This winter I decided to sort the Fozzie out, it's taken a lot longer than I thought it would and I'm beginning to forget what I've done to the car so I'm posting this as a photo blog for me to keep track of the things I've done before I forget them!
Sorted the saggy butt out for good..
Looking tired
Low flying Fozzie
Bump!
Replaced the ageing Bridgestones for some Hankook Dynapros.. these are slightly larger than the standard fit but seem to fit okay.. It was a toss up between these and the General Grabber AT2's, I thought the tread on these looked like it'd be better on tarmac.
New vs old
Should last a while
Cleaned up and resprayed the tired looking steel wheels, I even tried electrolysis but didn't have enough power to treat the wheel as quickly as I wanted, so ended up scraping them with a wire brush and a drill..
My attempt at electrolysis, really you need a 12v 10-20Amp power source
Ripped out the interior looking for an annoying leak..
Changed the lighting from green bulbs to red leds..
Put led accent lights in the interior door handles
Pics to come!
Put puddle lights on the underneath of the doors and footwell lights.. I've still to get this working, I need to wire them up to the dome light circuit, I've replaced all the incandescent bulbs with leds.
Pics to come!
Upgraded the audio system, from factory to Infinity Kappa 65.9cs components driven by an Infinty Reference 5350 5 channel amp with a JBL GTO 8" sub in the boot (yet to be fitted..) all controlled by a Pioneer DEH-3100 head unit.
This job took longer than I could ever imagine, if you have a family/life don't do this at home ;-)
I wanted a stealthy install, and one I could listen to at above comfortable listening levels with no noticeable distortion and so far I've got what I wanted..
A thieves eye view of the amp
My heels view of the amp
All the wiring went under the carpet
I epoxied mdf blocks to the floor to screw down the amp
I wanted to use the factory locations for the tweeter and driver, I had to make some custom speaker mounts to hold them, it was very very tight..
Test fitting it all..
Now you see them..
Now you don't..
It's loud.. so loud that after test fitting everything for rattles etc.. I got out of the car feeling battered and slightly nauseous.. ;-)
Aero wipers, though I don't think the car goes fast enough to test their claimed efficiency they do look pretty good.. I also repainted the wiper arms.. here's a tip.. don't use paint stripper on these..
Tidied up the chrome badging..
Cleaned 12 years of crud out of the carpet with a wire brush, the pics don't really do it justice
I've got to say a big thanks to everyone who has contributed here and to the moderators that keep the site running, I'd never have done it without reading everyone elses experiences and how-tos.
Sorted the saggy butt out for good..
Looking tired

Low flying Fozzie

Bump!

Replaced the ageing Bridgestones for some Hankook Dynapros.. these are slightly larger than the standard fit but seem to fit okay.. It was a toss up between these and the General Grabber AT2's, I thought the tread on these looked like it'd be better on tarmac.
New vs old

Should last a while

Cleaned up and resprayed the tired looking steel wheels, I even tried electrolysis but didn't have enough power to treat the wheel as quickly as I wanted, so ended up scraping them with a wire brush and a drill..

My attempt at electrolysis, really you need a 12v 10-20Amp power source

Ripped out the interior looking for an annoying leak..
Changed the lighting from green bulbs to red leds..

Put led accent lights in the interior door handles
Pics to come!
Put puddle lights on the underneath of the doors and footwell lights.. I've still to get this working, I need to wire them up to the dome light circuit, I've replaced all the incandescent bulbs with leds.
Pics to come!
Upgraded the audio system, from factory to Infinity Kappa 65.9cs components driven by an Infinty Reference 5350 5 channel amp with a JBL GTO 8" sub in the boot (yet to be fitted..) all controlled by a Pioneer DEH-3100 head unit.

This job took longer than I could ever imagine, if you have a family/life don't do this at home ;-)
I wanted a stealthy install, and one I could listen to at above comfortable listening levels with no noticeable distortion and so far I've got what I wanted..
A thieves eye view of the amp

My heels view of the amp

All the wiring went under the carpet

I epoxied mdf blocks to the floor to screw down the amp

I wanted to use the factory locations for the tweeter and driver, I had to make some custom speaker mounts to hold them, it was very very tight..

Test fitting it all..

Now you see them..

Now you don't..

It's loud.. so loud that after test fitting everything for rattles etc.. I got out of the car feeling battered and slightly nauseous.. ;-)
Aero wipers, though I don't think the car goes fast enough to test their claimed efficiency they do look pretty good.. I also repainted the wiper arms.. here's a tip.. don't use paint stripper on these..
Tidied up the chrome badging..

Cleaned 12 years of crud out of the carpet with a wire brush, the pics don't really do it justice


I've got to say a big thanks to everyone who has contributed here and to the moderators that keep the site running, I'd never have done it without reading everyone elses experiences and how-tos.