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[dansinclair11]

I’m back with a bunch of photos and a vague memory of the reason behind all of them


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So it turns out DIY flocking, not as easy as I expected

 

Dead slave meant it was time to install the braided clutch hose thats been sitting on the shelf for like a year

 

Half an old dash in so the steering column had something to bolt to while I dicked about trying to flock

 

In case anybody was wondering, dash/cluster wiring is different on a '90 to a '96

 

DIY attempt two

 

I'm no good at DIY flocking, paid someone that knows what theyre doing and oh so worth it

 

Speedo cable died while putting the cluster back in

 

Melted an exhaust hanger

 

Temporary bodge to get me home until a new hanger got delivered

 

Flocked dash all back together

 

And put a dash cam in too

 

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Bought some fibreglass bits the internet loves to hate

 

I grew up on Need For Speed Underground 2 and The Fast and The Furious and I will not apologise for that

 

 

Tried something different with the body kit bits as all the flake on the body of the car had faded to silver by this point

 

By something different, I just mean more flake buried under way more clear

 

dOwNFoRcE BrO

 

Bought myself a toy bicycle. Super impressed with the seasucker mount, I've actively tried to shake it loose and it just grips

 

Fitted the rest of the underglow

 

Took it for a spot of camping

 

I couldn't have done this better if I'd have planned or measured it

 

A friend also bought a set of pop ups

 

Old car friends

 

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Kinda love unnecessary lighting mods

 

Its cool though, I've still got indicators and sidelights and headlights too (projector headlights in the hole that used to just be side/indicators

 

Set of skirts

 

Dad and I both drove something home from work

 

 

Every now and then I get to drive something pretty exciting and call it work

 

HORN BUTTON for like the first time since I bought this. No more struggling to touch the wire on some metal

 

Scary MOT times

 

Bought a second hand soft top, removed my old one on my lunch break under the (incorrect) assumption it wasnt going to rain

 

It doesn't leak any more and the roof is as black as it should be

 

Drove it a bunch

 

Hosed it down

 

Reunited with my old one

 

Got a friend a job with me and bullied him into replacing my rear callipers as one had siezed. I was slightly more stoked than him when we finally got a pedal back

 

Hopefully next year I wont be flat out doing my car over christmas while the workshop is empty

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I've just typed out and subsequently lost the most recent update and I'm a little upset about that so heres the slightly more brief version

 

Broke it all down into pieces

 

Flatted/scuffed it all (barely and repair work to do as it was all painted 12 months ago, this round was just for colour)

 

Took the windscreen seal out, this is the cars 4th colour change that I know of and it feels like this seal was maybe taken out once before

 

Had a big fight with a bunch of flaky previous paint (always scotch everything twice as hard as you think you need to)

 

Got rolled into while parked up back in February, split my shortened bumper So I finally got that in 1 piece again

 

Barcoat and primer for the screen surround

 

Finally time to replace the floppy passenger wing mirror with one thats been on the shelf for the last 3/4 years

 

Masked out ready for the sauce

 

Sauce

 

Rolled out

 

I don't know much thats more painful than sanding down fresh paint

 

Back in we go

 

All worth it for the flow coat

 

Poured the remaining flake clear over my pocket screwdriver

 

Starting to look like a car again

 

Many many hours of polishing and waxing later

 

Remembered it had been 5/6 years since I cared about paintwork and therefore had no car washing things left. Bought a snowfoam setup mainly for instagram purposes, seems to do the thing though

 

Bought a set of spacers because the wheels have been looking shy

 

These seals have been full bananna since I bought the car, new set from Mazda were painful to buy but easy and satisfying to install

 

So far I've not been able to make a camera show quite how much this colour/flake combo reacts to light but this is somewhat of an idea

 

There we go, all caught up again

[Emmons]

Looks amazing mate! Top work!


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[dansinclair11]

Looks amazing mate! Top work!


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Thanks dude! It’s taken 3 attempts over 2 cars but it’s finally looking how I want


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