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Old 05-11-2010, 10:37 PM   #761
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Bit of an update,

Killed some time this evening as there was nothing on the telly, so I cut out the steering wheel surround to accomodate the scangauge! (thanks darryl for the idea! )

Here are the results:









As you can tell in the photo of it installed in the car, the scangauge facing downwards a little, I did this so its not "in ya face" all the time, and that I can see the entire cluster too...

I'll be installing the AutoExe swaybar & hopefully replacing the steering tomorrow

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Old 06-11-2010, 08:25 AM   #762
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looks good howd you secure it in there?
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Old 06-11-2010, 08:40 AM   #763
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Thanks! its a tight fit, so at the moment by the side cutouts...
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Old 07-11-2010, 07:15 PM   #764
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Well yesterday morning I installed the AutoExe rear sway bar, and its improved handling dramatically, should have done the swap over sooner!!

All installed:


Also this evening the SP20 decal on the hatch was pissing me off, so I removed it. Yet to polish up the area as yet considering the light conditions at 6.30 tonight, or the fact I cant see properly


And last but not least, I have my evil M sitting in a container of bleach, so later this week I will spray it up and install

Im currently concoting some ideas that includes Carbon Fibre Vinyl, all will be revealed in a couple days

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Old 14-11-2010, 07:24 PM   #765
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Spent a good hour on vinyling the A pillars, painted my rear evil M badge and adjusted & ziptied the gearboot...





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Old 14-11-2010, 07:31 PM   #766
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That was a solid hour of work getting those A-pillars done, Marc!

But they turned out well!
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Old 15-11-2010, 06:42 AM   #767
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.........& ziptied the gearboot
...... Marc, what if you used some h/duty twine/cotton to make it match the stitching better? Just thread it through boot at top even?
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Old 15-11-2010, 10:15 AM   #768
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its only a temporary fix until I purchase a TWM short shifter & boot, you can hardly notice the zip ties
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Old 15-11-2010, 11:29 AM   #769
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hahaha was gonna say... zipties... thats... classy... hahaha
Nice work, though, lookin sweet
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or do what mini do, they zip tie them but fold it over on the inside and ziptie on the inside you wont notice it then
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Old 18-11-2010, 07:12 PM   #771
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Got some love last night at a car meet up

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Old 22-11-2010, 05:34 PM   #772
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Installed the Evil M last week:



And removed the Honda lip, and surprisingly I rather the clean look again, lets hope the garage door lip mod doesnt make it ugly again



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Old 22-11-2010, 07:25 PM   #773
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Marc. Promise me you'll keep those wheels on the car. They suit it down to a tee
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Old 22-11-2010, 07:35 PM   #774
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I will be dont you worry, but cant promise the colour of them will
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Old 22-11-2010, 07:49 PM   #775
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awesome man, the M suits it very well
i might do this to the 8 as well, when i see where the pins are haha
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I would think the pins would be in the same place, but no harm in using some fishing line & carefully taking it off

Well, this morning I received my Whiteline Universal endlink kit, took the old ones off, which measured 160mm from balljoint to balljoint, & seeing as the swaybar wasnt straight (recommended supposedly) I cut the new ones down to 140mm from joint to joint.



For a start it got rid of my clunk (yay!! ) as I have come to the conclusion the bottom balljoint was slapping up against the trailbars, so with cutting them 20mm shorter, I now have a straighter swaybar & 20mm more room Turn in is a lot more precise as well, so a win on all levels
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Old 24-11-2010, 12:37 AM   #777
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the sway bar link pins, the straighter they are, the more efficent they work.
it is really bad how the factory setup are almost are 45 degrees in the rear.

At the moment, my car suffers with alot of understeer due to the rear factory bar and long link pins

I will be also match up a new shorter set or chop up my old ones and make them shorter, and if thats not enough, I will make up a custom rear swaybar
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Old 24-11-2010, 01:28 PM   #778
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you're polly better off replacing the endlinks and getting ones you can adjust, as they really are a weak point in the chain..

this mornings touge run to work awesome, no clunks, turn in and grip levels are awesome, im now happy with the suspension setup. I'm attending a mountain run on sunday through the mountains, so I'll defintely give the suspension a good go
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Old 21-12-2010, 06:48 PM   #779
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Well, my 3pt Carbing Brace was picked up this afternoon, and I got to work fitting it... and what a prick that is! I think I spent more time trying to get the back of the brace up under the water resovoir then taking the old one off!

Anyways pics as usual I dont have the turtle cover on as its currently being sanded down, and I desperately need to degrease the engine bay, yet another job after new years...






I took the Swaybar off last Tuesday afternoon, and thankfully I have no more clunks

Also put a deposit on an AutoExe Front Lip thats currently on its way over from Japan! Should be here within 1-2mths, so as soon as this silly season is over, will be booking the car in to get the side damage fixed, and have the front end & lip painted as well

These are some pics of US Pro5's with the lip and same dark blue so you get the pic


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Old 21-12-2010, 07:51 PM   #780
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lip looks sick!!
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