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[karlb123]

Pop round mine on Sat mate 10.30am if your about as the NPC are at my pad to swap out my suspension, nice silver and black theme here

 

You talking too me? haha

[Barton]

Yarp, I've dropped Olly a line to see if I can pick up the cars history, I've also got a set of mirror plinths in silver

[karlb123]

Yarp, I've dropped Olly a line to see if I can pick up the cars history, I've also got a set of mirror plinths in silver

 

Kool!

 

Pm me your address then and leme know a time and I'll be there!

 

Ooo how much? I only need the one

[Wolfstone]

Am I still welcome on Saturday Barty Boy or have you rescinded my NPC membership?

 

 

[Barton]

I'd got you booked in Wolfy along with James.a and Hainesy, your NPC to the bone buddy

Edited by Barton, 27 January 2015 - 05:50 AM.

[Arno]

Also spotted something failed to see when looking around pre-purchase, some damage to wing mirror mount. Again where can I get one of these as this will bug me.

 

 

 

 

 

Or fit S2 Elise plinths that also move the mirrors outward a bit and give better rear visibility. Only need some minor modification to fit (need to sand off a little at the bottom edge to clear the VX door curve)

 

https://www.verboom....1101/index.html

 

 

Bye, Arno.

[Ali87]

I'm constantly shooing the girlfriend's bloody cats off the VX. They like to play in the mud first to cause maximum annoyance. Then I get in trouble for chasing them!

[Barton]

I've got S2 plinths on mine you can see on Sat.

[karlb123]

Yeah Ill take a look see how much the viz improves with them!

 

Ive ordered more foam to improve the seats as they did my back in on the drive home from picking it up!

[karlb123]

Left work early today and got the heat gun out and finally released these bad boys ready to go off for a new lacquer coat

 

Also my additional foam padding arrived for adding to the seats, and whilst at it I will add some creature comfort....mainly for lady friends ;-)

Edited by karlb123, 28 January 2015 - 07:17 PM.

[karlb123]

Quiet in the office, so just knocked up some DO NOT STEP sill stickers black text on bright day glo orange!!

Should be striking against the silver

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

 

red soft top would suit that nicely

 

Yeah but then my silver/black scheme is ruined! haha

 

 

hard to do with red seats  

[karlb123]

 

 

red soft top would suit that nicely

 

Yeah but then my silver/black scheme is ruined! haha

 

 

hard to do with red seats  

 

Shhhhhhhhh 

[The Knobs]

Is that your gas van as i need my boiler servicing in Northampton and will need a gas cert for my place in Oxford soon too

[karlb123]

It's my dad and brother but they are extremely well priced, get in touch and I'm sure you'll be surprised

[Barton]

The Northampton crew is growing  

[karlb123]

So now the forums working again...

 

Went out for a impromptu mini meet with the NPC, was tarred and feathered for the 

Here are the stickers -2 fitted, 2 spares

 

I also popped to Halfrauds and picked up some new tyre weld as the original was missing when I got the car. I also fitted a washer wiper and plumbed this in to. Followed by shortly removing all the leaves and detritus that was collecting in the gutter.

 

 

I then finally dusted off my tool kit and set to work removing seats. 5 mins in 3 out of 4 removed, then discovered that someone had rounded the allen head of the bolt under the seat (the awkward one) so now on a mission today to knock it around now Ive managed to create a notch in it....failing that dremel off and then deal with fallout of the left bolt body....

 

 

 

 

 

[karlb123]

Update-

 

Those who didn't know....I swapped alloys, also past 2 days ive been out from 6pm till 10pm working away!

 

 

 

Had to cut the bolt in the end as the previous owner(s) had rounded it off...great! And finally removed the old bolt with dads

 

Whilst seats were out, I hoovered and cleaned the metal work with a cleaner. There was evidence of corrosion/pitting so will be treating with some ACF-50 blocker once I can get some. I also removed Olly's nuclear blast resistant velcro! Took some effort to get the sills clean again!

 

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Both seats were removed, have had extra foam added for comfort and also heated seat kit.

 

I was able to get the dash off after getting through Olly's nuclear strength tiger seal, although in the end didn't need to but till take the opportunity to re-seal and line with silver foil tape.

 

And ta-da heated seat kit fitted.

 

Close up

 

I also re-attached 3 broken off female carpet attach points.

 

To do-

 

ACF-50 treat rear floor.

Install boot light

Install cabin pockets & rear cargo net

Install bluetooth handsfree kit

Install fire extinguishers

Repair alarm Led

Work out rear boot gas strut cocnept

 

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Is that a spout from a tube of super glue by the locking wheel nut grommet? I'll be interested to see what you come up with for the bonnet struts, it's something I have thought of doing in the past but never got round to.

[fezzasus]

No point at all covering the ducting in silver tape. By that point the heat is already where you want it (cabin) and the amount of heat loss through radiation is minimal. There are better ways to spend your time/money.