Right. It’s been over 4 months. Let’s blow the dust of this thing.
And what better way to start than with an update on the daily driver situation. I say situation because I sold the 924 and had nothing to replace it with. The Herald took up the slack for a week until, handily, Kay (long-term friend of car show origins and 3am Taboo enthusiast) got in touch about selling her Roadster. I’ve know the car since she got it and it was a good one; rust free and with the right crank. So, I threw some money at her in the dark and drove “Minky” back. While she was awesome and really good mechanically, she’d suffered a little cosmetically and obviously was not noisy enough or close enough to the ground. I was going to live with it for winter…
The following is made up largely of terrible, grainy mobile phone pics; mainly because my garage cam finally bought it after a fall and I hadn’t planned on really going as far as I have with this car so I’ve cobbled together what I could find…
The usual Service work was carried out with all the oils and filters and being changed
I then ordered in some Gaz coilies. Accidentally I upgraded to gold pros which, compared to the GHAs I had on the blue Roadster (which I thought were great), are a massive leap forward on all fronts. These were duly wound down, with locking collars removed and bump-stops slashed. I also replaced the track rod ends and a ripped steering boot while I was at it…you see how this is getting out of hand? I also replaced a load of interior trim: Doorcards, gear knob, gaiter, ash tray and fitted a stereo and new aerial.
Sump Guard:
In a bid to reign it in a bit I took the freshly powder coated Fondmetal meshies out of my storage facility (the Folk’s garage) that had come off my E30 and fitted some skinny rubber. By fluke more than judgement the fitment it pretty tight; I’m running no spacers and still had to roll the arches. 15s make life easier on the undercarriage too…I’m not saying I’m sold out yet, but you know…
Wait, there’s more. B6s are non-interference. And I believe this, I just didn’t want to find out for myself so I fitted a new cam belt, tensioners and water pump. This was just a further excuse to clean the engine bay (which turned out to be a massive job), paint some stuff and delete the AC/ Header tank/ Washer bottle/ Carbon Can. Looks good and won’t explode, what more could you want?
Well, being a tart there was: A good second hand front bumper and splitter went on (yeah, about that splitter…not quite the OEM splitter I was told it was when I paid, but for now it’s better than nothing).
The final flourish was a new exhaust and de-cat. I loved the sound from the system I put on the blue Roadster, so just bought another one and made up another tail pipe.
I’ll throw some pics up of the completed car soon…well I say completed, despite the fact it’s got a new hood on it I still want a hard top (I’ve already put the fitting kit on it) so not quite there yet..
