El Andrew

But Keef, blue smoke bruv

I'm half inclined to go to Supercheap to stock up and then following every single step in that guide. Wait, no, it's 41 degrees here tomorrow.

Exactly this. Clay bar takes off most of the crap on the surface without eating into the paint like a cutting polish will. Knew a guy who polished his pride and joy every week - ended up with a faded piece of crap. Wax then adds a layer of protection to the paint and will help it last.

Also, normal posts are quite trolling here

You might have a point - my recollection from back then was that the door skins and roof line was carried over from AU to B series. Interior design and mounting aspects of the roof lining might make them incompatible though.

On a client site today. Someone tried to roast nuts in the microwave and burned them. Threw them in the bin, which promptly caught fire... [emoji23]

Just picked up this guy this morning - should be fun. He is wagging his tail in his sleep every now and then so seems to be happy so far!

Finally replaced the blade arms. No wonder the rear felt like rubbish on the Snowys trip - I can wiggle the mounting brackets in the old arms by hand very easily.

Shh they're listening

Yeah I got impact wrench, ratchet, charger and extra 4 amo hour battery for under $100. Worth the risk of it being crap, in which case I'll blame the Skid Factory for making them look usable [emoji1787]

Haha snap - I just picked up a 12v Toolpro ratchet as they were half price and so damn cheap. Sure it isn't going to crack nuts, but for buzzing things on or off should be handy.

It will still help having a better intercooler without the tune, in the same way that the PCM adapts for cooler weather and the car drives better. It is effectively the same as moving location to somewhere with lower ambient temperatures! But as Keith says, a tune will help maximise the benefit you get. Not unsafe in the meantime though, unless someone has previously tuned your car on the ragged edge of safety. Interesting question re intakes. Have been considering going turbo-side and have read a few comments about the car running lean and being unsafe if a turbo side is installed without a tune. I can't understand this as the MAP sensor is after the turbo and the car will still know exactly how much air is coming in. Sure the car MIGHT make boost a bit easier and hit the overboost limit but hard to see how it is that much of an issue?

My six year old just built a Lego car. "That's the bumper bar, and this thing behind it is the intercooler." Brought tears of joy to my eyes.

Thanks mate - I'll check it out!

Same to you Keith and every one else - have a great 2020! New year's resolution - don't watch any more Zac Baldy or Sam Crac - I keep getting sucked in by their click bait titles and then am severely disappointed by the content.

Smoke is crazy here in Canberra too. There is a mountain ridge a couple of km away that we look at from the front of our house, plus the Brindabellas, but can't see either at the moment. Can actually see smoke hanging inside and there have been shopping centres and office buildings evacuated due to fire alarms going off over the last couple of week.s

I've got the FG one. To be honest it doesn't fit super well and so I have never really been happy with it. Can't really return it as I drilled a hole for an LED for my trans thermo switch. Tried to trim it a bit without much success. Keep meaning to get another one to see if it was a one off, but then don't want to spend another $150 or whatever it was if the second one is no good!

Has its advantages! I worked from home for a day after to make sure I was safe, but people still physically take a step back when they ask if I am feeling better.

Haha back at work after a gastro bug. Everyone treats you like a leper!

Still sucks to have to sort it. If I'm remembering correctly where you said the previous owner had it done, I've heard some interesting stories lately!

Ah - this is the Canberra car you bought? Cars wouldn't be any fun if they behaved themselves!

There is no shortcutting this. The ECU, with its boost and map pressure sensors, is already effectively an electronic boost controller. If you had a way to trick the ECU you would be adding boost without the required fuel and timing map changes. This will very likely break your motor. The only safe way to add boost is to get the car properly tuned which will update all if the required maps in the ECU. While you can do this on stock hardware, it would make sense to also make any supporting hardware changes (especially exhaust and injectors) you are planning at the same time, so you don't have to pay for another tune later.

On my old EL I bought some lights that fitted inside the bumper openings and made brackets up to suit, so no cutting of the bar all. Not sure whether you have BA/BF/FG but on any of those, you could probably trim away the various black plastic grills and fit something without too much surgery to the actual panel. Are you looking for lights to actually use in fig, or more just an appearance/DRL style thing?

That gauge is in inches of mercury, not psi. 20 in/HG is about 10 PSI.

I used these ones and they have been great. Can get in different stitch colours to match the rest of your trim. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153746665225 That link is the handbrake boot for the FG, but they do auto shifter boots too and different models.