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My latest project....
Right, I've not really done a project thread for this car on here yet, but I figured I'd show it off a bit. I'm quite proud of it so far This has all happened within the last six or seven weeks and copied from another forum, so might be a little out of sync.
So, whilst on holiday, I picked up a totally stock 57 plate ST-2 with 38k in the clock. It has a few nice options like Bluetooth with voice control, auto lights and wipers. It also has red calipers, which someone appears to have painted with lipstick. Here's a pic of it the day I got it:
Once I'd got it home, I decided that the nasty grey fog light surrounds and grills needed painting, and I ended up with this:
Not the most professional job in the world, but it'll do for now. You can also see the gel overlays which were kindly bought for me by my sister and brother-in-law (that's his RS).
I also got some red LED's for the footwell lights, but I don't seem to be able to get a decent picture of them.
Today my Dsci tuning platform arrived. At the moment it's running the Dsci map, but I'm going to have a play with the others at the weekend to see how they feel, but I'm more than happy with it so far, it's totally changed the car!
Plans for the near(ish) future include:
Cat back system
Induction kit
Eibach springs and shocks.
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"....and it was decreed that from now on and forever more, this day shall be known as "The day of the eight and half hour exhaust".
That's right. 8.5 hours. All because of my rusty nuts :blink: . Managed to cut the rear box off without a problem, then moved on to what was left at the end of the cat. First impressions weren't good, the nuts had rusted and started to "peel" a bit like an onion. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I managed to grind the lower nut off, but the top nut took about 4 hours of cutting, grinding and beating before it came off (massive thanks for helping me Webby). And now the Piper cat-back is on!
Initial impressions are good, it's definitely louder at tickover and when accelerating, but very quiet when cruising. Oh, and it pops and bangs nicely too, I'm well chuffed.
So, performance wise that's it for now, I just plan on enjoying what I've now got. Saying that though, general modding isn't over I still need to sort out the badly painted calipers, paint the silver bits on the fog surrounds and perhaps think about changing the springs at some point, but we'll see.
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Today saw me doing something I've only ever done once, and vowed never to do again. Waxing a car. However, I feel the ST is something that I really want to look after, so, with my two glamorous assistants, set about cleaning the car. We started by washing the car, then clay barred the whole thing, washed it again, and finished off with two layers of wax. The finished article:
The noisiest collection of cars in the area :grin:.
And finally an arty shot of the RS in the ST's reflection:
Very happy with the finished result, so much so, I really don't want to drive it to work tomorrow
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The blue oval isn't my bag but it looks very tidy. Personally I think you should ditch the red surround on the lower light pods, it looks a bit naff, but that's just my opinion.
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