Car Bits Part III - Revenge of the Sit
By Rob On 29th June 2008
On Friday Rich and I headed down to Portchester to pick up the R4. Si
had done a great job. The other rear shock was in, an extra radiator
fan had been fitted, some of the engine electronics had been
water-proofed, the rear suspension had been strengthened on each side
(the welding for which, had set alight some internal foam on numerous
occasions), and we had a neat little bonnet vent for extra ventilation.
Nice. In the couple of hours we were down there, Si also did a great
job on the exhaust and on the electronics, wiring in our radio and our
pimping blue LED switched four-way power adapter! Yes! One thing now
missing - the drivers side door lock. It had stopped working, so Si had
removed it to stop anyone opening that door. It now lives somewhere
inside the drivers door! The drive back to Clapham was enhanced by an
excellent blue ambience.
Today we did another Halfords trip and spent some time with the car. Picked up a combination of essentials (fire extinguisher, spare spark plugs, fuses, bulbs etc) and goodies (illuminated floaty car compass thing). We managed to wire up two of the speakers (we have music!), retrieve the lock from the door (after dropping three spanners in the same space trying to retrieve it, Grandpa Brown saved the day again with the cunning use of a clothes hanger), and remove the passenger seat. We have picked up some Clio seats with a lot more padding and (crucially) head rests that we hope to fit. But will they work? We're going to use the original runners, but need some metallic box section to fill a space on one side. Will this actually work?