Custard id dead :(.. Long live Steve

Would be an idea but have had a change of plans; just going to miss it so i can afford more cleaning gear and parts :/ . cash is tight and i want it to be rite for the summer

Do you have a price fella?

well bit of a shit update but maybes keeps people watching . Had a shite weekend, started with going around a corner, hitting a bump and jamming one of the rear drums up :/... so tried to fix it on the night but cba with the darkness so left it till Saturday; as it happens one of the shoes had popped off the piston and jammed against the hub and drum. also bled the brakes for good measure


hover car

sorry i have no pics of Steve after a wash but it wasn't the best of jobs, just a quick bath and polish

Then tonight i got bored after work so decided to remove the EGR valve and give it a good old clean as i've been having a few issue with inconsistent power and idling.


Thats the EGR in the centre of the pic with a plug on top and exhaust feed coming of it


can see by the state of the mounting, it was a bit clogged up with shite.


i love engines


and thats the EGR valve


Cleaned it up, put it on and after a quick run out it seems to idle a lot better but yet to have a long enough journey to judge on the power.
Well, hope i can actually get to make the car look half decent soon :/ yet to have a car long enough to have a decent wheel / tyre combo on. roll on summer

Is that sticker bombing i see?

ArosaProject wrote:

Is that sticker bombing i see?

blame jak haha... will be coming off when i get time:)

lol thats Jak's idea of modding back in the day hah

jaks arosa sticker bombing or not was still one ov the best arosa/lupos around here

pacey90 wrote:

jaks arosa sticker bombing or not was still one ov the best arosa/lupos around here

True ... and now its mine... was thinking maybes go rat look with it and rust all the panels, take all the interior out and a big bore exhaust

I cleaned my egr on my 1.0l 6n2 and it made a huge difference, gotan extra 30miles to a full tank

as for modding cover the car in double sided sticky tape then drive into halfords whatever sticks leave it and it will look awesome!!!

keep up the good work lad!

awesome, hope i see better fuel economy .. and i love halfords, not really... plan to get the wheels refurbed sometime next month, tyres the month after and in the process of making a raised floor for my sub

and cheers btw

Well bi of an update, got themk1 arosa rear lights ftted and looks 5x better. Have decided to put the wheel refurb off for another month as i would prefer for the car to b perfect mechanically and clean before wheels (wheels should be sorted for around June). So at least they will be done for th summer .

Have ordered an autoglym cleaning kit just down to th fact that i was running low on everything so for the price i was saving money.

Have just bought a nilfisk c110 so hopefully get a foam lance sometime soon and crack on with that. Instead o wheels i am hoping to get the bootbuild finished, a few parts sprayed, tidy the engine bay up, replace clutch and thrust bearing, possibly change alternator / tensioner as its strugling to charge.

Will ge some pics up of th car when its clean but will see you all sunday yey springdub

Nothing much has really happend since th last upsat; sprayed the vents from pruprle to gloss black (need a polish) and will get some pics up soon. Have a loads of mechanicals to be doing next week:

• Alternator change,
  
• Full service (plugs, oil, coolant, oil filter, air filters, polen filter),
  
• New HT leads,
  
• Re-join exhaust (cat keeps pulling it apart on bumps)
  
• Outer CV boot,
  
• Wheel bearing,
  
• Clutch, thrust bearing and sleeve change,
  
• Good old wash.
  

Hopefully getting alloys refurbed ready for new rubber next month. Will try and gt some pics up in the next week ifit gets a clean and maybes get somepics of the work when i d it on some how to's

Looks cool this mate. Would like to see it with summer wheels on

Cheers man... Hopefully might finally have alloys with decent sized tyres haha

Be nicer with the updates, ill keep my eye out for it

cheers, went to one of dean's mates for a quote on getting them refurbed but unfortunetly to get a decent result on the polished lip he said i would need to go to a specialist that can machine and powder coat finish :/ bit opf a set back so need to save more money.

well sorry lads; im not a one for taking photo, on a digital anyways. not too much been happening but in the next month or so i hope to have it up to scratch for the summer events:).
recent happenings:
- exhaust is rotten, replaced centre and backbox
- had the tracking done (first car with true steering)
- removed black vinyl roof
- replaced boot handle for oem chromed
- raised false floor bootbuild

atm the car is't up to much but i have the wheels in for refurb and re-colour, when they come out tires will be going on along with spacers and see how i can get it sitting . hope to get some pics up when the changes are made.

nice work mate, you love your mechanical shiz dont ya! haha. Wish i was up on fixing shit tbf!

Looking forward to seeing this tbf and the rims are gunna make a huge difference bud! Keep up the good work

I do, after all its what gets me to work  .. Cheers man , btw got that glue of the roof with some citrus cleaner I bought at springdub, brilliant stuff.. Think that sticky stuff remover couldn't hack it coz vinyl has been on a few year now but was worth a go