UPDATE
So, wheels are at the bodyshop, finally have a set of tyres to put on them (with no thanks to Yodel) and various other bits being painted in preparation for TFS on Sunday 17th March, the 1st show of the year for me
So today, in preparation, I decided to finally fit a few bits that had been lingering around as well as give the engine bay a little bit of TLC
We started with this:
Messy, covered in grime and muck and generally looking a bit sorry for itself. You'll notice my polished Berk intake courtesy of Wasso and also the brake fluid and battery covers missing watch this space
I grabbed some "Autoglym engine and machine cleaner" from Halfords after reading some good reviews on it, and set to work on the exposed areas of the engine bay such as the areas around the strut brace feet, the wall between the engine and the cabin and the plenum itself
The plenum was particularly nasty
So concentrated on that to spruce it up a bit before Wasso get's some more work off me for it to be polished properly
The Autoglym worked a treat, cutting through the grime and grease fairly easily, which I worked in with an old toothbrush
You can see the difference between the worked on area in the middle after just 10mins, and the outside bit still grubby as before
The sides by the strut brace feet started off like this
and finished up like this
still not perfect, but much better than before!
After I'd finished with the cleaning (still a little more to do, but wanted to fit some bits) I finally got round to fitting my plenum spacer
And yes, it's the right shade!
Also fitted my RareJDM cover (very fiddly to do) which has been sitting in the garage since December and the end result looking like this!
Left the strut brace off for now as I've got a new one going on later this week
Really want to tidy up a few of the wires, particularly the earth/ground kit that the previous owner put on the car
And tomorrow's efforts will consist of these bad boys