Well it's been some time and I should probably update this... Not much has happened, mainly small fixes and improvements and a lot of happy driving
To start off, I took shot at replacing my steering wheel badge as mine was dented in the middle:
This took a lot longer to remove than I thought it would and it wouldn't come out in 1 piece lol. Anyway, new one on:
Then I gave my plug cover a polish as the clear coat had started to go matte. Slapped on a H tune sticker too as I had one laying around:
Then I gave the air filter a wash:
And then re-oiled it so it's nice fresh red again:
The next morning my battery died and car won't start. Got one delivered the day after:
I don't think I did anything for a while after that so I just have a picture of our usual meet up:
On the way back my windscreen cracked as a pretty decent stone flew at me from the back of a lorry. Booked a replacement for the weekend:
It's lovely not having 99999 stonechips and being able to actually see in directly sunlight
Then I washed it and took some photos before a little trip to Goodwood with Fred and his FN2:
Fast forward to earlier last week, I had enough of the rattle from my Tegiwa M intake so I got the old man to make me a braket from some spare alloy he had. This is what we came up with:
It was then covered in insulation tape and some sound deadening tape on the back (which will bolt onto the intake) to avoid scratches ect.
And this is where we decided to mount it. Perfect flush fit
With great pain I took a drill to the intake (6.5mm) and got a stainless steel bolt through (around 18mm long). It was then tightened to the intake with a square nut and after that attached to the bracket via another nut as seen below:
I can happily say that there are no more rattles, I also put some new soft pads on the back of it and it now barely if at all touches the plastic panel it used to rest on. Not too bad for about 2 hours worth of hammering a piece of metal and measuring back and forth a few times
Oh yeah I almost forgot, finally got the time to change my gear shifter assembly for the new unit, I don't have a pic of it fitted but I am sure you all know what it looks like. Here is the old POS... It now shifts like a dream:
It's going in the bin but if anyone wants the solid bushes (they are 3 months old) then I will post them to you. Just pay postage and buy me a cider down the pub.
It also appear that the boot cover was making creaking noises when down, so I installed some more sound deadening tape around the edges where it sits and that has now rectified it:
And that is everything I have for you, once again sorry about the crap quality of the pictures lol.