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what have you done to your car today ?

Dec 29, 2010
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0
Mids
Fitted new white side light bulbs, new led number plate bulbs, metal number plates and gave it a wash... Lasted about ten mins before it rained lol
 
Well not today but for the last few weeks I fitted a HUGE turbo and spent the last few weekends fabricating a custom 3" exhaust pipe to fit and realised how bloody difficult it is to go big turbo with so little space behind the engine to work with. But finally it's all in and connected up. But does require a few tweaks hear and there to stop exhaust rattle on the subframe. Also a very difficult job was fitting a custom 100mm turbo intake pipe to the turbo. I will post some pics up very soon. But it's not finished yet. Car is running the standard map for now and it seems to drive ok but I will get it mapped very soon because it can't be doing it much good.
 

taff141177

Active Member
Jan 28, 2012
388
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crewe
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Just replaced the oil filler cap and coolant cap thanks to phillc also put some braided hosing and silicone hosing in
 

W11TTX

Active Member
Apr 23, 2012
950
3
Cheshire
Jut picked it up from a service and a cambelt and water pump change, pockets are defo lighter!!! Car runs smoother as well!
 

nd-photo.nl

Active Member
Mar 6, 2012
3,668
22
The Netherlands
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Dozer360

mk1 Seat Leon 20v T
Jun 1, 2010
1,026
1
southampton
From my RR

bit of an update

plasti dip arrived
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So i thought id giv it a go on the wheels.
my plan is to do a test coat to see how it holds up and im thinking of doing my whole car mat black.
As this is just a test & i am very lazy i have left the wheels on the car, and im spraying outside in the cold and wind so already i know it wont be done to a perfect standard, but like i said its just a test.

first i cleaned them
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then applied a light first coat
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then did the first wheel heavy and fast to see how it would come out
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but did the other 3 properly and slowly built up the layers
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then some water from the cleaning started to drip from the bolt cover & S badge and wreck the dip
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but after i pulled the dip off the center of the osf i re did it and touched up all the others
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then moved the car back and touched up all of the bits i couldn't see properly
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stealth mode
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it looks better on the car than in the photos, all thats left to do now is peel the dip from the tyres and maby remove the dip from the S badge in the middle.


*** i know it is not done properly or to any sort of special finish.
This is a test to see if it is worth doing it properly & might convince me to dip the whole car.
Most people use 3-4 cans to do all 4 wheels i used 1.5 so i know its going to be a light/ easy to remove coat and i still have 4.5 cans left for doing it better next time if i like it & it holds up well. ***
 

51mo

Active Member
May 21, 2011
111
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Got a Longlife SS back box made up and 2 new rear tyres - SS centre section to be bought in the next 3 weeks or so.
 

gdjohny

Crazy Mechanical Engineer
Dec 25, 2010
815
0
Kettering
Fitted S3 vents, changed the 8000 hids to 6000, and finally fitted the new rear beam with powerflex bushes and ARB. It handles like my old CRX now.
 
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