Gunmetal S - Car's back from the bodyshop!!!

[LEE_VTR1]

sexual helmet red, youve been damn busy aswell.

be nice to see this at french car show, my gunmetal beast and your gunmetal beast maybe we should park next to each other aha

[RedB]

Picked up the last can of paint today so i can finish the top coat of Charcoal metallic and then
hit it with a few coats of lacquer and finally test fit it to the rest of the grille when everything's hardened and glossy.

Almost 2 weeks work to get to this finished!

[Viper]

ooh, i need to get a helmet too

will start looking

[Adam_Q]

Looks mint fella! Don't forget to take the stickers off before you head round track with me in the car!!!! Don't want you doing an Alex

[MikeCracknell]

I hope that the reason the heat shields are there never happen to you. Yes they are metal, but they do a job, and with 45 litres (up to) of perol close to hot areas, boom.

[Adam_Q]

Originally Posted by MikeCracknell

I hope that the reason the heat shields are there never happen to you. Yes they are metal, but they do a job, and with 45 litres (up to) of perol close to hot areas, boom.

Thats why i've left mine on... got the same knocking noise but going to fix it the right way

[RedB]

Originally Posted by Viper

ooh, i need to get a helmet too

will start looking

Got mine pretty cheap mate.
Less than half the price of a basic Sparco/Arai helmet and looks much better

Originally Posted by adz21

Looks mint fella! Don't forget to take the stickers off before you head round track with me in the car!!!! Don't want you doing an Alex

Hahaha

It will be taken off mate no worries

Originally Posted by MikeCracknell

I hope that the reason the heat shields are there never happen to you. Yes they are metal, but they do a job, and with 45 litres (up to) of perol close to hot areas, boom.

Originally Posted by adz21

Thats why i've left mine on... got the same knocking noise but going to fix it the right way

Mike/Adz - If any of you actually get under and work on your car yourself then you'll see the last bit of the heat-shield around the fuel tank is made of slightly different material from the rest.

The 2 offending metal shields from the manifold flange to back of the centre pipe have been removed and the fuel tank cover left on here
I almost never carry a full tank and the last bit of pipe is being heat-wrapped soon also so there's nothing to worry about tbh.

My fuel lines are actually checked so they wont pop off and piss fuel all over the road mate

Also mulling over the idea of getting the tank modified but thats gonna be revealed soon.

[NOSHERVTR]

looking good bud. Why didnt you just bash bugger out the heatshield where it was rubbing. Thats what i did and now no more rattle plus you wont smell the underseal on the car burning as the heat from the exhuast melts it hmmmmm yummy

[Viper]

Mike/Adz - If any of you actually get under and work on your car yourself then you'll see the last bit of the heat-shield around the fuel tank is made of slightly different material from the rest.

The 2 offending metal shields from the manifold flange to back of the centre pipe have been removed and the fuel tank cover left on here
I almost never carry a full tank and the last bit of pipe is being heat-wrapped soon also so there's nothing to worry about tbh.

My fuel lines are actually checked so they wont pop off and piss fuel all over the road mate

Also mulling over the idea of getting the tank modified but thats gonna be revealed soon.[/QUOTE]

i hope you're right! lol

i dont want to be getting a hot arse

[Viper]

can you not solve the knocking with some expanding foam?

or is it too hot around that area

[MikeCracknell]

The heat shields you removed are the ones that stop the gear stick from getting red hot then???

Ask AlexR - he did the same and learnt from it

[AlexR]

lol there's a nylon bush in the gear linkage directly under the gear stick that i melted when i took the heat shields off, probably be ok with your heat wrap and puny power output though

[Saxo_Scott]

red.. just had a read through and im loving it! the new seats look lush and the new zorst is a lot better hopefully see it around crawley sometime!

[Adam_Q]

Originally Posted by Saxo_Scott

red.. just had a read through and im loving it! the new seats look lush and the new zorst is a lot better hopefully see it around crawley sometime!

Aint seen you around crawley yet fella! Where do you normally hang out?

[RedB]

Originally Posted by NOSHERVTR

looking good bud. Why didnt you just bash bugger out the heatshield where it was rubbing. Thats what i did and now no more rattle plus you wont smell the underseal on the car burning as the heat from the exhuast melts it hmmmmm yummy

Heat under the car is much lower than before i removed the shields now
and im still re-sealing and painting the underside before FCS anyways
so i cant see any problems dude.

Originally Posted by Viper

Mike/Adz - If any of you actually get under and work on your car yourself then you'll see the last bit of the heat-shield around the fuel tank is made of slightly different material from the rest.

The 2 offending metal shields from the manifold flange to back of the centre pipe have been removed and the fuel tank cover left on here
I almost never carry a full tank and the last bit of pipe is being heat-wrapped soon also so there's nothing to worry about tbh.

My fuel lines are actually checked so they wont pop off and piss fuel all over the road mate

Also mulling over the idea of getting the tank modified but thats gonna be revealed soon.

i hope you're right! lol

i dont want to be getting a hot arse[/QUOTE]

Just dont stain my seats when we're on track and you'll be fine mate haha!

Originally Posted by MikeCracknell

The heat shields you removed are the ones that stop the gear stick from getting red hot then???

Ask AlexR - he did the same and learnt from it

Originally Posted by AlexR

lol there's a nylon bush in the gear linkage directly under the gear stick that i melted when i took the heat shields off, probably be ok with your heat wrap and puny power output though

At least my car runs *cough*

Love you really lol.
Need to sort out the Valeo next sat if you're around man.

Originally Posted by Saxo_Scott

red.. just had a read through and im loving it! the new seats look lush and the new zorst is a lot better hopefully see it around crawley sometime!

Thanks Scott!

New zorst really is so much better hehe.
I'll be up there a few times next week dude.

[Alexp]

Do you mean me Red? AlexR sorted me out today

[RedB]

Originally Posted by Alex

Do you mean me Red? AlexR sorted me out today

Goodridges are finally on lol!?

[Alexp]

Yeh, fluff done the originals to tight when he fitted the 180's so Alex had to cut them off

[AlexR]

Gayb0y I could take mine for a spin later but i'm patient so i will wait till i'm happy with it

[jpsaxo]

Looking good mate, be good to meet you on the ring trip