Here she is - CV8

[stigmundfreud]

turn the radio up, put some electric cut outs on the exhaust, tell her to shut up

all eliminate whine

[Janosh]

Haha - after hearing a few cars at SRR I did consider a louder exhaust to address the gear whine

The Milltek is actually quite quiet compared to some!

[stigmundfreud]

Yes I was a little disappointed after putting I on, suggest cut outs to give best of both worlds. Oh the exhaust is close to rear body and over time will get close and droned a lot a simple bit of pressure from a boot, not a lot, is enough to realign and cut drone out

[Janosh]

Pilgrimage complete.

Big thanks to the guys at Monkfish - my car is sorted (with a 'happy medium' 3.7 gear)

Did an oil change and gave her a wash when I got home, hopefully we she'll behave herself for a while now...

[ARAF]

Janosh said:

Pilgrimage complete.

Big thanks to the guys at Monkfish - my car is sorted (with a 'happy medium' 3.7 gear)

Did an oil change and gave her a wash when I got home, hopefully we she'll behave herself for a while now...

Pleased to hear. They're good up there, until Andy comes into the waiting room with his clipboard and card machine.

[Janosh]

I'd been in the waiting room for an hour when Andy first came in... I was already panicking that whatever he said next would start with '..err, well, we've got a little problem...' but it was just to say that the breakfast truck was outside if I wanted anything to eat... Phew!

[MyM8V8]

Result Jan.

[Janosh]

Thanks to the rubbish weather I decided to have a tinker with the car today....

Firstly went from this:



To this:



Then took off the strut brace, sanded back to (mostly) bare metal and started spraying it to match the AP's:



Still have a couple of other little jobs to do... hopefully I'll get it all finished tomorrow and I can post up some before & after pics

[ARAF]

though that red paint looks a little thin at the end.

[jameshsv]

ARAF said:

though that red paint looks a little thin at the end.

Should have gave it a primer coat first.

[jameshsv]

ARAF said:

though that red paint looks a little thin at the end.

Should have gave it a primer coat first.

[Dave3166]

KMud said:

Looks well-loved. At least swap in a short VXR stick (or even a full shifter), the long stick stands out like a sore thumb!

Or a long finger

[Janosh]

Quick update:- strut brace paint is holding up ok - Hammerite is a little more expensive but does seem to last the distance:



Today's project is to fix / replace the broken fog light:



The glass was ok, but the lights were past their best!

[stigmundfreud]

I think the foglight was broke when I had it :S

[Janosh]

Did a quick trip up to MF earlier this week and my GForce drive shafts are finally clunk free:



Not a cheap upgrade but the GKN CV joints do seem to be much better

[MyM8V8]

Janosh said:

Did a quick trip up to MF earlier this week and my GForce drive shafts are finally clunk free:



Not a cheap upgrade but the GKN CV joints do seem to be much better

Good work. I think I will get that odd one of mine done.

[Janosh]

I was never happy with the cheapo fog lights that I fitted in place of the OEM units so thought I'd try something a little different:





I'm really pleased with how it's turned out... what does everyone else think?

[MyM8V8]

Good enough Mate.

[Codswallop]

Doesn't look too bad. Was the original plastic egg crate easy to remove without snapping any of the retaining clips?

[KMud]

Codswallop said:

Doesn't look too bad. Was the original plastic egg crate easy to remove without snapping any of the retaining clips?

Bottom insert comes out easy, top is integral.