Jay's Lude

[Merlin]

I have my car lowered 40mm+ and my front wheels are only 1 degree out (rears are adjustable due to 4WS), and I havent seen excessive inside wear. So long as you have your wheel alignement sorted propperly I htink you will be fine.

[JayJay]

This is my "ultimatum list". It's the jobs I have to get done (or at least bought) before I start saving for a house The free stuff I can do in my own time.

Sound deadening:
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/spray-adhesive.html
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/dynamat ... i-pak.html
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/second- ... r-pro.html
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/self-am ... -tape.html
Cost: £220 (entire car)

Brake fluid:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-742-castrol ... fluid.aspx
Cost: £23

Interior:
Fit new dials
Tidy wiring
Re-fit CarPC and amp
Fit new CarPC hard drive
Fit sound deadening
Fit heated seat elements
Cost: free, cos it's me!

Bodywork:
Paint rear spats
Paint sills
Fix front bumper
Get dents removed
Sand headlights
Cost: ??

Mechanical:
Drivers side upper wishbone bushes
Rear trailing arm front mount bushings
Fit rear drop links
Cost: £85 for parts + labour

Other:
Fog light bulbs
Cost: £10

I'm undecided on the wheel spacers, I do quite want them but I'm not sure I should spend the money on them at the moment! But this new house we're moving in to will have more space for me to work on the car so the jobs I can do myself will be done quicker (theoretically )

[Kawa]

Get on and do some work, all I keep seeing are lists after lists after lists

[JayJay]

Har har I'm distilling the list down into the things that really need to be done. It's more than I see you doing

Tell you one thing though, going to have to get those heated seats in ASAP, it's freezing!

[JayJay]

New wheels have arrived And I'm getting a new exhaust system (Tanabe AX1 manifold and downpipe with a Blueflame catback and decat) on Monday. I'll get that fitted by a garage and have her looked over at the same time.

The wheels need a refurb and tyres, but I'll try and get some pics of them.

Once those are done the next order of business is the sound deadening, brake fluid and the rest of the interior work.

[S-LudeDan]

Nice Lude!!! damn I love Euro ludes so much! want that rear wiper, the rear fog, side markers etc.. all my future plans

[JayJay]

lol you want to swap the rear bumper? I hate the rear fog Much prefer the smooth bumper look

[S-LudeDan]

yeah, just one problem mine is heather-mist metallic, yours looks like seabring silver. lol dont really feel like shelling out pieces of eight to paint the bumper.

aren't you supposed to have the rear fog, as required by law?

[JayJay]

Yeah, sebring silver

Yeah we need a fog light by law. Well, I live on the Isle of Man so there's no yearly road-worthiness test. Good, because those of use who like our cars look after them and there's no waste of money. Bad, because those who know nothing about cars let them fall apart! Either way what many people do is turn one of the reverse lights in to a foglight

Yeah, between post and painting it wouldn't be cheap

[S-LudeDan]

yeah, other than that I would love a pre-cut Euro bumper. My future plans is to actually have 2 rear fogs.

I am surprised not many Luders in UK make the dual rear fog mod. It looks so much better. It balances it out and adds a symmetrical sense to the whole thing.