Red Dx......Back to the drawing board....again -_-

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It'll be staying white, just not sure what colour white, champ or polar again :? but i cant get it done until i weld all my sills and arches.

the car is nearly done now. i booked it in with a garage round the corner to finish off some things and check over it. had a few problems though, i broke one of my wheel studs and had to get it replaced but all the splines that hold the studs inplace had gone :? so had to get the garage to tack weld it on.

Then i took it for a drive............well, i got about 10feet and then the passenger side driveshaft popped out as the c clip had worked loose. :cry: so had to have that fixed, but the hub nut was cross threaded. eventually it came off and luckily the driveshaft was ok :) also found out i need a new drivers side wheel bearing :cry: i took it for another little drive down the alleyway my garage is on. and guess what.........nothing broke :D the engine's awesome- more power and less than half the miles of my old engine :D just a few things to finish off now. then i can enjoy it.....well until M.O.T time :lol:

Anyway :roll: pics actually pic my comp not downloading pics properly ill try again tomorrow

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and its the wrong pic :roll:
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BIG update.
The engine conversion is done and the car was running well until i played with the setting on the carbs :roll: so not running well now haha.
Fitted a Vtec front end...with a difference :wink: and fitted a rear upperstrut brace, i've got a jdm bumper thats half finished and a few other bits i cant remember. Also a massive thanks to Si for talking me through things on the phone, and also to Momin for the engine and helping me out aswell.

Now for the main thing all the engine brakes wiring loom etc are getting taken out of my GL......again and being fitted into a mint dx shell :D i like to keep busy haha. Shell arrived today so i thought it would be a good time for an update.

Anyway a few pics.....

i thought since i was doing this i should tidy up my garage first.

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Few pics of the new shell when it arrived.

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With the mahoosive bmw wheels removed and all jacked up.

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Went a tad mental with the waxoiling :lol:

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Sprayed a load of "clear" waxoil in the rear quarters, look abit like i went mental and sprayed a load mash potato all over :lol:

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And all packed away for the night :wink:

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Haha thanks,

Ill get some pics of the vt front up in abit aswel, its not completely rust free but near enough just needs a tad of rust patching up on back of the sills about 3" by 3"
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Good looking build

You are always welcome to tidy my garage :P
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Maybe if you get some more pics on your project thread :lol:
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walsh123 wrote:Maybe if you get some more pics on your project thread :lol:
Ok - Deal :D
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:lol: dont suppose you need any spare do you widow ?? as im gonna have tons of GL parts left over :)
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walsh123 wrote:Maybe if you get some more pics on your project thread :lol:
Just out of curiosity what do you want to see pictures of :wink:

I may need some parts, drop me a pm with what you may have
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Haha errr..... engine bay exterior etc everything :lol: and kl will do bud
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walsh123 wrote:Haha errr..... engine bay exterior etc everything :lol: and kl will do bud
Whats kl :?
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Means cool bud apologises text speak getting the better of me haha i pm'd you with list of parts :)
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Gotcha :P

Pm rcvd and thinking :wink:
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Ok bud let me know if you want anything, will be a while before its all off though :) will give you time to plan where to hide the parts so your wife doesnt see them :lol:
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I am pushing my luck as it is,

ill be in touch
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