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[haggi961]

Right that's the job done and next was to fit the dash back on and fit my carbon fibre dash plates and handle guards that my girlfriend bought me as a birthday present.(Sorry but i dont have pictures of just the dash plate and handle guards as i didnt get time so i just took a picture of the door cards that she also bought me later on).







I also had to fit the brain of the cd player, so the passenger seat needed to come out to fit it.

[haggi961]

Underneath the seat needed a good clean as it had never been done (i was hoping to find some money but no luck )
So i began fitting my the brain of the cd player ( for people who are wondering what this extra bit is for its makes the cd player work and it has all the pre-outs and necessary connectors to make my amp work when i buy one, I can also connect the sat-nav to it so it can be played through the 7inch screen. It can also have reversing cameras if i ever get round to buying them. So i fixed it down with the strongest Velcro that i could find which was £21 off ebay for a 10meter roll(sorry no pictures again)



Then i took out my plastic N/A centre console out and found out why my led wasn't working as it had fallen off.



and fitted it with my turbo centre console which looks loads better than the cheap plastic one in my opinion.
Then a good clean up was in order and to fit my seat back in again to finish the job off.

[haggi961]

After the seat was fitted back in i put the dash back on and fitted my carbon fibre dash plates.







A picture with the cd player open.



Then next was to fit my carbon handle guards and turbo door cards.(sorry i have no before pictures)





Then a picture of it all fitted with the cd player open.

[haggi961]

I still have a bit to go with this section for example the carbon door cards to fit, its just i haven't had time to do it just yet.

[dav6450]

That all looks mint mate, I hope someday time/money permitting mine will look something along those lines. Do you mind me asking where you got hold of the new black centre console as I agree it looks way better than the standard silver plastic one

[haggi961]

That all looks mint mate, I hope someday time/money permitting mine will look something along those lines.
Do you mind me asking where you got hold of the new black centre console as I agree it looks way better than the standard silver plastic one

There was a guy braking a turbo for parts so i just asked if he had any turbo centre console going and to my luck he did. If you wanted to get a brand new one then autovaux would do you one but it would cost fortune, but if you ring around the scrap yards im sure there would be one going.

[fred666]

Fair play that cd player comes out a long way to clear the dash All looks good mate, nice updates.

[haggi961]

Fair play that cd player comes out a long way to clear the dash All looks good mate, nice updates.

Thanks mate, and its the only 7inch cd player i could find that fitted the vx.

[haggi961]

Right I've got some more to update now. I bought a load of stuff from autovaux which consists of 30 new door card clips (£9.30) so I can do both sides and both triangle shape door cards bit, also a new alarm led as mine was broken (£10.57) and 2 door cover plates as mine were looking a bit tatty and some of the teeth had snapped off (£6.02) and 10 screws but autovaux sent me the wrong ones (£2.70) so a grand of £37.27 delivered.



next was to fit the carbon fibre door cards so i took the whole door cards off and put new door card clips in both side and the traingle bits





Now some pictures of all the carbon fibre interior fitted.

[haggi961]

I then fitted the door cover plates but they look dirty in the picture because i had to put in boiling hot water to soften them up to make them fit and they got a bit dirty in the process, but they cleaned up afterwards.



I bought some seat covers off ebay £8 to try and look after the leather better on my seats





Also bought a few more cleaning products to keep her gleaming



I bought some turbo wheel arches from someone on here a while ago but forgot who it was, I think I payed about £50 for them. They look loads better then the standard N/A arches as the turbo ones are shiny.Here are the old ones:



Here is the turbo ones fitted:

[haggi961]

I recently bought a scangauge off ebay. This is one awesome bit of kit as it does so many things for such a small item, one of the features I like is that I can switch the radiator fan on and off as I please.



This is were I mounted it inside the cab.



also got my Ipod adapter that connects into my kenwood cd player its called KAC-ip500 and what it does is play all my music through the cd player and puts it on the screen so i can change and listen to what songs I want with the remote control so no messing around looking at the tiny screen on the ipod and another beneficial thing is that it charges at the same time.

[haggi961]

Here is were the ipod lives now.



I bought a carbon fibre gear stick sleeve of dapimp for £10 thanks for that mate, which covers the old rusty gear shaft up a treat and make it look loads better.







I got some new spark plugs as mine haven't been changed in a while, so I bought some upgraded ones, ngk laser platinum from ebay for £16.75 I did notice a big difference as it seems to run smoother now.

[haggi961]

Right i have a few things to update as i haven't been keeping on top of it lately. I fitted the alarm led that i purchased from last time as mine was bust. Next big job was to fit my engine mounts so i put an order into autovaux and got all four engine mounts £100.28 and i got an egr blanking plate for £2.86 and an oil filter for £4.89 and oil seal rings for £4.24 and the whole lot delivered was £139.26. My engine mounts were definitely gone as they were making the famous grinding sound when putting my foot down in first and second gear. Also while i was there i thought i would fit the uprated poly mounts from Courtenay sport £44.90 to give the extra protection. Sorry haven't got any pictures of fitting the engine mounts as i didn't have time but would like to say a big thanks to Chris for the help in fitting them and also soldering my new cheater on .


Next was the quick shift which i purchased from cliffie £39.00 delivered i must say this was a pig of a job to fit as the little spit pin was a PITA to get out and another thanks to Chris to helping me fit this, but we got there in the end and it has made a big difference into shortening the gears and a well worth while modification. No pictures again as i forgot to take them but have one of it fitted.


I then started to fit my exhaust rap to my U bend to take some of the heat off the clam as i didn't want to burn it. I must say i hate the exhaust rap as the stuff goes every were and is so itchy, but once its all fitted it made a big difference in keeping my clam cooler now. I made sure i bought some good exhaust rap as ive heard bad story's if you get the crap stuff so i bought some from my local rally specialist motor scope who recommend this stuff being good £12.00 for 5 metres and i also get some goodridge stainless steel tie £16.50 to hold the rap on from them also.


Then with it all fitted.

[haggi961]

Next was to shorten my gear shaft and replace with a new momo race gear knob which i won off ebay for £24.50 delivered.


I then got a hack saw and cut off the bit i didn't need.


After it was cut i fitted my new gear nob and the height was loads better and didn't stick out like a sore thumb like it did.


I then took my ecotec engine plate off.



I then fitted my harness bar and harness, which wasn't a bad job to fit the only pain was taking the seat out twice to get the seat belt catch to fit in with my center console but thats my fault.

Edited by haggi961, 03 October 2010 - 09:51 PM.

[haggi961]

Next to fit was my gear surround which ive have had for some time now but haven't got round to fitting it.


Now fitted and looks loads better and finishes the center console off nicely.



I then fitted my turbo spoiler which i had sprayed at my local spray garage.


This bit i must say i hated watching as the drill went into my clam, but after a bit of sorting and some tiger seal in the holes to stop the rain getting in it was fitted and the look of the back end of my vx is now perfect, as its been crying for a spoiler for some time now.




I wont be buying much more for my car atm as my next big thing is 300bhp

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Keep it coming fella; I love your VX and I admire the effort and dedication you are putting in. You have turned into a smashing motor from an average motor. Well done.

[Seb.F]

Nice work Luke You put in a tremendous amount of effort.

[haggi961]

Thanks for the comments guys and it sorts of feels like im getting somewhere now but still a long way to go and SC is next so i cant wait.

[fred666]

Love the attention to detail.

[chris_uk]

looks great now with the spoiler, you need to get the car lowered a tad now and i think some turbo splitters would suit that really well looking forward to seeing the lights black