On a recent drive the speakers kept short circuiting leading to the sound from the head unit cutting out. I decided it was time to fit the new speakers. Doing so isolated the cause - the contacts on the odd Kenwood unit were shorting on the inside of the door. Replaced that and the stock... Continue Reading →

Didn't really have much time this weekend to do things on the car, but I reckoned that I had time to fit some more bolts and finish up a few loose ends. Quick half an hour job. Wrong. Turned into a wheels off, axle stand, bumper off, lights out 4 hour session. Still done now.... Continue Reading →

Most of the parts for the suspension overhaul have arrived from Polybush, but I'm not starting on that job until everything else turns up (still waiting on some new ARB brackets and a pair of droplinks). The silicon hose kit has turned up from Spoox too, although disappointly with no clips - Forge Motorsport get... Continue Reading →

Managed to fix the speaker issue. Popped down to Maplins for some electrical connectors - bought some of the bullet-type male to female ones I've had before. Took the inside of the OS door off so I could get at everything. Turns out this door used to be black before being resprayed and fitted (previous... Continue Reading →

Sorted out the exhaust rattle and blowing. One of the centre section joints had become quite loose. Tightened it up and it immediately solved the issue. Used some of the alloy plate and cut and formed it into a heat shield on the rear bumper where the tailpipes are. A past exhaust had melted a... Continue Reading →

Car all put back together on Friday. I didn't finish until the early hours due to some complications. Two of the bumper mounting brackets had bolts seized in them, the bolts came out eventually, but destroyed the fittings in the process. I had some of the right kind of things, but they had to be... Continue Reading →

Progressing slowly on the body work. I'm trying to get a good finish so it's taking a little while. Mostly working on the OS front wheel arch, but the NS has needed a little attention too. Touching up the front bumper too where there were some scrapes and stone chips. Elsewhere, I've fabricated a new... Continue Reading →

I struggled yesterday with the trolley jack. Today at lunch time I thought about how I was going to get the car onto axle stands, I ended looking at low profile trolley jacks. The prospect of having to fork out more money for something I didn't really need seemed crazy. The JCB trolley I have... Continue Reading →

As I had the drill out I used it to removed the aluminium tat from the two footwell mats. They were Ripspeed ones with an aluminium checkerplate to prevent heel wear as well as two small aluminium logo badges all rivited on. They came off and with a bit of effort with a scrubbing brush... Continue Reading →

Tonight's first task was to fit the pedals. The setup in the car was previously this: I'd looked at this yesterday, measured up to get the 50mm pedal spacing and marked out potential holes for drilling with red enamel. It was clear that the shape of the accelerator pedal wasn't going to work, so it... Continue Reading →

First real look at and fiddle with a few things. First job I thought to look at was the front towing eye and the rear which are both showing signs of rust. The rear isn't so noticeable, but the front is quite apparent and needs some work to tidy it up. The rust has spread... Continue Reading →

A few years ago I bought a small car and loved owning it. A Peugeot 106 Rallye S1. 1300cc, 8v engine putting out 100 bhp - probably a little more with a full peugeot sport exhaust system and an induction kit. Now this engine output might not seem much these days because many modern cars... Continue Reading →