-beefy-

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lol thought some one may pick that up ,


k told me about it when i picked it up ,

asked me if it was an issue , personally i said no , as once its painted and theres a black intercooler behind it it would be difficult to spot ,


however , if its that big a deal im sure a strip of plastic could be profiled and bonded in ,


imo it not a major thing , but as you say attention to detail is the key ,

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

mark you bastard lol !!!




cars staying yb for the moment , if id of seen that two weeks ago there would of been a for sale post pmsl !!!

little bram

Is that all yous have done, think you need to get your finger out and get some work done






Ps looking well tho mate be good to see it painted

whizzisat114

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Grille look's sweet

well done lads

I think Id make the grille supports and bond them in as it may need bracing when that yb is pushing it through the air

WENNY

grill looks mint. would look better painted black on mine, but yours would suit the 3 bar better, im standing by that

CosworthGuy

I know the chap selling that lol. he only lives about 2 minutes from me. he's a corvette dealer . Good guy. exports loads of them to sweden

paprst

Grill has my approval now !!!

Top work guys !!

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

pmsl stand by it , sit by it , can even sleep by it if you like ,

but the grills staying put , and getting painted grey ,

ohh and its the only one hes doing !!



good to know fella



glad u like it buddy

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

been a good day today , kit primerd and a update from gaz


but photobucket playing up so will have to wait till tomorrow


beef

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

ok , yesterdays update .....today 25-6-2011


had a good day yeaterday ... few ups n downs but nothing thats a major drama


so we shall start with the kit .......


take 1 empty garage , 1 special k , and a huge box of materials and primers .....



1 fully sanded to bare plastic kit ...



plastic primer the lot



now a nice lil touch i think weve done ,

where the rear arches , front arches and valance rivit to the body , theres recesses in the s1 kit , these usually tend to be the areas that crack and break , so when repairing them we decided to fill them completely and smooth them off



and then as the kit will be using rivnuts and bolts , i found these funky little cap headed washers instead , bolt in it is simply for to show ya ,




should help spread the clamping force on the kit and look a little different ..

dingla rs turned up for a cuppa



k got suited and booted


spraying ....










so kits all primerd now , barring driver wing mirror cap and spoiler ,

few little niggles, as ive dug in in places when prepping the kit with the da , but k said not to worry ,and it will all be checked flatted , filled and spot primed

so big big thanks to k ,



shell...........


so gaz , sent me thru a load of pictures

cleaned out a few of the rivnut holes where the repairs have been done





and bagged up !!




looking rather clean lol





and primerd !!!









so big thanks to gaz aswell lol ....



and to top yesterday off lol , went to bed a 12 pm to br promptly woke up by anne marie to tell he her waters just broke ..... so ran round like a headless chicken , got to the hozzy , sat in and was assesed for two fucking hours to be told to come home and give it 24 hrs lol

so least my baby waited till i got the primer work out the way !!!

so.....by the end of the weeked i should be a dad lol ,

beef

dingla rs

iTrader: (2)

coulda took a pic my better side looking good pal and thanks for the cupa, nice catch up with you both ,ps sort that number for me next time you see spesh

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

lol thought that was your best side


will do bud !

cossiedevil

looking nice beef can't wait to see it painted

BRAMMER

iTrader: (23)

Gonna look awesome, what wheels will it have on Beef??

CosworthGuy

slightly off topic. Anyone else thing Dingla bears a resemblence to roman abromavich from chelski

dingla



Lol

Cragrat

iTrader: (4)

looking good there old chap

good to hear wee beef is in the fire up lane now

nugnah

good luck to you, your missus and the soon to be here bab

jas

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Good work all round

marky_g

gettin there beef!

COCHYN

Almost there Beef

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

in two minds atm fella, would of loved bbs " ch" style rims

but seen a set of 17s similar to yours , 8.5 fronts 10 j rears on ebay ,


pmsl bet he wishes he had his fucking money lol


yeah , just trying to get him to stage now !!


cheers jas , hope the fam well mate

ta fella

ta boys ,

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

fao , chris " brammer "

considering these , 17 in 5x112 8.5 fronts , 10 j rears





or

bbs ch style in similar sizes ..







beef

cutch

iTrader: (1)

ooooo looking good mate, tell anne marie Cheryl and me say hi and good luck!

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

will do steven


should be in the wee hours this morning !!

BRAMMER

iTrader: (23)

Beef the tops ones are good value for money - are you set up to take 10" on the rear? would be an interesting look if they'd go on.

I like the CH style too as they have a bit of class about them, i'd considered them for my Golf but settled with 18" BBS RC

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

Car looks great Beef and good luck to you all for the arrival of baby beef

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

this is the thing , we tubbed the rear by 3 inch and with it being linked it can be put anywhere withing the realms of the rear turret and as we set the rear turrets at a angle it gives us added clearace to the top of the inside of the wheel

ohh and it swallowed warrens 9j inside the inner arch lip ,

myself ive never liked the look of the wheel tucked way inside the arch and would rather run them to the face of the kit ,

but before i spend any of my hard earned theres going to be a bit of mocking up done to see if they will fit ,


as said can get the ch's in 8j front 9j rear , off the shelf and really like the look of them would of been nice to go 18s but i reckon id have to shave the arches and after the effort put into them id rather drop to 17s


however i still have my 18x 8.5 j raceline rl7 upstairs to offer in

but i think for handling im going to run 17s ,

and havent seen anyone running bbs ch's on a s1 or any rst for that matter ?? the top ones are becoming like mo's on three doors lol




will deffo be 9+ in the back

5tox

car is gonna be amazing, keep up the good work

Gav Diamond

iTrader: (6)

Looking great beef and can't be much longer till parenthood

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

its now 9 50 pm gav ,


shes got 6 hours or there going to start her off


got my copy of fast ford , retro ford and practical sportsbike in the maternity bag so im all sorted for the long night ahead !!

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

Dont forget your tissues beefy you'll be crying like a baby when that little parmo eating ball of joy enters this world

Richie.

iTrader: (5)

Looking good Beef

Karl and Gaz doing it proud

DazS1Turbo

Ch's would be phenomenal on this car, I Belive there's some very well priced copy's kicking about worth a look with a little one on the way your ŁŁŁŁ are going to take a hit!

Awsome project been following it since the start

Good luck with the birth!

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

aye fella , excited now got to admit !!



couldnt say it better meself sailor boy

cant really take any of the credit for the car at the moment apart from owning it pmsl


but it really is a great feeling to know that even tho my life is super stressful at the moment and feel like i not got a min to meself ive got mates like k and gaz always there to help and reassure me ect



couldnt honestly ask for a better friend that karl !!!

can be a git sometimes ( like when he checked what a dynafile would do to flesh........... on my fucking arm !!)

but either way , a best mate !!!!

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

aye fella, replica ch's would ov been used anyway , weight not an issue with me in the car lol

iirc around the 480 mark 8k fronts 9j rears

COLEYST200

iTrader: (3)

Looking good Beef and good look with the baby i do hope all gose well

DazS1Turbo

Sounds like a plan

Should you not be "nesting" or flapping about man style?

When I went through labour I was all over the place cleaning the house, car, shed you name it it got cleaned, was a blithering wreck!

Soon changes I wasit High fiving postmen and strangers on the walk home from the maternity ward

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

thanks ian


missus just resting atm think were going to have to have them start her at this rate lol

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

lol moi ????

cool as a cucumber mate






sat here fucking bricking it !!! - dont know wether im coming or going ,

you ask anyone who knows me im super paranoid about the bab , worrying about the little things ect ,


but i guess thats part n parcel of being a dad lol


saying that with what u wrote , i did get the car valeted today and had a haircut lol





so anne marie being the angel she is just tells me to play on pf and stop worrying lol

-beefy-

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holy shit !!!! thread just broke 260 000 views




forgot to mention , my custom pro alloy tanks are now all paid up and should be dispatched next week