Old Jun 11, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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Nick C
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The latest news is actually quite good for once lol, had to have my tax redone which has gone up so not so good...and after all the bearings I have had done its still got a whine lol so its process of ellimination onto the next side pmsl

Anywho I mentioned above I had bought some 2pot Brembo callipers to fit with 300mm disks, well it turned out to be a lot of hassle to get brackets made up for the Brembo's and I just couldn't be bothered. Plus I wanted to replace everything with new parts to stop things going wrong...

Got some money together this month for once lol and decided to buy a few bits for the car, as well as pay for the clutch to be sorted lol.

Went a bit overboard but I bought some brand new (from ford) corner splitters for my bumper, fitted them and they really look great - finish the front off a treat

Bought a load of screws and bits and bobs for the interior, and bought a new fog light switch as mine had lost illumintion - that little lot cost £40 lol

I also found out both my rear callipers were knackered, so I went off to ford and got myself two new rear callipers, disks and pads....I also saw a full ST170 conversion going for a good price - so bought that as well lol!

I then got myself a full set of braided hoses, a load of Dot 5.1 Brake fluid to flush and refill the system with, I then got myself some very expensive but very good red calliper paint, some degreaser and a few paint brushes for odd jobs, and I got a stainless cambelt cover from a good lad on feoc

I then found a guy selling brand new idle control valves for the 130spec on ebay, so bought one of those to - came to £24 including postage which is awesome!

I then got myself some footwell lights, which I need to wire in along with my one touch relays when I get a chance lol.

I have a new MAF on the way as well and hopefully that should sort out a few more niggly problems...and I will be a lot happier, but nope thats not all fpmsl.

I fully waxoyled the inside of my arches, took the interior trim panel off and they are hollow lol really would hate to crash this car , but I poured in about a gallon into each and sprayed it everywhere down the sill the lot and had it leaking out the sills into my drive lol but at least it won't rust!

And last but not least I took the car to powerflow to have the exhaust made quieter, had a centre box fitted and its sooo much better now, its quiet but really throaty and still a bit noisy when I give it some...its also a lot more responsive and a bit faster to, which is always a bonus!

So after spending about £1300 on it this month (yup and I am having the garage built currently lol) its looking a lot better, only things left to sort on the whole car is the tailgate/spoiler, heated screen not working, locating the whining bearing, replacing a cracked heated mirror, and resealing the little rubber thing under the rear bumper that lets air out - as it melted when the car was being welded in the resto - and its leaking when I jet wash her lol.

Soooooooooo fingers crossed all my goodies will arrive soon, and I will get them fitted and get some updated pics!! Can't wait

Thanks for reading
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