Diablo 306 HDi Project

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Just a short update before the new year as some things have changed since my last post.
 
To start off, a couple of pics taken at the End of Season Expo J







I have since swapped out the full tanned leather cabriolet seats and put in the original Meridian black half leathers. I’m on the lookout currently for some decent bucket seats and harnesses to put in.

I also got a set of upper and lower OMP strut braces, the upper of which I’ve fitted.

Finally got a manual boost controller on the car, I just need to take the inlet off drill and tap to get a boost gauge in. I’ve been a bit side-tracked with other projects and work but it’s getting there.

I decided with the cold weather to put my headliner back in the car, although it still remains stripped out in the rear. 



I also got rid of my original steering wheel as chunks were starting to come off it.



OMP wheel and boss much improved the driving position and feel, even with standard seats.

I impulse bought a set of Wilwood 4 pot front calipers with mounts.





I won’t be fitting these right away but I had a moment of weakness when they came up for sale. So I guess I have them now  

I also noticed some wheels I liked come up for sale for a reasonable price and had another ‘moment’ of weakness.





I’m not even sure these will fit over the calipers as they’re 15s but we will have to see.

I test fitted them tonight with 20mm spacers and they look decent, The rear end is going to require lowering a bit more and probably a tad less spacer to get it sitting perfectly.





Gave the car its final full detail of the year a few weeks ago with the help of my friend Adam at ABRevolutions. The session took the two of us 5 hours. We washed, cleaned all trim, clayed, machine polished, sealed, waxed, and cleaned the windows inside and out. Then cleaned, polished, and sealed the wheels.

The fruits of our labour….



You’ll have to excuse the lack of front grille and odd headlights, it was around MOT time so I had to make some minor changes to get it through and have yet to put it back together.














Finally just a little test footage from SJ4000 GoPro clone. Made a mount out of an old headrest, little bit shaky but you get the idea. Need to tweak the settings and as usual compression has nuked the video.



Looking forwards to what the new year brings 
Thanks for reading, Merry Christmas!