This has to be the worst job, but yields the best (and cleanest) result… Literally hours of scraping and rubbing with wax and grease remover.
Beach Ride
Awesome video of last weekends ride at the beach…cheers Will!
Luke’s 86
I had the opportunity a couple of weeks back to catch up with the new owner of my old 86. Man, was I impressed with what I saw!
How to: Drill out Broken Bolts
I came to remove the passenger side guard and somewhere along the line both bolts that attach the guard had been broken off.
Pukekohe
August 16th was the first day back on the track for me in a long time (years!) and I really felt it. Actually, it had been enough time for the track to have a kink added to the back straight and some tents added to the pits. It was good fine weather which was perfect for getting back into the swing of things, as well as providing a stable platform for finding the areas that the car was lacking: Continue reading Pukekohe
Guard Attachment
Its details like this that I get caught up in. So small and simple but so, so much better than a screw and plastic clip.
Penguin
I’d looked at many E92 M3 BMW’s and two Aston Martin Vantages (!) (not to mention the countless AE86 “wrecks” that seem to still command exceedingly high price tags) prior to settling on a car that has always made me smile. I purchased this panda coloured model (given the name “Penguin” by my girlfriend). It is in great shape for a car that came out almost 30 years ago, though there are certainly still a few areas that need tidying up, which fitted within my criteria when purchasing…
New 86
So… this has happened, and gets dropped off tomorrow. So excited!
Too much of a stretch?
So. I threw on the 25mm spacers that I had in the garage and although I had previously dismissed it I’m now wondering if I can get the guards to stretch enough to clear the tyres??
Crack
The damage sustained at Desert Storm appeared relatively easy to spot and not as much of an expensive exercise as it first appeared. Wheels were cheap, tyres were reasonable and the ladies who made the new nerf nets were awesome. However I was somewhat dismayed when upon reassembly i found this…
While I was waiting for the new swingarm I took all the plastics off and gave it a bloody good clean.
It has taken much longer than I expected to get this fixed, or rather source a new swingarm and completely replace the bearings in the rear end! While I was waiting for the new swingarm I took all the plastics off and gave it a bloody good clean.
