Daniels Blue 182

[ChrisRs]

They look The Dog's........ Dan

[Dann2707]

Just gave the car a quick wash. It's slowly creeping up to the 100,000 mile mark but it's still soldiering on Pretty pleased with the paintwork overall to say it's 11 years old.

 

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Inside is still dirty but heres a pic anyway

 

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[Dann2707]

All fitted and over the moon with how they look! They look so much darker on these pics though. I'm going through the process of getting some paint mixed up to spray the bullets the same colour too.

 

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I need to let it all settle then play with the suspension to get the height right as it's high at the moment. 

[Dann2707]

More pics!

 

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[Dann2707]

Today was a good day...

 

Got an awful pic of it at my old work

 

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but......

 

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Put it in the car for a bit just to see how it's going to look!

 

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I also sat in the seat in my bedroom with the harness on me for way longer than necessary.

[Dann2707]

Okay so today has been one of the best days so far in a year with regards to mods!

 

 

 

I removed the seats last night to ease things today and we got started at 10am. Started by fitting the subframes to the seat, I did something very stupidly and got my ratchet spanner caught in the subframe - thought it was quite funny

 

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Then Dave adjusted the seat runners so that they fitted in the subframes perfectly

 

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Car is on stilts!

 

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We then offered the seat in place starting with the passenger side

 

 

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We then started to remove all the seatbelts as obviously they aren't required #racecar

 

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My very good friend matty also came over, he has a civic type R ep3 with quite a few mods on it and always loves doing car stuff with me so that was awesome that he came over. He doesn't read this forum but cheers dude!

 

He's also really muscly and pouts his bum awesomely

 

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even more so when I tell him i'm taking a pic of him

 

 

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We then stopped for a bit to have some burgers and onions

 

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but matty had some pasta and turkey sausage because gym gainz

 

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Dave is about to get under the car to tighten the subframes

 

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We then fitted the spreader plates underneath the car to allow the eyebolts to stick out to hold the side harness

 

 

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And then...

 

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I then went gave her a clean and went for a drive to tesco (classic tesco shots sorry)

 

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[Dann2707]

I never posted the video of me on track! Here it is... Such an awesome day at blyton park. Had lots of braking issues though as the pads kept overheating. Need some decent material in there next track day. The car went very very well

 

 

 

 

 

Taken some proper photos of the new coloured bullets - they're the same colour as the wheels now

 

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I also sprayed my dash strips the same colour but i'm not really a fan :( I might carbon wrap them as I think it looks smart on these interiors

 

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[Wardy]

Just read this from the beginning - really interesting read and great progress  

[ChrisRs]

+1  Steve

Dan should be rewarded for this (Free Freedom Membership?)

[Wardy]

Suggest it to Colin

[TrevorB33]

Are the corbeau seats xl, as I have the same in my Fabia, very supportive and comfortable too , always a fan of 1.2's too

[Dann2707]

Cheers for the kind words guys, means a lot!

 

They are Trevor yup

 

Today I fitted some bumper catches, I love the look of them and didn't know if they were going to look good on mine but I'm really happy with how it's turned out. A bit sceney but we've all got to put our own spin on things :p Took some random pics of the car too as you do.
 

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[Dann2707]

Erm right so yesterday I went to my main man charlie at CSK fab in york. Properly sound guy who sorted my exhaust out, definitely don't go anywhere else now as he's cheap and does an incredible job and makes sure it's right but also treats you like a friend rather than a customer. I cannot emphasise enough how much I hate garage places that "book you in" and you have to sit in the waiting room watching tv or reading magazines that are stacked high. It makes me feel weird. 

 

So he got me involved, definitely my bag and what I enjoy!! 

 

I fitted a decat as obviously my exhaust died on track at Blyton.

 

It didn't fit my powerflow exhaust as to be expected so took it to the above place to get sleeved. It now sounds brilliant, no blowing at all and actually not that louder than before. 

 

Took a pic at work the other day, makes me laugh how small it looks compared to the corsa due to the perspective

 

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I also fitted some rear powerflex black series rear strut bushes

 

Not really been able to give it some beans due the weather and the awful awful tyres i've got on there. After the track day i've realised just how bad they are in comparison (I used my 16's with PS3's on there) 

 

Today I went about lowering the steering wheel as it's pretty high with my bucket seats being so low!

 

Removed the trim to get to the bolts

 

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This pic shows the bolt that I removed where the washers will be going to space it out

 

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I then loosened off the bottom two bolts just so I could pull the column down. Due to the angles, it means that when lowered the holes will not line up so out comes the dremel and I elongated the holes

 

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I used longer bolts for this step obviously due to the washers taking up more length. Pic just shows the bolt I used. Luckily I had some spare from fitting the buckets

 

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Washers in place

 

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It's literally the worst comparison shot ever but it gives you an indication of the final product.

 

Before

 

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After

 

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[Dann2707]

Seems like i'm not updating this as much lately, I think it's because the majority of the jobs are done pretty much which is perfect as winter is coming for sure.

 

Start off with a pic in the car park the other day

 

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Up in Leeds we had awful rain the other day and I came to the car and realised the light had done this :(

 

The covers are in place at the back of the units too

 

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I got a hair dryer behind and dried it out although it's left some water marks in there. I've just come to it now and it's done it mildly again :( Really annoyed as it ruins the look of the whole car

 

 

Did a few odd jobs today whilst I had some free time. After Blyton Park the brakes looked like this, they were silver at the start of the year

 

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The rear brakes were collecting rust on the edge of the disc like so

 

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so I wire brushed it making it a tad neater

 

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And out with the trusty wirebrush and hammerite smooth I went over the brakes again

 

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Whilst the wheels were off I gave them a good clean too. They were absolutely filth, haven't washed the car in 3 weeks or so. It might even be 4 

 

 

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Obligatory gay wheel brush shot

 

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Much better

 

 

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I then fitted the wheels

 

 

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Tempted to paint the lips of the rear discs in hammerite now actually as you can see the rusty edges.

 

 

Also I noticed that one of the rear strut nuts wasn't as tight as i'd like. So I nipped it up. It looked like this before

 

 

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Now it looks like this

 

 

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HOWEVER, only one of them goes this far, the other won't budge and is like the initial pic so this is confusing me. What is wrong? surely they should tighten up the same amount?

[bowen]

Love this, one of my favourites on here for sure.

[Dann2707]

I got my michelin pilot sport 3's fitted. Can tell already that they feel much more direct that the uniroyals I had on before, and that's whilst still needing to be scrubbed in.

 

I shortened down my linkage a few weeks ago by cutting the filtration module down slightly, this helped but I needed it shorter. I can feel the tendons stretching slightly in my arm when going into third indicating it was still a reach away. I wanted it right in front of me having my elbow bent a bit soooooooooooooo. I removed the gear linkage.

 

This is it standard.

 

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Meets Mr grinder

 

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Cutting this amount off seen in the background. I cut slits in the linkage so that it could grip the filtration module

 

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Post pic I filed it all smooth and flat.

 

 

Clamp back on

 

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This is now third gear

 

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Fourth

 

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First

 

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And some random interior shots just because!

 

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Drove the car back to my house and it feels incredible. Neutral is in the perfect position now too.

 

Bring on Cadwell next Friday!

 

A few things left to do prior to that.

 

- Bought some DS2500 pads from @Korky which he is kindly sending to me before the track day

- Got a sun strip on the way which I'm not sure when I'm going to find time/daylight to do it before the track day

- Need to fit the dashcam to the rear so I get some decent footage at Cadwell

[Toxicvrs]

Gutted to see today's Cadwell results :(

[DanHarper]

Gutted to see today's Cadwell results :(

 

Binned it?

[Toxicvrs]

Binned it?

I'll let him explain but wheel came off and mullered the wing

[Dann2707]

Gutted to see today's Cadwell results :(

Me too mate, how did you find out?

Shouldn't be sorted soon though!! will explain tomorrow what happened.

[Toxicvrs]

Me too mate, how did you find out?

Shouldn't be sorted soon though!! will explain tomorrow what happened.

CSOC FB for pics then noticed when scrolling through CS

[Dann2707]

Okay so some pics and a vid from Friday. The vid is at the bottom.

 

Me and Matty got there very early for the sign on at 7.30, briefing etc only to not be allowed on the track until 12 rather than 9 due to the weather so we talked and had a mooch around looking at other cars.

 

I was absolutely ****ting myself at the noise test as there were so many quiet cars there and mine was there just burbling away.. but pulled off a gracious 87 with the limit being 105 I think.  

 

 

 

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There were a massive array of cars but first and foremost..

 

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It was a very tricky day with the track being very icy. 

 

I had a massive oooopssiieeee at the start of the day obviously where the wheel came off, most likely due to having longer wheel nuts with me running 20mm spacers up front. The cliosport.net boys sorted me out though helping me get Boris back on the track Cheers Nick, Adam and Matty.

 

I felt like I didn't even have time to work out the track properly / which lines to take and to be in which gear for which parts which didn't help. 

 

 

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We managed to sort it out HOWEVER, I was missing a wheel nut meaning I couldn't run that side. Luckily Adam had some spare wheel nuts but this meant I could only run side without a spacer and the other with. Which really reallllllllllllly messed up the handling. I could brake and it would throw the car right and probably what caused me to spin the two times as these occurred swiftly after the wheel issue.

 

I could have left it at that and gone home but I wanted to make the most of the day.

 

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Spinning into the grass wasn't ideal and gave me a nice covering of grass

 

 

 

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Adams car about to head onto track for 2 laps before it was time up

 

 

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The following day it snowed, Boris looks bad without wheel spacers

 

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I then took it to get cleaned as I wasn't prepared to do it myself. the battery died in the forecourt though which was very embarrassing

 

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And here is the video. Memorable and fun moments and not so fun:

 

Spin at Chris Curve chasing down a yellow Evo @ 1:30

Wheel coming off @ 2:08

Another spin at Chris Curve @ 6:35

Lift off oversteer that I managed to control woo @ 7:55

 

 

https://youtu.be/Zy0CuIpv5aU

 

Overall it was a fairly stressful day especially with the low sun in our eyes at every given opportunity completely hindering progress. But I felt like I learnt a lot about the car. 

 

And Boris lives on Bitchezzzzzzzzzzz

[Dann2707]

Track day from last week. Was so so fun. Got the 2nd fastest time too. 

 

Managed to beat the other clio there too this time, we had a bit of jokey rivalry last year as we kept beating each others time but I took it this year!

 

 

Here are the pics taken by my biking mate Duncan, he's unbelievable with a cam.

 

 

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[Wardy]

Great pics!

[bowen]

Up to date at last!

Great updates and bad updates. Knew nothing about the wheel coming off! What a bad day. Glad you got it back on its feet/wheels.

You going to FCS at castle Combe?