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Old 18-10-2005 | 07:16 AM
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doin soo well mate, fancy doing mine? , i should really be doing some on mine but ive been told im not allowed
dont be daft theres times i cant be arsed to do my own

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started chopping up my 2wd intercoolers last night, so im not that lazy hopefully get the end caps made tonight and then all thats required is a bit of ally welding
Nice to see Nissan helping to produce a decent car for a change
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Old 18-10-2005 | 04:34 PM
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ssbnreso never mind mate, it pays the bills theres a few lads on here from nissan like
Old 18-10-2005 | 04:44 PM
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just bought one of these to tidy the back of the car up a bit once its been painted

Old 19-10-2005 | 09:32 PM
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Great progress mate, looking forward to seeing her all up and painted
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cheers Nick, just bought a set of drilled and grooved 2wd cossie front discs, once they arrive i can get on with modifying the calipers to fit the hubs, then the front brakes are sorted
Old 20-10-2005 | 08:52 AM
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS




Keep the good work up Ben
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badge looks kool!
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the S1 turbo cloks ive just bought from rswoza turned up today

thinking about buying a set of white dials for them like this



what you think?

also gonna mod them to hold my ACT guage like this

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forgot to add that this zetec exhaust manifold flange turned up today aswell



so when i get round to it i can begin making my tubular exhaust manifold
Old 20-10-2005 | 04:16 PM
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Looking good Ben


I'll be having a word with you when im home next about a manifold
Old 20-10-2005 | 04:24 PM
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Ben,

You need your clocks like this mate





So its progressing nicely
Old 20-10-2005 | 05:47 PM
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very similar to mine Gary

cut the hole out for the ACT guage this afternoon and mounted it



no worries Rad, speak to ya then
Old 20-10-2005 | 06:29 PM
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commin alone nicey matey, like where ur put ur atc gauge

where did u get the gauge from mate??? im after 1
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rich p xr2t it was about 20 quid from courtenay the vauxhall tuning company
Old 20-10-2005 | 06:35 PM
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cheers matey
Old 21-10-2005 | 09:04 AM
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coming along very nice mate when u painting the car then? how its resto coming?
Old 21-10-2005 | 09:25 AM
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nice work just been lookin through the thread u puting a new front pannel on it? i see ya got a rear pannel
Old 21-10-2005 | 06:05 PM
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danxr3i not sure on a date for painting, all i can say is as soon as shell is ready for that

N1C4T3N yeah i will be sticking a new front panel on, may as well for the little work involved in doing so
Old 21-10-2005 | 06:15 PM
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just done a photoshop damn this boy got skills



think a set of MO's would look awesome
Old 21-10-2005 | 07:21 PM
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give us the pics mate and ill have a crack.
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its looking great keep up the good work
Old 23-10-2005 | 04:20 PM
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Moondust_crust cheers for the offer but Freddy_mercury_magic has done these pics for me, cheers Radder's

normal colour


anthracite


black


i like the anthracite the most, looks hardcore
Old 23-10-2005 | 04:22 PM
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No problem Ben

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looking good, whens the update?
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those rims look the nutz on there
Old 23-10-2005 | 07:17 PM
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when it stops raining so i can get some graft done
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anthracite the dogs Ben you gotta go with this color imo
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Originally Posted by andyt
anthracite the dogs Ben you gotta go with this color imo
was just about to say the same mate . i agree also
Old 24-10-2005 | 07:08 PM
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anthracite the dogs Ben you gotta go with this color imo
was just about to say the same mate . i agree also
well that makes 3 of us will be anthracite standard wheels for now tho.
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Nice to see the north easterners on here

Keep up the good work mate, well done
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Originally Posted by Rs Rosco
Nice to see the north easterners on here

Keep up the good work mate, well done
theyres quite a few of us on here mate
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and Cumbrian`s
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i dont mean to be a party pooper but i quite like the silver ones although the choice of wheel is mint idea
Old 24-10-2005 | 11:59 PM
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ah aye... and them aswell andy

fair comment dan each to their own
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Originally Posted by Red16
very similar to mine Gary

cut the hole out for the ACT guage this afternoon and mounted it



no worries Rad, speak to ya then
Whats the 2 little lights by the 70mph on the speedo?
Old 25-10-2005 | 11:17 PM
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BillyCabrio im not sure, ive been told they light up to warn you of certain fueling conditions lean/rich or something, not sure if this is correct tho i wont have these as im using Series 1 Turbo Clocks i just modified my old clock surround for the ACT guage in case i fucked it up
Old 25-10-2005 | 11:25 PM
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Ahhhhh kewl.

I tried mounting my ACT gauge in the instument cluster, but i didn't want to butcher mine pmsl.

Managed to fit in the dash, in an ideal spot (well to me it is)


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