http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps537f5a88.jpg


Love pretending to have a test bench haha!
Closer to getting the wiring for the auto dimmer sorted though.

You going to hide the charger in the glove box :laugh:

Might have to you know!
Then touch the wires together for it to dim!

General question now.
What colour is the reverse feed for the reverse lights?
Need to take a feed off that so it doesn't dip when reversing at night

The wiring for the auto-dimming mirror was done today along with getting the headlining, pillar trims, parcel shelf and back seats in.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psdb3c47a1.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psf20d6864.jpg

I'm glad I didn't do the pillar trims black, I really like the contrast it gives along with the light and volumetric sensor.


May try the grey sun visors and grab handles a while and see if they are any good like that or need changed.

Still haven't sealed up the scuttle though :/

It looks good.

Looks good that.

I like that - but I'd do the pillar trim too personally.

Thanks guys! Looks a little whiter in the pics than in person.
Gonna have to do a bit of smoothing and then not touch the roof again ever!

Might see about the same alcantara grey as the seats on the pillars at a later date keep it fresh.

Not updated this thread in a while so thought I'd update this rather than post a new thread of nonsense after this weekends fiddling.

Done a few bits and pieces since the last update so ill summarise a little bit.

fitted brembodge pug brembos last year:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps82e47e27.jpg

Now I've decided to upgrade these for the reanult clio kit which i got a bracket made up for (no pics of these though as they're not painted)

Fitted Gaz GHA coilovers last year:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd9de9ee6.jpg

It's a little higher than this now but you get the drift.

She then got the belts done and at the same time i had Piper 270 cams fitted
unfortunately they didn't fit the vernier pulleys but that will happen later on now when i save up for a remap.


Then i did nothing with her for a while as I moved away from home (finally) and got myself to Chester from Cumbria meaning that the car fell by the wayside as i had other things to do and having to pay rent has depleted my disposable income massively so I can't be buying things left right and center any more! luckily I did most of my spending when i had the chance so most of it is still sitting waiting for some money to be fitted!

when I was moving to my new gaff, the body kit on the left wing went awol somewhere on the motorway:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps36d1fb2f.jpg

So as the drivers side bumper was damaged too from being too low and hitting a pot hole I decided that the front needed doing:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps5jc1jlia.jpg
(not easy to see in the photo but the bumper is hanging off!)

I bought a new old stock in primer MK2 bumper off Stephen and sent that off for spraying and a used wing off eBay.

This weekend has consisted of sorting that out:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psa271iwvp.jpg
Everything off.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psguhxrna9.jpg
Everything back on.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps1g2u5itr.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psynhnhktl.jpg
No bumper gap!

Then i gave her a long overdue wash, polish and clean inside (and then photo-whored)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psmneejnil.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...pst8mfvq9o.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psvlauje4u.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psyglxhwnu.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps0nyjrebs.jpg
Didn't get any more pics of the interior as lighting is a bit bad today in the sun but rest assured it is spotless!!

Went to get food and then saw another so had to park next to it obviously:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...psxdqi5igi.jpg

So that's this weekends work, still a lot to do, gearbox things and bodywork mostly, those bloody headlights need a good sorting too!
Gonna have a post update with all of my mods etc. on it soon as there is a good list to put up now :)

I'm pleased with how shes turning out and happy she can still scrub up well!

She's looking loved again.

I love the colour of those brakes :clap:

Love this car, looks awesome. Good to see it getting some tlc again.
What are you planning with the gearbox?
Fitting the verniers will be a massive PITA, labour cost of belts all over again :(. How come they didn't fit them when they fitted the cams?

I know! It's about damn time she got some attention!
Found two bloody spots of bird droppings this morning on the bonnet though :(

Thanks! So do I! The newer calipers will be going that colour too!
Not many around like it and XPG lends itself to a lot of bright colours!

Thanks mate! She definitely needed the TLC!

Just a bit of an overhaul really. It's a little whiney, I have a torsen to go in and its still on its original clutch so that needs done so it'll get the lightweight flywheel put on too! :)
Probably after summer though.
She needs new tyres on the front and the tax paid this month.
Not sure how I'll manage that haha.

I did see some brand new 180 boxes on eBay so that might be a cheaper venture and it will have nice new synchros in there and then put the diff in with that.

Have to see how much the birthday brings this year!

I also think the front left shock is shot now, along with the aircon not being cold :/

Bloody things.

They didn't fit the verniers as they couldn't work out how to do it "?
Since been told by mark that it's simple lol.
They fit on the shirt belt sides so hopefully locking the engine means only the exhaust cams will move meaning it should be an easier job than the full lot!

Nice effort - looking much better.

Purple brakes though ..... :sick:

Good to see it's still going strong mate!

I'd be well annoyed if I'd paid to have the belts done and then had to pull it to bits again to have the verniers on. I'd be interested to know how much difference they make, you should dyno it before and after, although I assume you will have it set up on the dyno anyway in the first place so that will be a given.
Did I tell you I've found a few maps in the ECU by the way? I read the standard map and compared it with a Reidy mapped ECU which I bought, the changes are quite subtle, a few extra degrees of advance and a bit more fuel.
I still need to decide on a diff for mine too, I've got ZR 160 ratios waiting to go in, I just need a 180 bellhousing then I'll build up a spare box and get it fitted along with the light weight flywheel too.

If your old box is scrap I'll deffo have the bellhousing off you unless I find one sooner.

So, a bit of an update coming.

Last year it was all going swimmingly, I attended a few shows, had fun beating my mates S2000 (somehow) and then getting the G6 gearbox fully refurbished along with a type b diff and a lightweight flywheel.

It then blew up.
I hadn’t even got to test out the new additions.

It stayed on the drive then while we moved into our first house.

Wel now I’ve finally got my finger out.
I was very kindly offered PeteT16’s old 180 by Sam. Which has a good engine but otherwise battered body so I decided I would take it and put its heart into mine :trampoline:

So here follows the series of pics where I only managed to get one engine removed in the time I had the hoist 😂
https://i.imgur.com/1f6VsNq.jpg
One the drive waiting dismantling next to the sorry looking original.

https://i.imgur.com/21LqjMd.jpg
Taking off everything we thought we needed to.
But we found again and again and again that we had forgotten something :no:

https://i.imgur.com/kP0xKXc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EW9i52x.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fw2blE2.jpg
Finally we had it out after hours of bad access and never having done it before!

https://i.imgur.com/hmz1tB6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VJQUdOI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/neQDrhw.jpg
So we got the box off and then my mate had to go and I begun the couple of days of stripping it down.

https://i.imgur.com/tNhYiNA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Fbltnoh.jpg
Which has gone alright so far.

The cams are out as I’ll be putting the piper 270 cams (with a reground standard inlet cam as I broke the keying point) into it along with looking at fitting the piper verniers.
https://i.imgur.com/aALgk2q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Txv2tEa.jpg

Now as you can see, these don’t have the key points that the standard pulleys do so required a little snoop on the 825 KV6 which has keyway additions like those found on the inlet cam side.
I ordered them off rimmers today so hopefully that will assist with the fitting.

And that’s where it’s up to at the minute.
I’m still a way away from gettin the engine back in the other car, namely because the broken engine is still in there awaiting removal!

But I feel like I’m getting there again.
And I’ll have some spares from the other one going as well so hit me up if you need anything and I’ll see what I can do.

Well done loads of work.

Remember when I gave a hand to get an engine out the roll pin was a pain and we ended cutting off the selector rod.

So many wires and sensors to plug back in.

Good luck with it.

I suppose I'll be the first vulture then. What are the door handles on that old ZS like and what interior trim Does it have? Cheers

Oh it was awful even with a correctly sized drift. Obviously when it was out the pin came out without a hitch 😩
I’ve labelled everything on one loom so it should be easy enough to put them back where I found them!
I had a lot of warnings to do so prior to starting and I’ve even labelled bolts into sealable packets 😂


It’s a bit mismatched in the handle department, it has two green on the drivers side and only one grey one on the front passengers side so isn’t a complete set either.

The interior is standard mk2 door cards with red Monaco seats.
It has rear electric windows and the door cards haven’t got the wonder holes so are a good set.
Incidentally I have Chrome heater rings from previous scrap yard hunts.