My Sable 2005 MR2 - shnazzle

[shnazzle]

1.) why is all the cool stuff "from a shed" up north??
2.) Niiice  :-) :-) :-)  At least you know it's gonna be properly made and of aluminium if the rest of his stuff is anything to go by..
3.) Chrome would make me think it's a beatrush... but the red doesn't! Would be interesting to see what you got there!

Either way you gotta fit it and at least see if there is anything to having the rear strut fitted.... other than prettiness obviously...

Because it's so much effort shipping stuff from up here, as it has to go through the Wall and Castle Black, that it's easier to horde and pass it on around the north.


There have been tales of the front strut making a difference, but none really of the rear doing anything. Can I be bothered to undo those extra 6 bolts?  s:) s:)

[jvanzyl]

hmmm... you know what would be interesting to do (anonymous of course) is to survey what people actually have stored up in their sheds!

You never know, you could end up with people expressing interest in what you thought was rubbish...  

umm... I think it's 8 bolts??  s;-) ;-) s;-)  and yes you totally can be bothered because then you'd have bragging rights the same as scotte! and you'd have an excuse to tinker then take for a "test drive"  :-) :-) :-) .. it's all in the name of science really...

[shnazzle]

[1979scotte]

Fit the rear Pat.
It takes 2 mins.
If no good you can just take it off.

[shnazzle]

Fit the rear Pat.
It takes 2 mins.
If no good you can just take it off.

translate:
"You lazy f-ing b***ard, get that brace on the rear, it takes 5 mins to put on"

[Topdownman]

Patrick,

Dont give up on your chrome rings!

I have just done my binnacle and fitted these rings and love it.

If you find them on for sale ebay, they link to a video where they show how to fit all 3 rings in about 2.5 minutes........

(You could always bring them to Ding day as plenty of handy people will be there).

[shnazzle]

Yeah I finally managed. Not wildly impressed with the fit, and I still think they should have been pre-shaped better.

[Hext007]

Heh topdownman did you spray the binnacle yourself, very nice, think you now need to do the heater panel as yours is Matt silver, all in the interest of a matching set of course.

[jvanzyl]

So what happened with the rear strut brace then??

[shnazzle]

So what happened with the rear strut brace then??

Haven't done it yet  s:) s:)  Been driving the turbo the last 2 days haha. Helen's had mine

[jinxedkitten]

Oh dear. Come on wifey, get that turbo back, stop letting him pinch it!

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[jvanzyl]

So what happened with the rear strut brace then??

Haven't done it yet  s:) s:)  Been driving the turbo the last 2 days haha. Helen's had mine

so you're saying we basically have to ask Helen to fit the brace right?  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[shnazzle]

I will have you know that Helen chooses to take mine to work! Only because sitting in traffic with this flipping hardcore clutch is a nightmare, especially for her little legs.
It really is no fun. Serious dead-leg-syndrome if stuck in traffic. Whereas my clutch is so far gone you switch gears by breathing on the clutch

[lamcote]

Where did you get the rear camera/number plate holder from, is it a particularly good one?

Thanks

[shnazzle]

Where did you get the rear camera/number plate holder from, is it a particularly good one?

Thanks

It's an eBay special. I'm quite pleased with it to be honest. The camera is cheap as crap but the license plate holder isn't cheap or thin.
15 quid isn't bad. The camera aims down nicely so you're more likely to see obstacles and has a decent field of view.
Wouldn't say it's amazing, but it's 15 quid and definitely gets the job done

[CrazySX]

Hey Pat, good progress with the car. Does the camera have its own screen or plug into a head unit?

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[shnazzle]

Hey Pat, good progress with the car. Does the camera have its own screen or plug into a head unit?

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Separate screen i bought off fleabay.
camera is item 141916510699
screen is a separate item mounted in my glovebox, item 181729614909. Well, not that exact one but it's just a generic one that looks identical.

The original camera I bought was 5 quid off ebay like this one 191872256809. So for less than 20 quid I had a reversing camera. Not bad I'd say

[1979scotte]

Or you could just learn to reverse.

[shnazzle]

Or you could just learn to reverse.

TTE spoiler makes it very hard to see out the back as it blocks the little visibility you;ve got in the 2. Especially Helen, she relies on the camera to park backwards because she's too little to see over the spoiler  s:) s:)
It does help a lot

[jvanzyl]

Hey Pat, good progress with the car. Does the camera have its own screen or plug into a head unit?

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Separate screen i bought off fleabay.
camera is item 141916510699
screen is a separate item mounted in my glovebox, item 181729614909. Well, not that exact one but it's just a generic one that looks identical.

The original camera I bought was 5 quid off ebay like this one 191872256809. So for less than 20 quid I had a reversing camera. Not bad I'd say

Sounds pretty cool! Where did you run the cable through to the cabin from the back?

[1979scotte]

Or you could just learn to reverse.

TTE spoiler makes it very hard to see out the back as it blocks the little visibility you;ve got in the 2. Especially Helen, she relies on the camera to park backwards because she's too little to see over the spoiler  s:) s:)
It does help a lot

Get her a cushion?

[shnazzle]

Sounds pretty cool! Where did you run the cable through to the cabin from the back?

Tis easy, there's a handy rubber bung that the ECU harness comes through. Just tap into there and it comes out in the passenger cubby hole. Then just pull the wire along the door sill and under the carpet to the radio wiring

[jvanzyl]

umm... ok so the wire is going from the camera on the rear number plate, and it comes into the car via  the rubber bung where the ECU lives...

I take it this wire is running along the underside of the car between these two points? and I'm assuming the ecu is in somewhere on the passenger side?

[shnazzle]

Haha. Ok, so the wire goes from the rear bumper, past the light, behind the battery and through the big rubber grommet. This comes out next to the ecu, which is against the back wall on the passenger side cubby hole. Then fed the wire under the door sills and under the carpet to behind the radio.

The screen is cut into the glove compartment door and the wire goes behind the glove compartment and behind the radio where it connects with the video cable and the power from the cig lighter.

[shnazzle]

On order I have a video input switch.
Reason for that is I am going to mount my old camera under the bumper facing right. That way, no more blind junctions for me  s:) s:)  
I just flick the switch and the world around the corner presents itself to me.
Then I can get really greedy and get another cam and put it under the bumper facing left  s:) s:)