Recent content by Its_Me_DG

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...

Good find and welcome to the club! Cosmic Grey best colour :D

Small update for tonight as the new Bonnet Pull Handle arrived from eBay and I really wanted to do something with the car. The plastic one snapped off leaving behind a mess but I was able to remove this with a small hacksaw blade to saw the remaining plastic off after taking off the lower...

I got quoted £780 for a clutch replacement last week and was assured that was way too much by the guys on here. Had a new clutch this morning from a new place and it's £500 for an Exedy clutch kit, gearbox oil replacement, fitting, and they're looking at some noise coming from the gearbox for me...

Thanks very much. I've been looking through your progression thread and yours looks SO good! Like Nidge's, it's given me some mega inspiration to get the work done on it! I know it's only a small bit of work, but the bonnet pull handle arrived today so I can stop using pliers to get the bonnet...

I'm just over an hour from those guys so it's a possibility but would have to take some time off work to get that done. Thanks for the heads up. That's good to know and reinforces my thoughts about this being way too expensive. I'm looking at other places now and just need to get somewhere...

Wow, okay. What a difference. Sadly, Grinspeed are 6 hours away from me :( They sound really ideal though. The quote was from Triton Motorsport in Bournemouth who I know deal with Japanese cars in particular but was very surprised when I heard the price over the phone and had to ask him to...

So I've just had my quote back for the clutch and it's come to £780. Now I don't know how much a clutch kit, gearbox oil change, and labour is on average but that seems a little steep? Has anyone else had a clutch fitted anywhere in the South that paid less than this or is this what you would...

This is absolutely something I've always wanted to cover off. Did you go with friends and was it expensive?

Gah! Any ideas on how to deal with it?

So not much of an update for the car but instead a few purchases related to the upkeep. I've never detailed a car before so I've never had the products to start and with the recent purchase of the EP3, now's a good time to start! I went to the local Halfords to see what was available as I...

Ok so I've taken a few more pictures of the issue to give you guys and idea of how to help me tackle this! It's gruesome and I hope I can recover it.

I believe it may have damaged the clear coat. I can't tell what's done it but it looks like liquid's been sprayed against it which you can see if you look closely at the bottom right of the photo. Perhaps "rough to the touch" wasn't the best way of putting it. It's more of a matte feel to the...

Hi all Following my recent purchase of the EP3 this weekend, one of the things I wanted to tackle first (aside from the clutch) is this issue with a small section of the bodywork above the drivers side rear passengers window. The paint appears to have been sprayed with something corrosive...

Cheers, Mike. :D Ah, it was only picked up between Cardiff and Newport so it wasn't long before we were back on the M4 sadly so nothing amazing to give it a good drive on. I've been looking at yours and it looks really nice. I'll be adding lists on here for what I want to get done and the...