Soeley's 2019 Black SZ5

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4286? Wow I really must try harder not to drive everywhere, I've done 8496 since last June!

I'm still WFH, so sat in the spare room/converted office all day and no 2 1/2 hour round trip commute, the first year of ownership I did 12,500 miles.

2 and a half hour commute, dear gods no that sounds tedious!

Wasn't too bad to be honest, was a nice drive over A & B roads, no motorway, just under an hour to get there as I set off about 05:30. Longer to get home due to traffic.
27 miles the way I went, motorway is 42 miles and gets snarled up along.

Just linking the Electric Window mod to save duplicating it.

Remote Window Control

Well yesterday I made a start on fitting the Fridge Slide . I kept changing my mind on which side to have it on? I will probably leave this in all the time and just fit the drawer unit when needed. 

I opted for the drivers side hoping I would still be able to use rear passenger seat if needed.

This is just the initial first fit, it may change when the drawer unit is in, as I might try and link them together for extra security.

First thing to do was trim the base board down to shape.
 

Then I thought I could use the existing metal tie-down points.
 

I made a hook-type-thing out of some 1" flat bar, this should stop any side to side movement.
 

And added some nuts to the underside of the base.
 

Hook in the metal plate and position the slide unit.
 

I hade to raise the runners from the bottom of the runner housing to the top to make room for the metal hook-type-thing.
 

 

The rear end is secured with a strap and piece of flat bar for reinforcement to the  Rear Footwell Bracket  I made back in 2020
 

 

It does feel pretty well secured, I am going to live with it for a while and see how I get on with it. I have just left the base board on the left side as is for now. That will probably get trimmed to suit the drawer unit.

 

 

 

 

I think I'll have to upgrade to a fridge now I have the slide 


 

Today I have removed my Osram LEDriving Fog Lights as the brain has gone on the blink. I have refitted the original units, but with LED upgraded bulbs as supplied by Martin in the shop.

It is a shame really as the fog lights on them are brilliant! Not only do they give a nice low wide beam, they actually look like they are turned off to oncoming traffic (unlike the chavs that drive round with them on all the time!).

I am going to look into whether i can reconfigure the wiring and get the appropriate connector to have them as dumb lights without the brain.

Here is the Osram fog light beam.



Here is the standard Suzuki fog light beam 

I finally got around to fitting my Bravo Snorkel today.
It is pretty straight forward and easy, just a bit fiddly in parts (namely the scuttle end panel removal). 
Bonnet definitely needs to come off, although I manged that on my own 
The two holes I had to drill for the riv-nuts, I sprayed with Zinc primer then a topcoat.  Couldn't find my heat gun to aid drying so I borrowed the wife's Dyson hair dryer 

The levitating bonnet trick worked out quite well. I drew around the hinges with a fine pencil to aide refitting.






This is the bracket that has to be cut off, it does nothing, there is another on the left side that also does nothing?


Shush!


Two riv-nut holes prep'd


This bracket has to bent down out of the way, the top coat just flaked off, not sure if the primer came with it so give it a quick touch up.




I also marked the wiper arms and spindles, to ease refitting. 






View from the drivers seat. Can hardly tell it's there.

 

Looking smart, amazing you can’t even see it from the drivers seat. I am willing to bet your wife was out when you borrowed her Dyson hairdryer?

Happy New Year

Robin

Yes, she was at work 

To the main question here:

Is the Dyson hairdryer worth the extortionate price or is it just hot air?

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Black & Decker heat gun is cheaper when you can find it (think my son still has it?). Plus you tend not to lend hair dryers out 

Some better pictures out in the open.