Phase 1

[Paul w]

Shopping list!

Erm . . . everything!

a new hood, frame looks ok though. (i love some feed back and prices on a new complete hood (ade) or a new cover for it ) plus new screws

Seats are in the usual condition, apart from a touch of extra green algea on the drivers side!

Windscreen wipers have had it (anyone know the part number for blades?)

The wheels are mini lites but not in very good condition, and the centers are missing, the tires are pretty much persihed too!

New radio front

Drivers side air intake shroud

Rocker cover gasket!

A service (first stop Stuart Graham honda!)

Fog light switch

interior door handle inserts (mine have been painted red!!)

Center fan louvre (again painted red!!)

New non italic number plates!

CD autochanger



That's about it for now, but on the plus side its got a toneau cover for the hood and zebra mats!!

Any help or advice on the above list please post below!!

Regards

PW

[Paul w]

Front view

[Paul w]

Rear view

[Paul w]

3/4 view, note damage to air intake region!

[Paul w]

Interior!

Please let me know if you have any of the bits coloured in red!!

[adrianp]

Hi Paul,

You can borrow my spare set of Steel wheels (with tyres) for a while if you want to???

New roof, Well mine is a Genuine Honda one including Rear Screen and was approx £650 via Steve M (actually turned up with him the day after he ordered it...!!!)

Oz can get fancy shiny screws (studs) for you if you need them.

Air intake, Door inserts & vents should all be available from Japan, I've seen all these bits up for auction so Oz should be able to get them for you when he gets back from his holiday...

Air Intake currently 3900 per side, Door inserts currently 1000 yen a pair.

Fog light switch, These also come up for auction now and again, I've just won one today actually so that I can now fit a set to mine auction ended up at 3800 Yen (approx £20) Another one is currently at 1000 Yen

New radio front, I beleive Phil Ballinger might have some of these but I'm not sure

CD Autochanger, well you know what ones of these work.

Hope this helps

Adrian.

[adrianp]

Oh yeah,

I've got this bit but it's also in Red...:p

[Paul w]

hehehehe, funny man!!

I suppose you were going to add that the bulb in it works intermitantly......


PW

[adrianp]

:D Didn't think of that one... :p

I suppose you could always swap the dash for this one thats up for auction at the moment..

It's sitting at all of 210Yen (less than £1.50) :rolleyes:

Adrian.

[ainsml]

i have all the bits covered in red apart from the centre vent, if u want them i will sort out a price also i have a red engine vent that your looking for. The radio only looks like it need a power button.

cheers

[Mic]

I recently had a new hood put on my beat. Had it done by a BMW specialist who used the existing frame and that BMW material instead of vinyl (can't remember what it is called) Looks absolutely brilliant. Just need the rest of the car to look that good now!

[Paul w]

Hi Could you post some more info on this, like costs etc?


Well, the beast is on the move, its coming up from Milton keynes to cheshire on a trailer tommorow (friday) so wave if you see it!

After its made road worthy again (cheers for the wheels ade!) i'll have the bumpers off and try and repair some of the cracks. The autochanger can go in too, (i got one off ebay, sorry steve, but it had a remote control thingy on it and was a tad cheaper!)

The radio will have to come out, and i'll be button swapping and generally fiddling with it until it works again! Plus it needs a damn good wash and brush up, to get the tree sap and moss (really!) off it!

Then i guess i'll have to start looking at the hood......:eek:


PW

[Mic]

The company that did my hood are no longer about!!! But basically selected a BMW specialist. They copied the original hood design and the cost was £650. The only modification was that i asked them NOT to put in the rear window zip section. This would have been an additional £100 but I never use it so it seemed a waste of money. You have to have the original frame for them to work on.

[adrianp]

Originally posted by Mic
The company that did my hood are no longer about!!! But basically selected a BMW specialist. They copied the original hood design and the cost was £650.

£650 was what I paid for mine... Bur that was a genuine one from Honda including a new rear window.

It's weird actually being able to see whats behind me now without having to use the door mirrors... especially when reversing into parking spaces... :D

Adrian.

[john m]

I put a new Honda roof and window in about last Dec, I still have trouble seeing out. What do you use to clean the rear screen?

[adrianp]

To be honest John, I haven't actually cleaned it yet...:o

Although compared to my old one, anything was better...

It was quite a surprise to find that the rear screens are actually tinted slightly green, Rather than just clear like I thought they were.

Renovo do a plastic window polish that actually helped with my old screen so I recon I'll be giving it a go on this one when I need to.

Adrian.

[Paul w]

Update......

Well, the brakes were shot on the front, so new disks and pads from blueprint, new rear pads from steve. Caliper pistons had corroded so got some new ones and seals off steve, cleaned the calipers up and they are going back down to the honda garage for fitting/bleeding.

A new hood is on order from oxted trimming (i'll post exact costs and quality etc when i get it, one is in the uk, another 2 expected soon) and i'm trying to get hold of a material sample book for when people want one.

I'm looking at ordering a new back box, the one thats on is rotten. Thinking about a FGK legalis (4 exit) or if i can stretch to it, a TR660.

Might get some slotted disks sent over while i'm getting stuff shipped, they aint too expensive, but will be fairly heavy. I think they are 3000 yen each.

The mini lite wheels will be going off to minilite to be cleaned, turned and generally spruced up.

I'm just waiting now for the MOT to be sorted (bit tricky with no exhaust tail pipe!) then i'll get it home, cleaned up and hopefully get it on the road for a few autumn sunny days (like today!!)

PW

[pauly]

hiya, sorry to butt in but i thought you'd find this bit of
interest

i'm currently attempting the new hood thing and after searching this here interweb thingy, found a supplier in Oxted, surrey.
they import from the good old usa, takes a couple of weeks and
can cost as little as £350. (supplied only)
i'm unsure what the material looks like, but i'm sure if they were asked nicely, they'd send a sample.

info@oxted-trimming.co.uk


also (i work for a bmw main dealer) there is a paste made by
bmw, for cleaning rear screens. it's in a tube, size of a toothpaste tube, costs around £7.00 and works wonders, (on bmw soft screens) i was very surprised when i saw the results.

HOWEVER

it didn't work on my 12 year old screen, too far gone.


and, i'm also waiting for a colleague to crash his hyabusa, he just had it tuned (a bit) gets 220bhp at the rear wheel, before switching on the NITROUS and does 0 / 150 in a tad under 4 seconds !! (just a bit too much power i think)
westfield do a reverse gearbox at around £1000, so i think that will be on the x-mas wish list.

thanks for that, just putting a tv in the beat, may picture it and post it if anybodies interested!.

Paul

[adrianp]

Hi Paul,

Yep, thats the same people that Paul W is talking about... Hopefully his will turn up soon...

TV in the Beat... Where about have you put it?? I'm slowly putting plans together myself for changes to the interior so would be interested in How you done it... (Might be what I'm thinking about already...)

Any chance of the part number for the cleaner for the screen??? I might pop down to our BMW dealer to get a tube to try.

Hopefully it will work with my screen since it was only fitted a couple of months ago.

Adrian.

[Paul w]

Hi,
Yep, ive been dealing with Ashley at oxted, so if you happen to order one through him, mention my name and you should get a bit of a discount

PW

[pauly]

hi there again

the stuff from BMW is called (wait for it)
CABRIO HECKSCHEIBEN-REINIGER
quite a mouth full unless you're a gerry !!

anyway, it works fine on the thinner Beat screens, and
is quite good on some of the less protected parts of the lower front bumper.

part number: 81-22-9-407-665
(they should have some in stock)

as for the TV project, i'll wait until i've assembled all the bits, then,
i'll post a new subject (hopefully, with pikkies)

suffice to say, i'm being let down by UK suppliers so am trying
a little further afield (usa)

i'll keep you posted on that, and, should my colleague
crash his busa, (hope he survives, along with engine and nitro)
i'll probably be chasing as to how the hell to fit it in.


cheers for reading this, more soonish.

P.

[Paul w]

Big box of tricks!

Just had this little beauty arrive in the post (just 3 days delivery from japan..cheers oz!)

Its an FGK legalis and i've just watched it being bolted to my beat (what a daft place to put a fog light........just where the tail pipe is!)

Sounds nice too!

Managed to get some interior bits too from japan (air vents etc) to tidy up the inside, plus my super chip and funnels arrived too!

PW

[Paul w]

Well, just 6 months on and its almost back on the road!

It took a lot more effort (and money) than i thought. That said, it wasnt my effort, and supplying my own parts helped keep the costs down.

Stuart Graham honda in Nantwich have to take the highest praise for the work they have done, including completely replacing the front brakes...totally, a top end rebuild with a repaired cam, dizzy swap etc etc ......

Its currently at the trimmers (stuart epps in nantwich) and the hood has been fitted (more expense!)
The wheels have been refurbished, but if i'd know what they were going to cost, i would have bought new ones!

I've got a lot of tidying up through the rest of winter, fitting the bits that are painted red, stereo rebuild and cd autochanger fit.

Once its back on the road, and i'm used to its performance i'll start the mods, funnels first, then the chip swap.

Not sure if i'll get round to getting the new body panels this year, and if i move house i'll probably have to sell it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats it for now

PW

[adrianp]

Originally posted by Paul w
and if i move house i'll probably have to sell it!!!!!!!!!!!!

You've got the wrong idea on this moving lark Paul...

The real idea is to find somewhere that has enough garages so that you can keep the Beat and any other toys you fancy nice and warm in the winter...:p

Glad to hear that it's almost on the road, Hopefully we'll get to see it at some of the shows this year (if you can aford to go after spending everything on getting it running :eek: )

Adrian.

[Andy V]

Originally posted by Paul w

plus my super chip and funnels arrived too!
PW

Paul,

For the ignorant amongst us (er, probably just me, then), what are the "funnels"?

Ta.

Andy.

[Paul w]

They are the 'Mitsu' funnels, a tapered tube that you fit to the air intake ports (3 in all) and they are supposed to improve throttle response and give a few more HP.

PW

[Paul w]

Well,
Finally got round to picking the beat up!
She sounded fantastic on the short trip back, but i'm not sure about the suspension setup. Seems a bit wallowy during left hand turns, but maybe it was just me. I'll take her for a proper spin during the week and see whats what.
I'm popping the alloys back on this week too, so that may help a bit.

Oz - Just out of interest, how much are the koni shocks we see from time to time?

What it needs now more than anything is a damn good clean!! its filthy, then i can start looking at things like a new steering wheel and gear knob, new facia on the radio, and autchanger in the boot!
At least she's back on the road!!

PW

[Paul w]

Hurray!!!!

Finally got the wishbone replaced and drove the beat the 60 miles or so down to my new pad in South staffs. Took the backroads (obviously!) and loved every minute!

The beat sounds great, the exhaust note is raspy but deep, and without a parcel shelf carpet I can hear the induction noise too.

steering is much improved with the new wishbone, but i'm still not 100% sure its spot on, might have to go and get track/castor/camber checked. (anyone know the figures?)

Its reving freely to 8700 (bounced off the limit a few times!)

The new hood is looking great, I just need to change the studs for my silver ones.

Suddenly its all worth it, the cost, heart ache and effort. Almost stopped and put the roof down, but then it hailed so kinda put me off!

Anyone had the roof down yet this year? I can smell spring in the air, and can't wait!


I guess phase 1 is pretty much wrapped up! i'll do a final post soon!

PW:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Fahd]

Nice to hear its all good now.

I am taking the joy of changing my hood studs for the silver ones today.

Oh yeah. Was driving back from the docks at Liverpool last Monday. Beautiful day. Mid way, took the hood down. Was a bit nippy!

Paul, are the bys stuff going on this Beat too? Any sort of meet taking place this year? Would be nice to see it in flesh!

:D

[adrianp]

Originally posted by Paul w
Its reving freely to 8700 (bounced off the limit a few times!)

Show off....;)

Glad to hear it's all up and running now though, Hopefully you will be able to make some of the meetings this year...

JAE @ Billing Aquadrome (Northampton) is 24th & 25th July, do you think you will be able to make it down??

Adrian.