wheel with no speed reading, replaced the sensor, still the same so onto the rear discs it was as assume the bearing pickup is gone (annoying as they aren't the oldest discs but they did get HOT with a sticking rear caliper, that was a saga, the bearing was seized SOLID onto the stub, que hours of penetrating fluid, heat, hammers etc etc

luckily i had got some rebuilt calipers for it ready to go on

When i overhauled the front brakes i got KTEC braided lines for it so still had the rears to do, a few months back i managed to get brand new genuine rear brake pipes as someone had replaced the rear beam pipes and it was a shite job. so i wrestled with that.

MRS was over the moon at the evidence

Still got the other side to do as swinging a hammer for an hour almost killed my arms!