Last week I put my fan on high to try demist the windscreen and it stopped working and there was a very nice burning smell
So I set about trying to find the problem!
I found that I was pretty lucky really as the fuse for the fan had melted! And also put a nice hole in the fuse box!! But luckily it had only taken out that one connection and not all the surrounding ones.
A few pictures if the damage...
You can see how the fuse is melted and it had actually fused in place and it took a good pull to get it out!
The fuse it's self!
And the rear heated screen fuse below it
and you can see inside how it has melted the fuse connection
I removed all the lower dash and spent the afternoon tryin to find what had caused the fuse to melt.
I removed all the controls test resistances across all the wires and components, tested the resistor block and also test the fan and everything is perfectly fine so I'm assuming that it was the fuse had maybe work loose and gone faulty and caused it to arch across causing the damage.
I then wired in a external fuses off the switch live in the fuse box to the controls when the normal wire went and now everything works fine!
Another little mini project I've got on the go started with a delivery of these
An r32 replica bumper...
And a polyurethane bmw m3 trunk spoiler
Basically I needed a r32 bumper as I'm going to be fitting a wellycooler but as known they don't fit behind the standard mk4 bumper so I needed the extra space you get behind the r32 bumper.
I was wanting a gen bumper but I couldn't justify £350-£400 on a bumper and then painting it to maybe smash it up on track and also I have other I need to spend the money on! so I opted for a £120 rep bumper haha
The plan with the m3 spoiler arrived a week or two ago when I found a r32 spoiler in my shed that I had forgot about which I had bought for my previous golf but never fitted! And I thought about how I could make the r32 spoiler an actually effective spoiler that creates downforce as with no weight in the back of the car the back end is a little light at speed!
I just wanted a cheap DIY mid and I was thinking about making a lip out of fibreglass and the idea just spring to mind so I bought a m3 lip on eBay haha
As you can see the m3 lip is a nice scooped shape and should produce at least a little downforce
i was thinking something like this
I cut the spoiler to length and managed to file and shape the end quite well
With the lip the right length
I've been forming the lip into a bend to match the profile of the spoiler for the last few days and it holds its shape so I just have to set about sticking it to the spoiler next!
I've also been messing with the bumper as I knew it wouldn't fit perfectly haha
I managed to get it to fit quite well on the arches unlike most replicas but it's a bit tight around the headlights! You sort of have to force it into position!
You can't really tell in the pictures that it's not perfect but it's good enough for what I need although I wouldn't recommend it for someone with more of a "scene" car as you can tell it doesn't fit perfect.
It also makes my ths cooler look small haha
And the final little edition!.....a case for my iphone attached to the shifter platform as I was fed up of having to jam my phone between my leg and my seat while it's plugged into the head unit haha
next step is get the spoiler fitted and then get that and the bumper painted fitted and then get a wellycooler fitted!
I'm also on the lookout for some brembos and 256mm rear brake setup!
And comments etc welcome!