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[gaffer1986]

Just walked round my recently purchased car to make a list of things to do:

 

 

Paint the bonnet bracket, not sure if I can remove it so I may just have to use a brush instead of spay.

 

20160703_114532 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Remove the sun strip, shame as I really like it but it ruins the wiper blade. Whoever installed this is very skilled, never seen something stuck on so neatly.

 

20160703_114919 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Clean the sticky stuff off the window, white spirit?

 

20160703_120018 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Looks like the shiny stuff between the engine and boot is peeling away:

 

20160703_120550 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

These window seals are a really good idea but are a little too big and peeling off, so try to reattach better or find some better fitting seals:

 

20160703_120603 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Replace this plastic stuff above the rear wheel, my girlfriend pointed out that it looks terrible and she rarely comments on cars:

 

20160703_120618 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Fit a VX220 metal surround:

 

20160703_120633 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Make up my mind if I want to fit an original grille or stick to this one, it does rattle loudly which annoying:

 

20160703_120718 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Respray front, next summer I'm thinking after a winter of track days:

 

20160703_120758 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Remove HIDs as they have caused my wires to burnout in the past:

 

20160703_120854 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

Replace front splitter as it looks terrible, not sure if to get the same Leon splitter again or fit the turbo corner splitters:

 

20160703_120805 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

Not sure if this can be fixed if I wanted to stick to the Leon splitter:

 

20160703_122229 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_122209 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Replace tired looking wing mirrors, the black plastic parts are now grey:

 

20160703_120907 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Refurb front and rear lights:

 

20160703_120838 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_120938 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_120949 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Remove carbon trim and replace with anthracite standard trim:

 

20160703_121238 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Get some proper mats as these look like they have been cut from carpet, they don't quite fit and slide around:

 

20160703_150818 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Replace gear knob and gaiter:

 

20160703_121254 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

Change tyres or fit anthracite TD 1.2s with relevant brackets to prevents the arch gaps. Have no idea what these tyres are but I really like the mint standard anthracite wheels:

 

20160703_121112 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

20160703_121117 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Remove the raimining carpet and give the inside of the tub a very good clean, any recommendations on how to clean this it would be appreciated. I've heard WD40 is good but sounds rather oily:

 

20160703_121305 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Repair Soft top:

 

20160625_184014 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Fit new wiper blade arm kit from VX220 parts:

 

20160625_183949 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Repair heater, this one seems pretty good so I don't think I'll need a fezza:

 

20160625_183825 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160625_183813 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

In the process of refurbing the wheel, I'll post a how to guide if I'm succesful:

 

2016-07-03_03-04-15 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Cover the centre console and sills in padding and leather to help my knees on the long all day journeys:

 

20160703_150857 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_150644 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

[font="arial;"]Seal up the tub as my last one leaked on wet track days:[/font]

 

[font="arial;"]20160703_150828 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]Fit new window winders from VX220 parts:[/font]

 

[font="arial;"]20160703_150801 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]This thing fell off, maybe fit a smaller mirror but dimming is essential in this car:[/font]

 

[font="arial;"]20160703_150718 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]Fit DAB radio, this radio only gets BBC radio 1:[/font]

 

[font="arial;"]20160703_150754 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]Retrim seats with padding and fit heater elements:[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]20160703_150659 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr[/font]

 

 

[font="arial;"]Finish importing the car which looks like it will take 4-6 weeks and get the throttle responding properly.[/font]

 

[fezzasus]

Window seals are correct, however don't appear to have been fitted well. they're fitted to later Elises

[rob999]

Magic sponges tend to work fairly well on the tub.

And as for heater elements in the seats, Colchester folk can't be very tough! ::

[gaffer1986]

Window seals are correct, however don't appear to have been fitted well. they're fitted to later Elises

That's great advice thanks, I'll look into it.

[gaffer1986]

Magic sponges tend to work fairly well on the tub. And as for heater elements in the seats, Colchester folk can't be very tough! ::

Thank you, haha to be honest I'm not bothered about heated seats but I promised my girlfriend the VX220 would have them as she wanted me to keep the Z4M as she loved the bum warmers. However I've got to have a good heater as I don't want to do a third winter in the cold.

[gaffer1986]

So just removed the heater box, easy up until you need to lift it out and it gets snagged on the wiring loom brackets and wiper motor.

 

As you can see I scratched the motor up pretty bad:

 

20160703_175448 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Here is the heater box, this one actually blows quite well, any ideas on how to fix this massive hole and reattach the cable bracket. Is it worth rewinding the motor or will is it not worth it?

 

2016-07-03_05-48-29 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_183728 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160703_183722 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Did well at catching the coolant 

 

20160703_175428 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[Ormes]

Nice little 'fix up' project

[gaffer1986]

Oh sh*t, just drilling the rivets and went a bit deep, hope I haven't pierced the copper pipe.

 

20160706_201054 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160706_201050 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

I think these heater's days are numbered looking at how corroded the innards are after 53,000 miles.

 

2016-07-06_08-54-02 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Fan looks clean though

 

2016-07-06_09-05-05 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

Edited by gaffer1986, 06 July 2016 - 08:15 PM.

[Doctor Ed]

fwiw I doubt you damaged the core with the drill Lucky!

[gaffer1986]

I filled it up with coolant and left it a while, doesn't appear to be leaking. Phew!

[gaffer1986]

Cleaned and ready to reassemble with tiger seal and new rivets. Will fit a new piece of ABS plastic over the hole and reattached the hot/cold control.

 

2016-07-06_10-03-04 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

Edited by gaffer1986, 06 July 2016 - 09:32 PM.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

cracking on!

[gaffer1986]

One thing at a time next is finish the steering wheel then fix the roof.

[VegyBS]

Will you be looking to sell the CF bits? Interested to see how your wheel turns out!

[gaffer1986]

Will you be looking to sell the CF bits? Interested to see how your wheel turns out!

I'll be sure to post a picture when I have time to finish it. I will be selling the carbon fibre bits. I already have someone who is interested in them although I haven't thought about the value of them yet.

[gaffer1986]

Starting to get somewhere, fixed the cracks on the plastic box with this glue, it's amazing stuff, feels even stronger than the plastic after about 5-10 seonds:

 

20160708_163728 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

 

Also cut some plastic to fill the hole:

 

20160708_162549 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160708_163331 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20160708_163734 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr