Face lift

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:03 am

I've waited since pretty-much the day I bought the car to do this - The colour coded bumpers were often admired, but gave the car far too much of the MX-5 for me, and I've long wanted to have black and silver plates to help the car show it's age with pride.

Nothing wrong with MX-5s, BTW, but my car isn't one (certainly not any more).

Before:

After:

Not a very flattering angle for a 914, but; Before:

After:

Post by **Bootsy** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:15 am

Much improved!

White Van Man · Post by **White Van Man** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:45 am

That looks really nice now imo.
Funnily enough was loooking thro some old car mags the other day and saw this in the sale section ,guess it was from the previous owner to you had it up for sale .

amallagh · Post by **amallagh** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:24 am

Yep ! Another positive vote here.

rhd racer · Post by **rhd racer** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:40 am

Looking good Carl - greatly improved.

Good to see you got the exhaust on - pleased with it I hope? And a shifting gearbox too I assume?!!

All the best
Wayne

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:20 pm

Thank you for the kind words, Chaps - all encouragement gratefully received!

I hoped you'd spot the exhaust Wayne - in fact, if you look at another picture, you can see the exhaust and the end-casting that both came my way as part of your upgrade path...

I love the view under the back of my car now - all that tubing

You can just about see one of the stub-pipes I made in order to fit it.

In fact, you can also see a little of the the CV gaskets, boots and bolts that came from Andrew's left-overs

Hooray for DDK, and other people with more ambitious upgrade-paths than me!

It's all running pretty well now - it ticks-over and everything

- and makes a sound that promises an awful lot more than 1.7 litres can deliver

And the gear change is far, far better than previously - though I'm willing to bet that's more due to the change of oil than my efforts with casings and cogs.

rhd racer · Post by **rhd racer** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:10 pm

Good man - I can just about see the stubby, albeit hampered by the shine coming off the pushrod tube

You have been busy!

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:27 pm

Luvin that front, sweet look

If you want a rear valance to complete the back I've got one you can have, will need a bit of TLC (i.e. paint) but it's all there.

porker914 · Post by **porker914** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:14 pm

Looks much better, my only comment though is that you need to cut and fit some front grilles to finish the front end off.

david

ged914cymru · Post by **ged914cymru** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:49 pm

Just incase he's not interested in the valance Moggs

, could I offer you some readies for it??

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:52 pm

White Van Man wrote:That looks really nice now imo.
Funnily enough was loooking thro some old car mags the other day and saw this in the sale section ,guess it was from the previous owner to you had it up for sale .

It seems to be a bit of an attention whore - evidence its (in)famous appearance as Miss June in the Crap Cars calendar, plus a prominent roll on the front page of the 914 Register website.

Which magazine was it? And from what year?

rhd racer wrote:Good man - I can just about see the stubby, albeit hampered by the shine coming off the pushrod tube You have been busy!

Good eyes!

You don't know the half of it - there's the full MSD ignition that's gone on, the battery cut-off, the boot struts, the snap-off Momo steering wheel, the harness bar and schrothes...

Oh, and when I couldn't get the time or the energy to work on the real car, I made a little 1/43 tester to see if I liked black bumpers with the red paint and black/silver wheels...

moggy wrote:Luvin that front, sweet look

If you want a rear valance to complete the back I've got one you can have, will need a bit of TLC (i.e. paint) but it's all there.

I'm undecided about a rear valance - mostly down to loving the view under there

- and I have a perfectly servicable one of my own that just needs a tidy-up, but the thought is very much appreciated, thank you.

porker914 wrote:Looks much better, my only comment though is that you need to cut and fit some front grilles to finish the front end off.

david

Don't get me started on cutting - if I get brave enough to start cutting holes in things, it will result in bonnet pins and a big circular hole in the bonnet before any bumper grills, but I'm trying to resist...

ged914cymru wrote:Just incase he's not interested in the valance Moggs , could I offer you some readies for it??

See above.

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:30 am

ged914cymru wrote:Just incase he's not interested in the valance Moggs , could I offer you some readies for it??

No need for the readies matey, it's yours if you want to come pick it up

Cheers

Moggy