went For a drive , got home and took pics.

mpm said:
Lovely lovely car! What sort of power does it make?


she made 517hp with stock exhaust setup, its since has a tune revision, and large bore exhaust + 100 cell cats, i like to hope it could top 530 currently as it is with no meth/water injection, this adds further power but more Tq really as i use it as a charge cooler on the long all day sprint sessions, the car tends to do a few timed laps then sit heat soaking so the meth/water cools the charge down to nothing. Its back for its service this year so ill get a new dyno figure and health check done, however they are merely an indication imo and not terribly accurate.
 
Used to swear by gliptone for leather, but then discovered this kit

http://www.lttsolutions.co.uk/auto-ultra-150-kit.html

Not cheap by any means, but amazing natural matte finish.

Worth reading up on over at DW if interested.
 
go on jonny give us a sneaky pic..

Ben G i did the fiesta engine bay the other day and have been keeping on top of it. Have a few bits ready for that car now and will begin modding as soon as i can get it in the garage and start stripping it down.
 
Beedub said:
anyone got any suggestions on a leather feed, its very clean, but starting to look alittle "dry" the best way to explain it, i regularly clean and use a conditioner on them bu the auto glym conditioner appears to just dry it out ( could be just drying in the grain I'm guessing, i need some sort of wax potentially ?? bee's wax for leather maybe?

The leather in modern cars is sealed chap. If the leather is shiny, it's dirty. So if yours looks dry it's actually fine. The leather balms people throwing there actually just sit on top and do nothing but make your wallet lighter!

Car looks utterly brilliant. I need those covers, spacers and aero skirts!!
 
JAD said:
Beedub said:
anyone got any suggestions on a leather feed, its very clean, but starting to look alittle "dry" the best way to explain it, i regularly clean and use a conditioner on them bu the auto glym conditioner appears to just dry it out ( could be just drying in the grain I'm guessing, i need some sort of wax potentially ?? bee's wax for leather maybe?

The leather in modern cars is sealed chap. If the leather is shiny, it's dirty. So if yours looks dry it's actually fine. The leather balms people throwing there actually just sit on top and do nothing but make your wallet lighter!

Car looks utterly brilliant. I need those covers, spacers and aero skirts!!

i hear you but these cars getting on bit now so any sealing must be wearing off a long time ago.... i find that its just looking alittle dry and needs something to add a very small amount of sheen without making it very shiny... it feels lovely and soft to the touch but in direct sunlight it doesn't look nourished to me but that may be unfair viewing it directly in sunlight as your seeing every imperfection.

no spacers on the car, just wide wheels, very aggressive offsets, and wide semi slick tyres with a thick aspect ratio, the car looks so mean in the flesh like its on steroids.
 
Your car looks in stunning condition, I'd like a driveway upgrade like yours almost as much as your car though :)
Regards
 
Truly craking looking car Byron. This car and Dub speeds car the sexy silver coupe (and JEs) Have made up my mind to stick to silver when i respray my car.

Cant wait to join the sexy silver car club :thumbsup:
 
Beedub said:
JAD said:
Beedub said:
anyone got any suggestions on a leather feed, its very clean, but starting to look alittle "dry" the best way to explain it, i regularly clean and use a conditioner on them bu the auto glym conditioner appears to just dry it out ( could be just drying in the grain I'm guessing, i need some sort of wax potentially ?? bee's wax for leather maybe?

The leather in modern cars is sealed chap. If the leather is shiny, it's dirty. So if yours looks dry it's actually fine. The leather balms people throwing there actually just sit on top and do nothing but make your wallet lighter!

Car looks utterly brilliant. I need those covers, spacers and aero skirts!!

i hear you but these cars getting on bit now so any sealing must be wearing off a long time ago.... i find that its just looking alittle dry and needs something to add a very small amount of sheen without making it very shiny... it feels lovely and soft to the touch but in direct sunlight it doesn't look nourished to me but that may be unfair viewing it directly in sunlight as your seeing every imperfection.

no spacers on the car, just wide wheels, very aggressive offsets, and wide semi slick tyres with a thick aspect ratio, the car looks so mean in the flesh like its on steroids.

I hear you and if it rectifies it, all good! I think it sadly might be more colour dye related - as you say, the cars are getting on a bit so the protection and colour may be taking a beating. I know my driver's side bolster is greying slightly too.

I remember you said about the aggressive offsets in another thread - sadly I'm going to have to go with spacers rather than new wheels as I can't find another style I like... but they just don't sit quite right!
 
The leather in modern cars is sealed chap. If the leather is shiny, it's dirty. So if yours looks dry it's actually fine. The leather balms people throwing there actually just sit on top and do nothing but make your wallet lighter!

Car looks utterly brilliant. I need those covers, spacers and aero skirts!![/quote]

i hear you but these cars getting on bit now so any sealing must be wearing off a long time ago.... i find that its just looking alittle dry and needs something to add a very small amount of sheen without making it very shiny... it feels lovely and soft to the touch but in direct sunlight it doesn't look nourished to me but that may be unfair viewing it directly in sunlight as your seeing every imperfection.

no spacers on the car, just wide wheels, very aggressive offsets, and wide semi slick tyres with a thick aspect ratio, the car looks so mean in the flesh like its on steroids.[/quote]

I hear you and if it rectifies it, all good! I think it sadly might be more colour dye related - as you say, the cars are getting on a bit so the protection and colour may be taking a beating. I know my driver's side bolster is greying slightly too.

I remember you said about the aggressive offsets in another thread - sadly I'm going to have to go with spacers rather than new wheels as I can't find another style I like... but they just don't sit quite right![/quote]

i didn't think of that could just be greying alittle.... i am being really picky however. lets see what the Gt11 does for me
 
Jonny essex said:
Machine monkey said:
Truly craking looking car Byron. This car and Dub speeds car the sexy silver coupe (and JEs) Have made up my mind to stick to silver when i respray my car.

Cant wait to join the sexy silver car club :thumbsup:
"join" your already a member fella :thumbsup:

Agree'd! he's already in!
 
Can you give more detail on where you got the side indicators and side stripe with the M performance logo? And how about a close up of the center console? Those gauges looked interesting... :D
 
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