Ph-lower progress

[welshname]

It's blue wheels for christ sake not a whale tail and 20" Amir Khans.

So far the Fisher Price "my first coilovers" have been replaced for proper ones and decent rubber has been added.

 

[Christopher]

It still looks worse than before though?

 

[Wick]

I think you're confusing rob with someone that gives a f**k



Sheddy shed <3

 

[Rob]

It still looks worse than before though?

But it's not got a pond in the boot...

 

[Jekyll]

It also looks better in the flesh. The wheels look too dark in the previous pics whereas in RL they suit it rather well.

 

[Chi]

Looks good mate

 

[Mr R.]

I Iove Robs "don't give a fcuk attitude" tbh it looks good when rob brought it to my house and the wheel's are alot lighter in the flesh.

Anyway its a track ****, who cares.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Why are you ruining this car?

LULwot ?

Hasn't even got a roof rack.

 

[Scrooge]

Lol it's improved dramatically, it just has it's track wheels on.

 

[Jekyll]

Let the harters hate

 

[Ash87]

Love it

 

[banther]

Lol @ "ruining it"

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I cleaned some of the wheels.

Black ones will be for sale V soon .. and the tyres from the silver ones.

Two of the black ones have been walloped and look like this..

Tyres are all almost new though.

 

[Coops Mk1]

I like marmite, I like this

simples

 

[Coops Mk1]

and god damn F1's are awful wheels, literally surrender monkeys

 

[Narf]

I don't dislike the blue wheels, but i think i preferred it on silver wheels.. good effort though.

 

[Adam93]

Pefer the silver items but it still looks cool with the blue wheels. You can't beat a Sunflower Phase 1.

 

[Wick]

When you said cleaned the wheels... I was very happy to realise it wasn't the blue ones and the paint hadn't all fallen off.

Eta. I want these back if you ever sell it. Even just to stick in the garage. I still think they are awesome.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

When you said cleaned the wheels... I was very happy to realise it wasn't the blue ones and the paint hadn't all fallen off.

They're never being cleaned.

 

[Wick]

lol

 

[barrythecat]

need to see this in the flesh before i make a judgement

 

[rs 1an]

I like the idea of having 3 sets of wheels and i think the car is cliosport cool as are all the phase 1s :approve: imo the black wheels are nice but its Robs car :race:l dont expect we will see Scott or Mark following the blue theme though. :nono:

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Guess I'd better update you all on the progress of the Funflower.

So, back in April it was washed. Since then, it has not been. (I lie - it got COVERED in albatros sh*t at work and I hosed it off).

The blue wheels were added, they were taken off again during the rainy season before the track sessions started.

Some blue seats were fitted:

It did Snetterton and Cadwell without drama.

[Cadwell in the wet]

It posed for one of the last photos of the Chipipedia bananabus..

Yellow car fwends by TheEvilGiraffe, on Flickr


I've bought a roofrack [ZOMG, ruined etc] for bonus scene points.

Bedford was done last week at the RenaultSport event (brilliant, BTW) and I finally got to use the blue wheels on track !

It now looks a little like this:

Then, this turned up at work:

Turns out it needed cleaning .. so, I did:

JFC, what a turnaround...

So, then I fitted it.

That's about it.......

Until next time..

Camber, y0 by TheEvilGiraffe, on Flickr

:evil:

 

[Chris V6 255]

Love it! It has made me rethink the ph2 rear lights though.

 

[welshname]

Nice to see it being used properly and not doing 20mph everywhere like Harpham did it in.

Lovely.

 

[Djw John]

Still love the blue wheels, inspired choice. That wheel almost gives me hope although mine is pretty much black on top. Just the usual nail brush and soap combo?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Still love the blue wheels, inspired choice. That wheel almost gives me hope although mine is pretty much black on top. Just the usual nail brush and soap combo?

Aye.. that's all I did.

Call The Cap'n .. he's an expert at it.. Learned all I know from the two photos he posted earlier in the week

 

[Chris V6 255]

I will be giving my wheel a clean this weekend. Really impressed with the results that have been posted recently.

 

[Lal B3N]

Looks to be getting used properly

Steering wheel is cracking mod, I loved mine! Made it feel much better to drive.

 

[Jekyll]

Pics look great on track. Looked good going round there too!

 

[Rob]

Very nice indeed! When was bedford? Wheel's a good addition as it matches the seats.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Very nice indeed! When was bedford? Wheel's a good addition as it matches the seats.

Friday just gone..

 

[Rob]

Friday just gone..

Could've said, I was'nae even working like.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Could've said, I was'nae even working like.

Pretty sure I've told you about it .. and there was a thread about it since, like, Nam.

Infact there woz 2 threads, as there was one by Dr J in the SE section for a convoy up there, Mr SE AR.

Jus' sayin.

 

[James28]

Really like it on the blue wheels!

 

[AlexW]

Wheel looks good.

Car was brilliant out on track too

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Really like it on the blue wheels!

Good news They're still hilariously marmite with people !

Wheel looks good.

Car was brilliant out on track too

Thanks, Ballast

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Turns out I haven't actually updated this for a while. Just renewed with Greenlight so it means I've had it a year !!

Where were we.........

So yeah, Bedford. That was good .. Went there once more later in the year and then Snetterton in Sept - maybe somewhere else inbetween? - and then limped home from Snett with poor brakes.

Friend who came with me to Snett was a bit heavy on the brakes (which were no-idea-how-old and 5+ track days in by then..) and kept coming straight in .. so they were making some funny noises by the end of the day. They still mostly worked .. I just turned the radio up to get home.

Parked the Sunphlower up on the drive and left it alone until this week when I finally got round to buying some brakes, which @AlexW fitted on Tuesday night....

Re-connected the battery and the bloody thing fired up without so much as a hiccup after being sat since the end of September.

Whups.
Turns out - they were done for.

Brembo HCs. DS3000s, supergold fluid. Lets say they stop well and I haven't so much as got them hot yet...
#Endo

Next weekend we'll be doing the driveshafts and a few other things which need doing and then it's ready for 2015.

Bedford on 28th booked up .. http://www.cliosport.net/threads/saturday-28th-feb-2015-bedford-season-opener-track-day.760936/

I want to do the 3 RenaultSport MSV days and then find a couple of others in between.

That'll probably do !

 

[PP200t]

I really like the blue wheels, when I read the hate at the top of the page I was cringing but wow, really nice choice!!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I really like the blue wheels, when I read the hate at the top of the page I was cringing but wow, really nice choice!!

Ha cheers. I don't really worry about what other people think. It's not like I've put blue wheels on an F40 or something.....

They're not really too blue any longer - more hint-of-brake-dust brown.