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Next I had the big idea of changing the colour of all the silver trim in the interior... I dunno why, I guess I like the punishment 😅 Here's most of the bits that will need doing: Steering wheel button surrounds Indicator stalks Main cluster dials facia plate Buttons on either side of the main cluster Heater vent surrounds Door handles (including lock buttons) Rings on centre gauges Rectangle bezel that goes over my tablet install Rings around heater controls Big silver ring around the shifter boot Handbrake button 🙃 The trim piece on the back of the gauge cluster you can only see when looking from the outside... So I got to stripping the interior, carefully! Then it was onto prepping and masking, scuffing all pieces and cleaning with IPA. No going back now 🫣 Masking took an age as it had to be perfect and there were many difficult areas to cover, but any mistakes would mean unsightly overspray or silver not being covered. Next step will be paint!

Ok with large exterior changes recently I turned my attention back to the interior. After having wrapped the dash in Alcantara, including A pillars and door armrests. I went back and forth on what to do with the centre waterfall area on the dash. Wrap it? Paint it? Hydro dip? 😕 With the success of my earlier Alcantara wrapping and how much i liked the finish I decided to give it a bash on this piece too, I knew it would be my hardest piece as it's much more intricate and has many cut-outs etc, pretty intimidating. 🫠 Gave it a proper clean and prep for adhesive: Apply adhesive, Cut out material and lay over piece and smooth down, removing any creases Cut off main large excess material and work over all corners and edges, carefully applying more adhesive in those areas without getting it on the face of the fabric, fun times. This is the most fiddly, messiest and most time consuming step. Now for the trickier piece lol... This is how the underside looks Finished: I also did the airbag/centre part of the steering wheel, don't worry it's just on the cover 😅 This a very tricky and time consuming job, with lots that can go wrong lol. But I'm very pleased I went this route. It looks fantastic imho. Very premium and sporty.

That bronze and blue is a hot combo man. looks great. I follow you on insta btw Stuggerz right? Im Ballistic350 on there

Oh man a blast from the glory days of the forum. Wish it was still like that. Where does everyone post Zed stuff these days? facebook?

How low do you have to be on fuel for it to be an issue?

The legendary finger test! Youve done loads of little snagging bits and general tidying. nice work.

Epic journey. I love those Quadrifoglios, and that colour is great. Hope you have a great ownership

(Following directly on from my last post) So there was nothing for it, we decided on a full shell respray to get it perfect: While we were at it we deleted the aerial It came out looking great but we wasn't quite finished yet A couple weeks later we spent a full day cutting and polishing the new paint, and I mean a FULL day. Exhausting Finally ready to leave And the finished product The only thing that wasn't painted is the bonnet as I have plans for that. Overall I'm extremely pleased. We removed all the dents and imperfections and it's basically flawless now. And one colour. Anyone who knows me, knows I take care of the paint as best I can, now I have a clean canvas to work with. Big thanks to Sussex Studio!

Sorry just saw this. No im over in NE london/Essex area

This is awesome stuff! Impressive results too. GL next season

Do you know where one could procure such a thing? 😊

ive tried a few of the generic google search ones and they didnt really work for me, had to return them

I've never found a good answer for this. Would like to be able to buy a JOBD reader too. Hope someone can help

Custom vents For a long time now I have had some ideas for bodywork modifications I wanted on my Zed but I couldn't find a place that sells something I want. I also didn't want carbon and poor fitting FRP parts. I happened to come across a place called Sussex Studio recently and after some chatting and sending photoshops of what I want it seemed I had found the right place for what I had in mind. So they got to work: These are OE metal wings customized with vents. All welded and ready for paint And similar vents were put into my JDM style bumper. Once painted it was on to fitting This was an absolute nightmare as the bookshop who fitted my nismo skirts decided to use tiger seal and try as we might we couldn't get to the bolts for the wing. Eventually after hours we got there Then it was time to redo the bumper tuck and refit the nismo spats Im extremely pleased with how this came out and looks amazing, just how I'd imagined. However, anyone who knows gunmetal paint WV2 knows it's almost impossible to get a good match. Neither myself nor the body shop were happy with the match despite their best attempts. So we needed to do something about the paint...

Love a TVR T350. v cool

What time does she talk about the Zed? I remember her review on release, she loved it and i think she even bought one herself. 5th gear days

I cant lie, it never gets old surprising the unsuspecting.

Thats some mighty fine work 😏

Look forward to the build!

Up and down as u go over bumps? sound like its coming from the rear shock tower?

Sequentials everywhere! While having some other mods done, meaning the rear bumper and wing were off being customised, i took the opportunity to fit sequential indicators to the rear and front wing of the Zed. Unlike the front bumper ones which i made myself these were a relatively simple affair, just some soldering and shrouding. All attached using waterproof connectors. Fronts Sides Rear Set the rear DRL/fog lights on a switch. Also the reverse lights are much brighter than before. Which was one dim bulb on the drivers side. Reversing in the dark used to be a gamble 🫠

Ive seen these. Not seen any details, price etc

surely a De-cat is needed?

lmao this cat... hes like "ill show you"