May 21, 201312 yr I would say they will need a re paint sorry :( the way Jay said is best way to do it I pumped it (Not in that way you dirty minded lot) ;) why it was still on the car holding the other 3 in place. But lets just say what should have taken 20mins took me about 11 hours time I was finished :) But I hope you have better luck then me. :)
May 22, 201312 yr Author well i am going to collect the parts now so wish me luck lol, will post an update later.
May 22, 201312 yr Author i have decided i am going to spray the car satin black, i know this isnt every-ones taste but i like the idea, what i want an opinion on is weather or not to do a white, grey and black Union Jack on the roof????well i set about doing the brakes at 10:30, only just finished now thanks to 1 stuck piston in the passenger side calipar, once i got it freed and i was cleaning it up i made the mistake of not slackening the bleed screw off and as i pushed it back in i pushed the other piston straight out and ended up with brake fluid everywhere lol. 1 scary brakeless drive later i had some more Dot4 and a quick bleed (and burnt hand) later and all is well again, no vibration and the caliper isnt sticking anymore so i am a well happy little mario.oh and i swapped the passenger side headlight out for a one that wasnt broken, the original one had 2 broken mounting points out of 3 so was amazed it was even staying on lol.
May 22, 201312 yr Nice one sounds like it went better then mine did :) And with the paint like the idea of black not to sure about the Union Jack But if you was going to do it I would look at having the roof wrapped with a carbon effect for the black :)
May 22, 201312 yr Author i had black carbon wrap on my old prim on the bonnet roof and boot and just fancy something abit different lol
May 22, 201312 yr Another job ticked off the list - like the idea of matt black not convinced about the UJ - watched deathproof the other day again how about getting a graphic knocked up?
May 22, 201312 yr Author satin and matt are too totally different finishes, Matt is like a black board and satin is more of a flat/faded gloss. i kind of want to keep it looking fairly sleeper, so at a glance it blends in, but at a really close look it it gives a wow factor.
May 22, 201312 yr aaahh right I see - there you go learnt something today as well B) mind you I don't know how I managed to read satin and then type matt duh! (probably because I didn't know what the difference was.
May 23, 201312 yr Author its ok a friend on NPOC told me the difference as he has just sprayed his primera in satin and it looks lush lol
May 24, 201312 yr Author well since i found the source of my vibration today is actually a failed top mount i started looking into all new springs and shocks and top mounts alround and gave up when the price for all 4 corners exceeded new coilovers, as a result i turned my atension to coilies and i have just agreed to buy a set of Cusco Zero-Z's off a classic Type-R for a really nice number, cheaper than buying 4 topmounts lol
May 24, 201312 yr Author cheers, yeah it handles really well at the moment and to be honest i am prob going to keep the ride height fairly stock and keep it a fairly soft ride, unless i go to a track day then it will get slammed and stiffened, oooooooo i am so excited, its just **** that i have to wait 4 weeks for them :(
May 24, 201312 yr Author yeah still on the lads car at the mo, he has a serious Type R with 500bhp which as far as i can gather he uses for drag racing lol, i guess he is just upgrading to a higher spec lol, i dont care really, i am getting Cusco's baby!!!!
May 26, 201312 yr Author well i am currently in nottinghamshire at my dads nd was sitting in his autograss thinking mmmmmmm me likes this steering wheel, "dad i want this steering wheel, it will bolt straight up to my car" "once i get a largr diameter one you can have it" "have mine" "what a stock scooby wheel??" "yeah its the same style but bigger lol" "sold" 30mins later i now have a Smaller OMP 3 spoke wheel with matching OMP Horn Button. On phone so will update with a pic when i get home at the end of the week.
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