Jay762 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 looking good - cant tell you what the bracket is for though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Thanks! Yeah it's even got my brother in law foxed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th4neuk Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Looking good. Are you going to paint the bolts or get some stainless ones?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Funnily enough I was looking at them thinking what I could do, stainless would be a good idea! How would a go about getting them? Do I need "special" ones or just go B&Q lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Fitted blue hoses so looks a bit more colourful under the bonnet now. Boost gauge will be fitted on saturday before the NBO on sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I like the Silicone hoses in the engine bays looks better than black rubber :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Just need some Blue Vac lines now to make it look nicer. Will route the lines around the enigine bay to neaten it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Got my vac kit from "boost junkie's" on egay Seem fairly good quality and come as a kit with new t pieces and cable ties [emoji6] Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Cheers! I've been worried about getting Vac lines as I don't want to get cheap ones that suck flat! I shall take a look at them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 STI intercooler AND the proper ProDrive Y pipe.......... £60!! SCORE :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Okay it's time for a bit of an update on this thread as I kind of left it to die. That STI intercooler and Prodrive Y pipe did turn up but was a standard intercooler. Bit annoyed but things happen don't they. Since then I'd done a few things such as remove the splitter and change the exhaust to a Ninja which gave it an awesome sound. Also had the turbo fail which meant having it rebuilt, fitting a new de-cat up-pipe and heat wrapping some of the manifold. Jumping forward in time a bit we get to my current situation, on my drive to work on Friday 13th Febuary I slid on a corner and couldn't get control of the car back. The car slid sideways into a gatepost. This ordeal left the car in a bit of a mess but nothing that wasn't fixable, the car itself was driven back to the garage without much issue. This is the damage from the accident: The next week or so was spent deciding on if the car should be fixed or sold, thankfully it was decided that we should fix her and make her look amazing once again. So we made a list of things we needed: - Wheels - Bumper - Wing - Fuel flap - Engine cradle - Subframe - Spoiler Phoned up Scoobyspares and they had nearly everything, nice one! Went down to pick up the parts, ended up ticking things off the list but was still missing spoiler and wing. The fuel flap was also the wrong colour. The wheels are Prodrive Speedline PFF7's and needed a bit of touching up. So as you expect we put them on straight away to check them out. Pictures of the wheels being test fitted and purchased parts (also broken spoiler in shot). Now it was time to get the suspension side of the car fixed so it would drive straight, all that needed changing was the engine cradle as the wishbone mount had bent. Simple job, everything came undone easily and bolted back up no problem. Bonus is the subframe we got was mint and the cradle was off a newer STI with a stiffer crossmemeber. Job done! Dropped it down and took a couple of pics of it sat on the new wheels. We spend a couple of weeks searching for a wing but with no joy, was looking like the bodyshop was going to be very expensive. Then a member got in touch saying he has most of the stuff, which was soon paid for and collected. Now it's time to fit the final parts and prepare it for the bodyshop. Wing and both doors were getting replaced so took them off, bumper was removed and placed on the scrap pile due to the big hole in it. Fitting the wing and doors took most of the afternoon, we swapped the glass and all internals from my doors into the new ones. With all this done the car is now ready for the bodyshop, a quick phonecall and the car was loaded onto the trailer ready to go. Next time I was going to see her she will be dent free (ish). Three weeks later the car is back, looking lovely but still quite a bit of work left to do. Most of it was done while I was at work so no progress reports. Everything was put back on, bumper, wheel arch, mud flaps, sump gaurd. Fitted a full set of Avon ZZ5's to the car, lovely looking tyres. By the time I got round to help again all that was left if the calipers, new spoiler and putting nice wheel nuts on. The calipers had sprung a leak and needed new seals, luckily they are stainless pistons. Bit of a polish up and they are good as new :). While I did that my brother cleaned the calipers up then we put them back together. At this point I decided they needed to be blue... All done now and ready for MOT... which I am still waiting for. Should be tomorrow (10/05/15). Drove her into the yard for some pics, looking completely different now! Next plan is to fit a proper carbon dress up kit in the engine bay (intake scoop, alternator cover, Battery cover and fuse box cover). Been looking at an angled exit exhaust to make the back end look a bit meaner ;). Hope you enjoyed the read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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