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Posted by Scotty Posted on Sep - 02 - 2010

Painted rocker cover

I thought I’d be adventurous last night and paint the rocker cover on my car. A very tedious (and sometimes outright boring) process! Thanks to Jim for lots of help via text though! I started off by removing the oil cap, dip stick, plug cover, heat shield, the plugs themselves and then the 7 bolts  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Chit Chat, My Car
Posted by Scotty Posted on Sep - 01 - 2010

Rollcage

Just found this on one of the Swift club sites, really wanna get one when the interior is stripped out to the bones, just thought I’d share Looks awesome!

Categories: Blog, My Car
Posted by Scotty Posted on Aug - 28 - 2010

Wheel update

Just a quick update on the car, I’ve put the standard wheels back on today (ewwwww) and also upgraded the front brake pads. My wheels are now off at a refurb company getting repaired and painted a new colour, but you will have to wait and see what colour

Categories: Blog, My Car
Posted by Scotty Posted on Aug - 26 - 2010

Milton Keynes Car Show 2010

Had a great day at the Milton Keynes Car Show on Sunday, got a bit burnt with the glorious sunshine! Here are my photos after recovering them from my dead CF card:

Categories: Blog, Chit Chat, Club Meets, My Car, Photography
Posted by Scotty Posted on May - 19 - 2010

Car update

Right, I’ve now secured some seats *hopefully* Sparco bucket seats in red leather, pair for £300, not bad ay Also been speaking to a mate who is in touch with the guys testing the turbo systems: had email today.. development of the sport setup has begun… so far at 5psi boost was hitting 215bhp at  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Chit Chat
Posted by Scotty Posted on May - 08 - 2010

PC Update

Hmmm, this case really doesn’t want me to paint it. I keep getting some weird reaction coming up even after sanding down so I’m going to send all the parts off to a car sprayer to get it done properly. In the meantime I’ve put the PSU in the chassis which I’ve painted matt black,  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Computer Stuff

The early versions of the T-Mobile 120 3G dongle were not compliant with Snow Leopard (10.6), although there is now an updated version of it which does work. I’ve spent hours scouring the web to finally get mine working from within Mac (rather than booting Windows through Boot Camp), so here is a nice simple  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Computer Stuff