My S14a build

[Daz]

Well done daz, looks lovely. Love the fresh purple in the bay and rocker cover

Thanks Nathan .

Gbox spacer plate lol, I'v done that twice

Awesome work!

Yeah, it sucked we have to remove it all. Glad I realised before it was in the car lol.

Yep the purple bay looks 100 times better than the standard black.

Cheers buddy.

[Gerry]

A really beautiful job.

[Daz]

Thanks Gerry,

So today I collected the throttle body and the radiator from http://www.ospreymetalfinishers.co.uk/ who have done a fantastic job on getting them to shine. They also did the polishing to the turbo compressor housing.

















I'm loving the polished look against the damson .

[finch]

Looks awesome

[Petrol]

Nice build this, love the attention to detail

[Chriscooke]

Would never of thought about polishing the throttle body. Nice work.

[Gerry]

Nice build this, love the attention to detail

Praise from the Maestro cant be a bad thing.

[Neelie]

jesus that engine bay is like a piece of art ha

[Daz]

Looks awesome

Thank you.

Nice build this, love the attention to detail

Hearing that from you is a bloody good compliment .

Would never of thought about polishing the throttle body. Nice work.

Cheers dude.

jesus that engine bay is like a piece of art ha

Thank you. Might have gone a little too far with some of the bits lol.

Throttle body all fitted.





Power steering resevoir fitted along with some new lines from SFS Performance.



Fitted some new fuel lines under the throttle body.



Spent a while making up some brackets for the bottom of the radiator and got it a bit wrong so ended up leaving that and just fitted the new powder coated bonnet stay.





I did a few other bits but nothing worth taking any photos of.

More updates coming soon.

[Daz]

Made the most of the nice warm sun today and got some parts cleaned up and painted. These aren't perfect by any means but they are miles better than they were.

Mixed up some more Damson .



Laid the first coat down .



Put another coat down followed by two coats of 2k laquer.
















Painted a couple of other brackets in Hammerite as these aren't seen so want them black.





Horns also got a coat of Hammerite so they look a little neater.





Bonnet catch got a nice freshen up as well .



Also, I sorted out the cold side intercooler pipe. Need to order a different size pipe for the hot side before I can finish that up.



Then also, my mate Paul finished off the relocation of the fuse box and we mocked up a panel to fit everything to. This will be remade out of something non conductive before any power is put through it.

[nismo]

Lovely work, makes me wish I had done mine that color now.

[Daz]

Lovely work, makes me wish I had done mine that color now.

Thank you. What colour did you do yours?

Fitted the front supports last night with some rivnuts so they can be removed if ever needed.



Bonnet catch came out ok.



It's getting dusty already .

[Chriscooke]

Looks great mate, I genuinely ought this car would end up getting broken at one stage but kudos to you.

[BLAKTOOTH]

Ha ha! I'm totally obsessed with rivnuts. I have them all over the 200 and on the very same supports you just posted.

[AdamRPS13]

This build is so good, i've dipped in and out for a while but thought i'd register a comment so i stay subscribed!

I also came across the same problem with the arp head studs you fitted a few pages back. Although mine weren't as uneven as yours when wound all the way down they weren't even! So knowing i'd read your experience and what you did to sort it helped massively getting mine fitted properly

[Daz]

Looks great mate, I genuinely ought this car would end up getting broken at one stage but kudos to you.

I'm far too stubborn to give up on anything. It took a back seat for a long time but it was never going to be broken.

Ha ha! I'm totally obsessed with rivnuts. I have them all over the 200 and on the very same supports you just posted.

Rivnuts are the future I think .

This build is so good, i've dipped in and out for a while but thought i'd register a comment so i stay subscribed!

I also came across the same problem with the arp head studs you fitted a few pages back. Although mine weren't as uneven as yours when wound all the way down they weren't even! So knowing i'd read your experience and what you did to sort it helped massively getting mine fitted properly

Cheers Adam, it's good to hear at least one thing in this build has helped someone else out.

[nismo]

Thank you. What colour did you do yours?

Fitted the front supports last night with some rivnuts so they can be removed if ever needed.



Bonnet catch came out ok.



It's getting dusty already .

My car is pure white,

[Daz]

My car is pure white,

Just been having a look at your build. Love it. I really like white cars too.

[nismo]

Thanks Daz, it's taking a lot longer than planned but I'm not in a hurry.

[Daz]

Thanks Daz, it's taking a lot longer than planned but I'm not in a hurry.

I know exactly what you mean about things taking longer than planned lol, This was supposed to be a 6 month rebuild.......over 2 and a half years now lol.