Been a while since I last updated, but I've not had much to write about 'til now, not that I've done that much either. Had a few other things that I needed to take care of first, like uni, which I failed:doh:
Wheels
Got some new wheels a bit ago to use over the winter months. Bought mainly for the tyres as the old ones were going bare. They're 14" Wolfrace 5 spokes. Not put them on yet as the stock steelies are a lot of fun in this snowy weather we've had, a little slippy with some tail-out action too, but still very much controllable. Has put alot of sports-exec cars and white vans to shame passing them on hills and at junctions as they just sit there spinning thier wheels.
So these are getting a fresh lick of paint while the old tyres still have some use, then I'll put 'em on next week.
When I got them:
After sanding:
Painted, on car: next week maybe.
Clear Repeaters
Have been looking for a set of these since about april, only thing on the car that's not blue, beside rear clusters, and stood out from the paint massively. Didn't want to spend £20 on new ones, so I played the waiting game:suspect: That didn't work so I bought some 2nd hand nissan terrano(?) stock or they might have been aftermarket ones, almost same size and shape but only a 5th of the price, connector at the back (the 3 prong screw-in thing) looks the same, but was a little different, but rotated it fits in well.
SI Dials
Another item I've been waiting ages for. Only seen about 4 SIs being broke for parts since spring, and either the dials have been sold or they're wanting £110+ for 'em. Thought sod paying that much, I'd rather go without the tacho or use an aftermarket one. But after an ebay search a couple of days ago I finally found a set, and got them with shipping for £15 -hell of a bargin imo. One tab was broken and a couple of bulbs were blown but other than that it was just a simple swap, no need for extra wires or anything. Only negative is that the displayed mileage has more than doubled
, so I'm guessing it's the dial unit that stores the mileage as oppossed to the ecu which is what I've heard.
front:
back:
in car:
in car, lights on:
