Overrev's RS Edition
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stuartditchburn – Hi Stuart, thanks for the product recommendations mate, to be fair Nanolex is a relatively new brand to me, there’s all sorts out there, the mind boggles with the options available. I reckon I might give the S13D Matte Kit a go though at some point.
Cheers again.
rog – Hi mate, prior to using the Nanolex kit, I first had to address what looked like very small specks of tree sap on the roof, a bit of a pain in the neck to be honest, as I wasn’t quite sure just what I could get away with regarding the use of different products on the wrap without spoiling the finish.
I finished up testing on a smaller area of the wrap on the tailgate by lightly moistening a makeup removal pad with a little Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover, lightly dabbing to initiate removal. In short, it worked ok, I just had to wash the roof afterwards, the roof was now ready for the kit.
Everything you need is in there, The ‘Ex’ will cleanse the wrap, enabling the best bond possible prior to applying the Spray Sealant. You maybe get about 10 pads in there, you can do it with 10, but it’s handy to get a few more in stock. Also, I found it easier to apply in slightly cooler conditions, the sealant doesn’t go off quite so quickly, thus giving you a little more time to even out the application, (as the roof is quite a large area).
Hope this helps rog.
Over the winter, I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I might like from the car, unavoidably, this involves liberating the moths from my wallet, but since the RS isn’t my daily anymore, I guess that if I am going to try stuff, then now is the time.
Currently, I have two years of warranty left, so, I’ve got quite a bit left, and for now at least, I am mindful of a warranty delete due to non compliant modifications.
Thankfully though, the FPM375 exists, but I’ve also had a hankering for liberating a little more noise from the car, I seriously thought about the Ford Performance Cat Back exhaust, however, the Mountune V3 Cat Back came back in to stock, (and subsequently, quickly back out of stock!), a few weeks after I’d had the FPM kit fitted, I couldn’t resist, and the last of the moths in my wallet flew the nest so to speak, yep, not cheap, got to start saving again now!
Ok, to the exhaust, I just absolutely love it, cold start up on the stock pipe was always a little loud until it settled down, but this is definitely louder, once again though, like stock, it begins to settle down, and doesn’t sound too bad on low revs/throttle, it’s just that initial start up phase. If you have sensitive neighbours and are away early in the morning, this start up phase may well be their topic of conversation!
Out on the road, Oh God, I love the pipe even more, I haven’t experienced any drone yet, so all good if your cruising, but when you get playful with the right foot, and start loading up on the overboost that the FPM kindly boosted up a bit for you, well, I am already finding it addictive, never mind when your squirting in between corners sharply lifting off the gas, the pops n bangs are now at a new level from stock, well they are in Sport/Track mode anyway. Apparently, Normal mode is a little tamer in this respect, but I haven’t tried it yet, and so can’t really comment at this point.
Build wise, the pipe and fittings looks good quality, the welding looks spot on as well. The silencer is quite a bit smaller than stock, from memory, I think Mountune say this Cat Back has around a ten percent weight saving over stock. Out back, the 4.5″ tips finish the look to my taste as well.
A few pics.
If you’ve lasted this long, thanks for reading!
Happy RSing folks.
Zombi2 – Firstly mate, apologies for the very late reply. Now, re the exhaust fit, I contacted the Ford dealer who installed my FPM upgrade, they then ordered the pipe and did the fit.
Matt. B – Matt, I am afraid I can’t be of any help to you here mate, I just don’t know. If any of you guys reading this know the answer though, then please feel free to chime in.
I am continuing to love the extra character that this pipe has given the car, FENG is still active, and for now I am leaving as is, love it.
rog – Some of the photos that I took of the exhaust earlier, do show a coating to the chassis, however, I must confess that road crud was the culprit! That said, it’s funny that you should mention sealing the chassis mate, you must be a mind reader, as I’ve just finished addressing some superficial corrosion to chassis members to the rear of the car.
Ironically, it was while I was taking pics of the exhaust, that I became aware of the corrosion taking place, you just wouldn’t notice it without getting under the car. From what I can tell looking under my car, the corrosion seems pretty much restricted to the forward facing edge of components, seems logical I guess, these blast areas succumbing to the constant peppering from loose road debris, the worse the roads you regularly travel, obviously, the worse the effect.
My car has circa 5700 miles on it, it was driven as a daily between March and October last year, before being laid up for the winter, coming out for a few dry runs when the weather played ball. Here are a few pics from the some of the chassis members to the rear of the car, please cut me some slack on the quality of the pics, no hoist lift here, and so I had to slide myself under the car, it was tight under there, doing the work was awkward, and taking photo’s was equally so.
Nearside front face, cleaned off with an old microfibre and water to remove any road soiling, this is what remained once dried, aesthetically, not good, but thankfully very superficial at this point.
Nearside front face after cleaning off the loose rust, degreasing, and then a few coats of Bilt Hamber Dynax-UC.
Conversely, this is the rear facing edge of the same component after a wash, as you can see, pretty good, still needs protecting though.
Once again, decontaminated, and then coated with a few coats of the Dynax-UC.
Rear Offside before.
Rear Offside after.
Rear facing edge of chassis was in good nick, once again decontaminated the surface, and then triple coated with wax.
Forward facing edge of chassis after a microfibre wash.
Forward facing edge of chassis after treatment. In the picture, there is a bit to the bottom edge of the chassis that I am not happy with, I’ll need to address that before I finish up.
I found the Dynax UC easy to use, I must say though, that I’d recommend an appropriate face mask, as there is a slight mist on discharge, not good breathing that stuff in.
Overall, I am glad with how it all looks now, limited access the affected areas did hinder what I was able to achieve, but at least there is some protection under there now, I guess we’ll wait and see how it all performs over the longer term.
The Bilt Hamber Dynax UC cost me around £15, and I’ve still got some left over to treat other areas of the car, so from a finance side not expensive. Time wise, I spent a few evenings laid under the car prepping the surfaces, not particularly pleasant, but not all jobs are, glad that parts done though.
Oh, and yes, it goes without saying, I did bang my head, but surprisingly not on the car……nope….on the bl..dy jack!
