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

[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

[DamoVTS]

Looking good mate

[RedB]

Originally Posted by Alex

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

Bloody Fluff...

Bet he had his shirt over his head while he fitted them.
He tried to fit mine and i ended up doing most of it and then double-checked everything he'd done after just to be sure lol.

Good to know everythings all sorted now for ya mate

Noticed any difference?
The pedal was slightly harder on mine and the brakes slightly more responsive.

Originally Posted by AlexR

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

Will be sexual hearing the sound of that maxi set-up being used properly when you take her for that first spin soon

Are you gonna do what Josh said and get the other stuff done around mapping?

Originally Posted by jpsaxo

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

Danke shon Josh

You too mate

Originally Posted by LilSaxoVTS

Looking good mate

Cheers Damo

Hope we actually get some good pictures and videos 2nite if i can make it.
I'll speak to Perry for ya btw.

[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

[Viper]

dont stain the seats?

i wont make any promises.

depends on the quality of your driving. lol

[RedB]

Originally Posted by 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

No Oz to dissaprove of the parking arrangements this year

Has to be done

Originally Posted by Viper

dont stain the seats?

i wont make any promises.

depends on the quality of your driving. lol

Have you sorted out insurance now mate?
Drive to the Ring will be a laugh

More progress on the grille tonight as its ALMOST finished

[Skorpion]

Be good to see that grille on the car once its done. Looks good atm though!

Made some awesome buys and will have to have a look at fcs! Then again probably only see your new exhaust as you overtake me on track!

[RedB]

Originally Posted by Skorpion

Be good to see that grille on the car once its done. Looks good atm though!

Made some awesome buys and will have to have a look at fcs! Then again probably only see your new exhaust as you overtake me on track!

Ta Skorpion - its been to long without a grille tbh...

Trying to loose the shed approach and sort the exterior out a bit before FCS to a half-decent standard

Grille has been fully painted and given around 4 or 5 decent coats of lacquer.
Removed the rest of the top bumper of yesterday to test-fit everything and get everything in place.

Measured the grille to the upper bumper (original grille mounts were fooked to be fair lol) so i had to use some filler and bondant to make decent new mounts up so the whole thing stays in place.

Been left to dry and harden for the last 24-odd hours just as a precaution!

Quick polish up and a wipe then i'll re-fit the finished jobby back onto the car in a bit

[Adam_Q]

Get it on now fella! I'd started mine before you and I finished yesterday lol!

[Viper]

yeah, insurance is all cool. covered for the whole of the EU for no extra

going to be immense!

[RedB]

Originally Posted by adz21

Get it on now fella! I'd started mine before you and I finished yesterday lol!

You have time to spare tho mate lol

Originally Posted by Viper

yeah, insurance is all cool. covered for the whole of the EU for no extra

going to be immense!

Good to hear man!
Canny wait haha!

[RedB]

Right end of excuses.

The grille is finished and pictures speak louder than words.
I'll add some anyway...

Added a couple of top coats to make the flake pop more and add depth as the last few coats seemed a bit thin to me...



Left to dry for 24 hours-ish and then added a few decent layers of lacquer to add shine, gloss and protection to the finish...







Layed the grille on top of the upper-bumper section to get an idea of how much i needed to fill and bond to make the custom mounts strong enough to hold and keep the grille in place...









After leaving the filler and bonding mixture for another 24 hours
I re-measured up the backing mesh...















Fitting the grille...
(Whoring skills havnt been up to much recently as you can see lol)









I'll get some before + after's of all three versions of grille's that have been on my car the last few months so you can see how much better this looks.

Glad its finished and fitted after 2 weeks of work.
Couldn't be arsed to mess the finish up and have to re-do anything so i
took time and got it pretty much spot-on with just rattle cans and some patience

Red

[Payney]

I like that, nice work Red.

How you doing?

[grantlowery]

Looks awesome mate. really like how the grille blends in