well seeing as my girlfreind has gone on holiday for a week i thought while the cats away and all that i would get some much needed jobs done on the old girl so the list in order im doing them (shhhhhh dont tell the woman)

1) take seats out and clean with a wet vac

2) wash carpet

3) clean all plastic pannels in the car ect

4) DIY refurb alloy wheels black with a silver fleck

5) fit RARB

6) fit FMIC and custom pipe work (friday) and clean all boost pipes and egr valve

7) Fit custom badges in wheels and boot/bonnet

and finaly give her a coat of wax to finish

i will keep you updated as to how its going

total spend so far for the above parts ect = £390 SHHHHHHHHH dont tell the woman

anyone know how the rear seat backs come out? i cant see any bolts just a hindge please help

anyone know how the rear seat backs come out? i cant see any bolts just a hindge please help

yip just whack a screw driver into the hinge part and move the lever

IIRC

sorted just worked it out tell you what these seats are fooking heavy

Edited 28 August, 201015 yr by Si Vxr

sorted just worked it out tell you what these seats are fooking heavy

Yes they are! mine are out mainly cause i carry some bits for my job.I wonder what they weigh?

hmmmmm let me check

3st 9lb front drives seat

well seeing as my girlfreind has gone on holiday for a week i thought while the cats away and all that i would get some much needed jobs done on the old girl so the list in order im doing them (shhhhhh dont tell the woman)

1) take seats out and clean with a wet vac

2) wash carpet

3) clean all plastic pannels in the car ect

4) DIY refurb alloy wheels black with a silver fleck

5) fit RARB

6) fit FMIC and custom pipe work (friday) and clean all boost pipes and egr valve

7) Fit custom badges in wheels and boot/bonnet

and finaly give her a coat of wax to finish

i will keep you updated as to how its going

total spend so far for the above parts ect = £390 SHHHHHHHHH dont tell the woman

hey how would i clean all of the boost pipes? would this cure the problem of sticky vains that you hear quite often? also im not to familar with under the bonnet so how would i locate all of these boost pipes and go about cleaning them? also would it cost much just to put new pipes in?

new pipes would cost allot there easy to remove once the bumper is off i will do a how to for you this next week

new pipes would cost allot there easy to remove once the bumper is off i will do a how to for you this next week

thanks matey

jordan

a few pics of the wheels before i go to work

after some paint stripper is on

abit of work still todo

Yes they are! mine are out mainly cause i carry some bits for my job.I wonder what they weigh?

I don't have any in either, prefer how it feels without them, got no carpet in rear either. sounds good!

Matt

look what i got today

after lots and lots and lots of hard work sanding and useing a wire brush (3 of us took 15 hours approx)

then sanded with some fine sand paper to prepare for primer but we have now run out of primer so work has stopped until we can get some more but so far so good

Looks like your having fun

Is it just me of does that intercooler look quite small compared to the bumper cut out ?

Hello Si Vxr

Keep those photos coming, I'm taking it all in. Thanks.

i will do a how to for both the alloys and the intercooler THE ALLOY DIY ISNT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED its dam hard mucky work

first coat but you get the idea

Edited 31 August, 201015 yr by Si Vxr

first coat but you get the idea

I know your about to add silver fleck to the black, here's some pic's of my coarse silver alloys with 20 grams of silver fleck! They look normal in average light, but in sunlight they're mental. Good luck with your's!

look what i got today

hmmmm this looks ever so familiar

Looking good

What sort of paint stripper did you use for the wheels?

Any brand name? I really want black alloys

Looking good

What sort of paint stripper did you use for the wheels?

Any brand name? I really want black alloys

Nitromors

yes as above but it still takes alot of hard work as it only removes a small amount of the paint ect the rest has to be rubbed of by hand i ache from top to bottom from sanding them dam wheels

all done

How many coats of paint and laquer did you put on Si?

What primer did you use?