Strudul

Want to do something about the rear bumper lights. Not a fan of the styling of aftermarket solutions, but was considering just removing the red lens to clear them out and fitting a red bulb. However, since that involves taking them apart anyway it'd be a shame not to do something a bit more special. Thinking that I could gut the cluster and install 2, parallel LED strips: - The top strip would be reverse lights / sequential indicators - The bottom strip would be used for fog lights E.g Would implement something like these for the reverse lights / indicators and similar but in red for the fogs: Questions / concerns: Difficulty - Retrofitting headlight DRLs is just a case of tapping into the wires and the controller will do all the work, I'm assuming it should be a similar process? Then it's just a case of making space inside the assembly and mounting them? Legality - Is it ok to have reverse lights and indicators combined? Not sure how they would work if you tried to reverse while using indicators / hazards and the laws / requirements. - Will an LED tube be bright enough for a fog light? - Would the light tubes need to be divided to stop light interference (white reverse + red fog just causing a pink glow) Aesthetics - Will it look shite? - The tubes are white / clear, so you should only see colour when the lights are turned on. Fogs: Reverse: Hazards / Indicators:

Spoke to someone who used dip to do whitewalls. If you prep the area, it holds very well. Problems are: - It goes brown in a week from brake dust and is a bitch to clean. Apparently it's easier to just respray over it, so it's not a convenient long-term solution - Making a stencil is a right faff and there's a chance of leakage

Second Saturday of every month. Burger King / B&Q car park, Leeds LS11 0BD

Well aware it looks crap. Calligraphy is not my strong point and Photoshop font packages are pretty limited, so I think custom text is a no-go. Though there is a point where tacky is so bad it's good Will probably just replicate pre-existing brand fonts though - print them off and trace around them. You can choose a custom colour too, but they are >£3k...

Mine does the same and so do many 350s. Replaced the clutch, including the release bearing, and it's still there. Just learn to live with it.

Part of me thinks it ruins the car, part of me will smile every time I see it.

Assuming your lip won't catch, but it looks like you've got plenty of space at the front. Just take it slow, looks like you're only just scraping, so shouldn't need much more height.

Maybe just put some planks of wood in the middle of the garage. As your rear wheels hit them, the angle of the car will increase and give you more clearance. Because they are only in the middle, your wheels will drop off them again once you are fully in the garage, so you won't be at an incline.

How do you intend to sort the garage entrance? i assume that is a public footpath, so you can't build a ramp out onto it? And lowering the garage sounds... difficult

Stock RAYS are good wheels. They aren't the prettiest, or the widest, but nowt to sniff at. Maybe just get them powder coated to taste? Don't think coilovers are worth the extra cost unless you will see track time. Tein springs are just springs, though for the front wheels you will slide them over the existing shocks.

One of those things that as long as you know it's a common thing and nothing to worry about, you'll just get used to it and it won't bother you anymore.

Tranny mount coming along - Took all the measurements needed - Made a rig to hold everything in place (piece of wood with a hole in for the pin and some nails holding the mount itself in place) - Cut out most of the rubber with a reciprocating saw - Burnt the rest out with a propane blow torch and scraped it out - Went over it with a file to clean it up and key the surface a bit - Taped and rigged it up - Mixed the PU and poured it in (hardness will be somewhere around ~70A) - Completely forgot to take pics of the process - Now to wait 48 hours for it to fully cure

It gets cold up North It's not fantastic, but usually suffices. Rarely use it though as I just plug my phone into the aux.

Only if you get a build log up

Thought I'd do something about my stubby. It cost me £2, but it was a bit too wide at the base... Decided to sand it down and got the trusty dip out Pictures in the sun are hard

Should pop along to Leeds Car Cruise sometime.

Not sure how else you'd open the door As for closing, I usually just employ the self-closing feature of the Z doors - Get out, start walking off, doors self-close, lock it, don't even look back like a total badass... then obviously look back a few times cos it's a Z

I feel like I did something wrong when I clicked on the vid...it opened up a 7s vid of some lights for me Links to a vid of a track day with the Z for me.

^Guessing there was supposed to be a video?

Presumably messing with the speedo / odometer / TC / ride comfort

If it were me, I'd sort the reflectors next - either paint / wrap or replace with smoked.

Had a massive one all over my headlight the other week and it had seeped through the gaps and coated the inside

Why not get it dipped instead?