simpo Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Glad you got it fixed mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Replaced the brake light switch, was a real bitch! I wonder how people with normal size hands can handle that, luckily i've got skinny ones. But it didn't fix the problem . I wonder what to try next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Brake lights fixed, had wrong bulbs in oops! But turned out 2 of my shocks really are busted! A 780£ H&R kit with 12,000 miles/3 years on it, can't believe it . I'm gonna call their rep here in Finland on monday to ask WHEN, not IF i'm getting new ones for free. Wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 Now that the car has been undriveable for ages i catched up with my sound system improvement operation i started a year ago and fitted new Pioneer rear coaxial speakers: http://www.pioneer.eu/fi/products/archive/TS-G1312i/index.htmlNeeded some spacers and quite a lot of drilling to make them fit. Work in progress...Done!And fitted...As you can see there are small holes in the trim around the speakers, where the clips from the old speakers used to go in. So i'm going to make some rings out of the same material i used on the spacers to cover them, hope it'll look okay. But the new sound... 100% better than original. Now just a little bit of fine tuning and trimming and i'm done with the audio on this car. Then all i've got left to finish is the rest of the interior, exhaust, engine... Also attached the intake pipe to the engine bay, it used to dangle free but i guess it's now a lot more secure . Well actually it didn't dangle, i made sure it was always very well secured to the intake manifold but since i got the parts to do this handed to me some time ago, i thought why not. I also had another picture where you could see how the pieces connect underneath the pipe, but i think i deleted it by accident. But i can assure you it's a pretty neat fit even though i say it myself! Next up... maybe an engine bay clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEMB2 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Nice work good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knight Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Top work on the speakers mate! look nice when surounds are done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Top work on the speakers mate! look nice when surounds are done X2 should look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 Speaker surrounds done:I could have done a bit better job but they can do for now. I didn't realize the seams would be so visible, also it was hard to get a smooth and flat fit because of the holes in the ceiling. But you can only see that if you look close, and rear speakers on a deck aren't the first things your eyes fall upon i guess! I'm just a bit of perfectionist on some things .Still without working shocks. The importer here in Finland is very uncooperative, and even though he said there's no point in contacting H&R office in Germany, i did it anyway. And guess what they said: sure, no problem, send them over here and we'll have a look, maybe'll you'll get free ones or we can give a partly refund. So now i'm just waiting for my replacement shocks to arrive, but for some reason the importer can't get them ordered despite two e-mails and a phone call! This is the last time i'm ordering anythough through a finnish car "specialist" company. Things seem to work some much better when ordering from abroad, especially England! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Resilience paid off and i got the replacement shocks for free. Saved 360£ there! Lesson learned, don't take no for an answer if you feel you've been mistreated. Still had to pay for the fitment though and it took a hella long time but with this financial situation (just got back from Portugal) gotta save where i can, even if it means not having a working car. But i've been taking back the lost time a lot lately, the sound of vtec just feel so good... . Gave her a proper wax and wash too and basically licked the inside clean.And following Zuissi's lead made a little test with the Gopro. Was really surpised how good the quality was when viewed on tv, you can even see all the little details on the tarmac even on high speeds. But as far as the video goes it's just cruising, no high speed pursuits so don't expect too much! But how does the little youtube-button work on the post editor? Mine just turns out like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I think there's a number on the YouTube video page you paste in the tags? Can't get on it at work to look though! Looking forward to seeing this video, I'm thinking of getting a GoPro myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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