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KAS, I wish I was at the stage you're at with the 914. :wink:
Raggy, good guess.
They're Maltese. Two brothers, 1.5 years old. Alfie on the left is more of a proper Maltese if that makes sense. Soft, floppy, hairy coat and he prances about like something from Crufts.
Charlie on the right has a fluffier coat and bounces everywhere like a spring lamb. He's crackers.
Ironically they both look identical when you bath them and their coats are wet.
First time we've had two dogs together and it's all we'd do now. They keep each other entertained and are great fun to watch ambushing each other.
My wife went out to buy one dog. They were the last two left though and she couldn't bear to split them up. I came home expecting one Shitzu but we had two Maltese.
We had a Shitzu last time. Bailey. He was the coolest little dog I've ever known. Lost him to cancer in March '16.
You a dog lover then? And that's dog, not dogging....
Anyway, back on topic.
Marty and Jay, thanks for the comments. Nice to know people are reading and yes get your own threads up. The more the merrier. :thumb:
Chicb - Thanks very much. Us petrolheads don't get phased by much do we? The bills aren't nice but there's no cheap way to run these cars, not properly. I've been into 911s since I was 25 and I'm 40 now. You may get a cheap year or two sometimes, but things will need addressing at some point.
Obviously the box issue could have been avoided but what's to say if I'd rejected the car and bought a different one, that that one wouldn't have started to whine in a years time? Onwards and upwards as they say. :wink:
Dammit - I think you'll end up going down the bucket route sooner or later.
Probably sooner because as has been said, to get the drop you want would involve leaving very little seat padding present on the sports seats.
If you can warrant the expense of genuine buckets then it's the only way really. Plus it's in the OEM ethos of your project.
I couldn't possibly blow £4k on 2 seats, but better you do that than paying almost that for second hand ones, no offence to HSC obviously, but if you can get them in the matching colour too, that's perfect.
I paid £750 for my Carbon fibre copy ones 2nd hand and I'll be spending the same again to have them re-trimmed in matching grey leather. That will do me for a while.
I also have to decide between using the rails they came with which I think are lower than stock, or transfer my sports seat rails over, a touch higher maybe, but probably more confidence inspiring in design.
I'll bolt the aftermarket ones in first and if they feel substantial enough once bolted down, I'll go with them for a while.
Hand polishing the GT3 rims
That's been the order of the day today and like many a man who has trodden this path before me..
I give up. :grin:
First job is to disassemble the wheels into their two parts, rim and barrel.
As mentioned this went smoothly with not a single stripped or snapped bolt and as a bonus, the bolts are like new.
You need one of these. M8 triple hex piece. I paid £8 for the whole set. -
Remove all bolts and separate centre from rim. This needs a tap with a rubber mallet or block of wood and mallet.
I split all 4 but began with the easiest rim, which is the one I'd already sanded through at work. I could only get so far into the centre though when it was built up.
Splitting them now enabled me to sand further in, so I could now sand over the edge and down to the lip you can see about quarter of the way down.
After that I began refining with the different sandpapers, working from grade 240 up to 2500.
Boring, long, mundane task.
Gather your supplies. (Fruit-tella are optional).
After the sanding I used the polishing mops and bars on my drill.
The 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock section of this wheel is done.
It's ok but not as "mirrored" as I'd like and I'd be on for days getting the rest like that. Plus being honest there are one or two faint scratches still just visible at certain angles, so I'd need to go back to the refining stage and start again. So that's when I gave up.
So what I've now done is sand through the rim on each wheel to check for any filler that may have been masking kerb damage. There is none. The rims are perfect.
So now I'll choose between a polishing firm to mirror polish them or I'll take them to the local wheel guy and have them diamond cut. Polishing takes less material off and gives a mirrored show car finish, but diamond cutting (turning on a lathe) will no doubt be quicker, hence cost less and to be honest it is the correct factory finish, if I want to be all fussy about keeping things right.
I'll ring both places checking out prices and timescales and pick one.
So the other 3 wheels currently look like this.
I hate to be a quitter but life's too short for some things, so I'd rather crack on with some housey jobs so when the car comes back I can press on.
So that will be it for this week..... Au reservoir.