--Mr N-- End of the beggining 17/09/09

[rey]

looks good buddy!

glad you got it all sorted out

[MR_N]

Originally Posted by Wayne

Looking good bud whens the bonnet getting sprayed as it looks like it's in primer.

Thats just the pic mate, its all sprayed up and well.

Another pic that shows it better, still a shite phone pic though

[Wayne]

Thank goodness for that looks superb, must just the reflection in the other pic

[MR_N]

yeah sun was on it and the phone isnt the best camera in the world lol

[MR_N]

Havent really updated since after the crash so ill give a little somthing.

Insurance company have said that i cant mod my car anymore as they wont be covering mods when my insuance renews. So im starting to stock pile parts until march when it renews and i go with another company.

In the mean time this gives my the oppertunity to tie up all the loose ends on the car and have a big update in march.
Main things to address are the rear beam which is in desperate need of a rebuild which should be happening just after trax.
Droplinks and a few other suspension parts have been changed, and im also looking to uprate the engine mounts to spoox fast road ones soon.

Currently ive just changed the open air filter back to the standard in hopes to find the end of my rev sticking a touch when changing gear. This has also helped emmisions and i suffer alot less heat soak than before tbh.
Im looking to relocate the battery to the boot and route the airfilter over to the right of the bay in the future.

Also fitted apex springs and dampers to the front and still running my group n's at the rear. Has a nice nose down (40/25) stance now which im quite in love with. Also handles alot better on road with this setup. Very good fast road setup as the apex kit is alot firmer than i though

Not really much else to report. Except for this which ive been working on and needs to get sprayed before trax. Anyone guess what it is? Clue is that pred beat me to it by getting his finished first.



Erm... parts im stockpiling for march are along the lines of 4pots / wheels / alot of fast road interior goodies and some parts for a mega 16v conversion. If anyone is interested lol

[MR_N]

no one cares

[rushy_23]

Didnt realise you had a bump! You okay dude?

Sounds like your making a plan of it anyhow. Hopefully works out in the end matey.

[iDaNz_VTR]

is that a boot lid looks good i wont one

[MR_N]

Originally Posted by iDaNz_VTR

is that a boot lid looks good i wont one

Yeah its a boot trim. Smoothed off the hole in it and fitted a popper. Really easy to do mate. I got the trim from the scrappy for £3. Then just filler and fibreglass and a tad of patience.
Popper kits from ebay and the like arnt too bad either. really easy to fit.

Originally Posted by rushy_23

Didnt realise you had a bump! You okay dude?

Sounds like your making a plan of it anyhow. Hopefully works out in the end matey.

Oh yes i bumped it good rush. Yeah im great dude.
Just stocking up on some parts atm. so im only tieing up loose ends now. Keep it clean and tidy till some bigger brakes jump on Also plans for 16v on their way

[iDaNz_VTR]

ok cool , can you make a thread how to do it or wud ya do it if so how much will you charge lol , how would i open my boot :|

[MR_N]

Boot works on a solenoid. Basicaly a little motor that sits inside the interior boot trim, (mine is where the central locking motor was) And it runs a cable to a switch that can be mounted anywhere in the car. mine is down by the gear stick but you can make it so it opens when you swtich on your rewiper (if you dewipered it)
Heres a vid of it in action: (excuse the wire, thats now hidden through the tailgate and along the headling)


and the switch (will be moved in future but does the job there):


With the boot trim. All i did was cut a small piece of mesh to go inside where the lock was and placed some fibre glass matting over it from the inside. Then fillered over the top part. Then sanded back and fillered again to remove any small lumps (do this several times) Then primer it as it shows up more bumps to be removed.

[MR_N]

Update before trax

Smoothed Boot lock!



As the eagle eyed amoung you will notice the colour is a bit off, probely due to the fact the laquer we used didnt react very well as has got a sort of matt effect now
So still unsure if ill be rocking this or the standard lock for trax, depends how well i can polish it up, ill be sending the trim off to the body shop next week anyway to get it sprayed again.

See you all at trax, thanks for looking

Regards

Sam

[J222JRA]

boot lock looks much better smoothed mate, shame the lacquer messed up.

[MR_N]

Originally Posted by J222JRA

boot lock looks much better smoothed mate, shame the lacquer messed up.

Yeah even after we sprayed just the colour it didnt look right. Laquer just went wrong lol. It'll be sent off to be sprayed next week so its all good.

[J222JRA]

paint can be a right pain sometimes lol. Will be good to see this for the first time at trax mate

[MR_N]

Will be good to see yours aswell mate. Im usualy easy to spot as its the only crimson one who goes to trax on sax-p (i think) First time people get to see my new ride height aswell 40/25 ftw

[J222JRA]

im going without the car lol.......but i will introduce myself mate.

[MR_N]

lol sweet mate no worries

[MR_N]

Boot trim dosent look good, infact ive decided it looks shit.
Ill be going to trax with the original one on with the boot button in it.

[MR_N]

Right peoples.
This thread is going slower than a stoned snail tbh.

All the updates and plans have changed more than the weather.
So, Im thinking this will be the end of this thread. But no fear! Ill be back soon with some better updates in a whole new thread. Maybe the next one could be a bit better layed out on my behalf with some definate plans for the motor. PLus the last few pages of this one have been a bit depressing.

I'll leave it up to the mods to decide wether this thread needs to be closed or to leave it running til it dies away.

Thanks for all the positive comments through the thread and keep an eager eye out for the new and improved thread of love.

Regards


Sam