Are you still happy with the carpet?

I am considering going down to Knox Carpets once I get mine on the road

My Trans tunnel is already auto AND a little bit more (massaged a bit larger due to the Silvia Auto requirements)

Will they fit the carpet too ?

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Cheers :)

The exhaust is certainly quiet compared to it running just on extractors lol, but with the new exhaust it is quiet but still has a nice rumble to it when its idling but certainly a distinct tone now when you give her a few revs and you have the whistle of the twin webbers which is bliss to the ears

And its certainly great to have some back pressure..

This is probably the best video that sounds very like the exhaust now..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ureeaUg7KsY

Ill try take a video of it and the car itself and upload it to youtube

I cut the shape out of the marine carpet and then had a mate help who own's B!tch'n Stitch'n auto upholstery in canberra who has a specail sprey on adhesive (using a spreygun) to hold it.. (i'll try find out what the name of the adhesive is for you)

In the corrugations on the sides spare marine carpet was used to fill the corrugations to make is smooth first then use one big piece to cover it all the way around as the tail gate is welded and i am making up an aluminium hard cover that i will tig together it was to just make it a much nicer look..

As for the marine carpet on the bottom its the same shade as you may see as the sides but has a ripple effect in it.. the carpet on the downwards side has larger ripples and fit into the grooves of the corrugations for a smooth finish and a small amount of adhesive to hold it in place..

The tub only took approx an hour to do..

I have still not finished it off i am getting a 'J' Piece of aluminum to put on the topside of the carpet (top of tray) and bend it around the corners of the tray to have a complete nice finish and Polish it up

looks nicely done

I am just looking at carpet for the tray.

Did you install it yourself?
How does it go on the corrugations on the floor of the tray?
What made you decide to go up the sides?

Looks great!

What does the exhaust sound like?

So i got the Ute back home yesterday and thought i'd show you a quick couple pic's of the interior work :)

Now its time to finish off the last little things..

Damn the new exhaust sounds good :)

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well done this datto's come up sweet

Interior trim looks great!

I have not really put many updates in here lately regarding the ute..

These past few weeks i have got the ute running the way i want, tuned nicely and taken it for a quick lap around the block (clearly not legal no glass and just extractors)

Had some great difficulties bleeding the rear brakes for some odd reason, but got them all bled up but it certainly isnt working the best.. pulled apart the master cylinder and it shows to be alright on the valve and all springs are ok and checked the transfer box along with all the lines.. but looks like ill just change it out to be safe and also change the lines, even though it was a brand new one from datsport so unsure...

The newest and greatest news over the past 3 weeks is that i have taken the ute down to my good mate for auto trimming work at hume (canberra) bitch'n stitch'n to have the dash, roof, ute tub, door trims, centre console all trimmed

The roof liner and a/b pilars are covered in an black vinyl with a red stitching along with the door trims and dash.. (original vinyl for period correct)

The Tub is being completly done in marine carpet for the sides and tray for a nice clean look, the interior is being finished off today and the ute goes in to power tone exhaust on monday :)

So once i get it back next week just a few minor things to do i.e put in the new coil overs in..

Then its a matter of getting it engineered

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So got the ute sorted last night got it off the stands the carpet is in and started on the head liner and also got the wheels on and it off the stands so she can roll around nice on the floor.

Here is a quick vid of the ute last night out of tune with out the exhaust shooting some flames

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150962347566148

and a quick snap of the ute.. ill upload some more later of more detail and the interior.

Now i also got to start on the aluminium hard top for the ute :S and lay the marine carpet for the tray

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