The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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craig
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Magic Beans wrote::thumleft:

Updates there will be. The "to do"list is ever shrinking and ever growing at the same rate. But not tonight, the urge to rest wins right now. :)


For me, the urge to rest wins nearly every time :lol:
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RedMR² wrote:
Magic Beans wrote::thumleft:

Updates there will be. The "to do"list is ever shrinking and ever growing at the same rate. But not tonight, the urge to rest wins right now. :)


For me, the urge to rest wins nearly every time :lol:


Age. Same as me :lol:
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Magic Beans wrote:
RedMR² wrote:
Magic Beans wrote::thumleft:

Updates there will be. The "to do"list is ever shrinking and ever growing at the same rate. But not tonight, the urge to rest wins right now. :)


For me, the urge to rest wins nearly every time :lol:


Age. Same as me :lol:


Shouldn't be, I'm 30 in April :lol:

Still:

Rest 1 - Work 0

:mrgreen:
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Re: The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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RedMR² wrote:
Magic Beans wrote:
RedMR² wrote:

For me, the urge to rest wins nearly every time :lol:


Age. Same as me :lol:


Shouldn't be, I'm 30 in April :lol:

Still:

Rest 1 - Work 0

:mrgreen:


Not too far off me. I guess age brings the job which rapes your time and energy. Oh well, Friday tomorrow :thumleft:
craig
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Re: The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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Magic Beans wrote:
RedMR² wrote:
Magic Beans wrote:

Age. Same as me :lol:


Shouldn't be, I'm 30 in April :lol:

Still:

Rest 1 - Work 0

:mrgreen:


Not too far off me. I guess age brings the job which rapes your time and energy. Oh well, Friday tomorrow :thumleft:


Day off tomorrow, the weekend has started!! \:D/
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:mrgreen: Enjoy
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Here's a few of the historic mods I made prior to starting this thread. First off the strut brace:

This is what it looked like in the bay, after an initial clean-up in there. As you can see, the brace has seen better days..
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Sand sand sand and you'll eventually get bare metal!
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Three coats of primer
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Spraying commenced. Not the best of weather to have done it :shock:
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Done :thumleft:
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Not a bad finish at all. I might got it powder coated in the future, depending how it holds up in the engine bay
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The HKS EVC was mounted in the ashtray area and didn't look pretty, so I knocked up a little mounting plate

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Primed
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Three coats of matt black enamel paint
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Installed
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The Aquamist water/meth injection kit in the boot was looking a bit sorry for itself

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Canister tray out, sanded, primed and sprayed in matt black (had a big can :wink: )
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Canister etc cleaned up, cleaned out and popped back in. Much cleaner
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The gear gaiter was old, tatty and dirty. As you'll see in this photo which shows the car when I bought it :shock:

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One new short shifter gaiter from Rhon later and it's on to the old frame. I took several hours over this, as it had to be perfect. A normal person might do it in one to two hour though of course :thumleft:
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Back in, along with a shiny new Greddy gear knob :D
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The HKS turbo timer was mounted on the underside of the steering wheel, so it constantly got knocked by my leg ](*,) The solution was to mount it in the leg vent, which luckily is an almost perfect fit. Bar a bit of work with a scalpel.
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The matts, wheel etc etc have changed long since then :wink:
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Re: The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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Really nice progress mate, it's all the little details that make it right!
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GT-Thunder wrote:Really nice progress mate, it's all the little details that make it right!


Completely agree :thumleft: Thanks for the comments :)
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Re the side lights haven't found any decent ones yet. :( if someone else does let me know.. i'd like to replace the indicators with leds as well..


:mrgreen: if i'm honest i'd like to replace all lights with LEDS
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Nice updates mate, as said it's the little things that make all the difference. Glad you got rid of the chequer plate mats.

Strange you had a revision 1 steering wheel on there too :scratch:
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Lower power consumption, so maybe a little bit more power for the wheels? ;)

What lamps can use use as a straight swap for the stock units, which are a nice bright and clean white?
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Magic Beans wrote:Lower power consumption, so maybe a little bit more power for the wheels? ;)

What lamps can use use as a straight swap for the stock units, which are a nice bright and clean white?


Not really sure that is a vaild reason for swapping LED's lol.. My logic is they just look damn cool.

Not sure on the lamps.
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RedMR² wrote:Nice updates mate, as said it's the little things that make all the difference. Glad you got rid of the chequer plate mats.

Strange you had a revision 1 steering wheel on there too :scratch:
Hmmm, it's all a bit odd isn't it :k

Mats, I hate them. I'd have none, like the driver's side, but you can't trust passengers to have clean feet. Maybe a shoes off rule needs enforcing, like in the house ;)
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Re: The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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Draven wrote:
Magic Beans wrote:Lower power consumption, so maybe a little bit more power for the wheels? ;)

What lamps can use use as a straight swap for the stock units, which are a nice bright and clean white?


Not really sure that is a vaild reason for swapping LED's lol.. My logic is they just look damn cool.

Not sure on the lamps.


They do. Are xenons a straight swap?
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Re: The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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Magic Beans wrote:H
RedMR² wrote:Nice updates mate, as said it's the little things that make all the difference. Glad you got rid of the chequer plate mats.

Strange you had a revision 1 steering wheel on there too :scratch:
Hmmm, it's all a bit odd isn't it :k

Mats, I hate them. I'd have none, like the driver's side, but you can't trust passengers to have clean feet. Maybe a shoes off rule needs enforcing, like in the house ;)


Gotta get yourself some original man in dandism mats 8)
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