What have you done to your car today......

What have you done to your car today......

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ukkid35

6,138 posts

172 months

Saturday 7th May 2016
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harry henderson said:
Dropped it off at the paint shop today for a nice shiny new coat of paint. Going from ocean haze to yellow. I just have to decide which yellow.
No No No

Ocean Haze looks wonderful, Yellow can be a bit flat. And it's going to set you back how much? £5k?

Revvit

333 posts

118 months

Saturday 7th May 2016
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Built up the new carbon dash with refubished clocks.










harry henderson

358 posts

107 months

Saturday 7th May 2016
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ukkid35 said:
harry henderson said:
Dropped it off at the paint shop today for a nice shiny new coat of paint. Going from ocean haze to yellow. I just have to decide which yellow.
No No No

Ocean Haze looks wonderful, Yellow can be a bit flat. And it's going to set you back how much? £5k?
I think it will end up halcyon Midas which is pearl so will be a little bit flashy. I was happy to go for ocean haze again but the painter said yellow then an ex TVR body guy from the unit next door also suggested yellow. I was secretly hoping I would get out voted because I have heard that the yellow ones are faster.

HarryW

15,150 posts

268 months

Saturday 7th May 2016
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Revvit said:
Built up the new carbon dash with refubished clocks.









My that does look good.

Byker28i

58,810 posts

216 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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harry henderson said:
ukkid35 said:
harry henderson said:
Dropped it off at the paint shop today for a nice shiny new coat of paint. Going from ocean haze to yellow. I just have to decide which yellow.
No No No

Ocean Haze looks wonderful, Yellow can be a bit flat. And it's going to set you back how much? £5k?
I think it will end up halcyon Midas which is pearl so will be a little bit flashy. I was happy to go for ocean haze again but the painter said yellow then an ex TVR body guy from the unit next door also suggested yellow. I was secretly hoping I would get out voted because I have heard that the yellow ones are faster.
People tell you that so you don't paint it red. It's well known the red ones are the fastest, as proved in the clarkson video biggrin

Byker28i

58,810 posts

216 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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HarryW said:
My that does look good.
ditto - very nice work

RFC1

1,107 posts

196 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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Byker28i said:
ditto - very nice work
Double Ditto ! Lovely work.

aide

2,276 posts

163 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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HarryW said:
My that does look good.
+1 that's beautiful.

Edited by aide on Sunday 8th May 11:42

Revvit

333 posts

118 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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Thanks biggrin

One small cock-up was that I left the protective film on the carbon fibre dash until I had assembled it. Bad move.

I now have little bits of the film trapped under the small bezels which no one else will notice but I will censored

Just one thing that really got to me is, why oh why do they supply square cross section rubber gaskets and not proper 'o' rings when refurbishing the clocks (sit between the bezel and dash face)? Stopping them from twisting is a pain in the censored

Edited by Revvit on Sunday 8th May 09:35

Revvit

333 posts

118 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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Next job is transferring the controls for the heating and cooling to a similar carbon fibre panel and changing the LEDs at the same time.

billybradshaw

352 posts

147 months

Monday 9th May 2016
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For the first time in over 6 months my wee beasty turned a wheel in anger last night. No issues reported except the cooling system needed bleeding a little more. As a result I drove it to Xworks Service this morning for valve clearances, general inspection and an MOT. Fingers crossed...

Happy

Standish

Mr Cerbera

5,031 posts

229 months

Monday 9th May 2016
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Service including Diff, Gearbox, Engine and Brakes replenishment, Chassis and components wash where applicable and re-routing of windscreen washer delivery pipes (I know that doesn’t sound like a job but I have struggled to find summat which looks good but is still liveable- with considering the number of times that the windscreen valence has to be removed – am now, finally, happy) thumbup.
When you say “today” I actually started at the beginning of Feb but that’s more down to my snail’s pace of progress than the difficulty of the tasks. banghead
It’s 28 degrees so after a good wash I’m gonna go and rip some tarmac up drivingcloud9

aide

2,276 posts

163 months

Monday 9th May 2016
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Revvit said:
Thanks biggrin

One small cock-up was that I left the protective film on the carbon fibre dash until I had assembled it. Bad move.

I now have little bits of the film trapped under the small bezels which no one else will notice but I will censored

Just one thing that really got to me is, why oh why do they supply square cross section rubber gaskets and not proper 'o' rings when refurbishing the clocks (sit between the bezel and dash face)? Stopping them from twisting is a pain in the censored

Edited by Revvit on Sunday 8th May 09:35
I read on the Cerb FB page of a guy that swapped the speedo and rev counter so his missus couldn't see how fast he was going biglaugh

harry henderson

358 posts

107 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Did nothing apart from look at other peoples cars at Preston supercar meet. 2 more weeks until mine comes home in a shiny new coat of yellow paint.

fatjon

2,143 posts

212 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Today and for the last 5 days I have been actually driving mine! After spending a fortune on it last year on a full body off chassis and suspension restore at RT and months with Joolz for a mechanical refurb I put it away last year in full working order.

I pulled it out of the garage last week and the immobiliser packed up after changing the battery. I fitted a new one and the clutch dumped it's load on the floor. So it's been off to Brendan for everything between the clutch pedal rubber and flywheel, including the bell housing. Then I discovered that the NS spiders were on the wrong ends and the fronts were rubbing so I swapped them around and now it's just about perfect. I cured the exhausts rattling on the bottom of the diff. Even the aircon works, although it also works even when it's switched off. Can't have it all I suppose.

It's actually now a pleasure to drive but still tainted by the thought in the back of mind, WTF will fall off next. I was beginning to really hate it but throwing nearly 20k at it seems to have done the trick for now. I think the only bits left that came out of the factory with it are the interior, diff and engine block. The diff is sadly going to be next, it's OK for now but gently whispering in my ear that it would appreciate a rebuild over the winter. I keep getting tempted by some nice interior retrim pictures but my Mrs is tempted by a nice holiday somewhere sunny and I'm not going to win that argument.



Outl4w

697 posts

146 months

Sunday 29th May 2016
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Finally got around to removing all the stickers from the car, (seemed the previous owner(s) were partial to a few hundred Pistonheads stickers, amongst others) and fitted the front splitter. You can just about make it out in the pic below, hidden in the shadows. Not one for the purists, but very subtle in real life, easily removed and actually seems to reduce the effect of the bonnet lifting, although possible just psychological as it isnt as far under the car as the non cosmetic ones.



Also swapped out my flaking book badge for a new one which is an exact replica, made by a guy recommended on here.


free picture upload

Then washed it and went for a blast and seemed to have got water somewhere as it was running like it was being choked for the first 15 mins, then loosened up.

Next up, adjust the bonnet, wheel refurb and paint.

Love this car!!



Edited by Outl4w on Sunday 29th May 08:31

Scarface1

84 posts

210 months

Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Thats really nice smile

Revvit said:
Built up the new carbon dash with refubished clocks.









Scarface1

84 posts

210 months

Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Took the Cerb out for its first proper shakedown drive (had only driven round the block since getting the back end, suspension, brakes, wheels back on and firing up after a year or so sat in a garage.)#

Adjusted the throttle stop and it now does not stall out at junctions but will be going in for ECU reset and set up as bit rough and I have swapped Lambda's.

Drove well and pulled well if slightly hesitant until 2k and brakes needed further bleeding.

Removed caliper due to snapped nipple and dropped at the machine shop for repair.

Popped into Southways TVR for a chat about my non opening boot.

Getting there!!

Incognegro

1,560 posts

132 months

Friday 3rd June 2016
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After spotting a speed six engine bay at the Bespoke BBQ with silicone hoses (other than for coolant and rad pipes) I popped into garage for a measure up. I'll be changing both my oil breather hose and Air intake rubber hoses to Silicone ones(to mate the rest).

On taking the big Intake one off I noticed it had collapsed at the inlet area by the clamp anyway so a change would be imminent.

Then got straight on the phone JS Performance to have some custom red ones made up got a good deal as I ordered lengths of 0.5m.

Breather= Fluoro-Lined with 22mm ID
Air Intake= normal silicone with 127mm ID

Also my missile switches arrived so now just awaiting the fabrication of an engine turned panel to house them. Rad cooling fan override, ABS and TCS (The later can be connected when the knock MBE goes in with 4.7 rebuild)

tangerinedream

146 posts

99 months

Friday 3rd June 2016
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12,000 mile service completed 2 weeks ago by Str8six. Jason said the valve clearances were all
over the place and it took half a day to sort, but there are no signs of wear (hooray!). Other issues addressed:

O/S washer jet fixed

Brake warning light no longer stays on (after cleaning contacts on brake fluid reservoir)

N/s Air intake duct replaced because of split

O/S airbox fixings replaced

Proper fixings put on oil cooler hose to stop it falling onto front pulley.

Fuel hose at filter perished, so replaced.

Main oil hose from filter to block replaced

bonnet badge fitted

Sports rear silencers replaced with original ones to offend neighbours marginally less.

Replace water rail bleeds

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