Darren-B

And about bloody time too

Looks as though I'm going to build a car quicker than you can plug in a few cables

A long awaited update,

Managed to get all the 'loose' items primed & flatted back, then painted their designated colour. light surrounds, cubby doors, tow hooks, bumper brackets etc

Adrian helped me out with the front grill which is made up of a million pieces

He de-greased, scrubbed & keyed them up ready for paint

They were then hung & etched, followed by a quick coat of high build primer

Also got these finished in Black

Then today I made my own GM paint to match my wheels. Decided to use a water based base coat as I want a satin finish on some of the parts, which means applying a satin lacquer after the base coat. Using a water based base coat is easier as it sprays a lot flatter than the acrylic 2k

nice & flat/smooth straight from the gun

Left it to bake for a couple of hours then a nice wet coat of what was supposed to be a satin lacquer

Have made a bit of a boo boo with the lacquer as I used an extra fast reducer & hardener along with the room temp around 30degrees so it flashed of within minutes leaving me with an unwanted gloss finish

Oh & the car itself is ready for paint

Steering column back in, brakes all connected & bled through also

Feckers! Go away!

Can I have your oem exhaust tips when your new one arrives later this week?

I see you found the 'look at my little gay electric wing' button

Welcome fellow Porsche friend, after driving the Cayman back to back with the boxster today, I think I maybe changing mine in the future. Both fantastic drivers car though

Oh and Darren - keep your phone handy, we may require your services fairly soon on the fuel side

Ahahahaha lots of people need my services but I have a mammoth task of getting my 240 ready before June

Yes, but worried a bit now... I think I'm just going to risk it

I made sure I bought a car that already had the IMS upgrade, otherwise it was something I was going to do. Not really a big job to do if your that worried about it & also a good selling point. The cars with the upgrade certainly sell for a bit more so it would be money well spent.

There is risk in buying any used car & always seems to be something that could fail with every model. look at the vq35de, lots of engine failures due to improper fuel, oil.

Be honest Darren, how many you had tonight?

Can't wait to c

Go collect that baby on Monday

Lots has happened in the last week, will update over the weekend

 

oooh oooh is it going to be finished by the 16th

No chance but your more than welcome to pop in on your world tour

Surely you still have to pay the vat tho, even if your not vat registered?

Yes if you import something from outside the EU as an individual, vat or non vat registered business you have to pay vat & duty on the item. Then if you are a vat registered company you can claim the vat you have paid on the item you purchased back. Then if you sell the item as a registered business you are required to pay vat on the sale value of the item.

Such a bloody tease!!!

 

So is having buttons in a porker that don't do anything

I've been busy you git!!

I know, thats why I haven't pestered you

Such a bloody tease!!!

So is having buttons in a porker that don't do anything

Lots has happened in the last week, will update over the weekend

£160

 

Hard to believe, eh?

What an awesome service

But a good businessman will not recommend his competitors

As above the rattle is to be expected, but 6th gear will be the alignment plate under the gator from inside the car.

Not to sure about the starting issue, assuming the correct plugs (gapped) are installed

Could be tps needs a reset (may have been touched or moved during the plug change? But that's a stab in the dark tbh

I'm in, hopefully I'll make it third time lucky & actually turn up in a zed this year

1/ martinmac +1 Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun. At home.

2/ Flyboy and Flygirl.Fri, Sat. Camping off site.

3/ Lexx + 1 Fri, Sat. S/C. Booked.

4/ NeilP + Hensh Fri,Sat Camping on site.

5/ SHEZZA + 1 Fri, Sat , Sun. B&B Booked.

6/ Steve Burns F/S/S and most of following week Bank House rented 6 bed property

7/ Paul Wrangle F/S/S and most of following week Bank House rented 6 bed property

8/ Kevin Kay + Fiona Tough F/S/S and some of following week Bank House rented 6 bed property

9 Dale Errington + Mandy F/S Bank House rented 6 bed property

10/ glrnet T/F/S Happy to help out again on Thursday Martin. Accom booked

11/AndyG8nby & Amanda fri sat sun Eabank Lodge booked .

12/Mudman + a possible half. Camping on Site Fri/Sat

13/Ph 7 + Tracy. Camping Fri/Sat/Sun

14. Toyboy+1 Eabank Lodge Fri/Sat/Sun

15/ Ken Accom booked.

16/ Davedutch + 1 Sat/Sun Accom booked Sat only

17/ Mr P + 1 Camping on site Sat. Sun at the races.

18. ChrisS + Markclio and maybe Liam. Camping F&S (get my area taped off Lexx

19. Lyndzzz + 1 Saturday at least

20. Irn Bru + 1 F/S/S Accommodation sorted

21. Will370z F/S/S Accommodation sorted

22.mopedmark + mrs moped camping in the big tent,fri/sat

23. AaronC350z + mrs staying in the Engine Inn, Fri / Sat

24. One-eyed-king + Mrs camping on site Fri, Sat, Sun (races Sunday)

25. John Peek F/S/S and most of following week Bank House rented 6 bed property

26. Bird+1 F/S/S Camping

27. Iangreenfield+1 F/S/S Accommodation sorted

28. Craig F/S/S Camping

29. Harby+1 F/S/S Camping

30. thetranquilbass F/S Eabank

31. Darren-B F/S/S Camping

iNoPay is looking for some sponsorship

Nice write up, glad to hear that the car performed so well with the new additions

Also good call doing the sighting laps in the transit

So with the mixed opinions I'm still confused.

The car is US spec so LH drive & was in close to original spec when I bought it. So no splitter, no spoiler & the rear quarter side lights. I believe all the JDM & Euro cars had the boot lid spoiler & splitter on the front also without the rear quarter lights.

I think I'm going to continue prepping the spoiler & splitter. Paint them both body colour off the car, that way there will be a perfect colour match if i decide to fit them once the car is painted. At that point I can decide if: a) I want to reduce the height of the splitter & change the colour of the spoiler to GM or something similar.

Unsure Dave, the engine bay & interior needs sorting out again after all the alignment issues , so the option to change it is still open.

Had a few hours on the car this week to get all the edges smoothed out & a meeting with my paint man tonight. Hoping for some positive feedback & to arrange a date for painting

I may organise a mini Medway meet when I get my zed back on the road, keep seeing all you guys around when I'm in my daily

Welcome along Westyno9

Mine was 2kmiles boosted when this happened, fortunately Berks replaced them under warranty BUT I still got stung by customs, got taxed for the shipping & value of the goods. Just something to bare in mind.

Glrnet also had a set of Berks fail, they didn't break up but the cat material inside came loose inside & gave his exhaust a rattle.