Too busy building wardrobes this weekend but managed a sneaky quick mod

Before





after

 

Lookin good .......

 

cheers buddy. Also managed to remove the battery and completely degrease and clean the battery tray area, refit the rods and bracket with new ones, replace the crap std horns with better ones, fit radiator shroud in new one but no pictures

So slowly getting there

 

A few tweaks

First niggling bits that annoy me. Door shuts and fuel filler . Both in dire need of some degreaser and some TLC.

Before



After



Before





After

 

Next up the underbonnet.
Now normally I would have just cleaned this but as it happens I had a spare one sitting in my shed which was in better condition so decided to strip the parts I needed off the older one, transfer over and clean at the same time.

Before with the horrible fire blanket which is next to useless anyway.







Weight saving on the car



And after a lot of elbow grease







Back on the car

 

When I painted the TMIC, I wasnt exactly happy with the attempt at polishing the top frame and it looked , well crap
So I was going to spray it as well but decided I didnt like the original design of the riveted frame as it is a pain taking it off. So thought there must be a better way.

The rubbish top frame



The rivets



The crap way it is held together



Dremel, angle grinder and some swearing and out they came



Spray painted and genuine Sti label purchased



A better way to fix it together



And fitted.




Also took the opportunity to fit my Rally Tech Alt cover but as it is a Uk with no bloody aircon , the cover needs a bracket made up so whipped up this temporary version. Looks okay for the time being






Next job is cleaning up the alternator and Power steering pump

 

Getting there slowly as only weekends allow me to tinker
As I was doing the alternator I thought i best do the pas as well as one involves taking apart the other

Alternator before







The bracket that is used for the alternator was also a bit scabby and rcm do an air con delete one for £49 so I thought I would save me some money and do it myself







Shiny bolts and looks the business



Now time to do the pas

Before







Stripped, cleaned and painted and reassembled

After






And the alternator back in after a good clean and polish







And all fitted-seems a shame to cover them up now

 

Nice work. What did you use to do around the fuel cap and bonnet? As i'm worried about paint work?

 

Meguirs Super Degreaser (diluted 1:8). Degreasing compound (not neat) is perfectly fine on bodywork as long as you remember that it will strip waxes and some final polishing finishes so best do this before polishing/waxing your car.
When I did the bonnet I took off the bonnet so no chance of overspray but really if you cover the engine bay and wings you should be fine.
Have a look at my website below link in my signature and you can see the process there.

 

Tart.

Next time I'm down you can do more than just wash my car.

 

your scooby couldnt handle this level of shiny

 

Next week it could.

 

Even then it would feel it was being too "soft southern like ! "

 

 

Today was handling day.

Got a second hand whiteline rear ARB together with drop links ( might add not a fan of the wire ones so these are just temporary) a while ago and got them power coated as boy were they rusty . Nearly as bad as the original one on there.

* Seen loads of posts on here on how to do this job and believe me, do it on ramps...so much easier

Before





The drop links side by side



The ARB side by side



Couldnt resist tidying up the brackets



Loads of grease, new nuts and bolts and whacked it all back on











Off the ramps, made sure everything was tight and then tested it using the nearest roundabout

Next job

 

Nice one will do