james132 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 This week there has been a few mods made to the car. First off the ScanGaugeII... (See my guide on how to do this) And also a new set of wheels, Iv been looking at/wanting a set of these for a long time now and some come up just at the time I had to buy 4 new tyres for the existing wheels, so used that as an excuse to buy these :D Before: After (Excuse the filth!!) It sits a little bit high, but no where near as bad as I expected... So im happy for now. The wheels are a little bit shabby, but not too bad, when I have some spare cash il have them refurbed, and il also lower the car with Eibachs. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrumpy Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Scan guage mod looks great, wheels look great! What more can be said :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Excellent work done mate, the scangauge fitment is absolutly Fantastic!! and i love the gun metal gray alloys, looks 100% OEM and matches the dial screen perfectly, what boos readings are you getting from it mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Excellent work done mate, the scangauge fitment is absolutly Fantastic!! and i love the gun metal gray alloys, looks 100% OEM and matches the dial screen perfectly, what boos readings are you getting from it mate? Thanks mate. Boost readings at roughly 2000rpm are 17.5PSI which I beleive is about 1.6bar? Voltage readings are perfect (Ought to be seems its a brand new battery) Time to play with other settings and functions not to mention the colour selection! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsheikh Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 James, that is a sterling job on the gauge and the wheels look good too. It look really good once its lowered, keep up the good work sir. So, whats next??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 ST rear Spoiler and lowering would transform the appearance of it no end mate. the st spoiler would carry the flow of the car better and the lowering would make it sit nice on those lovely alloys. but its your car and ive already caused enough financial dammage to people on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Thanks for the comments. To do list is: Interior LED lights Wheels refurbed Cambelt change (belt or chain???) in 8K ST spoiler? Maybe.... All will come when funds allow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy H Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Cracking effort on the gauge! Looks great mate. Car looks nice, from side view it does look abit high but looks great. Keep it up. St spoiler definitley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 So after driving all of 16miles I think il be investing in a set of Eibach lowering springs, it drives terrible!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Took advantage of the lovley weather this morning and spent best part of 4 hours washing and polishing the car. Im quite happy how it turned out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrumpy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Cracking results!! What did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Maguiars NXT Gen wash and Maguiars NXT Gen Tech Wax. What do people recomend for the windows? Last time I washed the car I washed the windows with the wash and they have been very smeery in the rain since, this time I didnt wash the windscreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Took advantage of the lovley weather this morning and spent best part of 4 hours washing and polishing the car. Im quite happy how it turned out: The car is looking excellent mate, dont suppose your available to come over and do mine soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 The car is looking excellent mate, dont suppose your available to come over and do mine soon? Haha thanks. Mum had me doing hers after spending almost 4 hours on mine, shes got a zafira, like cleaning a bus! Il come and clean yours for exchange of a weeks free stay so I can have a look about Ireland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Haha thanks. Mum had me doing hers after spending almost 4 hours on mine, shes got a zafira, like cleaning a bus! Il come and clean yours for exchange of a weeks free stay so I can have a look about Ireland! Deal !! early morning noise starts at 7am though as ive got a 3 and a 5 year old in the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrumpy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I use Meguiars too, but my results are not as good as yours :( perhaps i dont put enough elbow grease into it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I use Meguiars too, but my results are not as good as yours :( perhaps i dont put enough elbow grease into it.. maybe if you put down the Pick axe and tucked in the beard, then get a 3 step ladder so you can reach above the window sills you might get better results ;) or get the other 6 lads to help ya :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyntdci Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 i think it looks sweet dude, will post some pics of mine up once our has being washed.... its not being washed now for 2 weeks, and also got stuck in mud today, had to get pulled out of a bog lol, the soil/grass etc... half way up my front wheels totally stuck, and the centre of the cars body was bottomed out on a large lump of grass going from the front mudguard (almost ripped off) to the rear wheels lmao, the misses wasnt impressed..... In situ's like this wish would stil ov had the scoob lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Well not much of an update.. I was hoping to lower the car 30mm with the Eibach springs... However I had always thaught it might be a problem when towing. Today when I loaded the car and trailer up and its obvious lowering the car is now out of the question. The second picture is without the trailer on, just loaded up with the usual spares etc. Guess thats saved me a little money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrumpy Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 maybe if you put down the Pick axe and tucked in the beard, then get a 3 step ladder so you can reach above the window sills you might get better results ;) or get the other 6 lads to help ya :D Awesome! the other 6 have got their own thing so im on my own :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrumpy Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Well not much of an update.. I was hoping to lower the car 30mm with the Eibach springs... However I had always thaught it might be a problem when towing. Today when I loaded the car and trailer up and its obvious lowering the car is now out of the question. The second picture is without the trailer on, just loaded up with the usual spares etc. Guess thats saved me a little money. the Eibach springs will give you 30mm drop, so it would be fine! I just lowered mine on Eibach springs it feels great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james132 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 the eibach springs will give you 30mm drop, so it would be fine! I just lowered mine on eibach springs it feels great The picture above is without trailer, people in the car, 20kg gazebo and a weekends worth of food/drink. I dont think lowering it will be a good idea... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 The picture above is without trailer, people in the car, 20kg gazebo and a weekends worth of food/drink. I dont think lowering it will be a good idea... :( cut back on the drink and you could lower it a bit mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Keep the drink and bin everything else. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Keep the drink and bin everything else. :P buy cans instead of bottles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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