1999 Striker rebuild

[jeffw]

[Christof]

Spent some paternity time wisely on toying with car

High Torque starter fitted and re-wired. Seems a fair improvement, but still hard work starting in the cold.



High level mirrors fitted with internal plates to help stiffen up



Trimmed exhaust exit - not sure if the rubber edge trim will survive..?


cut some plates for headrest mounting and for seat adjustment (plus foam)



Rear EDPM rubber strips cut down to set rear lights vertical (love amazon)

[Boondougal]

Great looking build.. very tidy indeed.

[Christof]

Wasn't sure about the CBS small interior mirror I inherited, both my particular fitting issues (central Acewell, no horizontal mounting space etc etc) and size of mirror.
Bought a land rover defender (clip in type) interior rear view mirror:-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-90-110-130-INTERIOR-REAR-VIEW-MIRROR-WITH-DIP-MTC6376-/260930382874?hash=item3cc0a9ac1a
popped off the plastic (E marked) mirror and set about heating and bending the chunky steel arm back on itself so I could reverse mount it bonded on my scuttle, with mirror to sit just inside fly screen. Will need to grind the lump off the attachment face to allow flush bonding:-

[Christof]

Welded on headrest plates, painted up, glued on headrests with gap under 5cm to top of seat.

[Christof]

some bling has arrived

[Christof]

A few more jobs done, just a handful more before submitting forms.
Finished the defender mirror project. The scuttle vibrates a bit but image is ok. Might try and plate up internally:-

Fitted some badges to hide old wing mirror holes:-

Small powervamp battery was showing 11.6v on full recharge and couldn't turn engine over so swapped for regular battery:-

Engraved vin into chassis and attached matching plate. Initially I used a reciprocating type dremel engraver which was noisy and useless, so instead used normal rotating type dremel with a fine tip which was excellent. Just need to cut a bit deeper and lacquer:-

[Christof]

and also bought a 'Health & Safety' exhaust clamp, which I will file down a bit etc. Jetex off ebay for a few quid.

[Christof]

Have submitted paperwork....
Speedo sensor remounted and magnet drilled and glued into diff flange, you can just about see it to rhs

[Christof]

speedo take 2:-

changed tstat housing, no more leaks just need to get the air out of system, preparing to go for sealed expansion tank:-