28-11-2014, 10:52 AM
Latest update... I have run out of money for this month. Doing 600+ miles a week has considerably crippled me. Plan as said elsewhere is to get the estate on the road and reshell this into a 3 door and make it into a track weapon.
In the mean time with lack of funds I have received a spare lower engine mount housing, reverse cable and gti6 gearstick. Plan for the engine mount housing is to get the stock mount out and fit the baker BM one whilst its off the car and then just swap the housing over. Much easier than doing it on the car I feel. GTI6 reverse cable and gear stick are going to be used as im sick of the current setup which makes it very difficult to reverse and consistantly makes me look like a tool when parking.
Other things bought and not used i the polishing kit for the fondmetals. I have a bit of time at the moment and with no money I got started with this. For anyone who has seen my wheels we all know they are always dirty. I bought them with a bit of corrosion and fitted them straight to the car. Theyve only got worse and caked in brake dust.
Sanding with 240 and 400 grit cleaned them up and got the brake dust off. Then the harsh wheel and black compound...
![[Image: IMG_20141127_191148_zpsgdxlqrbn.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20141127_191148_zpsgdxlqrbn.jpg)
and then the medium wheel and green compound... which leaves everything pretty shiny!
![[Image: IMG_20141127_214228_zpscp963mk6.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20141127_214228_zpscp963mk6.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_20141127_195227_zpsvhznsxdn.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20141127_195227_zpsvhznsxdn.jpg)
Still one more wheel and compound to go. Need to use the smaller polishing bits to get around the base of the rim and around the valve. Looking much better than they ever have been. Its taken probably the best part of 3 hours to get this far on one wheel!
In the mean time with lack of funds I have received a spare lower engine mount housing, reverse cable and gti6 gearstick. Plan for the engine mount housing is to get the stock mount out and fit the baker BM one whilst its off the car and then just swap the housing over. Much easier than doing it on the car I feel. GTI6 reverse cable and gear stick are going to be used as im sick of the current setup which makes it very difficult to reverse and consistantly makes me look like a tool when parking.
Other things bought and not used i the polishing kit for the fondmetals. I have a bit of time at the moment and with no money I got started with this. For anyone who has seen my wheels we all know they are always dirty. I bought them with a bit of corrosion and fitted them straight to the car. Theyve only got worse and caked in brake dust.
Sanding with 240 and 400 grit cleaned them up and got the brake dust off. Then the harsh wheel and black compound...
and then the medium wheel and green compound... which leaves everything pretty shiny!
Still one more wheel and compound to go. Need to use the smaller polishing bits to get around the base of the rim and around the valve. Looking much better than they ever have been. Its taken probably the best part of 3 hours to get this far on one wheel!