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The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 04-12-2019
I spoke to him and he agreed to stop selling them.
Thanks mate.
The Bumble Beams - Lexuspat - 04-12-2019
well at least he accepted and did what was right, new one looks very nice but on the hole your car is stunning
The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 05-03-2020
Time for a small update methinks.
I stumbled across a torque damper on ebay last week for £65 so thought I'd give it a go.
before:
![[Image: 20120414_115040.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120414_115040.jpg)
parts:
![[Image: 20120414_115146.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120414_115146.jpg)
fitted:
![[Image: 20120414_125733.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120414_125733.jpg)
Some progress on the painting of the wheels too. I decided I'd paint the wheels myself in my shed so bought myself a compressor, primer, paints, lacquer, scotch pads, tack rags, thinners, panel wipe etc.
wheels in primer:
![[Image: 20120324_121900.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120324_121900.jpg)
![[Image: 20120324_121918.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120324_121918.jpg)
decided I'd do my spare engine cover too:
![[Image: 20120324_121929.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120324_121929.jpg)
Next I though I'd better clean out the garage If I wanted the finished wheels to look any good. Then I painted the lips pinky/purple:
![[Image: 20120415_160050.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120415_160050.jpg)
....and the engine cover:
![[Image: 20120415_160042.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120415_160042.jpg)
The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 05-03-2020
Next I mixed up some lacquer and threw some purple pearl flake in with it. Doesn't look great in the pot but looks cool on the wheels.
![[Image: 20120415_160104.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120415_160104.jpg)
It's quite subtle at the moment, but I haven't finished them yet. this is as far as I've got so far.
![[Image: 20120416_075535.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/20120416_075535.jpg)
The Bumble Beams - Lexuspat - 05-03-2020
Looks good can't wait to see the finished items.
The Bumble Beams - Sparkystav - 05-03-2020
Liking the new colours!
The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 21-06-2020
Small update:
I bought myself a purple engine spider (HKS Circle Earth) and fitted it.
![[Image: DSC_0648.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/The%20Altezza/DSC_0648.jpg)
![[Image: Untitled.jpg]](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/kevpr/Untitled.jpg)
I bought it mostly as a bit more dress up for the engine bay although the car does now idle a lot smother. Haven't driven the car since I fitted it but I'm not expecting the gains that it's supposed to provide.
It was quite easy to fit although all the instructions were in Japanese. I had to relocate a few cables due to bolts not undoing or sheering off.
The Bumble Beams - el_bandido - 21-06-2020
That looks pimping mate. What exactly is it supposed to do?
You coming to ace by the way?
The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 21-06-2020
Yeah, should be at ace. Not definite yet though.
It grounds a lot of components together which in turn is supposed to improve all sorts of things like idle, throttle response, headlight brightness, audio, etc... Supposedly some people have reported gains of over 10bhp (on an RX7) but I'm a bit sceptical. I didn't buy it expecting power gains.
The Bumble Beams - Phil01 - 24-06-2020
Love the colour of the rims Kev, I might pop up one night and see the car in the flesh.