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[Capella_Ben]

Does that mean Jane's Focus has been relegated to the driveway again?

You better believe it!!!

I got a bit of work done to it. I cabled up the dc-dc charger and put the third battery in ready for a test run on Sunday.

[Capella_Ben]

Most of the dynamat is now in. All 4 doors, the rear wheel arches and panels.

[maverick01]

Looks good

[jonathan.viki]

How much difference does it make?

[Capella_Ben]

I'm not 100% sure yet. It does make a bit of a difference to the road noise at 60Kph but the difference should be more at 100Kph. I need to take it for a long drive.

The next step is to see what I can do about the engine noise. It's pretty loud, even though the GXL does have pretty good sound proofing.

[Capella_Ben]

The Dynamat is making a good difference. It has cut out a lot of the tyre noise.

I have been toying with the idea of a 3" exhaust. I ended up just going out and getting it. Ended up getting a Beaudesert system (no point in mucking about).

The hardest part is getting the old one off. Wasn't too difficult just took a while.

The first photo is the dump pipe. I'm very impressed with the dump pipe. It's about 3.5" in diameter and looks to be made really well.







and WOW what a difference it makes! The turbo spins up faster and you can tell it revvs more freely. Should have done it when I first got it.

[Dave]

Looks very nice. Now it needs to be coated in some mud/dirt and maybe a coating of sand.

I'm currently pulling out the antennae feed. Worst part is I installed the dual battery system afterwards. So now I have to take it out to remove the cable. And then ill pull out the spot light cable while the battery us out.

All takes time.

[Capella_Ben]

Seems I have fixed the weeping lid on the power steering lid. Seems this is a common problem. The simple fix was to invert the seal in the lid. The seal had an impression of the rim on it. So far no weeping.

[Capella_Ben]

I bought some genuine parts from a non-genuine supplier. They gave really good customer service and the parts come in the right looking bags with the right looking stickers.

This afternoon I got the rattle gun out and replaced all the rubber bushes in the rear sway bar.

[Dave]

Hi Ben. But they don't look like they belong ... yet. Ther're too clean.

I'm sure by Saturday afternoon they will blend in nicely.

BTW - I still really like that exhaust system. Almost too good of have under the car.