'Fiery' MY 98 SWB 3.0TD GX Colorado

[sae70]

I got around to painting the wheel centre caps in the last couple of days

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[sae70]

I also finished installing the internal boosted radio aerial & it works a treat so very pleased with that

And my sucky bottom floaty ball compass came just in time for my next extream Essex, Herts borders greenlane trip

 

[sae70]

Oh & picked up my spare wheel from the powder coaters

 

[Gav Peter]

I also finished installing the internal boosted radio aerial & it works a treat so very pleased with that

This is of interest... Speak more of this item please...

And refrain from sticking any more tosh to your windscreen

 

[Mark Meggy]

lol @ GP. Nice powder coating work and centre caps look good too. What did u plug your bonnet aerial hole with?

 

[sae70]

I also finished installing the internal boosted radio aerial & it works a treat so very pleased with that

This is of interest... Speak more of this item please..

Its just an internal screen mounted boosted FM radio aerial so I can listen to the radio while out laneing without the risk of snapping my external aerial off

They just stick to the inside of the screen (I guess you could stick them to one of the rear windows & just extened the wiring & coax if you didn't want it in the front screen) I've then earthed it with one of the rear view mirrow screws & run/tucked the coax & power conection into the head-lining across the top of the screen towards the passenger side down behind the 'A' post trim & then along behind the glove box (this was easy as the glove box just pulls out) Then just unpluged the existing OEM (what does OEM stand for ) aerial & plugged in the boosted one. I've then connected the power/feed wire for the boosted aerial to the electric aerial comand wire (blue I think) so that the booster is only powered up when the radio is on

It works really well & I get all of the stations that I want (R1, R2, Classic, BBC Essex, Magic etc) & more importantly I can listen to the radio while off road without the risk of snapping my OEM (there's that abbreviation again ) aerial

One word of warning though the first one that I fitted was 5H17 It turned out to be fubard & so not working correctly So if you do get one rig it up on a temp job to make sure it's working before fully installing it

Oh & the other thing it was £9.99

 

[Gav Peter]

FYI, OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer

Nice job for a tenner Steve - my aerial is suffering at the moment so this might prove a good replacement...

 

[sae70]

Sorry had to nip off My uncle turned up on his new motorbike

And refrain from sticking any more tosh to your windscreen

Surely your not talking about my floaty ball compass for extream night time navigation are you

Nice powder coating work and centre caps look good too

Thank you

What did u plug your bonnet aerial hole with?

Nothing I've just sprayed the mast with GT85 & have pushed it down for the rest of its life

 

[sae70]

FYI

 

[silvercruiser]

FYI

FYI= for your information

Joe

 

[sae70]

FYI

FYI= for your information

Joe

I really must get out more

 

[Gav Peter]

FYI

DOH... I thought you were taking the mick!!!

DOH = Homer Simpson style response to a goof BTW...

BTW = By the way...

 

[Gary Stockton]

Don't forget:

OP - original poster
IIRC - If I remember correctly
AFAIK - As far as I know
IMHO - in my humble opinion
SWMBO - she who must be obeyed (aka the missus, etc.)

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[Chas]

More available here: http://www.internetslang.com/

Thanks for that link Gary, some of those whatsits confuse me too.
Chas

 

[sae70]

Thanks for the slang links That'll keep me on top of things as the kids grow up


I've refitted my gearstick now after filling it with mastic to stop the rattle

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While all of the centre console was apart I hard wired my Ring 12volt multiway socket into the rear of the OEM 12volt power socket to tidy up the wiring

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After

 

[sae70]

Had a couple of parts sent to me from Mr Rubie An air intake hose as mine is perished & split & a second pig tail tow hook to enable speedy bridle connection up the front end Cheers Ian

Didn't finish fitting the pig tail as the existing bolts are to short so will need to get some longer ones.

 

[Andrew Prince]

Had a couple of parts sent to me from Mr Rubie An air intake hose as mine is perished & split & a second pig tail tow hook to enable speedy bridle connection up the front end

Hmm that intake hose looks familiar - it made its way from Dubai to the UK in my backpack

 

[sae70]

Hmm that intake hose looks familiar - it made its way from Dubai to the UK in my backpack

Thank you

 

[sae70]

After nearly a 14 week wait Fiery's Ironman suspension lift arrived from Oz via WestCoast Off-Road centre & so without delay I've fitted it

Photo of Fiery before the lift

Photos of Fiery after the lift

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[sae70]

255/85/16 BF Goodrich MT-KM2's finally fitted

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