Id thought the same but they’re few and far between, and people seem to do the whole “I know what I’ve got” thing, for a f**king carpet nonetheless…
Plus I’ve got the roof lining to do too, previous experience puts me off taking it completely off and fitting a new one haha.
Front near side brake caliper wants looking at too, sticking a bit. Bought a couple slider refresh sets, new backing plates and EBC green stuff front pads. Was a bit unsure which size rotor fit, as the different sizes are 232 and 260 I think. Fronts are 260 and after reading and looking at what euro car parts sells I went with 260 for the rear.
Gonna be a busy couple days fitting everything I’ve bought recently
Lca’s
Lower tie brace
Beaks bar
Adjustable camber arms
Adjustable front camber forks/plates
Rear brakes
Front pads
New brake fluid
Oil change
Front fog light refresh and fit
New shifter
CV boots
Fun couple days at least!
New shifter is real nice too, not really seen them like this mostly the usual k-tuned replicas. This one is adjustable from inside the car, has more locking screws as the other reps vibrate the screws out, is miles thicker feels a lot more sturdy, doesn’t use that stupid plastic ball with the accordion style washer around it it’s all a sealed unit, and has an aluminium plate that the shifter arm/bar mounts too making it a lot more sturdy. From memory though the bottom plate might not fit….can always ‘make it fit’ though if need be.
After all that’s done I wouldn’t mind a thicker rear anti roll bar before I get the alignment dialled.
Also wouldn’t mind a new back pipe making up with the backbox I have welded to it, spoon N1 type. And maybe fit the decat I have for it, but the exhaust shop can do that. Don’t want it louder than 100db, had a lot of fun at Cadwell and want to keep going back, most days are set to 100db maximum so don’t want to surpass that. MOT’s don’t matter too much, have a friendly one, so running the decat and not worrying about changing it out every year for a day is also a bonus
And that would be about it until I can find a half decent b18 swap!
Oh, and I need to wire the armrest controls for the passenger front window too, the connectors are both different sizes but I’m not the worst with wiring so that shouldn’t be an issue. Also want the front fogs on a separate button on the dash somewhere, might find an mb6 fog switch when I can too.
Annnnnd get a different spoiler for the boot, do like the OG one but want something just a little bigger. Seen the MG extreme ones but really not keen on them, Maxton Designs do a nice one but the waiting time puts me off, maybe order one next month.
And that IS about it. For now anyway