Daytona Grey Goodness

[Youngben]

What's that you're carbon skinning Ben? How's it going with porting/polishing that intake you got?

its the strip that sits on top of the rear bumper below the bootlid! havent started the porting yet but its all stripped ready i just need to get some tooling to do it!

[Youngben]

my day in pictures! my oil cooler pipes were not to bad just surface rust but still solid! but due to recent stories i am working along side a well known and respected company in getting ally aux rads made and also a replacement oilcooler setup which will replace the standard item all this will come together in time as they are very busy but i will update as and when.

Fitted the new ballast which isnt compatible with the active headlights or may need calibrating i need to look up more info on this! At the moment i have the headlight logo on my dash with a arrow over the top pointing left so guessing that is to do with the ballast and active headlights as its wasnt there before! but the light works as it should havent had a chance to try active just yet as it isnt dark enough.

Finnishing off the evening with flatting and laquring my bumper strip to refit and i have removed the front grill surround to get wrapped in the next few weeks! along with the new additions today i will be leaving it at that as dont want to go to far with the outside.

Anyway the bit we all like.....

Bumper off


Drivers aux rad got removed and all blocked off for minimal coolant loss



Damp on passenger side showing signs of a leak


Drivers v's passenger


Found a perfect T piece in my box of bits


Tided


Oil cooler pipes



Rubbed down and wax applied to slow down corrosion


Fitted cold air intake




Cleaned all threads on the bumper adjusters to loosen them and copper slipped everything to ensure it stays loose


Ballast comparison


Carbon fitted



And back in 1 piece minus the grill surround

[rs4Mav]

Nice job done, all looks well but don’t think your better half will be to chuffed with the mess on your driveway !

[Youngben]

Haha all is well its just a little coolant and some cleaning products it will all be gone with the first bit of rain

[sonny]

Looking good Ben. That is a good view of the underside of the Induction kit.

[MikeFish]

Good work mate. That's some of the best condition oil cooler pipes I've seen yet!

[RIV]

You sure

[MikeFish]

You're cheating, they are new pipes!

[RIV]

You're cheating, they are new Pipes!

No no!! not new honest

[Rick_RS4]

looks smart, love the crbon, where did you get the materials, was it difficult?

[RIV]

Youngben how did you fix the plastic ducting back on the car, doesn't that fix to the rad??

[nij]

What's that you're carbon skinning Ben? How's it going with porting/polishing that intake you got?

its the strip that sits on top of the rear bumper below the bootlid! havent started the porting yet but its all stripped ready i just need to get some tooling to do it!

Do you need to take bumper off to remove the alloy strip?

Liking the carbon bits, I've had the seat backs and a few interior bit done on mine too.

[Youngben]

Thankyou for the comments makes it worth while updating

looks smart, love the carbon, where did you get the materials, was it difficult?

Cheers i got them from here there and everywhere really! i use surf board gel coat and got black base coat from carbon mods and got the 3k carbon material from somewhere else but carbon mods also supply it! its kind of difficult as it isnt forgiving if you get it wrong or if you sand through to the material! it takes a lot lot lot of time depending on how good you want your finnish! i have sanded mine down the grades today and just put 6 coats of lacqure on it before i flat it again with 1500 grit and then finnish with a good polish! the materials are not cheep for a couple of parts to be honest to justify the cost you need to do a few bits! i am going to send my grill surround away as i dont think i can finnish it to the standard required

heres the part now after 6 clear coats

Youngben how did you fix the plastic ducting back on the car, doesn't that fix to the rad??

Used some black cable ties just to fix it where it would screw into the aux rad and it sat naturally where it should be

[Youngben]

What's that you're carbon skinning Ben? How's it going with porting/polishing that intake you got?

its the strip that sits on top of the rear bumper below the bootlid! havent started the porting yet but its all stripped ready i just need to get some tooling to do it!

Do you need to take bumper off to remove the alloy strip?

Liking the carbon bits, I've had the seat backs and a few interior bit done on mine too.

No mate just put pressure on the srip at the edge closest the boot compartment and pull towards you and it unclips out! dont do it in cold though as it will be more brittle and its not the easiest of tasks

[MikeFish]

Ben
What did you do with the nearside aux rad? You put a new one in or bypassed it?