alex_e3
07-10-2007, 19:42
Well the mrs was off out all day today, so decided it was time to do some jobs on the clio that had needed doing for a while.
It was a scrappy job for all the bits. So i set off. Went to the cash machine first. Was literally 2 minutes. When i turned around, i found a copper stood by the car. He bloody booked me for parking there. Was on double yellows, but it was down a little side street, not on the main road - was not causing any obstruction. He gave me the usual shit. Nice £30 fine there for me. I went off to find his car sneakily parked around the corner - he'd obviously been waiting there for people to park there. :evil:
Anyhow, set off again to the scrappy. On the way there i had a blast with a new Astra VXR! Started off at about 4k revs in 3rd. He could not get any closer to me at all - he was definitely trying. Although i then hit the bloody limiter in 3rd! To be fair, he did have a fair bit more pull in 4th. He gave me the nod after, so was all good fun! Fair play, i thought i was gonna get a roasting - didn't expect to keep with it!
Finally got to the scrappy - still pissed at my fine. I took out a blower motor and rheostat, as mine hadn't been working for ages. I also got the surrounds for the front windows, as mine were all bubbled. Fair play, these are almost like new - sorted! Also got a few little bits, like a bulb for the clock, and 2 clutch pedal stops so i could fiddle with the soft pedal conversion. Whilst i was there, i spotted a nova. So quickly got the washer bottle off it for my induction scuttle conversion!
I got back to my unit, and fitted it all. I've now got the clutch pedal sitting right where the original goes, it's really good! The door surrounds make such a difference fair play! I also finally got round to fitting my nice blue ignition leads! Pics:
Before:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA060048.jpg
After:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA070042.jpg
Pic of the nova washer bottle fitted. Fair play it goes in really well! Didn't take me too long to fit either - lots of cable ties! I took my old non funtioning alarm unit out, and cable tied the aux fuse box up to the loom further up the scuttle. Looks really tidy fair play.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA070043.jpg
Look at the room in there! Now all i need to do is get all the piping and throttle body adaptor, then i can do my scuttle induction kit!
Fair play, a good days work there! Shame about the ticket though :(
It was a scrappy job for all the bits. So i set off. Went to the cash machine first. Was literally 2 minutes. When i turned around, i found a copper stood by the car. He bloody booked me for parking there. Was on double yellows, but it was down a little side street, not on the main road - was not causing any obstruction. He gave me the usual shit. Nice £30 fine there for me. I went off to find his car sneakily parked around the corner - he'd obviously been waiting there for people to park there. :evil:
Anyhow, set off again to the scrappy. On the way there i had a blast with a new Astra VXR! Started off at about 4k revs in 3rd. He could not get any closer to me at all - he was definitely trying. Although i then hit the bloody limiter in 3rd! To be fair, he did have a fair bit more pull in 4th. He gave me the nod after, so was all good fun! Fair play, i thought i was gonna get a roasting - didn't expect to keep with it!
Finally got to the scrappy - still pissed at my fine. I took out a blower motor and rheostat, as mine hadn't been working for ages. I also got the surrounds for the front windows, as mine were all bubbled. Fair play, these are almost like new - sorted! Also got a few little bits, like a bulb for the clock, and 2 clutch pedal stops so i could fiddle with the soft pedal conversion. Whilst i was there, i spotted a nova. So quickly got the washer bottle off it for my induction scuttle conversion!
I got back to my unit, and fitted it all. I've now got the clutch pedal sitting right where the original goes, it's really good! The door surrounds make such a difference fair play! I also finally got round to fitting my nice blue ignition leads! Pics:
Before:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA060048.jpg
After:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA070042.jpg
Pic of the nova washer bottle fitted. Fair play it goes in really well! Didn't take me too long to fit either - lots of cable ties! I took my old non funtioning alarm unit out, and cable tied the aux fuse box up to the loom further up the scuttle. Looks really tidy fair play.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/alexe3/PA070043.jpg
Look at the room in there! Now all i need to do is get all the piping and throttle body adaptor, then i can do my scuttle induction kit!
Fair play, a good days work there! Shame about the ticket though :(