Yesterday saw me head down to Kent to pick up my new Shortie! :D I got on the motorway to come back home about 4pm.

 

At 9pm, I was safely tucked away... on the hard shoulder of the A1(M) near York with a grand total of 1 wheelnut holding my rear passenger wheel on!!! The other 4 studs decided to shear off while I was in the outside lane - there was an almighty bang, the back-end of the car went completely loose so I had no choice but to dive for the shoulder! :(

 

The recovery truck arrived at 11pm and I slowly edged my new tripod onto the flatbed, before we headed off back to mine.

 

Spoke to Mr F this morning and he's ordered me 10 new rear studs, so my new car is currently undrivable. Seems it had cheap slot-on spacers on the back, no spigot rings and the end result was 4 wheelstuds missing.

 

Gotta love Zeds, eh...?!

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by Mondo

You my friend are a true professional, can't wait to have all my bits done in a high quality leather:yes:

No puns please:thumbup:

As I've said in the past, last year's retrim was a bit of a rush job and I was never entirely happy with it. I always felt the seats especially could look better and more eye-catching.

 

Version 2.0, however, I'm very happy with so far! I'll be even happier once I get the doorcards and rear sections done in the new design :thumbup1:

Looking good Si - looking damn good.....:bow::bow:

Both seats finished and refitted :)

 

 

 

Now comes the part where it (possibly) all goes a bit tits up! My aim is to remove the rear trims and T-piece, strip them down, make new covers and then refit them.

 

Sounds simple, yes? I don't think it will be.... :blink:

Stop making covers and cheating putting seams in, get one piece of fabric, stretch and stick it on, haha !!!

That really would be cheating! :lol:

Or just post it to Andy and get him to do it

Both seats finished and refitted :)

 

Look great :thumbup1:

Or just post it to Andy and get him to do it

 

He would end up with a fold under the seat belt, he knows..............i couldn't get round there :no:.

Is that the only red available for alcantara? The reason I ask is for my retrim. I want a brighter, more bucket seat red an not such a classy red like yours?

 

PS looks awesome. Glad I signed up!

Edited November 8, 20169 yr by 182stevecup

Is that the only red available for alcantara? The reason I ask is for my retrim. I want a brighter, more bucket seat red an not such a classy red like yours?

 

PS looks awesome. Glad I signed up!

 

No, mate. This is a dark red. Alcantara's also available in a Slut's Lipstick Red, don't you worry! ;)

No, mate. This is a dark red. Alcantara's also available in a Slut's Lipstick Red, don't you worry! ;)

 

perfect...LOL

The rear and central trims are now, well, trimmed! :lol:

 

I'll get them refitted in the morning and then it's cleaning time, before she heads off to have her new anchors fitted :thumbup1:

 

It's a shame I haven't had time to redo the doorcard armrests, but such is life. It's all been very 11th Hour as it is....

The rear and central trims are now, well, trimmed! :lol:

 

I'll get them refitted in the morning and then it's cleaning time, before she heads off to have her new anchors fitted :thumbup1:

 

It's a shame I haven't had time to redo the doorcard armrests, but such is life. It's all been very 11th Hour as it is....

 

It's 9.30, surely you have them fitted by now, Car is super slick Si:thumbup:

It's 9.30, surely you have them fitted by now, Car is super slick Si:thumbup:

 

Snow has turned to sleet here so, until it stops, I'm running around getting everything sorted for this coming weekend.

 

The interior will be refitted by this afternoon regardless and, for the time being anyway, I'm very happy with it. It's how it should've looked last year if I'd had the time (and the foresight) to plan and design things properly at the outset :thumbup1:

Mixed fortunes this afternoon for me. I'd been advised that the standard end of the Z32 brake line is compatible with the Brembo calipers so I headed over to Middlesbrough this afternoon to get everything fitted.

 

The first thing I found out is that my current front discs are indeed 345mm in diameter, so I'm going to lose some girth with the replacements...

 

Then we found out that the standard brake line isn't compatible with the Brembo caliper! So my journey was wasted and I'm still running my "old" front brake setup. :(

 

So I'm trying to fathom out how to attach these damn things now. I can buy a pair of Z33 flexi lines that will attach to the caliper without issue. But I don't know if they'll be the correct length to replace the Z32 flexi and the small hard line that runs from the flexi to the caliper.

 

A bit stuck!! Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. How have people who've used the Skyline Brembos got around the brake line issue? Or do those Brembos utilise the stock lines...?

 

Aside from that, I'm pretty much set for my journey to Birmingham tomorrow morning. The carpet could do with a hoover - hopefully I'll be able to do that at the services.

 

So yeah... that's me done for a few days... :)

My Evo brembos use stock fitment lines. A banjo style fitting. I brought a full set of braided lines from Driftworks.

My Evo brembos use stock fitment lines. A banjo style fitting. I brought a full set of braided lines from Driftworks.

 

Do your braided lines replace the Z32 flexi and the hard line that runs from it to the caliper?

Yeah. All the way from the hard line and retainer on the body to the caliper.

line runs straight into caliper

You may have excess paint on the threads from the powder coating?

When I had R33 calipers fitted I used the OEM hard lines and stainless brake lines shown below. The R33 calipers I had

were not machined to accept banjo fittings. It is possible that they might form a good seal but not in my case.

 

 

Pretty sure those are the exact flexi lines I bought from you, Andrew.

 

Looks like I need to replace the existing flexi and the hard line that runs between that and the caliper then. That's (hopefully) sorted that then.

 

Thanks, guys :biggrin:

Mondo's home after a cracking long weekend at the NEC. I spoke to a lot of people about my car (pretty I sold it as well, but that's another story) and she seemed to be getting lots and lots of positive attention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, of course, those brown leather Recaros....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I need to start sorting a list of jobs for the coming year and budgeting accordingly.

Mondo's home after a cracking long weekend at the NEC. I spoke to a lot of people about my car (pretty I sold it as well, but that's another story) and she seemed to be getting lots and lots of positive attention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, of course, those brown leather Recaros....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I need to start sorting a list of jobs for the coming year and budgeting accordingly.

 

You sold it?!