Sure thing. Happy to do Sepang again!come... photoshoot time!
There's many more bits and bobs to do - as with all restoration projects. I'm loving this one...Very nice details. I am really glad you choose the pre-facelift. I like the pre-facelift also. It is almost there, think about driving & enjoy it when it is all done. Especially done right.
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The car has been seeing much more time on the road since the respray. One thing I'm getting quite used to is the sight of this!
Consumption is pretty poor. 60 liters or so will take you 350km. LOL.
The spec of this car is pretty good - in that it has, amongst other things, twin airbags, sunroof and also electric vaders. My wife grumbled about the electric vaders as the reclining function was inconsistently working. Cue some disassembly to figure out what was wrong with them by ///M specialist Freddie @ Obermaier along jalan Ipoh. Freddie is a great guy to work with for me - straight up, knowledgable and extremely resourceful.
Team Freddie quickly got onto the job. The seats themselves are relatively easy to remove from the car, although I soon came to realise just how heavy they are, and probably not suited for an all out race car! :D
Once we removed the seats, the motor under where your bum is turns out to be the one which actuates the reclining function. The reclining function made the motor turn, but the seat back didn't move unless you "helped" it by pushing it just so. As it turns out upon disassembly one of the gears inside was split.
A little googling later I found that this was a relatively common problem - and that a solution was available. 4 days later and a Fedex parcel arrived containing these:
I love this car as a restoration platform! Ease of parts availability is A1!.
Cue some reassembly...
And we have working electric seats!
Thanks for reading guys. Keep the feedback coming.
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