LITTLE RED MK 2.5 .. the story so far!

[bally3]

Ride out to ribble valley viaduct

Great drive out with Barrie

[Scottishfiver]

Both these examples are credits to their respective owners.
Alloys really set yours off in my view Bally

[bally3]

another ride out today , with mrs B .

over Snake pass and the Strines , stopped for a picnic

then home for good clean down

also did a quick fettle of the “bay”

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[bally3]

Picked up a substantial 60mm style bar today.
Feels really solid

[bally3]

Came across these seats for good price.
Will clean and treat before fitting

[Bettabuilda]

You got them then Geoff? Nice work!

Barrie

[bally3]

Managed to get the seats treated and fitted this morning

Bargain at £75 ,
Just in time for our road trip to Scotland on Wednesday

[Bettabuilda]

They look very nice Geoff obviously, the car being red, they really go well

Barrie

[bally3]

Wash n polish this morning ready for road trip to Scotland on Wednesday.

A few tools sorted just incase
2 x mk2.5 and a mk1 making the trip

[bally3]

SO, the trip to Scotland was a success
we covered 737 miles in 3 days , in some torrential rain
no mechanical issues for any of the cars which was fantastic

heres a couple of pics ,

[TOGs_driver]

Great photos of your trek bally3, thanks for sharing them.
Your -5 looks smashing.
Is the placement of your front number plate commented on at MOT time?

Cheers,
Guy

[bally3]

thanks guy , i changed it after mot

[bally3]

Ride out over Holme moss , snake pass and the strines

[bally3]

treated it to a bit of wax

[TOGs_driver]

She gleams

[bally3]

Another little treat coming tomorrow for it ( hopefully)

[bally3]

well here’s the treat ,
a set of maxpeedingrod coilovers …

i know , i know , these are not the best make
but for what i want and the price paid , these will do .
bought because the arch gap was huge before

99% of the time the 5 only goes out in the dry and does around 3k miles / yr so should last my time with it
These get 2 yrs warranty according to site i bought them from .

the only issue , as i already knew , is the fronts go super low , but the rears not low enough

before ,

after ,

i’ll get some better pics later

[bally3]

as the weather is poor and i cant get on with my garden project i thought i’d tinker with my 5 …
i fitted the “switchback” indicators a while back but decided to add some more DRL’s behind the grill …

here with “switchbacks” and DRL’s on

[bally3]

here’s the before and after shots of ride height after fitting coilovers ,

BEFORE

AFTER,

[suggs_84]

Does indeed look much better!