Luke0549 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hi! Thought ild start one of these just to keep track of my progress. Anyways, I'm Luke, I'm from Watford area, and I'm lucky enough to have a company van so my zed isn't used on a daily basis. So I can kinda do what I want! Bought the car in Feb, it's a black 2003 (52 plate) jdm import. Since then I've pretty much done not a great deal to it. But now due to the cost of the car, and being at pretty much its lowest depreciation point, i can have some fun with it and not worry about losing too much money on it. I have kept it completely standard and was just looking around until I decided what I wanted to do to it. Was going to go down the massively slammed, wide stretched tyre, or 'euro' look as I had leaned towards on my previous car before I got annoyed with the poor engine, This was a car I build when I was 16/17. Yet, unsurprisingly, not a single insurance company would touch me due to it having a tuned vts engine. So that project got sold. But this zed will be better! But that all changed when I came back from the ring. I'm now going to make the car into a track day car. Over the next few months I will slowly be buying parts for it. So far I've got: 17" OZ Superturismos resprayed in bright orange 30mm spacers front and back, these are due to the offset of the wheels. Orange tow strap Drift works carbon rear wing Flyeye kit. Next on list Exhaust - possibly the k1 Coilovers Brembos/discs/pads Tyres Full roll cage Once all that is done and I feel I have fully worked the car and feel the power is not enough then I'll look for something more. Either turbo/supercharge or lsx. A spanner got thrown into the works when my wheel decided to overtake me, leaving the car resting on the brakes and suspension. Ruining my front wing. Fun. So now need a new front wing. Wish I could justify buying the £500 carbon one! Fitted the flyeye kit to the front headlight and the rear indicator clusters. Althought it looks good having an all black front, the sight quality is poor. I'm going to have one more drive with them on tonight, but will more than likely take them off. So yeah thats a bit ofmy story. Hopefully this will all go to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Enjoy your build Isn't the flyeye stuff illegal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I had Flyeye on the front also, looks great but does make for poor lighting! I put some on the rear indicator/fog clusters as well, makes the back end of the car look 100% better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Apparently it's legal due to the mesh? But yeah, makes the back look so much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Was legal last year, wont pass an MOT now though, anything which restricts light is a fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Looking forward to seeing those wheels and spacers fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomS Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Was legal last year, wont pass an MOT now though, anything which restricts light is a fail Is that for front or rear or both? I've got FlyEyes on my rear, still got my old non-LED lights though if needed come MOT time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Looking forward to seeing those wheels and spacers fitted +1 I take it some one likes POTC by your title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ahah, I don't really watch POTC, it's just every car I've had, bar my 106 has been black, and they've all been 'cursed' due to having problems. And seeing as the wheel came off this, it just proves again, it's a curse of a black car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ahah, I don't really watch POTC, it's just every car I've had, bar my 106 has been black, and they've all been 'cursed' due to having problems. And seeing as the wheel came off this, it just proves again, it's a curse of a black car! Or curse of the owner that never checked the wheel nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Or that Just put all spacers on, made sure they're on with some lock tight glue stuff my dads had. Sitting pretty flush in the arch! 30mm front and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 So I went to get my wheels fitted. Was all good until they actually put them on and I realised how small they are.... Look really small in the arches... Pretty gutted tbh... Nice colour and i like the wheel.... Just really small :/ Massive anti-climax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 So I went to get my wheels fitted. Was all good until they actually put them on and I realised how small they are.... Look really small in the arches... Pretty gutted tbh... Nice colour and i like the wheel.... Just really small :/ Massive anti-climax. I did suspect it'd look wrong with 17s. I suspected right. Looks like a 99p toy one now! Get some silly coloured rays on - will be better for track anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I know what you mean. I prefer the style of this wheel over the rays though. My spoiler just arrived it's taller than my girlfriend :o Will test fit that tomorrow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Gutted, they do look really small. +1 on the rays... plasti-dip them - you can peel it off if you dont like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Whats plasti-dip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Its like rubber paint that you can peel off when you're done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomS Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Plastidip is good for the price but on wheels I'd probably go for a respray as the finish can be a bit patchy coming out of the aerosol can. It depends what the colour of the wheel is, my E65 wheels looked a bit patchy as they were silver with black Plastidip. It doors look awesome on door handles and badges though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Yeah the badges look good! Great idea but it looks very matte? Not glossy enough for my liking :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Luke0549 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Wheels on eBay! Picking up some 18" team dynamic 1.2 hopefully instead. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130736804975?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_922 If anyone wants them they can have them at a massively discounted rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomS Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 You can get a glossy clear cost over the top of the matte Plastidip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I really don't think the wheels look that bad personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke0549 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 I really don't think the wheels look that bad personally. Cheers, but in the flesh you'll see what I mean about being too small... It's okay, pick up some matt black team dynamic 18" x 8.5 last night. Possibly fit them tonight if I finish at a reasonable time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyP Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Was legal last year, wont pass an MOT now though, anything which restricts light is a fail Is that for front or rear or both? I've got FlyEyes on my rear, still got my old non-LED lights though if needed come MOT time. The FlyEyes look on the rear!! Does anyone know if this is illegal? As it is something I would really like to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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