BB4 bye,bye

[vanzep]

Just fitted a pipercross myself. Nice piece of kit

Had one for a while, not bad. Mine needs a clean again!

Where did you get the collar for the gear gaiter? That is just what mine needs!! I haven't been able to work a way around it properly yet.

Ive taken that collar off so you can have it if u like - i used an old oem drop link bush and some velcro instead.

The pipercross panel is propper sticky to handle so should do a good job of keeping crap out the intake.

Heres a pic of the oem back box im thinking of refitting - ive painted it a sort of grey colour to match the colour of the wheels ive got on at the moment. I think 2 pipe oem back box looks better than any single pipe.

[Dbo]

Where did you get the collar for the gear gaiter? That is just what mine needs!! I haven't been able to work a way around it properly yet.

i cheated by getting an old gear knob i didn't want and ripped out the bottom alloy bit and turned it upside down in the gaitor and cable tied it from underneath

[JayJay]

Twin pipe ftw

Thats very kind of you bud. I'm going to have a go with some bits I have in the shed, but if it all fails I may have to take it off your hands

[vanzep]

Where did you get the collar for the gear gaiter? That is just what mine needs!! I haven't been able to work a way around it properly yet.

I think it came off my old donor car BB1 - if jayjay dont want it Dbo then i will post it to you-drop me pm
the drop link bush a bit of velcro should do the job tho - i topped it off with a metal washer out of the parts bin.

Twin pipe ftw

Thats very kind of you bud. I'm going to have a go with some bits I have in the shed, but if it all fails I may have to take it off your hands

Yeah the OEM back box looks good but the weight of it and sheer size - it looks like something off a volvo truck imo but looks good when fitted

[vanzep]

Here is a quick how to ghetto fix the gear gaitor - using oem parts and some velcro
All you need is one half of an old front drop link bush,some glue and velcro,washer on top is optional - i used an old sump plug washer and sprayed it black. This is a lot better than the collar if fitted before. As its velcro that holds it in place it means dissasembly is easy should you need to remove it.




Im sure you can see how its put together.

[vanzep]

Rust update
I spent a couple of days this week tackling the rust again!
its not that bad for a 4th gen and i guess could be classed as superficial but im determined to stamp it out once and for all
I had already treated the rear arches and sills from inside by injecting hyrate 80 into the arches using a syringe and finishing it all off with a large dose of dynax 50 cavity wax - so it was time to tackle it from the outside...
The sills are solid as are the arches so a quick rust treatment and then some fine filler. I still need to sand the arches back down and paint them. I hoping for a good result if i take my time and do it properly. The camera ran out of juice so not that many pics...






had some help again - this time from Angus(dog) and Merlin and Leo



Then i decide to respray the back spoiler as the laquer had stated going milky in patches - camera ran out of juice so ive only got 1 pic and that is of the back boot lid and you can see the difference in the paintwork i dont know if tcut will make much difference...

[mercutio]

that will mop out matey great news on the sills

[littlefeller]

i second the dyno run, im out as i took my chip out when i was messing with my delimiter and never got around to refitting it. but would be intresting to see jobby what a numpty, posted this after reading first page, not realising ther were 5 pages what a gentleman's sausage head eh, in my defence i have drank a whole bottle of wine, 2 pints in the pub and a pint of cider

[vanzep]

that a fair mixture of beverages littlefeller

[littlefeller]

usual sat eve, but i havnt smoked anything, im being good