Bushell's ej9 (New shoes, P7 )


Aye cheers guys means a lot :). Car is in dyer need of some paint now though as its starting to annoy me :'(. Slow and steady though haha
 
So this weekend has been another one spent messing about with the car, fitted a new centre section to quieten down the exhaust as mega loudness on a wee 1.4 just isn't for me.

Then decided my rear lip wasn't sitting right so I removed it and fixed it on so its all lined up better now, whilst I was waiting on the sealer drying on the lip I decided to strip and clean the rear brakes.
As the drums were off I decided to paint them so sanded down primed and painted them. Then thought it would be rude not to do the fronts so did that as well.
Then picked up a carbon fibre ek9 spoiler, obviously a rep as ek9's never had carbon fibre ones ect. Not exactly 10/10 condition but im happy with it so :p Some pics to follow as always :)

















 
Looking good mate :) get that spoiler fitted!
 
Change in circumstances about the spoiler so its not getting fitted any more :( not to worry though. Still happy with my progress :)
 
No much has been happening until today really, car has been away to the bodyshop for the best part of 3 weeks as there was a few things I wanted sorted out, wanted a better finish on the door mouldings, side skirts lips, bits touched up on the bumper and the rear quarter. pics below of bad stuff,







Paint was peeling every time I washed the car which was driving me mad.

So went into the bodyshop and got the following painted
Rear bumper
Rear splitter
O/s/r quarter treated for rust (ended up being rotten, guy did the best he good but will come back pretty soon)
Door mouldings
Side skirts
Front splitter
Front bumper corner

Waiting on handles getting done and trying to sort something out mirror wise.
Everything on the car was done except the rear splitter reacted which was frustrating



Had the car back for nearly 2 weeks now so decided to clean it up, some pics,












Clayed all non painted areas



Fitted new seats :D







Then drafted in my brother to machine polish it with The following
Kestral das6 pro machine
Various chemical guys Hex logic pads
Auto glym srp
Gtechnique P1 polish





Then sealed the whole car except the rear bumper with 2 layers of hd wax, leaving the rear bumper for another week to let the paint cure/de-gas



















All of this took the best part of 12 hours, not quite finished yet, still a few areas to refine with the machine polisher but very happy with it now :)

Thanks for taking time to look and read, all c+c's welcome :)
 
Looks like a great job with the paint buddy :)
 
The front seats match the rears well. When's the carbon spoiler going on? It's cleaner than my rep ;)
 
Thanks dean mate, its really good. Wee bit lighter on the mouldings but not really noticeable, im just fussy haha

Cheers king. Plan on keeping this for a long time :)

Hahahaha ally brilliant, no longer have the spoiler now. So just staying as it is at the moment.

Cheers lyle, what do you drive man? Give me a flash or wave man
 
Random shots of roof and bonnet under a street light last night. No swirls :)



 
Bushell said:
Thanks dean mate, its really good. Wee bit lighter on the mouldings but not really noticeable, im just fussy haha

Cheers king. Plan on keeping this for a long time :)

Hahahaha ally brilliant, no longer have the spoiler now. So just staying as it is at the moment.

Cheers lyle, what do you drive man? Give me a flash or wave man
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Will do mate, drive a satin silver ep3, had a vsm 9 for years before I bought the ep :)
 
Cool man.


Cheers steve. Went for a wee run round the borders. And what a difference the seats have made, love it. Just need a smaller steering wheel now haha
 
Thanks man. Appreciate all the kind comments guys. Keeps the motivation up :) few more things that i want done but running out of things to sell to raise money and for some reason the missus is against prostitution. :angry: haha
 
To do list update:

New door/sort crease
Sort rust and under seal DONE
Clear side repeaters DONE
Wind deflectors DONE
Rocker cover
Blue Washer kit
Resevoir socks
Wheels (sw96 reps)
Flat wipers
Ek9 rear lights DONE
Quieten the exhaust DONE
Dc2 rear bench DONE
96 spec dc2 front recaros DONE
Blue or silver lca's DONE
Blue or silver rear sub frame brace
Led no. Plate bulbs DONE
Decent headlight bulbs/hids DONE
new suspension/possibly coilovers DONE
 
Looking good man! Need to get some bits sorted on mines then we'll go get some pics :nice:
 
Looks very good, think a front square plate is needed though :nice:
 
Cheers men. Yea rippu you do :).

Nah not for me murray. Want to get it smoothed and just chuck the front plate in the windscreen or lower bumper grill. But see what happens :)
 
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