I seem to have left it very late but what was originally due to be a spring check-over seems to have turned into a mini-rebuild!

My car is currently with McMillan Motorsport in Hinckley with lots of bits taken off and looking very sorry for itself.  The original plan was to take it in to get a spanner check and service for the start of the new season.  I knew that the brake disks were getting old so I bought new pads and disks for all 4 corners and I also picked up some fresher dampers off an SLR. 

The scope of what I wanted doing then started to increase.  While the dampers and brakes were off I thought it would be an ideal time to get the wishbones, wingstays, headlights and a few other bits shot blasted and powdercoated.  I then thought I may as well have the cage done at the same time as I wanted it to be red so that it would stand out a bit more.  Having got those bits off the car I bought a set of 8 spoke alloys so that I can run wider rear tyres.  Those bits are now all sorted and ready to go back on the car as can be seen below.

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My next brainwave was to have the car re-sprayed while all the bits were off, my thinking being that there would never be a cheaper time and the paintwork is tired and needs doing anyway.  So, the car is currently in the state shown in the photo below which I took yesterday morning when I dropped the cage etc off.  It needs to be ready for the introduction to sprinting day at Curborough in 10 days time and then the first sprint of the year at Goodwood a week later.  Time is getting rather tight to say the least!  The new colour is a bit of a secret but I don’t know of any other cars the same combination as what I have planned. 

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So, fingers crossed that it will all be ready in time.  Hopefully in my next update I’ll have some pics of my gleaming freshly painted car with all of its wheels back on.