Dr_Jekyll & Mr_Hyde Estate Project

[1616six]

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date 15 August 2016
Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 220,677 miles
MOT test number5833 0526 8594

Reason(s) for failure
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (7.1.3)
nearside outer Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings Sill (6.1.B.2)
offside rear lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush (2.7.4)
nearside front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
offside front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)


Not terrible

[Toms306]

Wipers ffs!?

The decat one isn't good though, is it just a straight pipe? Thought everyone gutted them for MOT these days!

[bashbarnard]

Wipers ffs!?

The decat one isn't good though, is it just a straight pipe? Thought everyone gutted them for MOT these days!

Ah just put a cat in for mot imo, or get a sport cat, or get a fake cat. I always make sure i have something on my car

[aggyj17]

He needs it welding in as he's got a custom system [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

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[dr_jekyll]

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date 15 August 2016
Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 220,677 miles
MOT test number5833 0526 8594

Reason(s) for failure
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (7.1.3)
nearside outer Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings Sill (6.1.B.2)
offside rear lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush (2.7.4)
nearside front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
offside front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)


Not terrible

Mofo! I should have just looked on here to find out what it failed on [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] only just got a phone call telling me.

Decat will be passed but while they have to keep the car on site they have to fail it so that will dissapear.
Gave them a new sill to weld in as we already knew that was a gone.
Wipers.... feel like a muppet as always forget these unless someone mentions it [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]
And as for the rear shock absorber bushes. Just got off the phone from gaz. £3.50 an end so bought the lot and will give me somthing to do when the cars back.


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Wipers ffs!? [emoji38]

The decat one isn't good though, is it just a straight pipe? Thought everyone gutted them for MOT these days!

Ah just put a cat in for mot imo, or get a sport cat, or get a fake cat. I always make sure i have something on my car

I did have a resinator welded in where the cat was but obv fooling no one [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] shes a full 2.5" stainless off a gt2052 exhaust flange so tad akward to bung a stock pipe on for a day lol

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Happy that the brakes passed aswell as ine of the callipers was siezed solid before working on them

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[dr_jekyll]

Okey dokey. Car past with a clean ticket. Seems there was alot more rot in her then i first thought. Ended up being sill, inner sill including bottom of b-pillar and seatbelt mount.
Scared the shit out of me when he phoned and said and was expecting a stupid bill after but ended up being £200 with the mot, bushes fitted and wipers.... cant complain [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND TIGHTLY-CLOSED EYES]

Anyways done some spending again. Miss my takata harness's somthing rotten so ended up buying some lukes at what seems to me like a cheap price

Seems the last owners covered them in oil and paint. Been attacking them this evening hoping there cleaner after but paint isnt shifting

Any ideas on how to get these cleaner people? please?

Also fitting the harness's in the correct way this time. Saw mr ian (slamwagon) roberts was breaking the china blue estate so pounced on his harness bar
Also bought the eyelets needed too.

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[dr_jekyll]

Pressure washed the harness's at work and come up clean as! Currently soaking the bucjles in wd to prevent them now siezing but for £39 im proper happy!


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[dr_jekyll]

So was informed bybseveral people when i fitted my spax that the helpers should be on the bottom... sorry what? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

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[dr_jekyll]

Well harness bar arrived today (thank you ian slamwagon)
Reallised straight away ive got problems with fitting it. Had overlooked the thickness of the lower rose joint. My plan was to use the lower seatbelt point to anchor the harness bar and for one of the eyelet points. But the eyelets i bought were too short (25mm). Ive now ordered some 50mm eyelets that will give me the extra thread i need.

My next concern was the adjustable point for the top of the seatbelt. This again is another harness bar anchor point but not happy with how ratterly the adjuster is nor the fact it can still be adjusted. Also was after a more oem finish over the way ian fitted it without the covers.
ok so the system i found was alot easier then i thought to lock solid. Basically its just a case of remove the sprung loaded pin and replace it with an m6 and nyloc nut..
Im alot happier with this finish as it looks like it "belongs" in the car rather then looking like a bodged up scaff pole.
So currently waiting for extended eyelets to arrive to get this job done with.

Still havnt finished the internal mbc nor fan setup yet so thats also on the "to do" list

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[dr_jekyll]

So bits arrived to get the harness bar in. Pretty pleased how it all fits. Was concerned about how flimsy the harness bar felt bolting it in but once everything was pulled tight there really is no give in it at all

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[bashbarnard]

So what about your passengers bro? Estate and all that


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[dr_jekyll]

So what about your passengers bro? Estate and all that


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Tbf theres still plenty of room in the back... well as much room as a 306 has [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] tempted to get some lagging and pad it up so its safe

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[Anton]

Are you still planning on having passengers in the back? Where's the booster seat going? In a bucket seat with a harness?

[dr_jekyll]

Fully grown ones yes

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[welshpug]

f*ck that.

tooth masher.

[dr_jekyll]

f*ck that.

tooth masher.

Ever seen slow mo bus accidents [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] thats what ive just created

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[Ruan]

Are you for f*cking real?

[tigerstyle]

Are you for f*cking real?

Yeah mate bit of 1" foam taped on it'll be 'reet 

[dr_jekyll]

Are you for f*cking real?

Yarp

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Are you for f*cking real?

Yeah mate bit of 1" foam taped on it'll be 'reet 

Was thinking like road bike cork grip tape m9

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[tigerstyle]

Was thinking like road bike cork grip tape m9

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Only if you colour code! Fully sick then.

[dr_jekyll]

Was thinking like road bike cork grip tape m9

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Only if you colour code! Fully sick then.

Totally fam 😎

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[Seb_Ryan]

I wonder what would happen if you got pulled over by the police and you had people in the back..

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[dr_jekyll]

I wonder what would happen if you got pulled over by the police and you had people in the back..

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Would be intrested to see

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[zx_volcane]

I don't get if you're trolling for a reaction or not?

Either way the risk of condoning this sort of thing on a public forum is that someone will come along and read your thread, then think its ok to do similar which could end up in harm for them or others. Not cool m9

[Piggy]

Whilst I give kudos for ensuring the harnesses are fitted at a safe angle...
I genuinely hope you are joking about still using those back seats for humans.
And what is legislatio. Regarding children/child seat/harness/buckets?? - genuinely curious. But at a guess...not the best idea?

[1616six]

First thing I thought was I hope you're not planning on having your daughter sat in the back of that. That bar will cause massive damage if a body was thrown into it/head hit it.

I'm also 99% sure you can't use child seats with buckets/harnesses.

I've got nothing against you Justin but as a really serious matter involving your daughter I genuinely hope you're not planning on taking her in this anymore

[dr_jekyll]

Jesus f*cking crist. You guys spot a booster seat and all lose your minds. No she is not going in the car ffs

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[1616six]

That's great, I just assumed she was as you put pics on IG with her in the car and with the booster seat in there it's kinda natural to think she'd be going in it

Only thinking of safety, no need to go off on one mate

[Paul Baldwin]

How times change. When I was a kid the only form of transport we had for years was a van. Guess where the kids had to sit when if we ever got chance to go on holiday? A Bedford CF we had even had a bar fitted horizontally across the load space for some reason that eludes me still, my sisters used to attempt gymnastics on it as we were going along!

Think you blokes need to chill out a bit btw all his responses were clearly a wind-up from where I'm sat.

[Piggy]

But they do change Paul...that bedford van couldnt pull 50mph downhill I expect...and safety (and the law) has massively improved since...for good reason tbh