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[Tweek]

haha thanks wayne means alot coming from you, cant wait for them alloys ,
and bens sort of right, you tap intot he brake light using one of them little blue things not sure what their called they cut into the wires through the plastic outer layer,

You should never EVER use scotchlocks, E-V-E-R.

you dont tap the negetive into it since there isnt on on the brake lights, you earth it to the car, i used to bolt that holds the lights on, you cant earth it to the boot, well mine couldnt for some reason

You can tap it onto the bulb holder earth which is what I did.

[xr2irhys]

whats wrong with scotch blocks the halfords fitters use them

[jonyb4]

oh dont get him stared lol

[xr2irhys]

oh dont get him stared lol

why not long storys are a good read

[Tweek]

Very poor method of connecting things and are far from the most secure and will always fail eventually, not if, but when. If they fail and create short-circuits then you get problems and the worst case scenario, fire.

You can ask any proper car electrician and they will be avoiding them too. Nearly all electrical guides on here and FT say not to use them too.

I would never have anything fitted by Halfords, and now you've justified my choice

[jayrs]

scotch locks, there ok for a temp "test" before cutting the wire and joining right but apart from that, try to avoid them

[xr2irhys]

lol oh right

[Tweek]

scotch locks, there ok for a temp "test" before cutting the wire and joining right but apart from that, try to avoid them

Should've added that. They're great for testing a circuit without chopping wires but that's it.

[jonyb4]

they wont be so great if you test the wrong one and you get a pop in the distance

[FiestaBen]

they wont be so great if you test the wrong one and you get a pop in the distance

Make sure you know what you're doing then

[trecoll]

Very poor method of connecting things and are far from the most secure and will always fail eventually, not if, but when. If they fail and create short-circuits then you get problems and the worst case scenario, fire.

You can ask any proper car electrician and they will be avoiding them too. Nearly all electrical guides on here and FT say not to use them too.

I would never have anything fitted by Halfords, and now you've justified my choice

Couldnt resist!

[MENACE]

can you send me your email again so i can send you pics of the remus backbox mate.i lost your email somehow cheers

[dontpannic]

whats wrong with scotch blocks the halfords fitters use them

Just one of the reasons that Halfords has such a bad reputation!

[pillby]

What the hell is this doing way down the second page!!

Any progress mate??

Pillby

[jonyb4]

eh is what doing?

and yea alloys are on ill do a post in a bit now

[Tweek]

Couldnt resist!

s**t happens when I go on a ramble

[trecoll]

[jonyb4]

lol

anyway update on them alloys, theyve been on a week now but i aint been bothered lol... let the pics do the talking







not too happy with them so ive decied to paint them black one day lol

like a bloody monter truck now

makes lowering it more nessessary me thinks

thanks to steve(FG) im gonna be colour coding my door locks boot lock and the handles on my days off this week so cant wait to get cracking now
then maybe the weekend ill do that bloody mirror lol, depends on how much opaint is left im dry on cash atm

Jon

[FiestaBen]

Why start another job before finishing the first? do the other mirror then locks imo

[jonyb4]

jesus i had thought you'd died, where you been? aint been on msn in like 3 weeks

[FiestaBen]

jesus i had thought you'd died, where you been? aint been on msn in like 3 weeks

I have been on msn as Waynes been talking to me a few times Haven't seen you online? probs my msn playing up again

Back on topic though, finish the mirrors first mate - don't go starting a job and then leaving it

[jonyb4]

lol, not once have i seen you on you sure you aint blocked me or even deleted me?

anyway heres a little update

ok i know it was wet and slight drizzle but im a determind person and i done it anyway

heres some pics of the prep work:

to protect fomr rain



before


masking


all sanded


primed


all done after about 3-4 layers







and heres a pic of the nice cleaned wheels after a valet in college by my mate:


it was getting a bit too damp so i will do the drivers side handle tomorrow
i dont know what you guys think or if it compares to anyones standard but i think im getting rather good at painting now, filler not so good but i will get btter when im doing the alloys

Jon

[xr2irhys]

spraying in the rain????

[FiestaBen]

Should have finished the mirrors imo

Handles look good though

[EUFez]

spraying in the rain????

I would never do that!

Anyway in my opinon the wheels dont suit the car, but im more into the euro kinda look. Soo what do i know?

[dontpannic]

spraying in the rain????

Can't you see the garage and umbrella? Its fine, its not a panel

[Nisi]

i never seen it done like that before all i have seen it you remove the door handle to do it

well done a new method for me to do if i cant be bothered to do it

[white diamond]

good job on the spraying in the rain.lol it does look much better though. just need to get your mirror and other handle done.

wheels look good what colour are you going to do them in when you refurb them

[Dave G fsi]

Looks good mate. Nice finish on the paint too

[jonyb4]

thank guys, im a bit worried abou them left to harden in the mercy of mother nature but im sure they'll be fine, and yep planning on doing the handle, and taking the boot handle off to do that also tomorrow, then mirror (if enough paint left) on saturday

and ill be doing the alloys black, i dont think the wheels suit it either but what can i do im stuck with them so all i can do is improve on what i got hence black, will help my red and black theme and will make them red calipers stand out nicely

i didnt want to do it in the rain but i know if i hadent of done it today i wouldnt have for ages so i did, and i was reading steve1127(FG) in his thread he done them on his ZS this way so i thought its nice and easy so ill do it:)

[M1K3Y_B]

I like the way one side of your car is colour coded

Leave it that way

[jonyb4]

lolol yea, my mate says that now i can go egg some one on the side of the road and when i come back the opposite way they'll think its another car O.o

[M1K3Y_B]

You go egging?

[jonyb4]

lol no, have been water balloning in my mates car once, lol that was fun ps dont do in your local town go futher away lol

[jonyb4]

small update

i went to a scrappy today and found a mk4 1.4 ghia, my eyes lit, unfortunatly it was a 5door so no leccy windows:( but i didnt managed to buy heater control valve so now i get waht ever temp heater i want! cost me £15 quid, i also spotted a gdarker dash and door cards, the guy guessed aprice of them since his boss wasnt there he said £50 quid and id have to remove it O.o, anyone else think thats a bit much? i really want a darker dashboard and paint some of the dash surrounds red