DJMARCOPOLO'S - The GREEN RIVET



  • Hi again another update.
    I fitted a new rear bumper I found on a scrap equipe that is almost mint

    I bought a massive EVO style spoiler just for the garnish so that will be up for sale soon but I fitted the garnish today and then fitted the RS spoiler on top of that and quite happy with the results.

    Next job is remove rear lights and reseal them, then wire up the high level brake light and do the twin rear light conversion and double fog light to balance it out so I should have 4 round lights on side lights when I get it done

    GARNISH

    RS SPOILER NOW APPLIED



  • The RS Spoiler is a thing of pure sex.

    Nice work buddy.



  • RS spoiler is lovely! So do you have a spare garnish to sell me ;)



  • Looks sweet! Nice one.



  • Got quite a bit done today, a service was in order so I have just fitted a set of bosch super 4s, new 5w 30 fully synthetic oil and new oil filter.

    I took the rear lights out and properly resealed them with sikaflex 227 to stop them fogging up and tried drying as best as possible.

    I have now done the twin rear light conversion and will be posting a how to very soon as its quite easy to do. I am fitting a new sunroof very soon and will be doing a how to with that.

    I have fully changed the rear lights over to LEDs and fitted the bits I needed to stop the LEDs freaking out because the low draw from them.

    Anyway heres a photo of what they look like

    The twin rears come on with the lights, the brake lights work normally and now I have twin fog lights on the rear too.



  • Looks good, although I do not see the point in the twin fog conversion. It's a quirky mod but pretty useless really considering the time it must take to do it? I think a twin brake light conversion would be a better idea 8)



  • @b99216aa14=nightstalker:

    Looks good, although I do not see the point in the twin fog conversion. It's a quirky mod but pretty useless really considering the time it must take to do it? I think a twin brake light conversion would be a better idea 8)

    Twin brake is completely possible but you then have a major problem with the fog light, issues with cross wiring and when you turn the fogs on it would lead to all 4 brake lights being on permanently unless you fitted the eunos high level brake light and wire that to the fog cable. Its not that hard to do that conversion.

    The whole conversion took 30 minutes total



  • Had another boring day at work so did a major job today that turned out to be a lot easier than expected.

    My sunroof panel had the dreaded rot in it that a lot of MXs get and was lucky enough to have found another Equipe being broken and sunroof was like brand new so I have changed the complete sunroof unit so I now have no rust in the bodywork. It took just over 2hrs working on my own

    I will upload a how to very soon



  • Hoping to have some lowering springs along soon

    Now just purchased
    Quick shift gear lever kit
    Stainless steel de cat pipe
    Clear repeaters
    New mega loud horn :D



  • The clocks went back and I forgot so I was up at 5am this morning :x

    As soon as it was light I stripped the gear lever and fitted a short shift gear lever, it is now a very close box and only moves half of what it did before.
    No more knocking my knuckles in 5th when the satnav is plugged in :)

    Am now looking at getting some thin stainless sheet cut like the splash back stuff in B&Q and replace the gaitor with a ferrari style polished metal plate

    and also fitted the old school klaxon horn under the bonnet. :P



  • nice 1 on the shifter, what 1 did u buy and if ur shiter help up by 2 rubber mounts? i was stripping a MX3 today at the scrap yard for the arm rest centre console thing and noticed it looks like the upgraded the mounting with a box?



  • Mine is the rubber mount on a bar, a pain in the ass but it works fine, I imported it from america like all my spares and cost £38 all in.
    Feels great too, last one I had was in a capri and loved that too



  • Well my online shopping trip came to a head today and everything from around the world all arrived today :D :D :D

    Today I got my 6k HID kit from japan, my stainless decat pipe from florida and my M3 halo's for the spot lights from china.
    Looks like a busy sunday this week :D :D




  • Been spending money on the car and not fitting anything so when hammy came down to do his cambelt I fitted the 40mm lowering springs I bought of sam youdirtyfox a few weeks ago

    I found an MX3 being broken on ebay that was a surprise when he sent me photos of it,
    lost in the postal system somewhere is a full stainless system from headers back that I paid £50 +£20 p&p
    Then I asked for a photo of the engine bay and have now bought everything good off this engine for £60 inc p&P so will have loads to fit over the xmas holiday

    Have now received a replacement HID kit after the other one was broken so will be fitting that.

    The decat pipe is being modified this week so will be fitting that soon

    Will get some pics of the car uploaded of it 40mm lower



  • Some pics of it lowered now, doesnt notice much excpt driving it now :D :D




  • Nice one, looks better :D
    How do they feel?



  • @351455f0ee=youdirtyfox:

    Nice one, looks better :D
    How do they feel?

    The equipe came with softer than standard uk springs so dropping on these is amazing the handling is soooo precise now love driving it even more now :D

    Thanks for those sam, they are spot on



  • Excellent news!



  • Put my new alloys on today

    GOOD + BAD

    Good is I think they look great

    Bad is because I have lowered it, if anyone is in the back or hard bumps the rear arches touch the tyre over hard bumps.

    I also found that one of my konigs has cracked on the inside of the rim and the crack travels from the edge 40mm into the rim.
    I cannot swap them back because the konig is a write off :cry:

    Anyway heres some pics of them.




  • they look better


 

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