brucers GT/LET wip.

[Tim]

did you manage to get your painter in to gear??

[scott.parker]

Looks awesome now mate, really coming on nice, hope you get something sorted with the painter etc.

Scott

[brucer]

update

has been a hell of along time since an update. as my previous posts the painter had the car alot longer than what he first said. i now have the car back with some interesting updates for you all. here we go.

i picked up the car from the bodyshop to take it have the exhaust made. the car still needs polishing and colour sanding as the reflection isnt the best, will get done at a later date. didnt take the panels that day as i had no where to put them and didnt want them getting damaged.









on to the exhaust centre. some may remember i bought a powerflow system off a member on here but it didnt fit due to the middle section hitting the gear linkage. i took along what i had and my 3inch down pipe so they could couple something together for me. left with them for the day and came back to find a nice new exhaust system.

one burley man making the exhaust.






they cut off the end from my down pipe and made a nice little joinable section onto the middle section. they didnt have any 2.5inch silencers in so they left it out and told me to see how it sounds once i get the car running. they also remade the part from the rear silencer i had to the middle.

got them to weld in another lamda bung, all to be revealed.



loaded back on the trailer and off home we went.





with lots still to do, i cracked on.

[brucer]

started on with the doors, got the surrounds (which i painted),window runner (yet again painted) and the glass in.



gave the top trim of the door a lick of satin black to match the rest of the interior. came out pretty good.


door cards on. they need cleaning but havnt got round to it yet. also got to sort out the interior door handle surrounds and a blank for the manual winder.


rubber gaiters covering the door wires and allen key bolts holding the check strap on, they still need painting.



exterior door handles on, electric windows are all working along with the central locking. result


dont know if i updated these but i painted the skirts in the matching grey of the surrounds etc. fitted the fins on...



painted the rest of the dash pieces


and fitted...



atleast this matches the car colour now.

[brucer]

i bought a wideband contoller so i can keep an eye on the engine. as im not running a stereo i bought a 3 gauge blank for it.




all fitted and wired in. still got to buy a boost and oil temp gauge




this weekend i picked up the rest of my panels from the painter.

ooh....



reflection in the bonnet.....that'll do pig, that'll do.



rested the wings in place and temporarily fitted the zinc plated wing bolts






placed the bonnet on as i have no where else to store it thats safe




with all the luck in the world i bonded the spoiler down.....if it dont stick ill leave the rags and tape on and change the theme of the car.

[Nick J]

Thats starting to look real well fella. Hope you sort the running issues out soon.

Nick.

[Cle]

Love it

[brucer]

after about 2years buttering around my corsa b linkage fits and works. it marginally misses the battery. phew.




the spindles are longer than nova items so ive got to figure out how to cover them up

the engine is still playing up. sometimes it runs, sometims it dont. it has started to run on with the ignition being switched off, found out my dash clocks are messed up on the traces so need a new set. at one point today i had it working as it should. stopping and starting on the key. but now it does what it does before and wont start. ill sort it soon.

thanks for looking and more updates to come soon.

bruce

[Nova_Tek]

Ooooh that exhaust looks nice, like the bend to avoid the gear linkage. How many beer tokens did you give up for the exhaust?

[brucer]

Thats starting to look real well fella. Hope you sort the running issues out soon.

Nick.

thanks nick. i hope so to. its something electrical either in the car loom or engine loom. i think its the car loom as when the dash clocks were shorting and making the engine continue to run, some earth or live is dodgy. were to start!!

Love it

cheers cle

Ooooh that exhaust looks nice, like the bend to avoid the gear linkage. How many beer tokens did you give up for the exhaust?

it is quite nice. when i paid for it the bloke said it should easily be 300plus vat as its been mandrel bent and the amount of time spent on it. but i paid £228 with vat. not too shabby!!

the tip doesnt sit straight and as the bumper wasnt on the car it dont fit right. ill just take it back to them and ask for them to cut the tip off at an angle and reweld it.