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9000kev
 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:45 pm 
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just installed the uprated PCV breather kit.
wasnt too bad actually. hardest bit was installing the oil-catch.

ive picked up some samco coolant hoses, but seems the lower rad hose is going to be a rite b**** to change.
also picked up a k&n induction kit but awaiting an aluminium sheet, so i can fab up a splash guard :)

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:52 pm 
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got to wash the 9-5 today......and tested out some meg's tech 2.0 liquid wax on the bonnet..

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also the difference between dunlop tyres (with max flange shield) and continental contact sport 2 tyre.
same width rim, same size tyre.
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dunlop (with MFS)
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i love the colour of the alloys when they are clean they really set off a black car :)

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:06 pm 
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fitted the air filter (k&n induction kit)

also brought a hydro shield to be on the safe side.

i will fabricate a nice alluminium splash guard at the weekend, but heres a few pics :)

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fits like a glove :)
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from underneath the car
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still have a yellow samco hose kit to fit.
+ a freshly painted yellow cam cover :) (mart)

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:01 pm 
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What colour are those wheels?

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:44 am 
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not really sure myself mate.....

they are a bronzey colour. the outside section being like a diamond cut finish and then the inner section painted a bronze colour????

maybe the lenso website would be able to tell me?

yep.......

heres they are...........says a copper bronze colour.

http://www.akamoto.co.uk/alloy-wheels-samurai.asp#

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:48 pm 
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looking nice Kev! 8) Glad to see me ol' motor is being well looked after! :)

Looking forward to more updates...
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thanks mate: i have alot planned for it.

still have these to fit: and while im down there replacing the lower coolant hose, i will also replace the apc 6mm lines.

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also this arrived from MOTORVATION SAAB, chris really does go out of his way to source parts for you, when other saab specialists are not interested.

brand new from sweeden: £9.46 posted if anyone is interested as i know they are UBER rare.

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it will be colour coded shortly.

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:50 pm 
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ok, so i had a go at making a splash guard...
allthough im not 100% convinced it even needs one, as i believe the hydro shield is enough, a splash guard is over-kill.

so i started off with an aluminium sheet:: 500mm x 500mm

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then cut it up into this sort of shape::

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tec screwed it in place :)

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and fitted the rare expansion tank shroud.....

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:14 pm 
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fitted the samco coolant hoses::

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it was honestly an absolute nightmare. to change the bottem rad hose, probably around an hour just to change this hose :(

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also while i was there. i replaced the 6mm apc hoses and ended up snapping off one of the three apc valves. :(
so i need a t7 valve now.......

also what a horible design the cobra pipe is!!! im still not 100% its even back on correctly?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:21 pm 
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Havent you got any knackered old t7 valves left? If so take it to bits and put the good innards off your car into an old t7 shell. You only need a small flat blade screwdriver to pop the back off. I chopped one up last night too and I didn't need to now, you could of had that.
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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
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actually.

thats a very good point. good man :D

ill see what i can find tucked away in me shed.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:03 pm 
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I managed to snap one of the ends of my T7 valve from my 9-5, still got the majority of it somewhere. Much more flimsy design than the t5 ones.

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
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A tip if you broke your valve trying to remove the old tubing - cut along its length away from the valve body rather than just trying to pull it off, when refitting put the tube in some boiling water first and finally try not to do it on a cold day but that is icing on the cake really -the first two should sort you out.
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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:06 am 
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I snapped one a while back. As an emergency measure I just got a hacksaw and cut down the web inbetween the two pipes to make the broken stub longer. Pushed the snapped piece with the restrictor in it up into the hose and pushed it back on. FMB rules!

Meant to change it months ago but it still works.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:21 pm 
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I am a fan of bronze wheels. BMW Sepang Bronze is about as similar as you will get to the finish on those.
My old Magnesium Alloy BBS on my old VR6 Golf.

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 Post subject: Re: kev's 9-5 AERO
PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:58 pm 
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ive been having a little play with the interior lights.

i decided to go with green led's as the dash lights were allready green so it all goes together, lovely.

heres some pics

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they really do look great. the door lights look awsome :) and for £16 all in.............all good.

just to clarify the led's do still DIM when the doors are shut just like the normall bulbs.
which looks even better than them just turning off :D

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:27 pm 
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ay up johno, tha's got some competition lad.

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ok.

no project is alive unless there are pictures. :D

a few from lakeside last weekend.

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:D :D :D my cousins - competition winning corsa. now hitting 151db from a sub-wall has no back seats. boot and back seats just filled with subs and amps. one of the loudest in the south-east.

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RIVER MEDWAY

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:34 pm 
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i had to quickly grab my camera today, as it rained for the first time since i applied my spring wax.

beading really gets me going :D

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Looking good!
I know what you mean I can pass many a happy half hour watching the water bead and run off a newly waxed bonnet on a rainy day
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