Project Silk Violet GSi

[mowgli]

i once spent a day(9hrs) in a queue in burton on trent in my truck, right next to the marmite factory.. i don't care if i never encounter the stuff ever again

[Graeme]

I'm upset I don't get name Niek, did lmfao see you and Jeffrey in the lay by on the East Lancs road

[nova_niek]

I'm upset I don't get name Niek, did lmfao see you and Jeffrey in the lay by on the East Lancs road

Excuse my horrible memory mate - I seem to forget everything nowadays!

[bazil]

Nice post Niek, but I'm afraid your doing the Irn-Bru wrong,

I'll bring you a couple of Glass bottles to billing for you

[nova_niek]

Nice post Niek, but I'm afraid your doing the Irn-Bru wrong,

I'll bring you a couple of Glass bottles to billing for you

LOL cheers! Much appreciated :-)

[Vlietje]

While the girls on here were discussing groceries, I was actually working on my car instead of buying parts...

First thing this long Ascension Day weekend (gotta love a long weekend!) was swapping the antenna for a more decent one.

So here goes:









Yes I now, I posted four piccies for an antenna swap... But it makes such a difference, you all know it makes sence!!
By the way did you notice the little joy riders behind the wheel??

Next up was to swap the headlamps as the reflector on the right hand side turned black on the inside. See pic above!

First I fitted the the invisible headlamps and indicators I bought from Joff :


After removing the headlamps and indicators, this is what I was faced with:







Cleaned off the rust, sanded the area down and brushed some zinc primer on the affected area. The front panel will be replaced this winter so I couldn't be bothered too much. Fitted new headlamps clips.

[Vlietje]

These needed to go in!



Indicator plugs, the one on the left was cleaned at this stage:



Headlamps fitted:









Very pleased with the result, I'll take some more pics tomorrow after cleaning the whole car and fitting the new rear clusters.

[Vlietje]

And I decided to try and source new inner wings and have them fitted over the winter. This is why:

[tahir868]

Good work Jeffrey, nice to see some of your new parts making there way onto the car No doubt you will locate some inner wings
I love Nova's in this colour!!

[Benn]

Looking good Jeffrey.