Cars

Correct Harness Fitting

I have recently seen quite a few cars with bucket seats and harnesses fitted while at work. Now I agree that harnesses and bucket seats are the best things for holding you in while driving, but I have been shocked to where the seat belts have been mounted to. Here are just a couple of [...]

Deadline: Japfest – Castle Combe – 15th May 2010

Well it now looks like I have a deadline for getting the Impreza track ready, as I have just booked myself on two track sessions at Japfest – Castle Combe Circuit.

Let The Flocking Begin

Work continues, as there’s something new I attempt this week, and here’s what I’m doing, in pictures: The dash was quite easy to take out (seeing as I already had most of it stripped off, it was just a few cables I had to cut off (Some dodgy wiring under there for the alarm system) [...]

Sound Deadening Continues

Another Sunday’s work on it before Sunday dinner… tried ice (as suggested by a user on ScoobyNet), and didn’t work much better then what we were doing before (saying that, it was bloody freezing in the garage as it was), so I stuck to what we were doing before (even my lass was involved at [...]

CG-Lock Review

First of, for those who don’t know what the CG-Lock is, you can visit the CG-Lock Website for more information. First out of the box impressions are good, well made piece of kit, feels strong and sturdy and looks the part. Fitting was straight forward, you got everything you need to fit this in the [...]

How To Fit Focus ST Spoiler

If you have a standard MK2 Ford Focus and would like to fit the Focus ST Spoiler to your car, here’s the fitting instructions I got when I received my spoiler from Ford, but some of you may have received your spoiler from a scrap yard. It is fairly easy to fit:

Sound Deadening Removal

Another weekend has now passed and I’m still hacking away at this bloody sound deadening (wish I never started it now, its a right pain in the arse) but I’ve nearly filled half a bin bag full of the stuff and my god there’s some weight in it Passenger side pretty much finished now, just [...]

Paintworx – Killingworth, Newcastle

This post is pretty much just a thank you to Simon @ Paintworx He has done wonders on the ST kit on my car. Unit 4, Planet Place, Stephenson Industrial Estate, Killingworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 6RZ Tel: 0191 268 4532 Map Here

Focus ST Lookalike Piper Replica Exhaust

This is a video I created when I first got this exhaust around this time last year. Piper kindly used my car as a test bed to develop a replica exhaust system for people, like myself, who have taken the route of making a Focus ST Lookalike. This is fitted to a 2.0l Petrol. Cat-back [...]

How To Make A Ford Focus ST Lookalike

I get asked on a daily basis how I turned my car from a standard Ford Focus Titanium into a Ford Focus ST Lookalike (Replica). This process is pretty easy, but can be expensive (although I managed to get my bits rather cheap as no one had done this before). Anyway, this is how my [...]