I made some space there
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I made some space there
The weekend was very productive and besides the fact that Nessy is not running yet, I am very happy :)
After weeks and weeks trying to find a painter or get decent prices on getting the bodykit sprayed, I decided to do it on my own.
Our buddy who is renting the unit with us is into spraying and currently building a spray-boot.
Even though the boot is not ready yet, I got the paint and everything else and with help and a bit of advice I started to spray the bodykit on my own.
Note to myself: DONT FORGET THE MASK. Man was I high after the primer was on. haha
Besides the preparation (I wasnt too much into details as I was just sick of the filler haha and it will be only a temporary solution anyway), it turned out pretty well.
Especially if you consider the conditions (no heater, big shed, cheap spray gun).
So the bodykit is finished :D
Tomorrow I will have up a fella (whos known here :P) who will come and have a look at Nessy to check out what the spark-issue is.
I did lots of research in the meantime and got a good few tips (thanks to everyone at this stage!!), but I don't have time to experiment, so I need it properly done....QUICK haha
Only 6 days left until Nessy is back on the road!!!
Whats left to do:
If I don't look at "NCT" stuff that I have to get done also, it is only the interior now (and of course get her running).
Putting in seats, harness, dashboard and carpet.
The preparation for NCT is another story but I decided I take care of it later.....
Pictures will follow this evening :)
Nice to chat to you in fermoy! Im looking forward to your next update with pics!
twas nice meeting ya Deco :)
I actually forgot to mention IDC :D
This time I was there on Saturday instead of Sunday.
Even though the level of driving (pro's) is insane, but I somehow started to find it a lil (just a lil!!!)bit boring as it is predictable. Still awesome to watch but whenever I hear James Dean is driving, I simply know who is going to win haha.
It was brilliant. It was so exciting and refreshing to see all the "rookies" driving.
I cant believe that there is a good few of them still in the rookie class :O
Anyway, was a good day out and met a goof few new people (something i always like).
So...here as well a picture of my spraying.
The other pictures didn't turn out well, so I'll leave you with this "sneak peak" now.
Stay tuned for more updates, as it will be only a few more days until shes going out on the road again :)
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Update:
Nessy is back running again!
Im so happy :D
It turned out that the plug and wires going into the CAS were not quiet "right".
Its fixed for now but I will get it replaced eventually.
Saturday was a savage day, so took her out into the sun to do a bit of cleaning and tidy up, I fitted the dashboard as well and yesterday I serviced her.
She already sounds better and I can't wait now to drive her :D
Calling insurance tomorrow, will get tax on Thursday and booking her in for NCT soon.
Expect lots of pictures in the next few weeks ha :)
Now I only have to put in the seats in(have the rails but seems tricky to get them off and put them on brand new Sparco seats), put in the carpet (custom one) and Im good for now :D
Oh yeah and fit the bodykit, but small thing to do :)
Awesome news, I bet it's a relief to have found the cause! When you say the wires weren't quite "right", Any info about that?
Well thank f*** for that then atleast it's heart is beating again! Btw, do my eyes deceive me or is that a stock s14 bumper beside the vertex one being painted aswell?
@Hatchi: someone was onto the plug before and did who-knows-what and that caused the wires (leading into the plug) to be not fully connected. Almost like a loose contact. So wires into the plug and the plug itself are "fixed" now but will get it replaced soon enough.
@Deco: haha yep, standard one with a splitter on it :D
I'm going for a new bodykit (within this year) so thought I take a standard one and see how it looks instead of speanding lots of money on a new vertex front one :)
edit: solved for now ha
looking forward to seeing this! colour is niiiiiiiice! :cool:
New problem.........
I discovered that the tail lights wont work.
The break lights work and the right indicator in the rear too. I switched fuses and checked if they were blown but all looked good.
Afterwards only the break lights work, so no reverse, tail or indicator lights in the rear.
I assume its something with the fuses, no clue what to do.....oooooooh the joys
Good Morning :D
Wrecked but happy!
With a bit of help I got the lights-problem sorted (of course it was something small and stupid again) and I also fitted the bodykit.
Now only back in with the seat and carpet and off I go :D
Awesome news, looking forward to seeing pictures
Today I'm finally having a bit of time to actually sit down and write a little bit.
Where do I begin?
I pretty much kept this updated, so as you know i first had the problem that she wasn't running. My internet research brought me to the topic : Coilpacks and wiring but in the end it was only a small issue which i got sorted with Barts help (JDM Garage).
The wires and plug going into the CAS sensor were not in a good condition so we quick-fixed it but i will get that stuff replaced.
She was running…., I serviced her and she ran smooooooth as a baby. The oil that came out was surprisingly alright, which makes me belief the engine is in a good overall condition. I will get a compression test done as well to see what the story is.
A few days, before she was supposed to be out, i checked the lights and bulbs. as it was the easiest thing to do, i thought i do that at the end and assumed all was working, but how wrong I was haha.
the only lights working were headlights, break lights and front indicators. That kinda put pressure onto me as i wanted her out and no way i drive without tail lights in the dark.
and to have working indicators would be nice too :D
after talking to a few people and going through my 800+ manual (which by now i know pretty well ha) I came to the conclusion it must be the wires or fuses again.
Honestly, electronics wreck my head!!! that's something i don't like to do at all.
I then ended up checking all the fuses, even replacing some (in case they were blown but it wasn't visible).
following all the wires in the car and searching for all the earth/grounding wires.
it was such a pain, because nothing of that helped solving the problem. But at least i know now a lot more about my car, and that is my goal. Knowing EVERY single bolt and just EVERYTHING of my beloved S14 :)
The whole "lights-not-working" thing seriously frustrated me. The first time since i own this car…i was close to just cry haha
Anyway.
Bart came to the rescue again and just as i thought…it was something simple and stupid.
Problem fixed so!
The reverse lights are still not working but i will solve that soon due NCT coming up.
Right,so Thursday (that's when i got my tax disc) came up and what was left to do was the seats and carpet.
The carpet is a different story now as I customize my own carpet.
Since it turned out to be way more difficult to put the seat rails on the Sparco Seats, we left it and I took off the rail from my own Recaro seat (that was in the S13 now) and put back on my own Recaro s14 rail to fit it back into Nessy.
That took us until 1 o clock in the morning, but it was done and I decided: fuck it,why not driving her home now and see what happens.
I had my tax disc already and insurance is sorted, NCT booked so the only thing now left was the test drive.
The test drive went all well (took it very handy), besides the pulling to the left. im not too worried about it, wheel alignment will be done shortly!
Around 2am my other half and myself left the unit and funnily enough we met guards who pulled up besides us at the roundabout.
not suspicious at all to find 2 modified and race-car-ish looking cars around that time on the road. hahahaha
all was fine though and i made it home without a problem.
Friday evening i joined a few buddies to come down to barts garage for a dyno run.
I didn't want to get a dyno done in the first placed but quickly changed my mind about it.
After sorting another small issue, she was ready to go.
I was a bit disappointed by the results but was told it could be, that the dyno itself wasn't set up properly.
She made 225 HP, i was expecting at least around 235.
Anyway, nothing broke and i got great advise and help again, so all is well now.
In the beginning when i started driving her on the road, i was a bit wary and afraid something could break as she was parked up for a while but since the dyno run im more confident about her and she simply feels great.
ive noticed a small issue tho, but i will get to that another time. it doesn't affect the daily driving but i must look into it.
So the next thing(s) to do:
bad-ass alarm (needs to be fitted)
Prepare her for NCT
Get rails for the seats sorted
finish interior, even tho this will be some kind of "long term project"
get new coil packs (somehow i just want new ones haha)
and
ENJOYING THE RIDE
More pictures in my blog! (see sig) :)
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Keeping good company ;)
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Cars been in hibernation so long you'd almost forget how good it looks! Nice job on the spraying it looks to match pretty well! Ill keep an eye out for a vertex front bumper if your still lookin.
Good job! :)
Thanks Declan :)
the paint match is actually 100%, i forgot to ask about the paint code but at some point she will be resprayed anyway (different color) :)
I might as well keep the front one i have now, surprised how alright it looks and everybody seems to really love it too :)
Looks very well, fair play.
I think Stevo had a vertex bumper for 190euro the other day. Not 100% sure. But having seen this in person, I wouldn't change the bodykit one bit
I defo won't get a Vertex front bumper for now :) Unless it's 50 quid ha
My first 9 days on the road with my S14 were so far interesting:
-put on around 720KM
-entered first show and shine "event" (Superdrift)
-got pulled by a guard
-got a few racing invites from Golf drivers (what is it with mk4 drivers??)
-many confused looks about the interiour
-mummy's somehow love my car ha, got plenty of talk due their sons :D
-started to twitch uncontrollable whenever I see something like a bump on the road
- getting afraid of shadows on the road (from poles) as it could be still a bump or something
So far I can't complain, shes good in juice, bit of a boost leak there tho (only in high revs).
NCT on Wednesday (which I will fail for simple things as I just don't have the time) and will see what else they don't like...
Will keep you updated :)
More Updates in my blog (+2 new pictures), see in my Signature.
Im writing about the NCT experience and a boost leak :)
Funny encounter today.
Besides receiving a thumbs up this morning, I also managed to set off the alarm of a jeep after passing it to park besides it.
Must be a sensitive alarm....haha
Many things gonna be done this week/weekend to get her ready for NCT soon. Small stuff really but can't wait to have a full window!
Take that guards!!! :D
This is looking very tasty in deed .. hope ya havent too much hassel getn throu test .. can be right w@#kers sum of them !!
Your putting in alot of effort to maintain the car now I like to see that, it costs a bit but its a long term saving. Good luck with the NCT, i'll light a candle ;)
Well well....
this is going very quiet here....the main reason is, because the forum is not really what it was before.
I am now more active on SXOC again and I will still keep my blog updated as well (signature).
Besides that, my baby is all parked up now, summer is over!
I have so many plans and I'm after getting a good few bits very soon!
Im am extremely excited because I will get some parts today that are VERY rare AND I was looking for them for about 2 years now.
I won't tell what it is though, only show the pictures when they are fitted....
:)
Not much is happening at the moment. I got a few more bits and started to take of the front bits again in order to tidy her up and might respray the front bumper.
Before her big wash and parking her up then, she basically looked like this:
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Now its more like that ha
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Im getting really fast in taking the front bits off by now haha
For now this will do.
I also discovered a bit of a coolant leak and must find out if its the waterpump or not.
Next plan is to get the track rod ends replaced+tracking so it will pass NCT.
A bit of an update.
Last weekend the track rod ends were replaced.
I first thought it would be some kind of complicated job and since I love "learning by doing", i said i might get some help with it because i don't wanna mess around with the steering/tracking. After all, my life is very dear to me ha
JDM Garage (Bart) kindly showed me how to replace them, so next time i can do it on my own. It was way easier than i thought it would be! im delighted :)
Here the old ones compared to the new ones :)
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The tracking was also done afterwards since i thought it must have been way off. Car is pulling badly to the left so i thought that was a result of the tracking being off.
After that was done, she still pulled to the left, so we discovered that it is actually the rear being off.
That will be looked into within the next few weeks!
here more pics:
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http://i57.tinypic.com/2gsjryq.jpg
And here to compare the rear (with the trusty daily posing in the background ha)
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What do ye think about the rear?
The rears look to be toe'd in a bit too much, the rear left more so. Have you adjustable arms on the back?
i was in the belief it was still standard and as far as i remember, never looked like adjustable arms, but will investigate. no idea when that happened as well since it was all fine in the beginning, might while out on track but never had a bang
One of my latest updates is a bit of spraying that I did on the front of the car.
It wasn't necessary but it bothered me for a good while. I wanted it a bit freshened up and all in one colour too.
It wasn't a big job but it makes such a difference!
Love the look now.
I also got my new water pump, so that's on the list next :)
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Small bit of an update :)
(there is more in my blog (signature)...but for now will only post following pics...spent a lil bit of time to give the indicators and corner lights a good clean and polish. it doesn't look spectacular on the pics now, but defo a difference in real life :)
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Short picture-update...almost there.....who can spot the rookie mistake tho :(
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Aircon or power steering belt on before the main one?
that's actually 2 mistakes so haha
only took off the main one so far, that's not too bad but not the one I meant :D
I'm guessing you are referring to where you tried to remove a screw with a hammer :p
Big dirty crack at the thermostat housing...did someone get pissed off working on the car ha ha
bingo hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by derek89
i would say i was simply to strong for that nut when i put it back on ha
Looks the part, i like what your doin with it :)
Its all those little things that count, road cars ftw :)!
thanks bud :)
have more updates, but will post them tomorrow or Wed since I have no time to upload the pics,...soooooooon! :D