What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:43 pm

Angreal wrote:
Furai wrote:The drive home today made me decide to keep my little B6. Revving up so easy on the heel and toe downshifts then the BWARP in second gear coming out of the corner. I love it.
I felt like that again when I got the car running on 4 cylinders again :p The car certainly sucks through a lot of petrol when you destroy the injector o rings.

Just think how much more fun it would be with more power and you blip down into second

Powers overrated. I want response and decent sound not chudududu when I shift.

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:48 pm

Furai wrote:Powers overrated. I want response and decent sound not chudududu when I shift.

But the homies won't know how gangsta you are until you boost them.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:23 pm

Furai wrote:Powers overrated. I want response and decent sound not chudududu when I shift.

I'll have the high pitch whine :p Pretty sure my chassis will be more responsive than yours in the near future too

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:25 pm

WAAAAAAAANNN tishhhhh~

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:37 pm

Chilling with the boys at Omana on the weekend.

IMG_3341_1200x800 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:41 pm

Angreal wrote:I'll have the high pitch whine :p Pretty sure my chassis will be more responsive than yours when i get around to fitting everything

fixed

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:38 pm

Anyway today i managed to get the rounded seat bolt out and was able to do a foamectomy.
Removed the foam bump/bucket off the bottom of the seat and removed the pad in the back of the seat.
Now have ~50mm of head room instead of me being able to sit up and have my head touching the roof.

Best mod ever!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:46 pm

grats on getting that troublesome bolt out, it sounds like it was a complete bastard......

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:57 pm

It had to be well and truly butchered to get out. Didnt help that it was the hardest to reach bolt and looks like it had loctite on it

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:23 am

yeah, that yellow'ish residue looks like ancient loctite. at least the little sucker is out now.

I have spent the last few hours sanding and painting my hardtop latches in my painters booth (some people call it a bathroom, but, whatever) and I was amazed how pitted with corrosion they were.

pity I didn't take a pic showing how bad they were, but heres the (drying) finished product...

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:37 am

Did you have trouble undoing the screws holding them in? Mine are all rounded...

Easy out time?

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:16 am

Those hardtop latches came out really nicely! Never even thought of that!

Lowered my car another 15mm all round

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:17 am

They came out quite easily Snapfrozen, seems like some idiot has tried to use an inappropriately sized tool to try and get yours off.

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:28 am

MrGrey wrote:They came out quite easily Snapfrozen, seems like some idiot has tried to use an inappropriately sized tool to try and get yours off.

Mine are the same :'( I might take them off tonight as it is soft top/no top weather

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:44 am

here's a little more info for those considering giving their latches a birthday.

I used a 180 grit wet and dry sandpaper to prep the latches for painting, I initially thought it would be too course but it turned out to be just right. The pitting took quite a while to sand down and I was surprised how corroded mine where but that is to be expected considering its age.

Remember to pop a bit of masking tape over the release button after you have washed the latch with meths/alcohol, prior to painting.

I used 2 coats of satin black and 2 coats of clear acrylic and they look almost brand new. Ensure you give it adequate drying time, it sucks to get finger prints on your hard work.

-=edit=-
please bear in mind my tablets camera is shite... the previously attached photo doesn't really do them justice.

loveitlow · Post by **loveitlow** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:52 am

My latches went all weird as well but some genuis used glue or something when they put the bolts back in so I cant get them out to repaint so we cleaned them up with interior dash cleaner and they look new again.

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:55 am

"Been meaning to ask how much did your supercharger set you back?, your car boosts like crazy saw it out Massey uni way."

I like comments like that...

Stock 1.6 NA

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:30 pm

I get asked the same... Its not a wastegate, its an exhaust hole

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:39 pm

This was on a forum - I felt bad to say to the dude "no turbo/supercharger yet.. Just stock 1.6"

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:13 pm

Yeah its crazy, Ive had 2 people ask if mines Turbo at drift days!

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:24 pm

lololol. Furai. how are you on -4 Karma?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:11 pm

Bwarp wrote:lololol. Furai. how are you on -4 Karma?

Chris got drunk

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:36 am

Bwarp wrote:lololol. Furai. how are you on -4 Karma?

-5**

Let's put it this way. I logged on and saw my karma went down, so I had a cry and decided to get some of the others to attack someone. And I figured Furai!!!!

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:16 am

chris wrote:
Bwarp wrote:lololol. Furai. how are you on -4 Karma?
-5**

Let's put it this way. I logged on and saw my karma went down, so I had a cry and decided to get some of the others to attack someone. And I figured Furai!!!!

Such a nice guy Chris

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:24 pm

Yesterday i did a foamectomy to the passenger seat then went about fitting the rollbar properly(hands are now cut to hell because of it) and cut the parcel tray fabric to fit around the rear stays.
Today i fitted some spare 16cm speakers in the doors as the factory ones had disintegrated, sounds way better. Considering getting a set of 4" speakers so i can hook up the headrest speakers again.
Also jerry rigged a camera mount onto the rollbar so i can film tonights togue session

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