Meet Bernard The 'Bagged' Shed - CL "Car to watch 2015" *MASSIVE CATCH UP ON ITS WAY*

[amckenzie]

so today was my 21st birthday.... so i thought i would do a update about the plates... oh and this is my 300th pots which is rad!

so my plates arrived and my cake that my mum made! cant wait to get them on!!

[Adam_14]

so today was my 21st birthday.... so i thought i would do a update about the plates... oh and this is my 300th pots which is rad!

so my plates arrived and my cake that my mum made! cant wait to get them on!!

Happy Birthday man, plates look sick

[Danyutz]

As soon as you got them plates, already put them to cook - nice!

[patroddy]

Had a full read of this just now, decent amount of changes made there matey!! Not a big fan of Taff green if I'm honest but I think your styling suits the colour

[amckenzie]

so bernard is currently sitting aired out fully immoblised at my girlfriends... nota great start to the year...

[Keelan]

That sucks man, I hope you can source the leak..

Normally it's peoples tyres go flat to the ground, not their car

[bennyx_o]

Just read the full thread. Some great mods & plans to come. Hopefully you get the immobiliser sorted soon

Edited January 25, 2015 by bennyx_o

[amckenzie]

so a more in depth update....

This is not good.... this is why my switch for my compressor had failed. Where i had leaks in the system, i just over looked them andover used my compressor.... lesson learnt the hard way (nearly setting my car on fire). so i had to fully re wire my compressor and my switch, with some help from my girlfriend who stood there and stopped me punching and kicking the car and also sam that figured out how to get the compressor running again after i failed miserably....

Bernard had to get a new battery because this switch shorted out the old one, I did try and revive the old one but no luck. he was over due a new battery anyways so off i went.... £60 later...

hey look a photo of me actually working on my car...thank you zoe

so after a week on hoilday coming back to this stress really isnt what i was hoping for but end of the day.... thats bernard for you. I think he missed me.

ooooh ohhhh one more thing....

Plates are finally on! paper work has finally been signed off, been checking if they've been done was a solid week now!

dont look at the boot....waiting on my new tank then can start the new boot build!

[Keelan]

Can you not run thicker, better gauge wire to prevent overheating the wires or a transformer to raise voltage and drop amps and have a step down before the compressor

[amckenzie]

Can you not run thicker, better gauge wire to prevent overheating the wires or a transformer to raise voltage and drop amps and have a step down before the compressor

exactly what I've done now. much higher ampage, through a massive fuse and relay too

[Keelan]

Is it an over sized fuse (actual size not ampage) as my dads triumph speed triple has the problem where the contact points are too small causing the fuse box to melt..

[Keelan]

could always do the "big three" if youre re wiring stuff

[amckenzie]

could always do the "big three" if youre re wiring stuff

the live for the switch for the compressed used to be straight of the battery. this time it goes through a relay and a fuse, so hopefully this will swerve and over ampage or shorts

Had a full read of this just now, decent amount of changes made there matey!! Not a big fan of Taff green if I'm honest but I think your styling suits the colour

cheers man, nice to hear bro

[amckenzie]

i will be updating this at the weekend, I'm starting on the bumper for UUD! finally got the space!

on another note, I'm in the running for car to watch 15', this is a dream for me!

If you could spare a minute and maybe vote for me, i would be ever so grateful

http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?/topic/100511-voting-car-to-look-out-for-in-2015/

[amckenzie]

As you can see from the title....

I won the Car to watch segment. I said when i started i always wanted that title after seeing ambers car up there!!

Thank you for the people whom voted for me!!

Update tomorrow !

[Danyutz]

I expect a cookie.

[amckenzie]

ok so update time, ive actually done quite a bit more than i thought going through the photos on my phone...

First off spliter, cupra r, my buddy had it lying around his unit and he said i could have it so i jumped at the chance and fittted it there and then

Adds that little extra to the bottom of the car which i love.

I was wanting to do my headliner in a brighter colour, black was just a tad boring. saw these guys come up on the lupo page i admin on. Of course spotted the A with a crown and had to have them. Some may recognise them from Ami's lovely little lupo back in the day!! the reason why i have a lupo today!

Going for that straight gangster christmas theme ahha. wheres rudolf at?!

so heres what you guys have been after well...sorta. the stretch on my new wheels, 185/45/15s on a 8j et25 wheel a nice bit of stretch but not a stupid amount.

after a test fit, you can clearly see they need some work getting them to sit nice. but weather was saying otherwise.

off topic i know but this is a little something im working on as a custom rear badge for Bernard. Its my companys logo...well this isnt because i stopped the 3D print 10 minutes in just to see if the size was right! it will be so awesome when its complete!!

So i finally got around to do the camber and it sits arch to lip, couldnt be happier with the rear fitment. now just to try and get the front fitting nice for UD!

[Adam_14]

I do love those wheels Looking forward to seeing it at UD

[Reedo]

epic stuff man!

[amckenzie]

I do love those wheels Looking forward to seeing it at UD

cheers man, defiantly worth the 2 month wait ahha

epic stuff man!

thanks bro!

[EnglandSoul]

cars looking really smart.

[amckenzie]

cars looking really smart.

its getting there, after I've sorted the fitment issue out, ill start on the new boot build!

[amckenzie]

clutch has gone a week before UD. cheers bernard!!

[Lupoben87]

ok so i'm not great at updating this in little bits so have another bit posts

So the interior in my car is grey, i hate grey, i want it dark... so i brought a full black plastic interior and tryed to fit it...the dash is not nice to get out...brut force and alot of swearing!!

Yep i got pretty pissed off.... but it looks good finished.

This was before i bolted it in.. your asking your self why is the centre console still grey? well that will be revealed soon dont worry guys

So i treated my self...not that my wallet liked it one bit but, holy crap im so glad i got them, big thank you to Craig mahoney for the wheels, keep up the good work with you car buddy!!

15x7 stupidly shiny chrome and black bullet steels.... holy crap they are beautiful

The suit the car down to the ground and so happy with them.... (dont mind the muppet, we dont let him out of the cage much)

Ok so this weekend was Players then DC14, so i was stoked to have wheels on for the shows, now for a deep arse clean!!

I took my rear lights off because whenever i jet washed aroind there so much dirt would come out so i decided to just take the light off and give it a good clean!!

At players i brought some yellow film, yer i know scene as hell and over done but its my car and i think it will look sick! just a hint though...

before....

After....

The fogs will be going a lot dark, only actually worked out how to use them 3 days ago....

So as i was finishing up the lights and cleaning up my buddy says 'why dont you do the bump strips' at 8:30 pm.... so i did and instantly regreted it, i now have a car with one side de bumped and the other not... why because i can okay!!

During the long ordeal

After...

I took them off, cleared the glue and crap off it but then i saw a white line of faded paint....only my car would do this, so my mate spend what felt like a life time to bring the paint back to life but we only got a quater of it done but it will get complete.... sad right

But after that the door was like glass, stupidly shiny...

The image got shared and got loads of likes for some reason.... follow me on instagram @alexthetog

So to cheer you up have a look at some shots i took of her for Low conformists at DC14...

See you all soon

Can I borrow your polisher please? Haha! My Lupo is the same colour as yours but the paint looks DESTROYED lol

[Lupoben87]

Are you in Bedfordshire mate? Think I saw this driving through chalk hill on my way home from work the other day....