Hi All,
Been a little while since I've updated the progress on the CTR, so here's a few updates!
I got the clutch done shortly after my last post by The Gearbox Specialists in Bournemouth mainly because they weren't far from me and I had heard good things about them. They did it for just over £600 which for the convenience of having them close to me while I worked from home was great and the process took no more than a day, as expected. The clutch feels a world apart from how it was before and it's such a pleasure to drive now
Very happy.
Next up was the
Climair Wind Deflectors which I bought from Amazon. The reason for this was because it was on Prime so I could get it quicker and the price on the Climair site was exVAT which ended up somewhere not far from the Amazon price. They arrived in a massive box which my boss assumed was an ironing board
Each one was really easy to fit and did take a little persuasion to fit in place. I left them with the windows up for 24 hours and haven't had any troubles at all.
I had the
battery strap arrive the next day so was happy to get to work on that as it seemed like a really simple job. The bolt closest to the bumper came away pretty easily and in the end I replaced it with a nice looking red screw that came from a
pack I bought at the same time. The battery tie down rod however didn't loosen up so easily. It was pretty seized up so I let some WD40 get in there to try and free it up which felt like it was getting loose.. WRONG. The rod sheared off at the top completely.
I promptly ordered
another one from eBay which has now arrived and is working well.
Then a WHOLE bunch of things arrived at the same time as I went a little mad on eBay. First up is the
rear tow hook which was dead easy to fit and I think looks really nice. Some people don't like it but I'm happy with what it does for the car.
Then I got the
new headlights in as the old ones were way past using a restoration kit sadly. I didn't realise that you had to take the whole front bumper off to replace them but nonetheless I managed to get it done before it got too dark to see. I think they've come up really nice and make the front of the car look so much nicer.
I also replaced the screws on the headlights with the fancy red ones too so it's looking a little better with the bonnet up.
I finally got
the mats I wanted from eBay and gave the interior and proper clean out before setting these in. It's changed the whole look of the inside of the car and it's much nicer to sit in.
Now for a few cheesy mods which I wanted to put in for the hell of it and for my own enjoyment. Such as Wizard Deadpool on the dashboard who I saw in a shop and was the perfect colours to go on the dash.
You can also see the new
Sony stereo in that shot which is so much better than OEM. With Android, I got the SongPal app which lets me control Spotify using the stereo as well as with voice. You probably also noticed the
Japanese show number plate on the dashboard. Another cheesy mod that I wanted and I think looks quite cool in the front.
I got some nice red
Mugen door lock covers as well which were just some sticky back tape bits to hold it on to the lock fixture. I cleaned them up beforehand so it stuck properly on to the existing lock surround.
Lastly, for those of you who know Mighty Car Mods, I got some chopped fingers for the rear windscreen!
Overall I'm really happy with how the CTR is coming along so far and will be going to The Rise meet in Aldershot this weekend if anyone else is attending. Would be good to see some people from here! Let me know of what you think