Whilst i was on a roll i decided to swap out the rather dated looking Greddy boost gauge for the AEM unit i had bought for the Pulsar, looks a lot nicer, i may rob the AEM wideband from the pulsar too I will get some pics later if i get the chance. Spent the night driving round at different speeds and on different roads to get a good over all setting on the adjustable damping, i did't want a harsh ride, I'm too grown up and this is going to be my daily driver for a while until the pulsar gets up and running on the road, didn't slam it too the ground either, just left it where they were set, i reckon its an inch lower but i don't want to go any lower. I opted for some Tein flex-Z coilovers, these have the same preset spring rate as the standard springs with the added option of adjustable damping, super easy and quick to fit, took me longer to get the rear seat back and and parcel shelf out than it did to actually fit the rear suspension. Then we moved onto the very blown suspension, i think all the oil had come out of this shock. ![]() ![]() Next up was the headlights to try to remove some of the oxidation, went okay for a quick 5 minute job, i will properly polish them up with a rotating tool at some point as this was just by hand, there is a visable difference between the dip and main beam lamps. The flexi pipe connecting it to the turbo was very gash as well, i had bought a new one for it BUT along with loads of other hoses/pipes before i even had seen the car, what the pictures Nor the seller said that it had an aftermarket turbo fitted so this £118 pipe now didn't fit, with the use of a stanley knife i managed to make some of it fit and its overall function be spot on. The very clear Y-piece meant for a set of washer jets was where the boost solenoid leak off pipe was fitted to, this was also clearly not creating a seal and was fitted after the MAF so there would of been some discrepancies in read air flow (although very minor), with the use of some very thin tin (from the neck of a wine bottle) and some gasket maker i have bodged it for the time being until a new pipe is sourced or fabricated. Next was to sort out the turbo intake pipe, this was what would be described as terrible. Got back to doing a few maintenance bits over the past couple days, first on the agenda was to change the worn PS, Alternator and AC belts, these had just started to slip and squeal and oh my, surprised they hadn't fricken snapped. ![]() Just the top and bottom radiator hoses to go, needed to get some new hose clamps before I could fit them Quite a mess really, poorly made and installedĪlso changed a few hoses over, the original hoses were not in the best of shape so they needed replacement. After a bit of reading on the Internet I found issues with voltage drop/dull headlights so people make these looms to overcome this, curious, I disconnected it and reverted back to the factory loom, no power, another quick scour over the interballs and the fuses were located, both blown, replace and all is working, strangely working better than before, I wonder if they attempted this DIY loom or they just couldn't find the fuses? There are tucked away in the boot and there is 3 fuse boxes to choose from. Just by the look of the "added" wiring on the headlights I knew something was adrift, there was a extra homemade loom with relay etc, all p*ss poorly put together and more of a fire hazard then a fix.
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