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I have a few updates The Mk6 Colt suffers from a stiff gear stick where it struggles to spring back to neutral, it also makes selecting gears difficult. The BMW Mini R50 shares the same part of the getrag gearbox and luckily they have a repair pin which resolves the issues. I helped replace the...

A couple of updates from the past few weeks Dynodaze sent me their new single axis short shifter to fit and review I was lucky enough to find a new old stock Momo gear shifter, which timed well with the short shifter install The next mini project was to split a spare pair of...

The DIY Brake Duct video is now on my Youtube channel

The next bright idea I had was to carry on with the fog light duct idea, but this time use them for brake ducts. I called upon my Paul (@pollyp } who is very knowledgable when it comes with making things from scratch, and hes a dab hand at 3D modelling. I gave him some dimensions and explained...

I've been putting off updating purely because of the lack of major updates, I'm sure the first couple below wouldn't have been worth it. Anyway... get comfy, grab some snacks and a drink...its a big one The first change was some more painting of the interior, this time the climate control rings...

I was getting bored of the plain black and grey interior, so I spruced it up a little by painting the air vent trims and speedo cluster rings in Nissan Bayside Blue While it was apart I swapped the climate control bulbs for some blue LEDs. Wednesday just gone, it was finally time to...

I've had a noisy wheel bearing for lil while, diagnosing it as the driver's rear corner. Luckily these are a bolt on hub unit so fitting should be straight forward, so they say! Here's the YT video, probably boring to most but I've uploaded everything so far so may aswell carry on. Plus, I...

The Colt Ralliart is a facelift of the CZT which came with tinted tail lights. I found some at a reasonable price and they look much better. [VIDEO] Next up I bought some cheap eBay 'mods'. The first were some eyelids/eye brows/light brows how ever you wish to call them. I wanted to try...

Its been a year since I last posted anything constructive (new coilpacks, rocker cover gasket etc) The R34 had taken abit of a back burner due to the Micra K11 and Colt CZT but it's time to give it some well deserved attention Back in 2020 when the UK went into its Covid lockdown, I repainted...

Choosing a set of wheels for a build is an important and daunting task. There are alot of factors to consider (well, depends how fussy you are) which include design, fitment, colour and price. The Colt CZT has a PCD of 4x114.3 with a factory wheel size of 16x6.5j ET46 Initially I thought of...

I added some more colour to the engine bay by painting parts of the engine cover Inbetween the rain showers I managed to get the car jacked up and rust treated the boot floor Primed with Zinc primer 2 coats of underbody seal This time of year makes for some great photos...

I used a piggyback fuse holder so it was just the case of unplugging that and refitting the original fuse

Last Wednesday I swapped the manifolds over, things weren't as simple as I originally thought. I also took a visit to the main dealer to purchase new manifold > turbo gasket and new hardware. The next job to do immediately after was to replace the coolant hoses. The design of the new...

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I had last week off work, half of that was spent indoors because of typical british weather. But I did manage to sort some jobs out on the Colt. First on the list was to restore the oxidised headlights Here are some after photos By far a perfect outcome as the passenger light is...

Although the factory side mount intercooler performed faultess, every likes a front mount right? I got in contact with a local company called Stealthwerx who are an Airtec dealer who ordered it in for me. Here's the latest video now up on my Youtube [video] Here are some photos :) Before...

Had this fitted a little while but struggled to find time to go get videos Scorpion cat back exhaust is now fitted

Having been using forums for quite a number of years (I think I started using them circa 2004) I've always enjoyed the whole process. I'm abit late to the party, but I've decided to attempt a Vlog along side the forum posts. It's going to take some time building up my confidence because I hate...

First update is a boring one I'm afraid First thing to do with any car is to do a service IMO. I dont think the oil filter has been changed in a while though (changed at 82,900) I noticed the windscreen wasn't clearing too well and it didn't smell too great either. I drained the...