Car has been faultless all year so far, not one issue so can't complain at all. I'm currently in the process of acquiring parts though for a trip to Grinspeed again fairly soon for the following jobs:
- Replace front engine mount (it's gone)
- Fit front braided brake lines
- Fit two new front brake calipers
- Fit MTEC hooked discs and PBS pads.
- Check and tighten handbrake
- Address screeching sound at 2500rpm (I assume idle pully tensioner)
- A general look over and their thoughts at the state of the car, what they recommend etc.
I've also tackled one of the rear arches as it was about to creep onto the bodywork (our friend rust), so here we go:
Products used:
- Blizhamper Hydrate 80 (rust converter)
- Blizhamper Underbody (underseal)
- Eitech Primer (standard primer off Amazon)
- Cosmic Grey (rattle can off eBay)
How it was, you can see the rust all over the arch
Arch removed and a pile of all the soil that came out...
After the lining was removed, I think i'd cleared up some of the rust when i'd took this pic:
Pre treatment with Blizhamper Hydrate 80
Treatement applied, I done two coats of this a few hours in between.
One thing to note, these arches seemed to have begun to rot on the inside also, and cleaning that area was a nightmare, and so was treating it... but if you're doing this job don't forget to check there.
Primed
Painted
All done, treated, primed, painted and sealed.
I made a bit of a dogs dinner on the paint job to be honest where it connects to the main body of the car but it was ****ing down and I needed the job done and car back together to get to work and whatever else... so i'll gladly accept a minor paint fault for rust prevention at the moment
Just an update on the rear end too, seems to have held up well since last time sorting it!