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skinny goes cruising

Post by skinny » Wed May 02, 2012 9:10 pm

Having slacked off going to the gym (again) to fix another thing on the car, thought i might as well get a thread up...

Here is the car as I got it - D2 coilovers, ATR cams, ATR brakes and braided hoses, ATR clutch and lightened flywheel, buddyclub wheels, Apexi exhaust...

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First job was to put the stock steering wheel back on (no pics as it just looks normal!) and had to align the front toe to re-centre the steering wheel - think i'm just about there.

Then i fixed the squeaking seatbelt and also got a way to hook up the internal boot release in addition to the remote opening

Then I upgraded the speakers and put some silent coat damping mat on the doors
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After that, it took me about an hour to remove the muffin Ripspeed tyre valve covers that had welded themselves on. had to resort to the angle grinder!

And tonight, tried to sort out the annoying jumping idle that i had when the engine was just warming up. Removed the ISCV and tightened up the widget (favouring the crossed screwdriver method). Will see tomorrow morning if its cured it :)
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Next job, sort out why the carpet under my feet is getting wet (just discovered today :evil: ) and i'm getting a bit of water into the boot too - the elastic strap is wet after rain :(

After that, clean up the rear calipers to sort out the handbrake, and raise the ride height at the rear to stop the wheels from catching on the arches.

And after that... some sort of re-map is probably in order :twisted:
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Post by mercutio » Wed May 02, 2012 9:12 pm

am i the only one who thought you were coming out of the closet?

Lude looks really good though matey 8-) :lol:
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Post by rob quilter » Thu May 03, 2012 7:54 am

Very nice mate 8-)
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Post by Merlin » Thu May 03, 2012 9:05 am

Looking good :D
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Re: skinny goes cruising

Post by skinny » Thu May 03, 2012 11:55 am

mercutio wrote:am i the only one who thought you were coming out of the closet?
sorry to disappoint :( :lol:

idle is now fixed!! no more jumping and also doesn't start up at over 2k rpm anymore when cold. very happy :D
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Post by toadster » Thu May 03, 2012 12:41 pm

LO :D

Luvly looking 5th Gen mate :mrgreen:

Really like the alloys , suit the car really well 8-)

Cheers ;)

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Post by nitin_s1 » Thu May 03, 2012 1:06 pm

Nice car. 8-)

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Re: skinny goes cruising

Post by skinny » Thu May 03, 2012 5:27 pm

cheers,

hopefully it doesn't look too bad when i lift the ride height a touch...
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Post by funkmasterjay » Fri May 04, 2012 12:06 am

Great work. Any more pics of speakers?

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Post by nitin_s1 » Fri May 04, 2012 2:54 am

skinny wrote: hopefully it doesn't look too bad when i lift the ride height a touch...
Why you lifting it?? :(

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