Sometimes you scratch your head wondering, what on earth were TVR thinking. For example, the wipers. Water is delivered by a bizarre looking looping tube that sits prominently on top of the wiper arms, and then at best dribbles water…
More Cerbera engine bay shiny bits
So last year I started on an engine bay spruce up (link). I replaced the Cerbera engine bay decals and had the rocker cover, fuel rail and spark plug cover powder coated – 18 months later and they still look…
Lockdown Jobs: rear view mirror + shiny Leven bits
My rear view mirror is clearly the original one from 1999. It’s started to de-laminate at the bottom, and vibrates and wobbles at speed. The new one is so much better edit: and i can confirm that after…
Short induction experiment for the Speed Six Cerbera
You may be reading my blog thinking he just polishes it, drives it and takes photos; and while I do enjoy all of that – I do have a naturally curious mind. If you know your Cerberas, you will…
Winter Jobs: Engine bay shiny bits
Over the winter I sent some parts away for powder coating. The old parts had discoloured, oxidized, and generally looked tired. I opted for silver, wanting to keep the original look, but with a far superior resilient finish.…
Winter Jobs: Interior LED lights
Spurred on by the success of switching the rear number plate lights to LED, it was a fairly simple job to switch the interior bulbs to interior LED lights too. The benefits of LED’s are well known. …
Winter Jobs: Rear number plate light
With the winter weather drawing in and the car not used as much as I’d like – what better time to get around to those odd jobs. The rear number plate light. It just looks pathetic doesn’t…
Winter Jobs: Reconditioning Carbon Fibre trim
The carbon fibre trim attached to the A-pillars on the front, and the bottom of the rear screen looked tatty. I didn’t get any photos of the before, but the lacquer had blistered, and it looked in a sorry state.…
Throttle body modification & visit to Joolz for remap
The name “Joolz” is legendary in the TVR tuning world. If you’ve read as much as I have, then you will have heard this name crop up over the last decade as being one of the true Jedi masters of…