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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2450 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 02:51:22 »
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That's ****in' awesome.  :D  You ditched the headlight tape?

Yeahhhh, thought it would help with the lack of light coming through onto the road, but it didnt :)) But I kinda like them like this.

Getting him back from the garage this morning, more pictures incoming...
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« Reply #2451 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 03:19:59 »
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2452 on: Sat, 23 July 2016, 16:59:35 »
Changing rear pads & rotors


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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2453 on: Sun, 24 July 2016, 18:11:11 »
I thought you had a lift for a minute. Was gonna say wow somebody is fancy.
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2454 on: Sun, 24 July 2016, 19:58:42 »
I thought you had a lift for a minute. Was gonna say wow somebody is fancy.

Nah, no lifts for me... not yet ;)

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2455 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 09:45:13 »
So, here's an album of my pictures from the weekend. - > http://imgur.com/a/fx4Q3

Some of my favourite cars/images:

This squareback only turned up for like an hour, but it was awesome. On air too  :eek:



Nice Golf Country and a Caddy with a cover on the back



The interior from my friend Jack's Mk2



Golf Syncro (with standard 4wd system) doing foglights right



The bus and the Golf turned up together, the Nismo 370z was turning up for a blast round the track



And this Golf was probably my favourite of the whole weekend



Photo of mine all loaded up



And with friends :D

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2456 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:01:55 »


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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2457 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:09:52 »
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What did you have done to it?

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2458 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:14:45 »
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What did you have done to it?

Bumper/grill/headlight got replaced from accident.
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2459 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:17:17 »
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What did you have done to it?

Bumper/grill/headlight got replaced from accident.

Ahh, hope everyone's alright... mostly talking about the car ;)

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« Reply #2460 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:27:44 »
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« Reply #2461 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:34:11 »
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What did you have done to it?

Bumper/grill/headlight got replaced from accident.

Ahh, hope everyone's alright... mostly talking about the car ;)

Everything is Gucci. God I missed my car :(. **** that rental.

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2462 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:42:54 »
God I missed my car :(. **** that rental.

I hate rentals, they're only good for drinking and driving..

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2463 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 23:45:36 »


tho o.o
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« Reply #2464 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 00:08:14 »
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tho o.o

can't even lie that's a nice body kit
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2466 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 18:57:48 »
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tho o.o

I really like that there's a subtle amount of camber.

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2467 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 19:34:48 »
it's so tastefully done. and i hate accords.



only honda i want in my life >.<
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« Reply #2468 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 19:40:16 »
it's so tastefully done. and i hate accords.

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only honda i want in my life >.<

But.. but.. the NSX


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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2469 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 19:46:28 »
i mean you aint wrong
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2470 on: Tue, 26 July 2016, 21:04:36 »
NSX would definitely be the correct answer to "the only Honda I want in my life..."

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Re: Car Thread
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« Reply #2472 on: Wed, 27 July 2016, 10:56:18 »
NSX would definitely be the correct answer to "the only Honda I want in my life..."

I mean, I pretty much have an NSX already. 2000 Civic CX? Close enough.

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« Reply #2473 on: Wed, 27 July 2016, 11:37:37 »
NSX would definitely be the correct answer to "the only Honda I want in my life..."

I mean, I pretty much have an NSX already. 2000 Civic CX? Close enough.

NSX != Civic CX

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2474 on: Wed, 27 July 2016, 19:01:36 »
Pennzoil Airlift Drift.....

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« Reply #2475 on: Wed, 27 July 2016, 19:15:12 »
Pennzoil Airlift Drift.....

That's pretty awesome! Car's the right color too ;)

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2477 on: Thu, 04 August 2016, 07:19:38 »
So I talked myself out of buying that car. Booked the flights to America instead :D

Spent Saturday/Sunday in Manchester. Sunday was my second show of the year, FittedUK. My favourite cars of the weekend were:

This beautiful old Audi (i'm a sucker for a roof rack)



An insanely lowered Lotus



The ultimate in "**** you" car projects, a Polo with 14J - YES, FOURTEEN INCH WIDE - wheels at the rear. There is a picture from the weekend of a child sat in the wheel.



Imgur is being stupid so I have no idea which pictures i have uploaded and which ones I haven't, but i'm getting there slowly...

THESE WHEELS THO



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« Reply #2478 on: Fri, 05 August 2016, 22:32:53 »
So I talked myself out of buying that car. Booked the flights to America instead :D

Spent Saturday/Sunday in Manchester. Sunday was my second show of the year, FittedUK. My favourite cars of the weekend were:

This beautiful old Audi (i'm a sucker for a roof rack)

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An insanely lowered Lotus

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The ultimate in "**** you" car projects, a Polo with 14J - YES, FOURTEEN INCH WIDE - wheels at the rear. There is a picture from the weekend of a child sat in the wheel.

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Imgur is being stupid so I have no idea which pictures i have uploaded and which ones I haven't, but i'm getting there slowly...

THESE WHEELS THO

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Album is here -> http://imgur.com/a/XwuxD
Oh wow.  That Lotus is so awesome on so many levels.  The fact that he used era wheels in the build is just a killer touch. 

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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2479 on: Sun, 07 August 2016, 21:46:38 »
This beautiful old Audi (i'm a sucker for a roof rack)

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****inay, I'll take that Audi any day!

Scratch that, I'm taking the white 280Z =D
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« Reply #2480 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 07:00:40 »
This beautiful old Audi (i'm a sucker for a roof rack)

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****inay, I'll take that Audi any day!

Scratch that, I'm taking the white 280Z =D

Chyeah, dat datsun son
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2481 on: Tue, 09 August 2016, 02:43:21 »
Too poor to own my car

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« Reply #2482 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:14:16 »
This beautiful old Audi (i'm a sucker for a roof rack)

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****inay, I'll take that Audi any day!

Scratch that, I'm taking the white 280Z =D

Chyeah, dat datsun son

One of my all time favorite cars! I'll have one eventually  :cool:

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« Reply #2483 on: Fri, 19 August 2016, 13:37:27 »
I decided this morning was a good time to declare all my modifications to my insurers the morning I was meant to drive down to London.

My insurance quote went from 950 a year to over 3000. So I told them to shove it then I had to wait until 9am for another place to open to get a quote from them... Which at 1200 isn't too bad.
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« Reply #2485 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 05:38:21 »
Just sold a BMW 318i for an Audi A6 2L. Hrnnggg such comfort got it for a steal off a neighbor about 3K below its value
   
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« Reply #2486 on: Sat, 03 September 2016, 00:45:27 »
Everybody is going to car shows this weekend and I'm sat here at work like  :'(
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« Reply #2487 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 15:55:08 »
Here's my 2013 MCS. Most fun car I've had even though its not the fastest car out there.


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« Reply #2488 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 16:33:04 »
So in the past I have berated myself for being bad with money. I keep spending money on keyboards, car parts, and general crap. But this weekend I have decided that no more shall I waste money on crap for the car.

Instead, my shopping list has been finalised. Now I have a Lightsaver pretty much in my possession, I have no need for anything else keyboard related. Therefore, I am looking at about £15,000 worth of stuff I want to do to the car. LMAO. It sounds like a lot when you put it like that.

My ideas about the wheels have taken a turn. Initially I wanted to go copper plating. Then that was too expensive, and I decided I would go with powder coating instead. Now, I am looking at something like this:



(Don't worry, they won't be blue)

My wheels will be cut down, and turned from one piece cast 15" wheels to three piece 17" wheels. This is achieved by adding a one inch lip all the way round the face, which I think is the minimum you can do with wheels like these. 17" wheels work on a Golf, but I think that's the biggest you can go without looking stupid, bearing in mind the stock wheels were 13s... I've been quoted for around 2000 euros, which is about £1700.

I am going back to the copper plating idea and the faces will be done, which brings the price down on the original quote I was given. Part of me wants to put a dish on them, but with the offset I have at the moment, I don't know if that is possible. With another part of the plan I think I may have to roll the arches a bit for some wider front wheels... The price I had on full wheel plating was £300 per wheel. I imagine this would halve because the £1700 above includes a refurb, which the £300 included before. So we are looking at maybe £400-500 for the faces plated. I reckon.

Next up I am toying with either the engine swap or putting it on air (inb4 bags are for ***s). I think if I put a new engine in it before I uprate the suspension, I would have to uprate the coilovers, which I think is a waste of money. So I reckon I need to put it on air first. A full air install with custom hardlines, remote control, four corner control, is about £5,000 from these guys: http://www.onlychargeddubs.co.uk/air-ride-installs/

How fricking beautiful are those setups at the bottom? Amazing. At this point I'm going to have to have a beater to drive around in. A mk4 tdi or a Passat or something. Practical, efficient, but not quite boring. I can't be using something on air for a daily driver  :)) Imagine a black tank, copper hard pipes, black compressors, on copper splits. It would be amazing.

Finally, comes the engine swap. A friend who lives in my city can supply and fit a 3.0l TDi from an Audi A5 for £8,000. I believe this includes transmission as well, however the A5 is a Quattro, so I do not know how that is going to work... Might need to be this  first and air ride second hahaha. On top of this I'm going to need a custom exhaust, up-rated brakes, and yeah, those thick tyres. The 3.0l starts at 237hp and 369 lb-ft of torque, but I reckon that could be pushed to just shy of about 400bhp with some magic...

This on top of the seats which I haven't got a quote for right now. But I am waiting on finding a pair of front seats and we are good to go for the re-upholstery. The rear bench needs to be altered slightly to fit into my car, and whatever front seats I get will probably need some alterations too, but there we go.

It's all dreams. But we can all dream can't we?
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« Reply #2489 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 17:51:59 »
It's all dreams. But we can all dream can't we?
Absolutely.

My dream at the minute is a 2017 Mini Cooper S... I can afford one soon, but it's hard to think that I'll be able to get what is essentially my dream car. I've even been to a dealership (by accident) and specced it - I know everything I need to know when I get it. I keep saying it's when, not if. Because it is, because I will.

It's probably pretty stupid to be buying new, as my parents never bought a new car, never mind something so recent. But that's probably why, it's almost a fantasy to me. I know exactly which options I want, and which additional "accessories" I'll have. I've probably been obsessing way too hard over them, but I'm absolutely in love with them.

Hopefully early next year I'll be able to put my order in; lets just hope my financial position doesn't change.

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« Reply #2490 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 18:05:12 »
Bro, I always spec up cars online. Audi A7s, RS7, VW Touregs, loads of ****.

Brand new cars are silly for a number of reasons, but great for the freedom they give you and how easy it is to get a hold of one. And even free insurance on some is just awesome.

I also haven't factored in doing a full chassis restore and bodywork and everything like that. That will probably have to be the point it comes off the road and goes into a shop for a good few months.
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« Reply #2491 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 18:20:19 »
Brand new cars are really good - I get exactly what I want. And the rest is pretty much downhill.

I haven't found a pre-owned car with even a few of the "essentials" for me - the color, the leatherette seats, the JCW spoiler... I have 6/7 mandatory things, and this means I will never find a pre-owned one.

I forgot about insurance - it's £3k for the first year :( Mini wouldn't even offer me a payment plan, never mind insurance for a 18 year olds first car...

The idea behind all of it is just ****ing silly, apart from the motivation it's giving me.

I can dream.

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« Reply #2492 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 21:01:30 »
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Dude, those wheels look awesome! Especially in the blue, despite the fact that you don't like the color ;)

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« Reply #2493 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 21:38:51 »
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Dude, those wheels look awesome! Especially in the blue, despite the fact that you don't like the color ;)

Shiny copper is going to be so good man.
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« Reply #2494 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 21:58:29 »
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Dude, those wheels look awesome! Especially in the blue, despite the fact that you don't like the color ;)

Shiny copper is going to be so good man.

If it's real copper, just be careful because it WILL tarnish quickly.

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« Reply #2495 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 22:57:44 »
Yeah. That's why I initially decided to go towards powder coating, so I could use the wheels more than just for shows. But I thought, if i'm going to drop £1700 on splitting them, I might as well go for real copper.

I thought, with all copper wheels, barrels, rim and face, it would be too much effort polishing and cleaning after every use. But I think just the face will be alright. I would just have to unbolt the faces and clean them each time which would be alright I think.
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« Reply #2496 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 23:03:09 »
Yeah. That's why I initially decided to go towards powder coating, so I could use the wheels more than just for shows. But I thought, if i'm going to drop £1700 on splitting them, I might as well go for real copper.

I thought, with all copper wheels, barrels, rim and face, it would be too much effort polishing and cleaning after every use. But I think just the face will be alright. I would just have to unbolt the faces and clean them each time which would be alright I think.

Yea, I don't think that would be too bad. And plus, the added contrast should look nice.

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« Reply #2497 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 17:22:33 »
This feels kinda necroy, but I finally get to post in here with my car. Decided to go to some nice roads today and take a couple of pictures of my new car.







I'm in love with the shape of this car. Might just be me, but the front looks kinda aggressive, and the rear is just proportioned really well. The alloys need to go through, they look pretty lame. I wish the exhaust looked a bit better too, but not sure I can do much about that :'(. Tempted to take the Polo/1.4 badges off too, but I'll have to think about that further.

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« Reply #2498 on: Fri, 23 December 2016, 13:04:52 »
Enjoy it! They're awesome cars.
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Re: Car Thread
« Reply #2499 on: Fri, 23 December 2016, 18:08:45 »
This feels kinda necroy, but I finally get to post in here with my car. Decided to go to some nice roads today and take a couple of pictures of my new car.

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I'm in love with the shape of this car. Might just be me, but the front looks kinda aggressive, and the rear is just proportioned really well. The alloys need to go through, they look pretty lame. I wish the exhaust looked a bit better too, but not sure I can do much about that :'(. Tempted to take the Polo/1.4 badges off too, but I'll have to think about that further.

Praise the lord someone revived this thread.

I really like that shape of Polo. I'm glad you like it! I think you are right about the alloys, are they 14s? I think you maybe need something slightly bigger...

I wouldn't Take the badges off if it were me, just be proud of what you are driving! :D

So I had an accident and I couldn't afford to take it to the body shop. I also didn't want it to rust so I thought I would do a bit of DIY bodywork...



First of all I sanded the affected areas with 500 grit. The scrape on the arch was already rusted after just a few days exposure to the elements.



Next up, 1000 grit



Then I used etch primer (white was the only colour I had) to prepare the area for painting.



I am so ****ing terrible with a spray can I can't begin to tell you. The spread of the paint on here is just because I am not accurate at all. It's really thick in places and it looks pretty terrible. But at least it won't rust.



(Yes I got the tyre too, its ****ing awful  :)) )
« Last Edit: Fri, 23 December 2016, 18:19:10 by katushkin »
Can we get them to build the Alps ten feet higher and get Cherry to pay for it?
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