With the Australian summer again doing what it does best (pissing me off), I thought it was high time to get the windows of the car tinted.

So I picked up the phone, called Malcolm at Prestige & Custom Car Salon (Castle Hill), and booked the car in.

I’d just dropped the car off, when Mark from MRC Dyno and Performance walked by on his way to the shop for breakfast.

Deciding to join him, we had a big breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, fried tomato, sausages and toast (yum!), then went back to MRC to work on his HR31 Skyline.

Mark’s skyline is fitted with a Nissan Infinity V8, and now has two turbo-chargers on it.

We worked on the shroud for the thermo fan, and removed the exhaust system for welding (it had only been spot welded until now).

The day was a lot of fun, and at the end of it, I got myself a beautifully tinted car.

Freshly tinted XR6

Yesterday I dropped the XR6 off at the hand carwash next to Liverpool Markets, and had them do a full detail as well as leather treatment for the seats.

Mum would be proud. She loved this car so much, especially the time I washed it.

Now that it’s been detailed, it looks practically showroom.
There are a couple od imperfections, but I’ll be having those looked at at some point.

The next thing on my list is the rubber boot mat, to protect the boot from dirt/damage due to the floury mix that I carry every week. The boot got pretty messy, and they did a decent job making it look as good as they could.

The car was dropped off at 7am, and when I returned at 5pm, it was still receiving the finishing touches (getting rid of dried polish in the cracks, a final wipe-over with a cloth, etc).

I can’t believe this is the same car.

In a move that’s probably overdue, I decided it was time to spend a bit of money on the XR6, as I’d rather like to keep it for a while (seeing it won’t be paid off for another four years).

Last week I had the car serviced, and a safety check done.
They suggested that I should get the gearbox serviced, and one of the bushes on the diff carrier replaced.

So this week I had the gearbox serviced at D.S Jones Automatics in Seven Hills (Great workshop, I’ve had all my automatic gearboxes serviced/replaced there).

The backlit power window switches have been fitted to all the doors except rear passenger-side, and I think I may have misplaced the centre-cap for the wheel that I bought.

More work is planned for next week, including the purchase of a rubber boot mat, to protect the boot carpet from any kinds of spills (poffertjes mix is working its way in to the carpet, and it doesn’t look good, so I’ll have it cleaned, then put in the boot mat).

The power window switch for the drivers window stopped working a few weeks ago, so today I stopped by Macarthur Auto Parts at Narellan and picked up a set of the illuminated switches from the GT.

I’ve only fitted the switchbank in the drivers door so far, which means my window now works. I’ll fit the others later.

While I was there I also picked up a centrecap for the right-front wheel, which was missing when I bought the car.

Seeing I haven’t eaten all day, and Maccas is just around the corner, I’m off to get some food.