Shit sorry mate missed your reply. Yes it will be painted.... after the ring because I dont want to paint it and then go drilling brackets etc out once im home which will then wreck the paintwork.

What colour? :D

Mango of course :D

Sweet... :D

Will the carpet be coming out?

of course....Not. Keeping it semi practical otherwise it will just piss me off tbh. Me & dad have come up with a smart idea for easy removable door bars for the cage as well :D

No point in having them in for a nice sunday drive, or the drive to the ring. But then once at the ring or a track day, wack them on, simples....

Removeable side bars? Meh. You need more practice at getting your leg over. ;)

:D

looking good Josh the S&M cage looks good

Lol Toad!

Cheers Gav, be good to meet up again once im back, must have been 2 or 3 years since we meet up to pick that gearbox up lol

dave if you see some of the texts iv seen....

I think josh gets his leg over plenty :p

haahahahahaaa Lee, our texts tonight have been quite reserved compared to usual lol

Forward them to me:

0800 DIRTYTOAD

Ta.

:D

lovely car, cant wait to see the cage in.

lols yea quiet reserved today josh for a change lols.

dave I couldn't forward over any texts 1 cause they don't make any sense 2 cause they have some seriously strange content

haha yeah in the Ford Ka of love with the "NOS"

Ah bummer...

few more pics....



old FD vs new one





Newer 9 ball bearing type bearing replacing the older type bearing



And finally the mango eyeing up its new prey :D lol



So the gearbox is all done, dads just putting the bits and bobs back together (like the procomp etc) today.

Cage is due to arrive tomorrow and will be going for fitting asap. Seat bars will also be welded in so I can ditch the subframes.

Along with that i got some cobra Alu lightweight sidemounts from Scott (thanks mate) to go with my cobra seats.



And a couple of 5th point harness spreader plates to be welded to the floor at the same time as the cage to connect the 5th point of my harnesses to.



Cheers

Josh.

Nice, er axle stands? :P

Always loved this car :)

Wow, fair bit of progress Josh.

Cage looks tasty.

wow love your car!

The gearbox looks very tidy. You'll love the difference the higher FD makes. :y: