Given up with getting the blob dials to work for now, but I have tweaked the OE dials - no green light anymore, just need to get some LEDs to make them less orange and more white



Note that the ABS light is no longer on



Also, did some more work on the a-pillar which is now completely blended - and at a fraction of the £50 of a nomad 60mm a-pillar pod - just need to order some more black plasti-dip for the A, B and C pillars.




Next job is to mount the PSI3 into the top pod, that will also be painted in plasti-dip

 

Had a slightly more productive day today. Swapped the front discs over so they are now on the right sides, and while I was there I managed to remove the front ABS sensors so another few grams saved

Started to replace some of the blue hose, all of the vacuum and washer hose is now red.

In a bit of a dilemma now though. I had someone lined up who was going to let me use a ramp so I could swap out the rear trailing arms and brake lines - at the same time I was going to swap out the master cylinder/servo and finish of the bias valve plumbing but he's gone incommunicado so I'm now stuck for somewhere to finish those jobs off - need a ramp to get decent access for pressing the rear hub bushes out and leveraging the trailing arm nuts

 

Nice job on the pod Jon will look spot on when plasticoated.

 

It's proving to be too popular - the black and gun metal are both out of stock

 

Some goodies arrived today - 4AWG amp wiring kit to use as a base for the battery relocation wiring - it's cheaper to buy this lot and throw the extra cables away than to buy lengths of 4 AWG cable







Also got an old grounding kit lying around so I've bought a distribution block to help with fitment of that

Just need to decide now whether to make a battery tray out of some sheet and angle aluminium I have in the garage, or to buy one

Roll-on some warmer weather

 

How long untl they have some blac in stock?

Also I'm pretty sure there was someone in the members for sale section that has an alloy battery tray for sale

 

Don't know - it comes and goes. Alloy trays are pricey when you consider I can make one for under a fiver

 

Decided to do some more work on the dash today which was slow because it so 'kin cold out -3 most of the day. I traded my old carbon triple gauge pod for a top pod for the PSI3 although it was missing the metal bracket in the pic below...



Didn't think it would be too much of an issue until I started trying to fit it

The bracket not only fits the accessory to the pod, but also the pod to the dash

So I grabbed some sheet ali out of the garage and started





More trimming to follow and then to make the bracket to attach it all to the dash before getting hold of some black plastidip to paint it all

 

A little work to trim the 2 side brackets that mount the PSI3 and top pod, and then make the mounting frame for the dash...





Trial fit in the dash...





Pod fitted



And the the dash slowly coming back together with the pocket below the stereo now also fitted





And finished...



Just need to find somewhere that does the dash LED kits

 

Nice work john.

 

Looking very nice Jon. Like the way you've got it to fit in the end

Looking forward to more updates

Martin

 

Good work Jon

Wiley

 

Wow that looks as near as OEM, cracking job : Must be the week for fitting pods as I finally got around to fitting your old pod into my car. Looks much nicer than my old A pillar pod

 

Very neat work, what diameter is your steering wheel?

 

Cheers bud, 330mm iirc

 

Night shot of the dash

 

Love it mate . How you find keeping flock clean?

 

Absolute PITA mate, and a bit of it is coming off

I use a lint roller which is fine on the flatter bits but no good on the complex curves

 

Is it really .I really like the look of it but i would be stressing trying to clean it all time.We should do a detail session soon good weather be here soon.

 

I've just stocked up on snow-foam and wheel cleaner - tried it on the front wheels when I swapped the brakes around and it works a treat, just need to add some rimwax but the axel stands started creaking because of the slope of the drive

Need to get some darker 8x17's thou' and some coilovers, after I've fitted the turbo and paid for another remap

 

Hi Jon

Looking awesome yours new DIN pod,really great job on this


Jura

 

Cheers Jura - is your nearly finished yet, not seen much from you on here recently

 

Hi Jon

Engine is built,now will be hardest bit put the front mount turbo setup and other bits,hopefully will be ready soon


Jura

 

It'll be the fastest wagon in the UK when it's finished

 

looks good jon but i have to ask, why didnt you fit blob sti dials? as these have a centre rev counter and shift light.

good work though

 

They were WRX gauges so no shift light, but the centre rev counter was a big plus. The problem was the water temp gauge was faulty and if I swapped the fuel/water set from my bug gauges the fitment for needles were different. My red needles home made, the blob gauges are OE and they are noticably different side-by-side

 

Not a lot done this weekend, just repaired by RCM induction kit (I needed to fit and tap the MAF threads after the old screw heads snapped of an I had to drill them out). I also have another K&N and a Japspeed MAF pipe. The quality of that pipe is shocking with the MAF mounting threads about 2mm out compared with the MAF holes - so I've modded the MAF holes to fit that too



Just need to decide which one and sell the other - currently I'm swaying towards the bigger one

Then while that car has no Tax or MOT and therefore not being used, I can get started on this lot



I have a lot more red hose to go in, inlet and rocker covers to be painted wrinkle black (and maybe the header tank too) and then oil catch can, MAF pipe and FMIC pipework to be powder coated satin black.

Got a set of STI pinks and VF34 to fit along with a TGV delete. While I'm under the bonnet I'm going to relocate the battery to the boot, fit a grounding kit, make a bracket to mount the OE recirc valve with the FMIC, get a non-aircon alternator bracket, remove the aircon rad an fit the new alloy rad, red alloy pulleys and sort the leaking rocker cover

 

Tart Nice updates.

 

Doesn't sound like much left then Jon, should be finished by the next meet

 

Didn't get much done last weekend as I was doing stuff on other people's cars, so made up for it a little this weekend by making the battery tray

Prototype number 1, had an idea in my head but after a quick go I wasn't happy so I've scrubbed this one although I could make it work if I wanted to...



So off to the new improved version now that I had made some improvements in my head about how to do it

The first cut...





A few cuts and folds later...





A bit more metal added and some rods fixed...





And then the fixing plates added...





And finally assembled





Just need a dry day so I can drill the boot floor and attach the rivnuts so I can mount it, then I'll run the wiring through