20/02 - seeing as one of the strut tops were slightly loose, i went ahead and ripped apart the rear interior to make sure that both the rear struts tops are as tight as it should be.. once i managed to pull out the rear cushions everything became relatively easy. I will post a guide on removing rear seats once i get the time.
26/02 - went on a roadtrip to lorne, for anyone who's been to Melbourne before it's one of the most fantastic roads to drive on.. unfortunately for me i was just rubbing the whole time and it ended up shredding the front driver side tyre pretty badly... the guard was also pushed out by the tyre and i had to lip it with a breaker bar damaging the paint... unfortunately it was really my only option :(
Nasty...
1/03 - Finally found the time to get my guards done, I went to Hybrid Notion and han helped me lip the front and rear guards, word of advice is the rear guards is filled with glue or some sort of hard plastic behind it so you need to cut it out with a stanley knife first before you can knock it back... Han did a really good job as he sealed the rears so water doesn't get in and start rust and even sand it down a little and put primer on it as i told him i will paint it myself later on.
Once the guards were lipped the rubbing on the front has ceased however the rears were still rubbing as i don't run enough camber on the +13 offset :(
2/03 - Having given up running such low offset I switched it back to +30 on the rears, i miss the flushness however not rubbing everywhere i go is a real advantage. Still having slight problems rubbing when full locked anti clockwise, it sounds like the tyre is rubbing against the inner guard.. will need to inspect it when the weather improves, day to day driving is still fine so it's not a big issue.
I'm going to miss you +13
Got sick of the badly CF wrapped intake so I decided to respray it...
I really wanted a HKS or Cusco Blue, however there isn't really any paint codes for it so i went for a DC5R Arctic Blue Pearl, I'm a big fan of that colour :P
Really happy with the finish, did about 2 coats primer, 6 coats colour, 5 coats clear...
Overall I think it made the engine bay heaps neater/cleaner and I am quite happy with the result.. I will take it out to rub it down with some 2000grit and give it a good polish when I have the time.
Also massively late post my gf made me these for Christmas.. mainly because my Recaros apparently aren't cushioned enough!