Soldato
But you need your shoes for your Fred Flintstone cars? 
What have you done to your car today?
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Caporegime
Bought a 1970 E-Type Jaguar steering wheel for my Austin
And about 50 other things including an SU HS4 from a 70s mini, Fletcher alloy intake manifold, pancake air filter, Mini throttle pedal and cable, suspension bits, exhaust bits, trim bits, an assortment of Smiths gauges, brackets, sensors, wiring stuff, a blade type fuse box so I can replace the original Lucas type one and add some more accessories such as a front spotlight, reverse light, 12v socket, etc.
Also converted it to negative earth.
OH and the clutch linkage fell to pieces and I bought a load of parts to renew that as well...
And about 50 other things including an SU HS4 from a 70s mini, Fletcher alloy intake manifold, pancake air filter, Mini throttle pedal and cable, suspension bits, exhaust bits, trim bits, an assortment of Smiths gauges, brackets, sensors, wiring stuff, a blade type fuse box so I can replace the original Lucas type one and add some more accessories such as a front spotlight, reverse light, 12v socket, etc.
Also converted it to negative earth.
OH and the clutch linkage fell to pieces and I bought a load of parts to renew that as well...
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Soldato
Sorted out my coilover height issue, so now it sits better and my tyres don’t get chewed up by the arches.
MOT and then paint in the new year.
Your car has a "DE" number plate. That is Pembrokeshire (Would have been Dyfed back in 1987)
Round here, your plate will be worth a fair penny. It's a thing folk do here.
Soldato
Decided the change the exhaust on my GT4. I knew it would be a struggle as the OE nuts and studs are made of cheese. The nuts are 12mm and not one of them took a 12mm socket. Used 1/2 inch or a eStar Torx thingy. 5 came out OK, 5 snapped.
Plenty of heat - flange was flippin bright orange. Bought a sealey post puller thing and that broke inside on the 2nd post (first one snapped) stopped at that point. Re-tapped the threads I could get to.
OE egg sauce
I don't have any pics of the new exhaust fitted. It's a BCFabs Inconel with the black and matte gold tips. I bought it 2nd hand with under 1000 miles. I've had to fit it anyway to move it around. Honestly, I'm not sold after all that. The OE exhaust can drone and this has just made the drone louder. It doesn't crackle or make any exciting noises - have to change/remove the cats and I'm not doing that for warranty reasons. I'll put the OE exhaust back on when it's time to visit the dealer. I might go back to OE anyway.
Something that has plagued me a bit is that I didn't hold out for extended leather interior. It's OK without but I wish mine had the extended carbon in the doors and extended alcantara. If an interior comes up from a broken 718 I will probably get it and fit it. Anyway, something I did do was swap out the base lower dash bits for alcantara.
The glovebox was actually harder than the smaller piece under the wheel. The box I bought had an airbag switch which the GT4 doesn't have so printed up a little blank to cover the hole.
Done! Not particularly noticeable but I think it lifts the interior a bit.
Finally for this round, I find it strange that the Harmon Kardon head units have Android Auto installed but Porsche doesn't activate it. I found a small software tool online that you put on a SD card and make it auto-loading. It's called MIB I think. Anyway, fairly pain-free procedure and I now have AA working.
I tried 2 local Porsche specialists to fix my exhaust post issue, one didn't answer and the other said they were too busy. I've got some Manthey suspension parts to be fitted so the car is off to RPM Tecknik tomorrow to have new posts fitted together with the Manthey parts - as Porsche own Manthey and RPM are doing the work, it won't affect warranty.
Up coming mods will be bolster covers (mine are in so so shape after only 6K) and seat inserts (I've got for a Scott clan tartan - it's a bit bold and doesn't really match, but Mrs EddScott says I have to go bold and own it (apparently)
Plenty of heat - flange was flippin bright orange. Bought a sealey post puller thing and that broke inside on the 2nd post (first one snapped) stopped at that point. Re-tapped the threads I could get to.
OE egg sauce
I don't have any pics of the new exhaust fitted. It's a BCFabs Inconel with the black and matte gold tips. I bought it 2nd hand with under 1000 miles. I've had to fit it anyway to move it around. Honestly, I'm not sold after all that. The OE exhaust can drone and this has just made the drone louder. It doesn't crackle or make any exciting noises - have to change/remove the cats and I'm not doing that for warranty reasons. I'll put the OE exhaust back on when it's time to visit the dealer. I might go back to OE anyway.
Something that has plagued me a bit is that I didn't hold out for extended leather interior. It's OK without but I wish mine had the extended carbon in the doors and extended alcantara. If an interior comes up from a broken 718 I will probably get it and fit it. Anyway, something I did do was swap out the base lower dash bits for alcantara.
The glovebox was actually harder than the smaller piece under the wheel. The box I bought had an airbag switch which the GT4 doesn't have so printed up a little blank to cover the hole.
Done! Not particularly noticeable but I think it lifts the interior a bit.
Finally for this round, I find it strange that the Harmon Kardon head units have Android Auto installed but Porsche doesn't activate it. I found a small software tool online that you put on a SD card and make it auto-loading. It's called MIB I think. Anyway, fairly pain-free procedure and I now have AA working.
I tried 2 local Porsche specialists to fix my exhaust post issue, one didn't answer and the other said they were too busy. I've got some Manthey suspension parts to be fitted so the car is off to RPM Tecknik tomorrow to have new posts fitted together with the Manthey parts - as Porsche own Manthey and RPM are doing the work, it won't affect warranty.
Up coming mods will be bolster covers (mine are in so so shape after only 6K) and seat inserts (I've got for a Scott clan tartan - it's a bit bold and doesn't really match, but Mrs EddScott says I have to go bold and own it (apparently)
Soldato
Oh cool, I could get some dealer plates like the cool kids.
Can’t say I’ve ever expressed interest in a number plate before
Soldato
Got my car back from the garage after 16 days because of an ABS Control Module fault. It had to get cleaned up and refurbed, along with a new wheel bearing at a cost of £752.
Just glad to have it back though, I have no idea how people live without a car now.
Just glad to have it back though, I have no idea how people live without a car now.
Don
Took my R56 into my local fast fit place to have a suspension noise looked at. Whilst they could hear it on a test drive, they were unable to locate the cause of it 
Man of Honour
Back to a round wheel.
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My R56 had a similar fault, it was a combination of the rear boot and drop links.Took my R56 into my local fast fit place to have a suspension noise looked at. Whilst they could hear it on a test drive, they were unable to locate the cause of it
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Caporegime
Back to a round wheel.
Did you have a square one from an Allegro before?
Man of Honour
It was flat bottomed (since 2017) 
It was flat bottomed (since 2017)
Your photography skills have always been brilliant. This is about as good as I've got.
Friend of mine hand built an incredible garage with a footprint larger than his entire house, installed a full sized vehicle lift and all the tools you could dream to have. He offered me a weekly trip over to help work on my STi and it's been genuinely dreamworthy fun. Installed some red anodized Jack-Lift Pads to the pinch welds on all four jack points to protect the side skirts and give us a target for the vehicle lift arms. Just standing up able to help each other and changed out the rear exhaust gaskets, used some new stuff called Remflex that he recommended and it molded perfectly to my exhaust's two bolt warped flanges.
They use an absolute boat load of salt on the roads during the winter over here, so everyone garages their cars until summer but instead I'm looking into painting the underside with Eastwood black rust encapsulator. Mainly because it's just too much fun to drive in snow, especially using this driver controlled center differential to put 60% power to the rear. With winter tires you're drifting around while regaining grip and not wearing out the tires.
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Man of Honour
Any videos of the STi? Those sound as mean as the older ones I take it?
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I did a video review, 10 years on:
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I did a video review, 10 years on:
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Man of Honour
Coloured my armrest as where the elbow area rubs had worn.
Before/After.
Good stuff that, self-sealing so no need to apply any other clear coat etc.
Before/After.
Good stuff that, self-sealing so no need to apply any other clear coat etc.
Soldato
It was tight getting that in there! Now to weld it up.
Don’t think it looks horrendous. It’s only temporary for run in and MOT.
Don’t think it looks horrendous. It’s only temporary for run in and MOT.
Caporegime
Looks great. Best bit of the car.
Soldato
I 100% agree at the moment. It’s all part of the bigger picture. It’ll be super mint top and bottom in the new yearLooks great. Best bit of the car.
When I bought the i8 it has Landsails on the back, my own fault for not ensuring brand before the deal was done. They were brand new so just used them for a month.
Just got matching rear Goodyear and what a difference. Much more confidence at higher speeds as expected.
I had to do a 4am drive to Islay yesterday to get the 8am ferry and the i8 was a great companion. Really enjoying the car, handled well and was super comfortable. So good on fuel too, a bonus.
Just got matching rear Goodyear and what a difference. Much more confidence at higher speeds as expected.
I had to do a 4am drive to Islay yesterday to get the 8am ferry and the i8 was a great companion. Really enjoying the car, handled well and was super comfortable. So good on fuel too, a bonus.
Associate
Wiped crap off the reversing camera.
Drove to work, parked in the electric vehicle only parking.
Well it WAS on electric when I stopped.
Drove to work, parked in the electric vehicle only parking.
Well it WAS on electric when I stopped.
Soldato
Coloured my armrest as where the elbow area rubs had worn.
Before/After.
Good stuff that, self-sealing so no need to apply any other clear coat etc.
I can't see anything wrong in the before pic
Is that leather repair paint colour fast?
The dye has faded on the bolster of my black drivers seat.