Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

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cab looks epic and will be even epic-er shortly!

Some more pics from today's shenanigans..

God knows about the tyres, he said "two left, two right yeah?" and they only had to bead blast two wheels, one would think they'd have twigged they were staggered fitment. Oh well, hopefully no new rubber needed.

For those that don't know, this is the face I was greeted with a lot of the day.



That's right, the "i don't think this will work" - "yeah it will, just get on with it" - "are you REALLY sure..?" face. Craig needs to seriously MTFU and just start chopping bits with an angle grinder for once in his life. OWAIT...



YEAHHH!

Went from this



To this



With some deft angle-grindery and some ingenious use of an old Mini exhaust and a few pop rivets. Cable ties, silicone, pop rivets, clamps, gun gum. Hammer. The man's tool supply.

My mobile bodyshop (read: decent sized hammer that lives in the boot of my car) got to work on his arches too. Whilst this is worth UBER scene points, it's maybe not practical for a daily driver



Nice polished ring of rubber and a few cheeky curls on the arch ;D So scene I could die.

Bash bash bash



Limited light when tidying up, signs of a day well spent. I've a feeling me and Craig getting together is going to be an unhealthy relationship. Family members are concerned...









Anyway that's Craig's cab. I'm sure you'll see a lot more of it over the coming weeks.

Here's a photo of mine keeping out of the way and unmodified for the most part of the day.



I found five minutes spare and decided I don't like the fact the washers don't work, it's rather inconvenient. So here was my plan.

Bottle of water, meet scuttle panel. Scuttle panel, bottle of water.



Swap the washer pipes to go the opposite way



Note the soot on the bonnet from the current lack of exhaust

Move this little guy from the OS to the NS bonnet hinge



Jam the washer bottle grommet into the bottle, then jam the bottle in the scuttle panel. Realise said bottle is probably a little small, plan to fit something a bit bigger at a later date. Extend wiring, check it works, be happy you've no more leaky pipes and the ability for all the washer fluid to drain out overnight.



Oh and in other good news, I now have a working rev counter and can confirm chronic boostingz. 20psi is hit by 2250rpm, which is more than quick enough spool when you've no grip.

But in bad news, a brake pad fell out my rear brakes today. Couldn't get a new fitting kit (L-bracket thing) so I clamped off the flexi, being clever like that. Only I clamped it with the handbrake on, so half way home the wheel locked up and sent me a bit sideways on a roundabout. Pulled over, realised what i'd done, went to grab the clamp holding the flexi, couldn't reach, grabbed the wheel area to get further under the car and put three fingers and a thumb square on a red hot brake disc. 2nd degree burns to the thumb, first degree to the fingers.

FML.