Cheers Andy, soon as it stops bloody raining I'll take some pic's of it all finished

Not doing snetts but wanna do it a bit later in the year. Think it's just me and Ross at Bedford in a few weeks and then donnington in March. Saying that, if I'm a little flush ill try as I loved snetts last time

 

The rain briefly stopped today, first time since finishing the cage a few pics of it all finished off








It's a bit of a squeeze now getting in and out but I had a quick release for the steering wheel

But after finding out its fake, it's going back to bloody china. But I've ordered this and will hopefully land tue/wed next week

 

The roll cage looks superb GezGood choice on the QRBSJ.

 

Thanks mate. Looking forward to it arriving, couldn't justify £250+ for a works. Looking forward to getting it on the track

 

A little updat and the plan for the next months.

A while back I got the quick release fitted, really happy with the NRG piece. Seems a lot more solid and the release system seems so much easier and stronger.

I saw on YouTube some people remove the safety release button,I did the same and it's a doddle now.




When fitted the steering shell was a lot closer than I originally thought, took a few outings but I soon got used to it. It's a lot better on track

 

Early this week, I was to take the scoob on track at Bedford autodrome. I took my mate and oracle Tim (subbus) with me. To say we had a good time would be an under statement. Had the best track day to date. First time with the new 6speed and the car performed perfectly. Company wasn't bed either we met up with Ross and his girlfriend Sam.





That day just reinforced to me why we spend so much time and money on these things. I came home absolutely shattered but totally buzzing.

At the moment I'm happy with the power but I want to make it the best handling scoob I can get. The plan is to get the diff sorted with better rear brakes. On the shopping list are; roll centre, lateral arms, diff bolts and heap of new bushes. I'll get some more info and pics up as I'm going.

Cheers
Gez

 

Gez the boss Looks well nice and fit for purposeSJ.

 

Will have to meet up for a track day as soon as my car is finishedSJ.

 

Defo mate, I've got another one in March. Then I think I'll be doing a bit more work and then back on track in July hopefully.

Thanks for the advice on the boss, much happier now. Plus I get my fat ars in

 

No worries mate.SJ.

 

T'was a great day Gez, good to see you mate and was nice to meet Tim as well

 

You too Ross mate, may there be meny more days like this

 

Amen to that buddy!

 

After the last track day at Bedford, the plan was to improve the handling rather than just flat out power. I wanted to get the rear sorted with the 180 diff which meant sorting out the hubs and brakes.

I did have a big list of parts like lateral links, roll centre and braces etc but after seeing the arch extensions Darren/ABW is working on I needed to cut the spending a little as I think when they're ready my wallet is gonna really hurt.

As I'm planning on running 9-10" wide wheels, I wanted to put new bearings in. It might be a little over kill but better be safe than sorry. I don't know the history of these hubs and it proved worth while as when Tim separated them one of the bearings didn't look great.



Then just removing the backing plate and then it's of to the soda blasting





Next to be ordered will be full new set of bearings, Godspeed larger disc's, Roll Center kit, diff bolts and load of poly bushes.

Next up was to sort out the rear brakes. I bought a set of rear brembo's of another member on here


Being a tart I didn't want to keep them gold so I set to change them to black. After a little research, I chose to use this VHT kit


Not sure the wife's going to be happy when I have to bake them for an hour

Today I was able to strip, sand and prime the calipers down






Little light sand tomorrow and I should be able to get the colour on

 

Very nice mate will look good black

 

Thanks mate

Today I'll mostly be baking



Kitchen stinks, think I should of taken the masking tape off but hopefully be worth it

 

Where's the roast dinner going to go?or have you cooked that alreadySJ.

 

takeaway today me thinks.

Last bake there was a little smoke but all looks ok. So far I've done 2 30mins then 30mins cool down. 120 and then 220.

 

I Can't wait to see the finish product.SJ.

 

After the primer had baked. It was two thin/light coats of the black


And then it was two heavy/wet coats. First coat:




Then the final coat.




It should be hard after about 3hours and I'm gonna tray to bake the colour. Must admit, they didn't look amazing when I was doing the primer. But now the colour is on, I think they look spot on

Fingers crossed I don't screw up the clear coat or the baking

 

Give yourself a pat on the back mate they look superb.SJ.

 

Cheers matey I was gonna try and bake them this evening but the paint is still too soft so hopefully sort them out during the week or latest next weekend.

I just hope they last

 

Looks great Gez Moved on from the last time I saw it

I'll be a Snetts in Feb if you do decide to run Just had an overhaul on mine... Coilovers, Roll Centre, ASP linkage kit, Whiteline Outrigger Bushes / Whiteline Gearbox Craddle Bushes, Beatrush Solid Gearbox Mount and flipped the wishbone pins Need to set it up on track and see how it fairs

 

Hello mate. Thanks. It's never finished ay got loads of plans. Gutted I won't be at snetts. Got another date at Bedford in March. Defo wanna do snetts again later on in the year lets try and meet up

I saw on face book all your parts, how any tyres does one man want I like the look of those beatrush parts you got. I was thinking about getting some of them too. Where did u get them from mate? I was thinking of contacting a few of the international sellers on eBay.

 

Contacted Beatrush Japan and just ordered direct from the factory Doing Bedford in July

 

Cheers. Will do. I'll be up for meeting up at Bedford

 

Great car.

 

Thanks mate, keeps me out of trouble

 

I got a couple of extra coats on during the week and now it's time for the main bake. 1hr at 200. Pretty nervous about this, really hope it works Fingers crossed tomorrow will be decals and lacquer and then another bake

 

Right, they had an hour and they're now out and cooled down. The good news is they're rock hard so the baking worked. The bad new is there's small patches where the paint has bubbled. When you press against them the paint just flakes away. It's like there was too much paint in certain sections, maybe I was too generous when spraingy. They don't look bad but id like to get them as perfect as I can.







I'm going to try and sand/smooth these patches and see if I can touch them up before the lacquer