I really wanted to keep the maple wood as I rather like it on the black dash, but it looked terrible against the red so I swapped in the FE Myrtle.
The panels were in a pretty terrible state so I dismantled all the pieces and polished them with some Koch Chemie M.2 ultrafine anti-hologram polish.
Before:
After:
Much better
I'm going to experiment with some paint protection film to permanently protect the centre console pieces against scratches. More on that when I get to it.
Random pic of my sub setup for those who are interested:
The box is effectively inside-out and uses the boot as a tuned enclosure. I have bell-mouthed tuned ports mounted in the original speaker holes.
The back of the amplifier board
I used terminal strips so the amp board is easily removable for tinkering
Test-fitted my new wheels to check for clearance.
Discovered what a state the brake discs were in, hence changing them before I drove up to the meet on Friday!
The wheels fitted fine so gave them a good clean. It took six applications of fallout remover before they stopped running purple! The inside barrels were like sandpaper with all the embedded brake dust.
Fitted new TPMS sensors. No, it doesn't have TPMS... yet
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tyres fitted.
Looking fab in the sun before setting off for the meet
