Lemon's X47 track ST

I would love to do the hill climb but I don’t think it’s open to the public!

Just picked up a Coolerworx shifter for £433 including taxes and shipping. They have 30% off for Black Friday and couldn't resist.

Installed the Coolerworx shifter today, and not one part of the installation was enjoyable! I used the video from Spark Plug Steve as reference, but it seems they have revised the design since his video came out. You have to wrestle the shifter cables into place, and there's barely enough room to fit a spanner inside the frame to tighten everything.

However, it is in now, and it feels absolutely incredible!

My previous set up was the stock shifter on stilts. This worked surprisingly well and I'd recommend anyone to do it if you don't have the centre console. I also had a Pumaspeed short shifter which I removed.



They supply a new linkage for the shifter cable and you need to cut the old fitting off. The new fitting is held in with grub screws, but I think I will add a small blob of weld next time I'm at the garage to ensure this doesn't pop off.



All installed:





I spent about 20 minutes adjusting the screws to set the end of travel for each gear. Everything feels so crisp and sharp, it's quite incredible!

Today I fitted some polycarbonate windows from ACW motorsports. They're 4mm thick and have sliders with a locking mechanism.

First step was to gut the doors. It took quite a while to figure out the first one. There's quite a few videos on YouTube for the US 5 door, but the UK 3 door is totally different and I couldn't find anything. There's little clips that you need to free to release the window instead of a 10mm bolt. I couldn't see any way of the inner skin and the mechanism going back in once it came out - good job they don't need to!



Next was to test fit the window:



I used some long M6 bolts with a some nuts and washers to push the window as best I could up against the weather strip. I think I'm going to run some sealant over it as I don't think it's going to be enough. At least they are locked in place with these:



And installed:



At the weekend I will strip all the excess wiring out of the doors and find some way of making some door cars. I'll also probably replace the rear windows and the boot/trunk window at some point too. I didn't weigh anything, but the glass window setup was significantly heavier!

Small update. I de-pinnined and removed all of the wiring that was no longer needed in the door, and create a temporary solution for the door handle.

I was hoping that I could remove the Door Control Unit altogether, but my guess is that it's listening to a CAN signal and managing the door locking functions that way. In which case, it would need to stay as I still want the locks to work. Hopefully someone here knows how it works!

I'll order some door cars from http://trackcardoorcards.co.uk at some point as it looks a bit ugly right now.

On a side note, I took the car for a drive last night and the outside temperature was -4c (24f) - not the wisest move with no heating and plastic windows.