Calypso

...Also forgot to mention that my new red seatbelts are in and looking great (if I do say so myself!).

14 minutes ago, red rocket said:

Looks like a good job; planning to do the same myself, especially as i am aware of the build up of cr*p in the arch lips as you suggest.

Thanks. It took a lot longer than I thought it would. Had the music on in the background though so the neighbours were probably laughing at my attempt of singing!

Decided the take the wheels off on one side (the other side I’ll do later in the week) and cleaned the wheel arches, alloys, and the callipers. They’re looking much better now. I gave the paint inside the arches some of the wheel wax in an attempt to keep them from dirt build up for as long as possible .

One thing I did notice was that there was lots of compounded muck up in the wheel arch lip inside the leading edge at the rear. Something for everyone else to check regularly and clean to prevent any potential rust in the future. 

On 11/30/2019 at 7:59 AM, Flyferrari said:

Thanks for the reply. Did you screw them to the garage floor? If so do you have any issues driving over the first set when parking? Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to get an idea of the potential pitfalls.

No they’re not screwed into the floor. All I did was pick where I wanted the car positioned, moved it forwards the length of the stand and then reverts back onto it. That way if I wanted to alter where the car was it would be relatively easy. I won’t be using them when the car is in regular use in the summer months. 

On 11/26/2019 at 7:38 AM, Flyferrari said:

Calypso, do you mind me asking where you got your tyre stands? What make are they? I was looking to get some but all the ones I looked at were too narrow.

Just found them on eBay. They aren’t quite as wide as the tyres but they are better than the car just sitting on the garage floor for a few months. If you wanted then you can easily link two side by side thus doubling the width. 
 

Here the link if you want some. 
 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F181417898321

With the help of a another forumite I made the change to led side indicators a few days ago. 

Looks much sharper imho.