22nd April - Fitting A bizarre thing happend this morning. Went to tesco to buy some munch and drinks for fitting the parts, and my driveshaft started making a quite noise. By the time i got home (5 min drive) it sounded like somebody having a drum n bass party on my wheel every time i let off the accelerator. WTF! Went to inspect it, driveshaft was a good 2" out! :/ So went to take the wheel off... all 4 nuts were loose? Wheels hadnt been touched in 4 months since i spaced them 5mm. The damn crappy alloy lugs that were on, had sheered their way down the studs fucking them up on their way :/ So the wheel came away from the hub, and the shaft came lose? Pushed it back in, fitted 4 spare lugs and studs and voila, noise gone. New item on list = decent lug nuts. Started to fit the parts I've acquired yesterday and today. Starlets are a ballache for seized bolts and just generally being a shit!! First things first, my new decal ;) haha Up she goes, lifting the front end for: New discs and pads, new track rods and ends, drop oil, change oil filter and spark plugs and braided lines. The fuel filter didn't fit i bought the bracket just didnt line up at all, and the line in the bottom didnt match the thread, succksss. And trying to fit the braided lines, even my 10mm brake pipe spanner looked as though it was going to snap the brake pipes!! Couldnt be assed with having snaped pipes on my list of things to fix, so going to ask the garage to do them same time as my clutch (yes, i cant be assed fitting that either. :/ ) So... so far.. she was being an asshole. Nevertheless me and my brother fitted the new discs and pads, magnetic sump plug, filter, spark plugs, etc etc etc. Test fitted the varis front and jam eyelids, surprisingly easy to fit :/ expected a load of hassle. Started to polish up the old intercooler for when the new front end, headlights etc are fitted to make it prettier (still pretty bad, but better atleast..) My engine bay is full of crappy red sprayed parts, which Im not a fan off :/ so started swapping them over fo polished pipes instead. Going to respray and desticker the strut next, removed the poorly painted old top mount bracket, and going to matte black the rocker cover. Slow, but steady progress so far. The 6 paddle being a tempremental bitch, I thought I'd let a garage tackle this :/ Not dropping a box in the street haha The rear discs, they were SCREWED! I hate having ABS so much more money went for OEM brakes on the back. And the new: So all done for now! Get the bumper and lids of for spraying, hopefully fit them this weekend. Get the tracking done, tax and MOT it. Get the rays back from refurbers, tyre them up and fit them too How she stands right now Thanks for following so far