So because i get bored easy and this has been bugging me since ive owned the car,
 
i simple stereo install has turned into this
 

 

 
i sure know how to enjoy my days off

Ha ha..................

That looks all too familiar. Have just been through mine doing the same thing.

Ended up with me standing on the soldering iron in bare feet! Dont ask, but yes, it hurt like hell.

Do you just spray your braided lines for the black look? I like it and want to de-bling some of the under bonnet.

Shaun

yeah its always ****e having to fix years worth of bodgey hacked in wiring, im almost back to what looks like a std loom, but still with half of it tucked and modified.
 
.... i usually wear shoes when working on the car lol. 
 
the braided lines are a nylon black weave. can get it from almost everywhere you can get the stainless braid. its a little less hard wearing. but i have found it really good to use, little more compliant than the stainless weave. and to date touch wood havent had any form of failure. only downside is that it is a little fiddly to install the fittings onto without any parts of the weave catching and hanging out the back of the fitting.
 

Got the dash cluster done.
 

 

 
uses all the standard symbols and such, came out better than i expected 
 

and because i get bored and like to be a little different this happened....
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
and then.....
 

 
think it looks ok. got a new zakspeed sticker in orange to match it in a little
 
 

I dig it zac. looks good

That dash looks spot on. Just like a bought one!
And definitely yes on the orange wheels too. Love it!

Love the dash Mish.
 
Where do we order them from?
 
Matt

Well another trip done and dusted.
 
A group of us Vic boys decided that this year we would make the trip back over to SA for the RSOC SA small ford show. 13 cars in total made the trip over. ranging from gen mk1 RS2000 to a stock 2lt auto mk2 to a new focus RS and everything in between.
 
drove the scenic (coast road) on the way there and the hwy on the return trip.
 

 
5am start on the friday, off less than 4 hours sleep
 

 
not the start to day 2 that i wanted. missing caliper bolt was allowing the caliper to touch the disc. easy fix if anything out in woop woop opened on time. spent more time waiting for the local parts place to open then it did to fix the problem
 

 

 
more small fords then apostles 
 

 
quick line up at the big lobster
 

 
at the show, the SA guys were kind enough to leave us with an entire area so that we could arrange ourselves how ever we pleased.
 

 

two of my favourite cars that made the trip
 

 
one of our last stops atop the Ararat hill climb track lookout.
 
all up the trip was 1820km for me, with a cruise of 3700rpm @110kmph and 3500rpm @100kmph i was averaging 9.3L/100km and with a best of 8.7L/100km. the car ran well and apart from that pesky calliper bolt was faultless.