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Its been a while but a small update. Some good some bad. Car is mapped as far as possible, Chris has taken it as far as the clutch will allow before is starts slipping. The new clutch isn't playing ball due to not being bedded in(baptism of fire on the dyno ). Going for a Mot tomorrow then all going well I'll get it picked up soon. Chris has limited the revs to as far as it's tuned and i'll run about in the car for a few hundred miles to bed the clutch in then get it back in to him for the final tweaks. It will be nice to have the car back but will be gutting to have it restricted for a while and have to explain to everyone that It's not ready yet and I have no final power figure just yet. Nearly there though!

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Just sorted the mrs out for the year with green flag. £43 for personal cover for the two of us, cost £0 to add me so was rude not to take it.

Clutch line sold. I'll get it posted tomorrow, sorry I never got it away today. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

If you could do it yourself you'd save a fortune. Not touting for work but it's no hassle if anyone needs something presses out sending it to me. Cover postage for the return and ill sort you out. Folk on here have helped me often enough Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I get green flag for the Mrs £43 for personal insurance + free 2nd driver. Trick is to register the primary vehicle as a new car. She uses the old puggy for work but her main car is registered as a new golf r so it's cheap as chips. Last year it was £20 for personal breakdown cover but they changed there policy this year 😡 Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

If all your arms are ok and you want to save a bit of money then you could replace the bushes with stock bushes, this will still improve your ride if your suspension is as worn as you say. Poly bushes will firm up your suspension a lot more and should last a lot longer. The hardest part is getting all the old rusty and corroded nuts off. I've not got the patients to do it all at once so I've just been swapping mine out when ever the stock bushes deteriorate

If your planning on keeping her then bite the bullet and give her a refresh of all new poly bushes and get a geo alignment, Should feel like night and day when it done so will be worth it.

Following this as Its a pain having to delete games every time I want to install a new one and if its an easy job I'd be better of upgrading, I'm just not that tech savy

If your still making these drop me a pm please

No problem just send me a pm regarding either payment via paypal or to arrange collection

Good to finally see this finished, looks really good. The lip and skirt combo are subtle but make a big difference, might be tempted to copy you

Got a few bits left over from the build so might aswel clear some space. All items are located in Falkirk Braided clutch line from the JWT clutch kit for a DE Brand new as I already had a braided line £20posted Vortech Filter - Brand new still in the wrapper. I made my own intake so this was surplus. £65 posted I've got these lower control arms but not overly fussed about selling them but if anyone wants them they can feel free to make an offer. They are in decent condition, I pushed all the old bushes out and I gave them a quick clean up in the blaster at work then gave them a quick coat of the only spray paint we had lying around to stop any corrosion, defo not a professional finish Working constant 12 hour shifts just now but I'll do my best to get the postage sorted as quick as possible

Just had a look on their sites, only sell the full pulley. I'm just after the bearings. Might send them an email asking later though Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Just been advised from Chris at dyna tune that my idler pulley bearings are sounding a bit rough. Does anyone have the part numbers for the bearings so I can order up new ones and do a quick swap in a day. This would save me stripping the bearings out to find the part numbers and having to wait on the new bearings arriving.

Well finally got a recovery service that turns up so it's over to dyna tune now. Squeaky bum time haha 😂 Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

So these would be plug and play for UK DE cars? http://fullcartuning...ack-nissan-350z I quite like them but can't be bothered with splicing wires etc

I had to cut down the mounting bolts on the intercooler, otherwise they'd have been sticking into the fins on the oil rad. Looks much better than my butchered bumper and un symmetrical view through the grill. Suppose I can always change it in the future. Keep up the good progress Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Looking good. Kinda wishing I'd hidden the oil cooler the same as you have now. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Sump removed, thread was stripped and bolt was held in with loctite or something to appear tight. Drilled and tapped to the next size up and re-fitted the sump. No more oil leak Made a new bracket for the the catch can so it sits better now and fitted P clips to hold the wiring loom away from the charger gears, re fitted the strut bar after a re-spray since the bases had a bit of corrosion on them. How the bay sits finally Front end for now, washer bottle will be removed and pipework adjusted after the mot Lower arms fitted now Old arms out Old bushes pressed out, fair to say they've seen better days. Hopefully that's all that will be needed for her mot Cleaned up the old arms in the blaster and gave them a quick coat of matte black Turns out the two sets are different part numbers if you look closely at the numbers on the arms in the pictures. Only difference I can see is that the ones I've fitted now have less of a recess for the ball joint nut which doesn't allow the split pin to be fitted so i'll take these off and thread lock into place next time i'm under the car. Bumper is trimmed and re-fitted, under tray etc all re fitted. no pics Car was booked in to be taken to dyna tune today but the company let me down by blanking my phone calls etc when they never turned up . Trying to find some one else to do it but struggling,anyone local got any suggestions? Still working overtime so not sure when i'll be able to get it through now So its all washed and ready to go I think haha

If your handy with a spanner its pretty easy, a bit daunting at first when you have a massive list of jobs to get through but if you just break it down and plug away at it it's not too bad. I'd say the hardest parts for me was fitting the fuel return line as i for life of me couldn't get it through the passageway or getting the gearbox back on myself on a monoblock drive way . The few times I did get stuck or wasn't sure I'd just jump on here and search or ask questions. My biggest issue was time, I've been doing constant over time since Feb almost so just been doing an hour here or there so its been slow.

Turns out they are different part numbers. Not sure it will really make any difference. I'll loctite the nut on next time I'm under the car Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Just fitted my new(2nd hand but with new whiteline bushes fitted) lower control arms. It turns out they are slightly different. The recess where the nut for the ball joint on my new ones isn't as deep as the ones I've taken off. The nut now sits flush with the top of the bolt so I'm unable to fit any split pins. The ball joint seems like it's seated fine, had them slackned, tightened and wiggled loads before I stuck my finger in the recess and realised the difference. Anyone else running like this and had any issues? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I don't track the car so would like to keep it semi comfortable but still sharpen it up, I already have whiteline sway bars & drop links so just kept it whiteline.

I had exactly the same issue on a brand new mini I owned in the 70's. The main dealer was unable to fix it and sent it to an auto electrician who discovered that one of the bulbs was faulty. It was a long time ago so I don't remember if it was a sidelight bulb or one of the brake light bulbs. Pete I was just talking about this today at work! When he braked all the front of the car lit up. spent hours looking for the fault and it turned out to be the dual filament bulb, the bit that lights when the brakes is applied had broken and fallen onto the other filament still completing the circuit but causing the weird fault. Hope this fix is as simple as that, worth a check