What have you done to your RX-8 today????
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Washed, clayed, and polished to within an inch of it's life - a sore arm this morning!
All for nothing with all the crap in the air at the moment!
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Going to get a new battery later today.
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Was thinking about buying those, have the ride somehow changed after fitting them and are only fronts enough or better go all round cups?
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Fitted a Toyo header to her this morning before the sun came up and removed the secondary pump.
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how was the fitment neil?,I heard/read sometimes they need to be machined for a flush fit.
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I see you reused the OEM gasket instead of using the provided perforated junk. Good boy/10.
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It fitted perfectly.Dazza44 wrote:how was the fitment neil?,I heard/read sometimes they need to be machined for a flush fit.
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I used the oe metal gasket rather than the one supplied
also fitted the oe sealing ring for the outlet end
And the steel gasket for the blanking plate
All joints sealed perfectly
I would say don’t buy any other make as they definitely don’t fit
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Eyes like an hawk Nick13Black wrote:I see you reused the OEM gasket instead of using the provided perforated junk. Good boy/10.
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painted black, painted sugar skulls and started expanding the day of the dead theme, painted blue door cards, painted blue trim interior plastics, tinting headlights, cleaned inside and out, took photos to try get it excepted onto the show plaza at modified nationals in 10 day...
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painted black, painted sugar skulls and started expanding the day of the dead theme, painted blue door cards, painted blue trim interior plastics, tinting headlights, cleaned inside and out, took photos to try get it excepted onto the show plaza at modified nationals in 10 day...
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any pics Bex?
and are ur suffering from double post dazza syndrome
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and are ur suffering from double post dazza syndrome
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i don't know how i managed to post the same thing twice?
i will post some pics after i finished work still rebuilding the interior of the car back together at the moment.
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The Cracked carbon wrap on roof etc was replaced today with a shiny gloss black wrap.
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Picture?Dove66 wrote:The Cracked carbon wrap on roof etc was replaced today with a shiny gloss black wrap.
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just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too)
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just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too)
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nightfire10 wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 8:57 pmPicture?Dove66 wrote:The Cracked carbon wrap on roof etc was replaced today with a shiny gloss black wrap.
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just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too)
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One day...
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Face like a bucket of smashed crabs though
Mister Dove that's much better! I couldn't look at your car all-white, just didn't seem right.
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Thanks Mr Melon. It’s felt odd driving it about for a week without the wrap. I’ve removed the Matt plastidip from the rear badges with the intention of spraying them gloss black. The wife said she likes them chrome do I’ll leave it until after you’ve fitted my new rear lights.Mister Dove that's much better! I couldn't look at your car all-white, just didn't seem right.
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Finished work so here are the pics, ( though I didn’t quite get my interior back together, but I patched enough in place to drive home. Amazing how much sound deadening is in the center console area. )
A couple of pics here, will update my diary with more photos.
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Not a brilliant start to the week -
In the overtaking lane (of course) of the A48 I spotted what I thought was a bit of polystyrene slide into my path (outside the local recycling facility). I scrubbed off some speed and tried to avoid it anyway but with dawdlers to the left and oncoming traffic to the right I couldn't squeeze enough room and glanced it with the offside front. As you can see, it was actually a piece of concrete breeze block. Some of which is now embedded in the sidewall and between the tyre bead and rim.
Fair play to the Contis, they are very meaty and soaked it up and the wheel looks like it only bent on the lip and not the bead seat - though I will have to check it on the balancer later. It kept pressure so I extracted the bits I could and limped it home.
With five days until Pembrey too, where I was looking forward to wrestling the remaining life out of these tyres
In the overtaking lane (of course) of the A48 I spotted what I thought was a bit of polystyrene slide into my path (outside the local recycling facility). I scrubbed off some speed and tried to avoid it anyway but with dawdlers to the left and oncoming traffic to the right I couldn't squeeze enough room and glanced it with the offside front. As you can see, it was actually a piece of concrete breeze block. Some of which is now embedded in the sidewall and between the tyre bead and rim.
Fair play to the Contis, they are very meaty and soaked it up and the wheel looks like it only bent on the lip and not the bead seat - though I will have to check it on the balancer later. It kept pressure so I extracted the bits I could and limped it home.
With five days until Pembrey too, where I was looking forward to wrestling the remaining life out of these tyres
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Bummer! Sympathies.
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Dove66 wrote:Mister Dove that's much better! I couldn't look at your car all-white, just didn't seem right.
Something else needed but perhaps in gloss blackThanks Mr Melon. It’s felt odd driving it about for a week without the wrap. I’ve removed the Matt plastidip from the rear badges with the intention of spraying them gloss black. The wife said she likes them chrome do I’ll leave it until after you’ve fitted my new rear lights.
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just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too)
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Coils, leads and plugs done. Quick wash just waiting for my. 14mm socket to arrive then new starter motor fitting fun.
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Nick usually gives boops out for such things
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