China XS, Shed to shiner

[Matt]

Wanna do me a card reader? That is f*cking awesome!!!!

[springs]

that does look cool tbh..

a guide / wiring guide would be cool

[Grant]

Had a pretty cool day helping Niall grind his valves into his head for the rebuild.
Toby came over and we did a bit to his car, on his massive round trip of the south of england! Haha was good to see you Toby.

Going to tint the headlights yellow tomorrow with light tinting film (kindly donated by Niall) and see how that looks, and hopfully fit the exhaust fire ring from the manifold to the downpipe as it it blowing more than an Asian hooker...

Few pics while the weather was nice, nothing fancy just auto mode on the camera for now :roll:

[Eeyore]

Love to see a guide for the card reader mate. looks epic and what paint did you use for it? Looks like a pretty good match for the stock dash colour!

[4WayDiablo]

Looks good mate! Love the carbon fuel caps :-)undecided on the yellow headlights but shall reserve judgement till i see it :-)

Liking the push button :-)

[Grant]

Looks good mate! Love the carbon fuel caps :-)undecided on the yellow headlights but shall reserve judgement till i see them

Yeah me too, not sure what they will look like, so will just have to see...

[samass]

realy like the job on the card reader and starter, proper OEM!
also waiting to see how the lights turn out... if you havent done it already and arent too far from me, id be happy to drive over so you could borrow mine to see how it looks

[Grant]

Didn't get masses done to the car today as spent most of it helping Niall sort the head out on his engine rebuild. Glad to see it coming on well and can't wait to see it fitted.

Finally fitted my other black mask headlight. Only after 6 months! Lol




And then ground down the lip on the butterfly to aid airflow through the throttle body. The interior walls of the throttle body were then also polished to help further.





Excuse the crappy phone pictures.
Whilst it may not look a lot, it's increased the area that the air can flow though by about 5% so hopefully should free up a little something...

Tomorrow I have to replace the fire ring connecting the downpipe to the manifold... Really not looking forward to it....

[Niall]

Can I just point out that this car is now broken down out side my house......typical French!

[Grant]

Okay okay! That part could have been left out! Lol

[Matt]

Broken down?! Oh noes what's gone wrong! Haha

[Grant]

The exhaust is blowing from the downpipe/manifold joint. Got it half off and then got the hump with it and ignored it or the afternoon lol

[Matt]

Fair enough. I need to sort mine. But can't be f*cked. Gunna just stick my '6 manifold on lol

[samass]

god that joint is such a b*stard! good luck with it mate!

[Grant]

I rang a local garage and they said 20 quid. I was like result! So took it down there and they pretty much said f*ck that and didn't want to do it lol.

We broke a 1.8 before and ended up throwing an angle grinder in the engine bay to cut it off lol

Not looking forwards to it at all....

[samass]

i dont blame them! when i put the engine in mine, i forgot to knock out one of the washer things from the manifold where the bolt goes in to hold the cat on, so i had to swap over manifolds, in situ, then bolt it all back up again for the mot. LOTS of swearing, such a pig

[Grant]

Time for an update!

New cat now on the car, had one made at longlife last week, so nice and shiny now! The old one was blocked solid, to the point where the back pressure wouldn't let the engine start at all...

So anyway, weekend is here, and it would be rude not to partake in car related activities!

Up onto stands she goes....


My extreme henchness...


Wheels sanded back and went and dry'ed


All in primer...


And painted


Lacquered, smooooooooth


Then offended the front of my car...


New discs and pads and wheel bolts painted black


New gearbox mount


Then this is what I'm thinking inside the wheels



^^^ Different

If i dont like it and it looks completely gay i just wont wash inside the rim lol

So all in all a busy day! Thanks to Niall for his help, and plenty more farting about with the car tomorrow

[4WayDiablo]

the red looks good on the grill, not sure on the inside? maybe just a classic red lion?

[Grant]

Errrr it's luminous pink lol. Crappy phone pictures for ya!

Does stand out a little!

[Connor]

That isn't you being hench... that's just shit tools

[Niall]

I can safely say that the white and luminous pink wheels look epic!

[4WayDiablo]

Finished pics or gtfo :-)

[Grant]

So the day started something like this:


Bit of snow foam never went amiss...


The finished article


And on the car




I wasnt to sure if I was going to like them, but I have decided that they look fapping epic! lol 8-)

[4WayDiablo]

lol are they stripey?

also wont be able to bring that bumper to camping unless someone going past portsmouth picks it up?
what you need it for? yours looks good?

[Grant]

No not stripey, just pink inside. Ok, how long are you gonna have it for I can come down and pick up up some time in the van...
Mines ok, but needs some plastic welding etc so just wanted one to redo and be able to take my time, not having to rush to get it back on...

[Tom]

Wheels do look epic mate And that card reader is pretty swish

[4WayDiablo]

No not stripey, just pink inside. Ok, how long are you gonna have it for I can come down and pick up up some time in the van...
Mines ok, but needs some plastic welding etc so just wanted one to redo and be able to take my time, not having to rush to get it back on...

sweet yeah thats what the plan was for this one i could fill it out and stuff and get it sprayed in my own time but now its going, i can hold it for you till whenever, its been in my room for too long lol

[Grant]

In your room?!?! Lol good effort! Perhaps the week after camping? I'll bomb down one evening if it suits you?

[Niall]

In your room?!?! Lol good effort! Perhaps the week after camping? I'll bomb down one evening if it suits you?

Road trip in the skod?

[4WayDiablo]

In your room?!?! Lol good effort! Perhaps the week after camping? I'll bomb down one evening if it suits you?

Yeah can do? Maybe if curt or anyone from chi is going to camping meet then send it along there im only a 2 mile detour of the a27

Or yeah head down whenever if you want