Well done Adam a very productive weekend

Now that ive started i can see this engine bay eating into my wallet! Haha

Now that ive started i can see this engine bay eating into my wallet! Haha

yep.. you popped the lid now.. you cant stop till its done.. then you will rip it all apart again and re do it all over like i am! lol

Your ripping yours apart?! What!? Why?! Thing is it will frustrate me until its all finished!

so a little update, been thinking about colours for the engine bay been asking around and have now decided to change the blue pipes to red and black wont cost much to change the few that i have so then i can start with rest of it thanks to charlie (Dark_hero) for persuading me red and black pipes will look better!

then i decided it was time for new brakes as they started squeaking a few days ago couldn't decide on what brakes to go for was thinking DS2500 pads and OEM discs, then LCR Brembo, then Porsche brakes all looking to cost me a pretty penny so in the end i decided that the OEM brakes are really good for the stage i am at now so just got a set of standard disc and pads ill change them if i need something with a bit more bit later on

Glad i sorted them today and not next week like i was planing to! the old ones was grinding on the outer edges, the inner edge was corroded to hell and they was warped

and on with the new ones

wow what a difference they made even though they are still bedding in! im guessing the old ones was a bad make or something!

just wondering, much did the discs cost ?

just wondering, much did the discs cost ?

just under £200 is the retail price well at least that was what i was told ill get my bill tomorrow as work didn't have a chance to sort it today

its off again!...

Uh oh. What ya doing to it?

i'm a fussy so and so!...

it wasn't perfect match so i changed it so for the 3rd time the grill came out and wrapped for the second time

once again i burnt my fingers! would have thought by now i would have learned not to put my fingers under the heat gun!

literally just finished and really pleased with it this time no blemishes so on with the pictures!

Shiny!

now i just need to make the other bits match im thinking, big mouth bumper and maybe gloss black bump strip as i've never seen that before on a silver

lookin good

Awesome job !

worrying i know the exact location of every clip on that grill i've had to out too many times now! lol

Car looks amazing so far buddy, just read it start to finish this morning! Do you think you could take some pictures of the wing mirrors froma distance in daylight to give us an idea of how much they stick out? Looks like something I'd be interested in doing

as i got out the car today at home i remembered i had to take some pictures!

and close to the grill

Sweeeeeet

if it wasn't for me going away on monday i would have attempted the big mouth front bumper and gloss black trims but in fear of messing it up and not having my car for the week away i wimped out and am leaving it until i get back

Looks excellent.

now with added gloss black

Its the little things that count!

Still waiting for some new red bits to change over the blue pipes and am also currently painting up a spare rocker cover

Epic. Porsche brakes next ?

na, he has to change the silicone pipes to red to match the intake first pete

find any calipers yet adam?

Nah i struggled to find any for a decent price was going to speak to dave at vagbremtechnic but then decided to just stay standard for now and change later on and yes red pipes are way mor important!

so while my mate was round with my old fabia vRS SE (his project thread here) so i could plastidip some bits with him i decided to plastidip my coolant and washer caps and did his at the same time

Yes i do still need to finish off the braided hoses and get some finishers!

Its the little bits that count dont know how long they will last being plastidip but we can only try

so a little update..

One trip the Milton Keynes driving around up there and then back home to pack pick people up and head off to the new forest resulted in this!

then a trip back home to find these bits had arrived

Braided hose finishers, 2m of vac pipe, 1 red coupling pipe for and 1 black coupling pipe for the intake pipe

so i thought skip the cleaning and just start working on the engine lol black intake pipe not fitted yet as i need to get 2 new 80mm jubilee clips

Got it in work today, just doing a little check over think my front lower arm bush is squeaking like hell! so think i might get some uprated bushes

and then i found these stuck in between the N/S/R spring and spring carrier, not a clue how it got there and how long its been there!

oh and then for a well deserved wash!

took a trip over to Rob@W8 Performance today to pick up this box of goodies!

Thanks Again Rob!

then whilst under my bonnet rob noticed that one of my breather hoses had split!

I had already done a small temp repair further up while i waited to get the new bit

so i got rob to order me a new one from creations motorsport, then rob got the gorilla tape out!

Hoping to make a start on the bushings tomorrow

Time for a little update,

as some would of seen i took a trip round pete's to fit some goodies to his octy

while i was there he gave my car a good clean its still shiny now!.. under the dirt :(

then i had a few bits arrive at home last week

Any ideas whats happening here?.. and i may have ordered a little bit too much mesh.. enough to do 2 and a half cars!

Ooooh wide mouth! Where did you get the 3/4 number plate?