Tom Booth Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 As Paul says Mike, If your car is a keeper I'd look at improving on his work. Is there any access holes to your inner sills? Can you get in there if you take the lower belt bolt out? I'd lash that full of a good quality wax oil. Don't buy any multibuy eBay crud, try and aim for something good and load both sides full. You'll stand a better chance of these repairs lasting. Try and find some of the aerosols with the long flexi nozzle to get in all the nooks and crannies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 The re-spray is going to cost me less than £300. Both sills will cost £480 in total. To do it properly you're looking at £400 per side and then £1000+ for a spray. The car cost me £900. If it was a Porsche Boxster or an S2000, your points would be valid, but it's just a sub-grand weekend / track toy that I can throw around. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Spending more money on the Subaru as every day goes by. I just got home to a PM from somebody I message a week ago about a set of Girodisk floating front discs for sale, he had them up for £250 and I offered £200. He sold them, but just messaged me saying the guy has backed out and never paid up. I've spoken to the person who was buying them to make sure I'm not being scammed and it is legit. So they're on their way. Then like an idiot I spent most of today looking at stock location GT30's. If I'm getting it mapped which is going to cost £600 and give me 380BHP I might as well spend £925 and have an Alcatek ECU fitted and mapped, and I might as well spend a grand on a billet stock location GT30 and have 450BHP, because the £600 will be wasted if I get bored of 380BHP. £2200 (when you factor gaskets and new bolts) for 120BHP is ridiculously cheap and will keep it 50BHP under the recommended ''blowing up'' territory as long as I have a bit of lag. I am slightly amazed at how easy it is to get big power out of these STI's; but then they aren't designed like the cars I'm used to. They were always built to be a fast car, so I guess it's to be expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Awwww yisssssssssss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Nice! I've been watching B is for Build recently, he has plenty of content and has a decent have a go attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Same, there's quite a few decent channels out there nowadays. I spend far too much time watching it all. Getting my windows tinted on Sunday, and doing a little DIY paint job. I might as well focus on aesthetics if I can't go fast! People seem to like it though, I get a surprising amount of comments. Anyone going to RetroRides Gathering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Anyone fancy a bit of old school VW? Mk1 Volkswagen Golf Karmann Convertable. - Recent roof replacement, all sealed. - Roof rewired, works flawlessly - New front shocks - Rear brakes renewed, new handbrake cables - Wheels are not original but I believe i have them hidden away somewhere - Alloy wheels, refurbished, X 4 new tyres. - Stacks of paperwork - 1.8 Petrol - Alarm and immobilisor fitted Has been dry stored for the two years I've had it, and will come with a full 12 months MOT. Was garaged by the previous owner for almost 10 years and seldom used, only in the summer months. The shell is the cleanest Mk1 I have seen. Little to no rust on the sills, or floor corners. Arches and wings are extremely clean. Fully under sealed/waxoiled. Appears to have had a respray in the non too distant past. The finish when clean is properly good. Photos are poor but I plan to dig it out of the store next week and give it a full detail and valet, and get some more. Not much room in there as Toyota use it to store their cars that aren't on the forecourt. Id have loved to keep it but after using their space for two years it has to go. Storing it elsewhere will undoubtably do it harm. £3300 ONO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Well, what a f**king awesome weekend. I went to my parents house Friday and had a bbq with abi. Whilst that was cooking I washed Boris. He's been at home for a few weeks and abs caught my first reaction on camera haha All washed I then took him for his mot. Passed with one advisory. Then onto the tar removal. Abi cracked on with that! Then I made a start on tidying the rear loom so it's all hidden. Before And afters. Still got some more tidying to do but it looks much better Trialled the paint too. Let dry overnight and I'm really happy with it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I like the grey idea Dan, I wanted to do something similar on my mini, but that just looks like primer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I'm so happy you've said that! As that's genuinely what I was looking for, I wanted to go for meteor grey which is the skoda fabia primer grey colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Your a strange child, Daniel. Should look cool though mate, really liking where your Clio is going. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Two of my wheel bearings now make more noise than the exhaust does. This does not bode well. I now have a mighty 306 1.9 non turbo Diesel as a daily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Thank you very much for the replies guys. I did some more bits to it yesterday, that included tidying the loom some more and removing the glue left over from the tar. Really easily done and not as bad as people make out on here - Simply rubbed it with automotive tar remover in a car. £3.30 for a small tin and used half of it. Wrapped some of the wires up that were loose such as this: 20160724_145824 by dann2707, on Flickr 20160724_145830 by dann2707, on Flickr I moved the earth cable for the rear lights as it trails down really low and looks ugly. Went from here... 20160724_150820 by dann2707, on Flickr To nut and bolted behind here. @Ben NBR Cup that is how i've done it, saves it trailing down! 20160724_150826 by dann2707, on Flickr Taped up the tailgate loom looking like this 20160724_151506 by dann2707, on Flickr To this 20160724_153007 by dann2707, on Flickr The back end now looks like this 20160724_151513 by dann2707, on Flickr 20160724_153003 by dann2707, on Flickr Roof is glue and tar free 20160724_154137 by dann2707, on Flickr Will be removing this soon enough 20160724_154141 by dann2707, on Flickr More pics of the rear 20160724_154145 by dann2707, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Alternator belt snapped this morning on the way to work, local ford guy I normally used is too busy to squeeze it in as a foreigner, local halfords autocentre couldn't get onto it tomorrow but couldn't give a price, local ats refused to even quote saying it was outside of their skillset Looked at it at lunchtime with one of the welders (who does a fair amount of his own car work) and within 10 minutes got the tensioner backed off and pinned in place ready to put a new belt on. Went to halfords (2 minute walk from work) and a new belt is 15 quid and delivered in a couple of hours Much easier to change than the one on my old focus, only got three pulleys and the tensioner to worry about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just accidentally all of my aircon and blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Hottest 2 weeks of the year, Dan thinks opportune moment to take A/C out 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Tom Booth on 10101 posts and he wastes it poking fun at dannnn366435311598 75 5457885. Worth it I reckon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 38 minutes ago, Tom Booth said: Hottest 2 weeks of the year, Dan thinks opportune moment to take A/C out Haha in my defence it hasn't worked for 2 years anyway! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 41 minutes ago, Tom Booth said: Hottest 2 weeks of the year, Dan thinks opportune moment to take A/C out Not before playing with the heat gun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 What a mong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 10 hours ago, dann2707 said: Just accidentally all of my aircon and blower. Refer to my comment about a thousand ago saying you should have just bought a 172 Cup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Where's the fun in just buying a car out right? I'd probably get bored and fit ac to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Why no spreader plates under the cage legs Dan? needs sorting mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, Prawny Baby said: Why no spreader plates under the cage lIve Dan? needs sorting mate Ive never understood this as the feet spread out the load anyway due to their size. Sure it needs them underneath though which it has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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