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[Turkish]

If im online sunday il have 1?

Good boy x

 

[powey]

Ghetto style jack ftw
The front was taking the weight on an axle stand

Got the drivers side recaro in today and harness, tomorrow hopefully remove the spacers and fit small washers to lower the seat a touch

 

[powey]

Stud conversion coupled with lightweight nuts

Battery box tidy'd up and leads shortened, going to nip a bit more off though
Rear door cards removed
front seat belts removed
sound deadening under the battery box removed

Seats and harnesses in
dash strips blue
momo wheel in
awaiting gearknob insert to return from its carbon dressing

Made a catch tank from a drink bottle, some cotton wool and a few holes lol

 

[Turkish]

320mm wheel? If so makes a massive difference. I keep meaning to fit mine back on now the car is staying.

 

[powey]

Its a 350mm I think but does feel better, I think it helps your not throwing the airbag about

I do want a suede one further down the line

 

[Nafoff]

what stud conversion and nuts did you go for?

 

[powey]

got the studs from pri racing M12x1.5 - 50mm overall length
and the nuts came from america

 

[Turkish]

surprised you didnt go for a race battery tbh. Battery boxes are f**king huge. I'm thinking about getting a race battery and locating it under a seat or something when my OE one dies.

 

[powey]

I would of if I didnt have to get a battery at the time as I thought it was dieing.

On the positive side though its a nice ballast over the rear wheels

 

[Turkish]

Certainly wont do any harm now it's stripped at the back to move some from the front to the back thats for sure.

 

[Nafoff]

got the studs from pri racing M12x1.5 - 50mm overall length
and the nuts came from america

ah ok, i was looking at the grayston ones, how much did the stud conversion set you back chap if you don't mind me asking?

 

[powey]

PM'd

Quite happy with how it handles now next step to get more weight from the front is remove the slam panel
Also I heard theres a ballast weight near one of the engine mounts which I think il remove

 

[Grantek]

how are those studs fixed are they just threaded in and tightened?

 

[powey]

yeah pretty much and a generous amount of locktite

 

[Grantek]

What did you use to tighten them with? and what site did you get your bolts off of?
cheers

 

[Alexander]

Good work, looking very nice.

 

[powey]

got the studs from pri racing M12x1.5 - 50mm overall length

Just used a philips to screw in as tight as I could

 

[Grantek]

Cool mate looks really good and i ment the bolts sorry

 

[ATR]

Love it !

How much ? :rasp:

 

[Guppy]

You should of got one tbh!

 

[ATR]

You should of got one tbh!

Im grown up now.

Family wagon ftw

 

[Guppy]

with a stripped rear! lol

 

[powey]

He needs to hurry up and fit the apexi...

Cheers for the comments

 

[ATR]

He needs to hurry up and fit the apexi...

Cheers for the comments

Thing is do i trust Mr Ghetto near my ecu and wires

 

[powey]

Thing is do i trust Mr Ghetto near my ecu and wires

Its easy red to red,blue to blue etc etc

Id get a full guide from ATR owners if I was you lol

 

[powey]

I know this wont be to most peoples liking but o well

Fitted a trophy spoiler
Pro race 3s
And the graphics, want a few more but not sure what to get, any ideas?

 

[rbolton]

really like what you done mate. where did u get your towing eye cut down? love the alloys? are they the new pro race 3? where you get hold of them and at what price?

you got anymore palns for it?

 

[powey]

Cut the tow eye down myself and welded it back together, managed to get the wheels off ebay for an irresistable price

Not sure whats next tbh perhaps a holiday lol as the cars all iv spent money on lately

 

[rbolton]

take it you got a good deal then on the alloys. best price i can get is around £500 on a 15". how much did you have to cut off the towing eye?

take a holiday over here, weather spot on. u got plenty of boot space no need for a halfords roof box love takin the piss out of them, especially when you work for the fools lol

 

[powey]

Think it was about an inch

Suprisingly Theres not that much boot space what with the battery,strut brace and harnesses
Im going to look into getting a plastic tub for storage though

 

[rbolton]

will have to get ma mate to do that then. think they look a lot better than the ones on the group buy. sounds lik a good idea. i still have the back bench in but the boot has my sub in. so i got a tub from staples or sumwer lik that just to keep it from covering the amp so it doesn't over heat

 

[carrmrc96]

Looking good, wheels look good. What have you done with your original wheels?

 

[pritchard182]

looks sweet m8. do you trak it or is it just a daily driver?

 

[powey]

Daily drive

It may see the odd track day though some time

 

[ATR]

Daily drive

It may see the odd track day though some time

:clap:

 

[Guppy]

Good shout!

 

[Cal182]

It looks mint buddy! Looks like you've been busy!

 

[powey]

Big overhaul today

Milltek number 2 fitted, due to the previous one cracking in 2 places

Treated the engine to some Pro S and the gearbox to some fuchs sintofluid
Replaced bottom bushes on both rear shocks

Got in on ktecs group buy for the engine mounts so fitted them, ordered the powerflex dogbone bushes from kamracing.

 

[carrmrc96]

looking good! making jealous, i want a milltek!

 

[ATR]

Good work buddy.

How does it feel on the new mounts ?