This morning I had to drop the family off and on the way home I thought I would go try get some pictures of the car in the heavy fog. Unfortunately when I got to where I thought would be a good spot the fog had moved on, but still tried to get a couple of pictures and hopefully when the car is done I will get up to the same spot when the fog is around again. Please excuse the state of the car as it is not painted and a little damaged and dirty from all the driving I did over the weekend

Bonnet pins installed. It has taken me most of the day to finish (had to keep stopping due to my health) although the actual fitting of these bonnets pins was rather easy. I have taken the car for a drive with the factory latch removed and the pins seem to hold the bonnet more securerly.



Tomorrow I will see how I am feeling and possibley look at what I will do with the area where the factory latch bolts to the radiator support panel

Yesterday I took the car for a drive to Warwick for a hospital appointment but managed to find out some info while I was out there. Firstly I will be getting the new outer rims for the BBS wheels with a 3- 3.5 inch dish, I was hoping to try get 4.5 - 5 inch lip but trying to find tires was going to be almost impossible and upto almost 2 grand for 4 tires.

I also spoke to a performance shop who can supply with a tickford head that is able to flow up to 400hp which could be an option along with custom extractors. If I go that way I would need to work out what cam, chip and injectors would be needed and then most likely having to change my gear box as well.

On the way home though there was a couple of little issues with the car. Firstly my rear bar is broken. I had to drive a little off road on the wrong side of the road to avoid a semi cutting a corner and the rear end of the bar hooked on a tree stump and all the mounts on the right hand side and one of the main mounts as well. It also manage to break the passengers side tail pipe so that is now off.

After all that I was able to get the rear bar partly attatched so I could get home only to loose the power steering 15mins later. After about 10 minutes of trying to drive bumpy very twisty mountain roads I was able to find a place to pull over to have a look. I found that fluid had come out of the top of the pump but the cap was still tight and in place and after removing the car I found that the pump was still full of fluid. So I continued on and after another 5-10 mins later when the road got flatter the power steering returned.

So now the the fun of trying to work out if I continue with the rear bar and twin exhaust or try something else and trying to work out what the problem is with my P/S

Over the last couple of days I have been able to do some little stuff done on the car. Firstly the rear bar is off and to my suprise it feels lighter then a standard EF front bar. I also did some work in the engine bay and radiator support panel.

Almost the entire mount for the factory bonnet latch is gone so now air can flow from the grille opening and threw the radiator. I am also going to be removing all the aircon parts except the compressor. I also decided that the neatest and best looking colour scheme for the engine bay would be similar to stock. So the tappet cover is now cherry red with some chrome specs, the belt cover and intake manifold are a dark charcoal colour and the windscreen washer bottle, fuel rail and heat shield are now a high temp chrome paint.

I also did a little trimming of the TAXI sign to fit the shape of the roof better. tomorrow i hope to do some more to the sign as well as fixing a leaky fuel injector and if I get time I will remove the dash facia, shifter surrond, steer colum shroud and cup holders and smooth them prior to painting them metalic charcoal

Today I tried to finsh off the engine bay by having everything painted and besides a nother couple of coats and some hoses for the washer jets I have finished the engine bay but while I had the head lights out I decided to put my own twist on Daytime Running Lights/ Angel Eyes with some stuff I had laying around. I call mine Road Rage Eyes although I doubt that they would be bright enough to be seen durring the day and the switch for them is located in the engine bay so I couldnt use them in anger

Anyways here are the pictures




The last picture shows the lights at half there normal brightnest. I havent deecided if I like them but they are almost invisable when off so they could stay but may not be connected

Where or When do you intend to run these "Angry Eyes"?

static displays most likey. I have many more of the LED strips in the car so I could wire them up to there own seperate power supply. Dont for get there are even going to be some in the roof top sign

Just remember following laws apply to light colours

Turn signals = Amber
Park Lights front = clear or white
Headlights = white light
Rear Parkers = Red
Brake = Red
Reverse = Clear

you can't have red or blue on the front of the car, wnder why.

Yes I am aware of those laws but it isnt illegal to have any blue or red lights on the front of the car, it is how ever illegal to have them on whilst on a public road.

but u can see them clear as day even if they are not on

I reckon being defected for having some LEDs in his lights will be the least of his issues if pulled over.................

If you have them on a switch so they can be turned on or off they will be illegal even when turned off.

how so? if there not on then i cant see the issue

Because they can be turned on at anytime, Cops will say that they can be activated at anytime so same as being on.

LMAO


thats all i gotta say, it looks like a defect magnet