I love what you do Sean, I said to a psychologist once that I like making old things new again. Car's of course. "Let's explore that" was the response. "No, no , no" I said "Nothing to explore there, I just love doing it". Watching you is like I'm watching myself and I smile the entire time I'm viewing, like I do when I'm working on my Calais. You affirm why I need to do what you do, and why it makes me so happy. Thank you

Great to see all your hard work paying off, bringing this rare classic back to life 👍

That looks so good. Silver wheel actually matches well with the other interior bits. So good to see an unloved car brought back to life!! 👏

Gotta be honest… the very first video I watched on your channel was the one when you got the Ralliart. Having worked at Mitsubishi at that time when those were being built it’s great to see you getting it back to its former glory. Keep up the great work and I will keep watching.. such a shame they never did and AWD Ralliart

16:30 The money shot!!! Your attention to detail is fantastic and doesn't devolve into a plethora of minutiae and the music is very suitable for this work. 5 stars! But those red Gauges! Stay safe mate and always excited for an update! Been a few years now and loved every second of your car journeys. Your cinematography is astonishing.

Seriously cool, just brilliant to see one of Australia's most underrated locally produced sports sedans come back to life, and that silver steering wheel is a gem!

Great work, you gave the Magna a modern look without ruining its beat features.

This is the most enjoyable and rewarding part of improving a car.

If you need to replace the steering rack, get one from a TL or TW . Mitsubishi improved the rack in the Ralliart and then used it in the later magnas 👍

Great job mate. 1 small thing that steering wheel nut should really be tightened with a torque wrench probably around 80Nm just off the top of my head. You don’t want it coming lose.

those ATOTO units are solid mate, i've fitted roughly 9 over the last 3 years, Volume could be a touch better but they are really good value.

Looks amazing, well done. You could probably do some black plasti-dip in the cup holder and coin try - that should look good and be resilient.

Random observation but I actually love the bird noise in the background of these shed videos, it's like a chill weekend vibe 😅

That interior looks mint with the new steering wheel with the silver it really pops!

I love old/ neglect cars getting much deserved love

Absolutely stunning result Sean! I’m really enjoying seeing the progress of this amazing Aussie Classic being transformed. Keep up the great work!

I love those words NEW OEM!!!!!!

Looks great! Giving the car the car the love it deserves.

It's looking really good! Great to see a car get some TLC after being neglected!

All clean and refreshed like that makes it almost like a new car again. And let’s face it, where are you spending most of your time with your car? Gotta have that interior looking good

Mate I hate to be critical as I really enjoy what you do, but the is a reason they make steering wheel pullers and by doing what you did you can inadvertently damage the column. How so, well the mechanism that provides the ability to collapse relies on an inner and out sleeve for the steering shaft, this inner and outer sleeve are held in place by an engineered resin (or welds in older cars) that is designed to break under load in and accident, hammering and pulling in the steering wheel as you did can cause this resin (or weld in older cars) to fracture or possibly break. A fracture will mean the possibility of failure in the steering when the resin breaks. The type of failure is dependent on the how the column is designed but that the minimum in the inner and outer shafts become disconnected though a brakeage of the resin holding things together, you should expect something between a bit of play to a total failure i.e. wheel spins like an arcade game with no restriction at all. While the you may get away with wrenching on the wheel and/or using a hammer on new cars, over time the connection between resin holding it all in place will age with the stress of steering the car and this can cause a degradation of the join itself, meaning the likelihood of causing damage increases with the age of the car and it is the worst kind of damage, as you cannot see until it fails. Look, the likely hood that you did any damage is still low as the Magna will have a resin rather the welds and it holds up better to damage than the welds did in the past but still it’s better to be safe than sorry and invest in a puller for the next time you do this. Mainly I am commenting on this as I don't what other's to see this and think it is ok to start wrenching and hammering on a steering wheel with abandoned as they will cause damage and possibly affect the safe operation of their car.

Great work Sean - she's really coming alive!

Interior looks amazing. Seconding the other comments about getting a steering wheel puller. These make a world of difference.

looks mint! the steering wheels really finishes it off, this was the same with my BA XR6 Turbo, interior was mint but the wheel (factory chucky FPV wheel) was worn and peeling and it brought the whole interior down, after the re-trim the whole interior looked mint, the red wheel will really finish this off, but the silver still looks awesome!

Love the little throwback to Majoras Mask "15 minutes later" Hehe

Can i just say, i really appreciate that you did the "Wrist on the top of the steering wheel" @15:34 to check correct arm length to wheel... lol....Did you learn that from those old instructional videos on TV with that V8 Supercar driver??? That's where i remember it from!!

Amazing effort Sean. Great work with bringing this ignored classic back to almost new condition

Great result Sean. I owned a KE Verada a number of years ago so that interior is very familiar and brings back good memories. I’m sure you’ll be very happy with your purchase once you get it out on the road. They’re a great car.

Good work hope to see more of the Au an ba but the Magnas looking great

that wheel was a dealer accessory for the for the tl/tw range so you could get that in a base es if you wanted but it was standard on the tl/tw vrx limited edition which also got koni dampers enkei wheels from the Ralliart and black leather with vrx stitching

great success

Great job Sean, you have really transformed the Magna Ralliart from where it was. Good job with the steering wheel change and finding the new old stock parts.

When I changed the steering wheel on my AUXR8 many years ago I was fortunate enough to have a neighbour who loaned me a puller to get the old wheel off... made a world of difference. Other fun part with the AU was that you needed a special five point torx bit to remove the air bag. Luckily I was able to borrow one of those as well! Nice work with the Magna and hope the AU still getting some love as well

Sean it's great to see your hard, meticulous work coming to fruition as you bring this wonderful Magna back to mint condition!

Jeez it’s looking pretty lush now!

Excellent work on your journey to save this Magna! Can't wait to see what you do with the exterior!

I need ur patience!! Great job silver wheel looks great

That Android unit does look like a very neat fit. Also gives the car the good touch between the old and modern look in my opinion. Not stupidly over complicated like new cars today.

Stitched Leather hand brake lever installed in my GTVi was totally worth the effort too

That steering wheel swap brought back old memories. No matter the car, or the lack of power steering, you just had to have tiny sports steering wheel in the day.

You should look at a Evo VI TME gear knob, same style but red stitching to match. Still available as new old stock.

Good tip on the headliner. I was heading in the same direction as your Falcon DIY experience but might now partly outsource the job.

Looks good mate, coming along nicely!!

Looks fantastic mate

Fantastic! Great job. I love the silver steering wheel! Keep it - don't put the red one back on. Matches the silver centre part of the dash

Awesome work 👍

Excellent job mate

fantastic mate, thank you

I'm loving this build. One thing I'll recommend when it comes to airbags though: always put them facing up when you remove them from a car. Tht way, in the extremely unlikely event they go off, the bag will inflate harmlessly (if alarmingly) up into the air. If they're put face down and they go off it'll launch itself, and whatever happens to be on top of it, into the stratosphere. Also: best way to remove steering wheel if you don't have a steering wheel puller is a combination of the pulling you were doing and banging around the edges of it with your hands like you're playing an aggressive set of bongo drums. It rocks it just enough from side to side that it loosens off its seat and makes pulling it off so much easier.

How’s the jealous Mitsubishi yobbo going with all this?

Can't wait for the turbo install.

I have swapped Steering wheels heaps on Magnas. If it's stubborn just pull and push. pull one side and push the other. Swap sides and it usually comes right out.

What an awesome result. Great work.

Looking bloody good Sean, Coming along nicely 👍

G'day, good job on your videos mate. They are very intuitive and down to earth. Here's a little Easter egg I noticed with these Magnas, the square shape at the top of the cup holder holds a milk carton perfectly. As they are farmers union ice coffee crazy in SA. Kind regards James

Well done on the interior looks Fantastic!!!

Great you chose the Atoto! It’s a ripper of a radio. Now you could buy the DVR cam and the 720p reverse camera.👍

It's a $5,000 car now, brilliant job Shorno.

Great job 👏👍

Looks fantastic mate!

Keep going mate!

Looking Mint!

Outstanding! Following with great interest.

Amazing mate! Been really enjoying seeing you bring this car back to life. Keep up the great work.

that looks great man

Great Work, Good to see it coming together and looking good

Looks really professional - well done.

always good to see an update on the magna

Nice to see a car get some tlc, probably already mentioned but a couple of coats of Clear coat on top of the silver for the centre console would help with the wear n tear issue.

I used a harmonic balancer remover to remove the steering wheel on a VH Commodore decades ago. Also seen a mechanic unwind the centre nut to the end of the shaft, and gave the nut a tap with a hammer and the wheel dislodged easily

Well done on the interior transformation looks great.

Lookin sick mate well done

The interior came out great, I love it

The interior is looking fantastic! Next performance project is to maybe turbo/supercharge this? That would be an awesome unique project!

The lack part of cup holder should separate from the black bit. Some trim levels had a nice spring loaded cover over it (there's one on ebay currently) and the Verada also had a natty cover over the coin box. The cup holders were designed to fit Farmers Union iced coffee cartons.

Love seeing the Magna Ralliart progress! Keen for more, would love to see it in person one day if I’m ever lucky 🤩

That's come up looking really nice.

Well done Sean The old Magna looks absolutely amazing 👍👍

Looks fantastic sean

Looking great keep up the good work

The Stanley steering wheel puller at supercheap is worth its weight

Your VT Calais really deserves a spot in your intro 😢

Some cheap PPF on the painted interior parts will protect them from paint chipping and keep them looking great. You can get some clear vinyl stuff for pretty dang cheap these days.

Thanks for sharing Shaun 👍 😊 Great 👍 seeing you again working out there. Cheers from William Mount Gambier South Australia 🇦🇺

I used to do takata airbag recalls at the dealer I worked at because we used to do so many a day we never bothered to disconnect the battery, sometimes 10 a day. That gear knob looks like a 2012 Lancer gear knob

This video makes me want to put some more effort into my own TJ Magna. If looked after they are great cars that is for sure.

Nice work Shaun , the Magna has come up a treat! Looking forward to an in-depth video on the ATOTO unit, been eyeing one off for my Camry for a while!

G’day Sean, what a beautiful job you’ve done to this car, absolutely love it mate.

Looks great

Looking forward to the Atoto headunit video, easily the best car stereo maker

Thanks for showing me how to get the steering wheel off. I'll be doing mine very shortly as my wheel is completely degraded. I love watching this car come back to its former glory. Also, the cup holders are supposed to have little round carpets in them. Also, if you wanted to make it like it came from the factory, the same colour as the square has.

Nice. Love the head unit, it brings it up to date nicely. 😊

Awesome content. Everytime I see one of these on marketplace I take a look because of your videos 😂👏

Booted the commo yesterday fastest thing ive driven and burnt some rubber out of my grandparents street round the corner ecotec sounds gorgeous can't wait to hear the magna do the same and where i live theres also a guy with 4 magnas that he uses each day of the week apart from the old 94 model the rest are like urs and shaun keep it up mate an absolute legend to all that bother to watch u people are missing out

Good videos quite a few parts available on marketplace in Sydney

Holy Shit, that steering wheel was a real challenge 😲

Noiace job mate...😁👍

very tody mate, looks good. hot tip, you can whip up a quick and dirty steering wheel puller tool with a bi of flat bar and three bolts. therw are two threaded holesbin thoat wheel that you use to assist with removal. i did it for one of my cars ages ago and it only took abpit 20 mins to knock up.

Nice job Sean Nick Australia

Awesome job, can't wait to see it sorted out and re-painted. Very under-rated car imo