Finished! (for now)

Spring 2023
Seat covers
Quilted carpet covers
Reversing sensors
Touch screen Sony Car Play unit
Chrome seat back bar covers

Soft-top cleaned, dyed and re-proofed

September/October/November 2023
Bonnet lift struts
Aluminium grill covers
New aluminium expansion tank fitted.
Cold air induction kit
Differential oil change
Gearbox oil change
Rear bumper and crash bar removed and rear rust treated and painted. Sprayed with Lanoguard protection.
Stainless steel Malian Sports exhaust back box fitted
BOFI rear diffuser fitted
Fyralip rear boot spoiler
Aluminium pedals and footrest
New boot floor heat shield

December 2023
Auxiliary belt renewed
Stubby arial
New fully aluminium Mishimoto Performance Radiator fitted
Silicon hoses and worm drive clips
Throttle body removed and cleaned
New thermostat
New FL22 coolant
Rust treated where accessible whilst components removed for new radiator

January 2024
New disc brake rotors front and rear
New braided stainless steel flexible brake lines
New callipers front and rear.
Brake fluid flushed and new Dot 4 fluid.
Revised oil dipstick
Revised seat-belt guides.
Maxton Designs front splitter fitted

March 2024
MeisterR Sportive coilovers
17" Japan Racing 7J ET40 wheels

April 2024
Replaced orange repeaters with clear
Uprated door bushes (plastic)
OEM Strut brace fitted
Oil change and filter (103,000)

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You have done in a year what I’m planning to do in maybe 5!

That’s practically a new car!

Do the quilted carpet covers make a solid difference to noise and insulation?

We’re the bonnet struts tricky to fit?

What coolant tank did you go for?

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:joy: I’m retired and have an obsessive personality. You should see my guitar builds/collection!

Quilted carpets - I haven’t noticed any difference with noise/insulation. Was more of an aesthetic thing as the carpets were tatty.

Struts - a doddle to fit (easier than the bloody radiator!)

Tank - Alloyworks off Ebay

Looks well , very good list of goodies :grin:

Just a thought… Smoked side repeaters ?

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Good call!

For me mate, they would sit right with the colour scheme.

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Thanks! My OG carpets are also tatty. And I’ve been looking at the alloyworks tank.

Agreed. Good shout.

Can I ask what seat covers you got and are they any good? I’m not a fan of leather seats but having been quoted £300 per seat to have them re trimmed in cloth i am considering covers.

I’ll try and remember where I got them and let you know.


What was the carplay unit like to fit mate? I’ve been wanting to do that for a while now.:+1:

Quite straight-forward with the right fitting kit/wiring kit.

Which make/type of rear parking sensors did you fit?
A mid I want to do with the card limited rear vision.
Thanks
Pete

Just a cheap kit from Amazon. Work a treat. Only hard part is feeding the cable for the buzzer from the boot in to the cockpit!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B095XZG4TK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Work done on NC1

BBR 200 .

Ohlins Coilovers.

il motorsport arb’s.

rota Force 7.5/17 wheels .

215/45/17 Nankang ns2r tyres .

adjustable drop links.

100,000 mile service .

changed belts,tensioner, idler pulleys spark plugs .

all oils brake fluid and coolant

brembo disks and pads all round.

middle front and upper rear chassis braces.

lined boot and sound proofed .

side tonneau covers .

Parking sensors.

pioneer apple car play, rear camera .

il motorsports centre console and arm rest.

nc2 leather seats .

nc2 door cards.

intermittent wiper switch.

Royal steering wheel and the nice man made me a gear gator out the same material.

de tangoed the headlights and uprated bulbs.

new rear wheel bearings .

colbort rear box.

black badges.

ceramic coating.

sure I’ve done some other stuff lol

all fitted and done by me

apart from the BBR 200 and alignment and corner weight

have some black piano roll bar covers on way to me

want to get piano black steering wheel inserts and door panel switch surrounds

have new lightened flywheel and clutch sitting on shelf ready to go in when needed

and front wheel bearings

want to get a new hood fitted before the winter maybe a hard top if one comes along near and at the right price

the car is pretty rust free and has been treated I looked at loads when I was buying this and spent most of the search laying underneath them

don’t know what I am going to do with some of the spares I

have, Bilstein and Eibach springs 17 inch wheels etc

and running out of things to do now ANY SUGGESTIONS ? maybe tart the engine bay up coolant tank etc

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