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[Barbbachello]

That wiring was after i stripped all the tape off so it wasnt as bad as it looks lol

[Barbbachello]

New turbo arrived. Ding will be straightened out obvs


Roof racks need a key to remove

And heres the key

Much better

The spats are in the boot. Were removed to get more ground clearance for cheaper towing

[allpaw4]

Nice dude. Gonna do the T51R mod to the tarbo? Looks like it'd be easy to do considering the intake flange is bolted on. I wanna do it to mine, but will wait until I get the motor out to make it easier.

[duncanm]

geeze - been worked on by a spastic 16yo.

 

Hope that boost T wasn't turned to the max.

[Barbbachello]

Nice dude. Gonna do the T51R mod to the tarbo? Looks like it'd be easy to do considering the intake flange is bolted on. I wanna do it to mine, but will wait until I get the motor out to make it easier.

Dont know if you can do it to something as small as a stock inlet. Good time for a 3" inlet turbo with that nice 1 piece intake manifold you have

[Barbbachello]

First weekend with new shitter here we go

Saturday:
Moved it into its new home (caught by the clutch switch again)


She needs some TLC


First job was changing out the door cards and swapping my speakers in


Thankfully no butchery and the rear speakers were the oem McIntosh so could swap my speakers straight into the oem mounts.

Then i pulled the centre console/radio stack out and found the butchery

 

and plenty of human mess


While that was out for cleaning i swapped in my GD STi handbrake lever


and stripped the rest of the interior to get the carpet out. Thankfully no surprises


I planned on dying it black but it came up really nice with a shampoo and pressure wash so nice dark grey it can stay



Weirdly the Mcintosh amp bypass was done nicely with a name brand deutsch connector


Carpet back in and minty fresh



Sunday:
Didnt take many photos of this but header liner and roof trims out and painted with Duplicolor vinyl/fabric paint. It looks super stripy but thats just how the light shines through or something. 

Finish on the trims is perfect

and back in

I need to sauce, sort something out for the last beige trims between the trims and the weather seals.

Overall shot. New headunit is just dummy fit to see if i needed to trim the dash at all. I dont


Im cooked
 

[allpaw4]

Nice Nick! What's doing with the drivers seat? I need to replace some broken side trim on mine, that's all.
The ol' twist and tape job ay! That's seriously rough as guts. Someone needs to be shot. First time I've seen it, ever. Always thought people were joking when they say it, but this is proof that it happens. Wow.

[El_Freddo]

I thought you were a bit quiet over the weekend! Top effort!

I don’t know how you managed to dry your carpet in the weather we had! It looks great. And that was a fair effort to pull the roof lining out, not an easy task on the RS, maybe they made it easier on the later models...

What else is left to do interior wise other than the head unit install?

Cheers

Bennie

[RX25SE]

That was a huge about to get done over a weekend. Nice effort!

 

I had no idea that an Impeaza hand brake lever fits in a GenIII. Are GenIII and mGen IV the same?

[Barbbachello]

Nice Nick! What's doing with the drivers seat? I need to replace some broken side trim on mine, that's all.
The ol' twist and tape job ay! That's seriously rough as guts. Someone needs to be shot. First time I've seen it, ever. Always thought people were joking when they say it, but this is proof that it happens. Wow.

Was going to go for sale/the tip as its pretty cooked

 

I thought you were a bit quiet over the weekend! Top effort!

I don’t know how you managed to dry your carpet in the weather we had! It looks great. And that was a fair effort to pull the roof lining out, not an easy task on the RS, maybe they made it easier on the later models...

What else is left to do interior wise other than the head unit install?

Cheers

Bennie

 

We had about 4-5 hours of sunshine in Bacchus. Borrowed the missos hair dryer for the last few bits too haha. Roof liner shouldnt be too hard in the RS. Just the upper trims, lights and a couple of push clip dealies. Unless you have a sunroof...

That was a huge about to get done over a weekend. Nice effort!

 

I had no idea that an Impeaza hand brake lever fits in a GenIII. Are GenIII and mGen IV the same?

Pictures suggest the gen 4 lever is very very different. Doubt itd work. A GR STI one might

[Barbbachello]

Absolutely no chippies weirdly. Found 0 suspect shit and $1.20

[El_Freddo]

That’s odd! Should go buy a Tatts ticket...

You guys back at work now or still in a lockdown. Benders will probably get one in the next day or two...

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

We're in a one week lockdown atm. Never stopped working thankfully. Benefits of working for financial company that pays healthcare workers

[Barbbachello]

Made a clandestine mission after work the other night to get my old old seats that had basically been put into a spare room since i sold them and just gathered dust haha.

Dusty bois


Cleaning and leather treatment to get them feeling soft again


Installed



Absolutely loving the interior. Ideally the drivers seat wouldnt be chewed out on the bolster but the price is right and could be fixed by an upholsterer, but thats a black hole of getting both seats recovered and probably 4 digits

[allpaw4]

Do the gen 3 seats bolt to gen2 bolt points Barbs? Would be nice if they did.

[Barbbachello]

Certainly do. Gen 2 seats use 5 bolts and gen 3 use 4 but its all fine

[allpaw4]

Oh hells yes. Means the B4 driver's seat will get used in the racecar. Beauty! Racecar costs are coming down lol

[Barbbachello]

Either that or Ty has that GC8 seat still sitting in his shed lol