what bolts dude?

im just going to use a 1.5" hole cutting drill thingy lol

Sorry, the nuts and brace that hold the gauge in place, plus wanted a nice curve for the vacuum hose.

I have big hands that don't work well with small spaces

ahh i see.. my gauges just pop in and dont move. i have wrapped tape round other gauges in the past that just holds them in also. its easier lol

ahh i see.. my gauges just pop in and dont move. i have wrapped tape round other gauges in the past that just holds them in also. its easier lol

I managed to keep the integrity of the pods so gauges fit in and can get the bracket in too, i was amazed

game on. what ever works is good mate. there not really no right or wrong way imo. lol as long as they fit and dont end up on your rear food wells when you floor it its all good lol

Got any pics of your gauges lit up??

game on. what ever works is good mate. there not really no right or wrong way imo. lol as long as they fit and dont end up on your rear food wells when you floor it its all good lol

Got any pics of your gauges lit up??

Not yet bud, the video of them they should look sweet. plain dials, was going to start running wires and hose tomorrow. problem I have is I have about a 3 1/2 hour window to do most of my work in. Want to run the cable to fuse box and put in line fuse, so was going to use empty socket on fusebox rather than a cheap an nasty one which would be under dash not easily accessed. have different colour cable too to help if sell car on ever. . Not that I will I love her too much,

yeh running the boost pipe is a bit of a pig.. more long than anything else.

mines fused behind the upper fuse box trim.

Looks very good

Oooo comon and get them in

Not that id brave them, my moding lessons have been learnt lol if it aint subs im not made to touch lol

scrapping the gloss black idea. had to sling them in this morning for work and the shine is to much in my face when driving home tonight. matt black, here i come!

My first viewing of this amazing blog. funny you mentioned the gloss black was too shiny, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading. Can't wait to see what you are doing next

Pods are on.. For now, im going to matt black them, they look ok, but but but .. dunno.. dont like them.

this arrived today from demon tweeks..

finally i can get my oil pressure gauge working! woop!

Bling bling gauges - I like.

me likey too.. there nice and quick too. thought id be a bit different

Do you have one to tell you when to trigger your NOS?

Nah, I'm joking - looks good! Agree that matt black will be better!

lol babbingtons. i like a bit of pretties and had them left over from my last car so they will do for now. i do want to get some green back lit ones if im honest.

Going to get some matt and tidy up the little mini marks that are in it. just need some time now. lol

this arrived today from demon tweeks..

finally i can get my oil pressure gauge working! woop!

Whats this mate?

Whats this mate?

One assumes it's the oil pressure tap and associated pipework needed to make the oil pressure guage work......

yep, its a oil sensor relocation kit. Its so i can plug in my oil pressure sender in to it to make he gauge work.

I c .

I wont need it for just oil temp then?

yeh you will need a splitter of some sort... it plumbs in to the same place.

what is this!???

New bumper getting the big mouth treatment!!

Tomorrow will see it with full mesh vents, LCR splitter off my other bumper. I will fit the 2 new wings and mirrors as well!

Happy days.. cars starting to look nicer now and still under 2k in total!!!

EDIT: see this for the 1st time ever going up the M1 as well..

impressed with that!

Damn you i wanted that bumper lol

Ive been tempted to do this..... " have it done " lol

Is there some metal bar you have to cut thats behind the bumper ?

Is there a guide for doing this somewhere?

Sorry trevor! you can have my old 1 if ya like lol

Lloyd, there is nothing metal you need to cut to big mouth your bumper. just need to be careful when cutting up the bumper.

Typiclly English it pee`d down all day on bank holiday monday! but it did not stop me getting very messy today!!

a little space in the garage..

a little removal of bolts! lol

one wing off ready for its replacement.

My wings both had 2 dents from stone hitting them right on the crease line of the car so stood out like a sore thumb.. the price i paid for the wings was alot cheaper than repair and spraying..

had to do a little repairing first tho..

just a little preventative rust treatment, prima and spray up. You dont really see these bits so didnt go all anal on them. got to be batter than the nothing that was on them before hand.

then a bit of inner wing detailing ...

sorted and protected the sill as well..

detail around the indicator as it was skank

now im on the passenger side.. sorting the sill again.. remembered a before shot this time

inner wing detail again

my hydroloc safe CAI... peekaboo!

my front room about a hour ago!

all those old max power mags holding down the mesh in the new bumper till it drys!

thats it for today!

Very good work!