(First posted on MLR forum in July 2012) the intercooler was looking a bit grubby and tatty so i thought i’d pull the bumper off and see what i could do about it…. unfortunately 5 bolts were well and truly stuck in so the heads just sheared off when i tried to undo them. not […]
I’m not entirely sure what my long term plan for the floor is. I might yet cover the whole floor with industrial PVC tiles but, if I do, it’s still a fair way down my to do list. The problem is that, despite the garage not being quite finished it is still in use though […]
(First posted on MLR forum in June 2012) So I thought I’d have go at using some of this carbon wrap stuff. Never done it before so figured I’d just give it a go and see how I got on….. The results of trying to figure out, with paper, the best way to wrap such […]
Time to make the most of the space behind the new door. We kept all the old roof timbers and any decent length off cuts from building the new roof and most of the pallets stuff got delivered on so I had plenty for building the structure. I just bought a few sheets of 18mm […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) After leaving the lacquer to harden properly I thought I’d cut and polish them so they’re properly shiny. I fetched out my wet and dry and polish and got started. Only done 2 wheels so far which took me nearly 2 hours. Yes I know I’m a sad […]
The garage extension was always going to leave a bit of land that would be very difficult to access so I had in mind that I’d wait until the extension was built then figure out a good place to fit a door allowing access to the space. Then I could build a wooden structure to […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) The wheels had some curbing and flaking paint so thought I’d refurb them. I’m not keen on spending £300+ to get someone else to do them. So after spending some time finding the best prices for paint I found that halfords was the way to go so […]
(First posted on MLR forum in April 2012) cleaned and re-oiled the K&N filter and got a couple of pics of the engine bay as it is now though I’d like to tidy it up a bit sometime. I really don’t like all the shiny stuff at all. Something will need to be done.
We used to have a large log store hidden on the right side of the garage but that is now where a Mini lives. We still need to store logs and whatever we built would now be on view so we wanted it to look decent and in keeping with the rest of the house […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) Got some more jobs done lately including an interior clean Someone previous had covered the dash with dash shine junk which is a pet hate of mine. As if the 90’s Jap plastic dash doesn’t look cheap enough as it is So used some matt finish cleaner […]