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Thepowerofdiesel - Project 165

Discussion in 'Your 4th Gen beauty' started by Thepowerofdiesel, Dec 31, 2011.

  1. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    This is fucking amazing :drool
     
  2. sillyca

    sillyca Well-Known Member Donated!

    sweet man its looking the absolute goods. wished we had fours over here
     
  3. JoeJack88

    JoeJack88 Well-Known Member Super Moderator Donated!

    absolutely amazing man!! Great job!
     
  4. MattC

    MattC Well-Known Member Donated!

    Do we have a "Ride of the Year" award? 'Cause this is it.

    In what, 12 months? you've gone from this rusty thing

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    ...to this

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    Un.Fucking.Believable.

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  5. thesherv

    thesherv Well-Known Member Donated!

    it is an awesome transformation,this car.
     
  6. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    How bizarre............. Only this morning I was thinking of you and your project and was about to send you a pm for an update and WHALLA, here you are.

    Plenty to see obviously and I will get back to it all later but obviously the other lads are impressed.

    How's that 'monster' tractor going ??
     
  7. Rick89GTS

    Rick89GTS Well-Known Member Moderator Donated!

    I am such a whore; I can't get enough of this thread. Fine job sir, much kudos.
     
  8. eNtraxGT88

    eNtraxGT88 Well-Known Member Donated!

    if there is a ride of the year, this is certainly my vote
     
  9. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    I know someone who's looking for one so choose your poison, male or female........... OOPS, sorry folks, wrong site :mrgreen
     
  10. Rick89GTS

    Rick89GTS Well-Known Member Moderator Donated!

    ^LOL:lol
     
  11. Thepowerofdiesel

    Thepowerofdiesel Well-Known Member Donated!

    Nearly road legal no, just a couple things left to do. One of them was the wheels so ive found myself some different ones, got them test fitted today think I may need to space the backs a little. They need a refurb mind but unsure of what colour to go for. Also bought myself a digital dash seen as my temperature gauge im the dash is no longer with us. Well till I decide what to do to rectify.


    Apart from all this I need to get down to the MOT station..... which is provisionally booked in for Friday

    Pictures as always, I know you love them so.


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  12. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    really what a cool car !

    You know what would finish it off? Spray the doorhandles, it makes a HUGE difference. And use white turn signals in your fender, makes the car 10 years younger.
     
  13. Stig

    Stig ST162 Guru Donated!

    I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself

    Is the oil cooler a modded ST185 part? How did you get the window trims on?, I see a lot of broken trim clips as usual
     
  14. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Those wheels look fine but maybe 'gunmetal' grey (that might be too much grey ?) and I like that digital gauge and checked out Acewell for more info.
    However....... I did notice the discrepancy between the analogue and digital RPM at idle ?

    Member Aaron is building a fairly comprehensive gauge at the minute.

    Would your car look better with yellow fog lights I don't know ?
     
  15. scottjackson1209

    scottjackson1209 Well-Known Member Donated!

    Awesome work man!! I say go white on the wheels, it may be extreme but i think it would look awesome!!
     
  16. thesherv

    thesherv Well-Known Member Donated!

    strange how after all the major work that was needed a year ago or so,we're now discussing little touches like door handle colours :biggrin

    Not going to keep banging on about your achievement Ian,you know this already so lets see.....hmmmm actually door handle coordination in contrast with the bodykit etc isnt a bad shout y'know....yellow fogs for the JDM kinda look but i think the current look keeps it clean...slightly darker wheels ,like a bronze tint,with bodycoloured calipers may be a good look
     
  17. spiedr0722

    spiedr0722 Well-Known Member Donated!

    Any updates? Also what paint did you use to paint your grill?
     
  18. Thepowerofdiesel

    Thepowerofdiesel Well-Known Member Donated!


    As it happens there is a bit of an update. Tomorrow will be the maiden voyage :D She is finally Insured, Taxed and passed the MOT. Fingers crossed all will go well.

    Taken long enough hasnt it!

    The Paint was just black Acrylic 2 pac paint, its a shame the grill had be painted before as its not as good as I want and was nigh on impossible to smooth out being plastic, so im on the look out for a replacement at some point.
     
  19. spiedr0722

    spiedr0722 Well-Known Member Donated!

    :fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:fingersx:thumbsup:
     
  20. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    nice one, make a vid !
     

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