Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

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Jordan won't be long now buddy, chucking it in for an MOT as soon as I get paid at the end of the month, fingers crossed another fortnight and everything will be sorted.

Weirdness though, the electrics have sorted themselves?!

Long story, but basically after I fired it up I went to sort the electrics. Got the plasma dials wired in, and the boost gauge, and the head unit. Pissy side note about the head unit, has full iphone compatability but turns out ONLY if you get the Alpine USB lead, an Apple one doesn't work. Raging as I bought the HU second hand, by the time I pay for an Alpine lead it'll work out £20 less than a brand spanking new one. Not happy.

Anyway, upon testing said electrics, I found the dipped beams didn't work and the wipers didn't self park. Lots of messing around with the wipers including changing the motor and never figured out the problem. Today they work normally. Could have been a flat battery, not sure, but one job less to do anyway.

Then the headlights. Checked ALL the fuses, relays, everything seemed normal. Replaced the ABS fuse just in case as I found it lying on the floor. Put the H7's back in and they worked, removed them and went back to the HID's and lo and behold, they now work. f*ck knows what the problem was but as long as they work now I don't care.

I also set the rear ride height in just over an hour. The joys of refurbed beams, even the eccentric washers came out without much resistance and the bars pulled out by winding an M8 bolt through a socket. DIY pullers work, but only if the beam's not seized

Anyway pics of the weekend's work, making slow progress.

Roof bars removed, HID's working at last



Rear ride height sorted



Rear sidelights and custom fog light sorted





Plasma dials, HU and boost gauge wired in (ignore the wetness, been pissing down all weekend...)







All it needs now is...

Exhaust fitting and mounting
Master cylinder fitting and brakes bleeding
New rear pads fitting (Only £15 delivered from GSF, bargain)
Fit handbrake cables
Threadlock rear studs
Pull/roll rear arches
Washer pump wiring extended to boot
Boost compensator plumbed in with boost gauge
Sort injector leak (teeny tiny one)
Finish clamping boost hoses
Pop my pump and turbo's cherry in a glorious ménage á trois

...and that's it. Bar picking up the odd trim panel. Anyone know if any models came with a plain insert where the dash dimmer panel goes? Want a plain one so I can fit switches for things, like a manual fan switch etc.

Couple of electrical gremlins too. I have no glowplug light on the dash and no high beam either, hope it's just bulbs. I know the ABS and airbag lights work so might just swap them over, anyone know where the glowplug light is?