Another update for the books, been busy ordering some more parts for when the rockers are replaced and the oil cooler installed, the weather has been woeful so its been put back til its ok so hopefully the first weekend of february is fine. Whilst completing the stockpile of parts for that some other things have taken my eye
Couldnt resist Tarmac's offer for the carbon mirror covers so snapped up a pair of those and fitted them today, look lovely i must say. First quick detailed the mirrors clean then gave them a wipe down with IPA to make sure the surface was properly clean.
Think they tie in lovely with the gloss black roof and front bumper bar
Decided to order the Z1 Motorsports silicone breather hose kit in blue, as chances are the oem hoses will be all gunky so may aswell while im there
Also ordered the Motordyne aramid lower plenum gasket, its meant to reduce the heat transfer between the lower and upper plenums therefore reducing intake temps, again its good practice to replace the gasket while everythings apart wether it actually does what it says its meant to i dont know but given Motordynes reputation and proven products im sure it will, plus being less than half of the cost of a new oem one it makes sense
Last up is my final piece of the exhaust system jigsaw, Its the Motordyne XYZ pipe with resonator. I know these are proven to be the best y pipe on the market and i wanted the resonator just to tone things down a bit and add a more tuned note to the exhaust now the manifolds are on. So with the exhaust complete my setup is the following DC Sports ceramic coated equal length manifolds, Motordyne ART decats, Motordyne XYZ with resonator, Cobra resonated mid pipe and back box.
Thats all the big stuff done on the car now, just need it mapped again when its all on. Would like to thank Chris at Tarmac for sourcing the carbon mirrors and Motordyne gear, a perfectly smooth transaction thank you dude
My birthday present to myself is a complete interior done in carbon by Vlad Will be getting that all fitted next month when its made, cannot wait. Obviously it needs a few other bits to complete the look so ordered an alcantara gear gaiter with orange stitching to match the seats, and il be getting Peter (4RE leather) to cover my doorcard armrests in black leather and orange stitching to finish it off
Then its just all the small stuff left to do to make the car complete,
Gloss black door handles
Finally get the RCA mod and reverse camera fitted
If i can find some sensibly priced alcantara il be doing the headlining
So thats it for now, thanks for reading will update when the XYZ is fitted and video'd
Cheers
Arran