Liam's Deep Black 197

[Liam2708]

Hi All,

After having owned my 197 for a year now, I thought I would go ahead and make a progress thread.

Plans:

Cup steering rack
Streering wheel retrim
Remove small dents from bonnet (possible hail damage)
Change gearbox oil
Caliper recolour
Replace door seal - Done
New headunit - Done
Powerflex engine mounts - Upper torque mount done
Brake caliper and pins service/lube up - Done
New discs and pad's all around - Fronts discs and pads done, rear pads replaced
Cambelt, Aux belt and Waterpump - Done
New Tyres (Eagle F1's) - Done
New lower ball joints / Hub carrier - Done


Few Pics of how things stand now:

Any comments or advice welcome :thumbup1:

 

[Liam2708]

Pic of my previous car

 

[Pav]

nice mate..looking forward to seeing more...

 

[Liam2708]

Thanks pal [MENTION=41063]Pav[/MENTION]

 

[Chris]

Looking good! Keep it up

 

[Liam2708]

Thank you [MENTION=29138]Chris91[/MENTION] :thumbup1:

 

[Jimmy]

Great looking 197, good photos too. Best colour

Good to see the brake servicing being done, essential on these cars!

 

[Liam2708]

Thanks very much [MENTION=51111]jimmyd81[/MENTION], I have to agree best colour (biased :lol2 but hardest to keep clean!

 

[Beany]

Looks nice & tidy.... Do you get much vibration from the upper torque engine mount? I've got upper and lowers fitted and thinking about removing / replacing the upper

 

[Liam2708]

Thanks [MENTION=40637]Beany-08gt[/MENTION]. There was an increase in vibration initially, however it soon settled down after a few weeks.

 

[montana]

Nice, similar to mine :thumbup1:

 

[Liam2708]

Cheers [MENTION=52200]montana[/MENTION] :thumbup1:

 

[///M]

Nice car. Second pic is fantastic! And it's nice to see someone new to ownership coming straight in with some good maintenance :thumbup:

 

[Liam2708]

Thanks [MENTION=5180]///M[/MENTION], after having owned the 172 Cup, I knew just how important it is to keep on top of things. :d

 

[cl955]

Nice car! Re the upper torque mount, was it quite simple to fit? I am thinking about beefing up my engine mounts to protect the flexis on the manifold mainly, and would like to do this upper one myself (no garage, basic tools... Limited skills)

 

[cl955]

Just found the link in the how to section...

 

[Liam2708]

[MENTION=53431]cl955[/MENTION] thanks, it was really easy. The hardest part is removing the metal clamp from the standard one.