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my 1st project,also my 1st car

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well not alot to say about my car yet apart from everythink is stock as far as i know off

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cant find any rust, so im quite pleased with that, couple of little dints and scratchs on it from the previous owner, so got a little work before i start buyin parts

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hope u like, ive got quick alot of things planned for it but im get annoyed by my dad with it so thing is goin to be slow
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basically ive got rid of the Honda and the GL sticker on the back and the honda sticker in the back window and added a red strip around the car

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So you are modding it then, fair play. What is the bodywork like close up, it looks very clean, is there any rust on it yet (disease)?
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from when i 1st brought it none but givin it a clean and wash (inc. underneath) ive found a little under the rear number plate, none around the arches but i might find some under the mud flaps, which im thinkin of takin off
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finally on the site... good luck mate, i tld you be patient and they will activate your account... :lol:
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I'm having such a good time..
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yep, so what u think of my car, now u can see all the pics
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Were did you get the red pinstripe from?
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Gizmo wrote:Were did you get the red pinstripe from?
from halfords, why do u like
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What size did you get?

I like, ive been after some for my EF2 for a while no, cant seem to find any
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it was on like a 10m roll and it had 4 differant sizes and i basically took the biggest and stuck it on, but it was a little to big so i had to trim it all the way round, it took me a good 3 hours to get it right

abit of advise need alot of patients, which i dont normally have a lot of lol
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Bugger that then, patience something i dont have, ill ring the printers and get some ordered :wink:
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its not the cutin that u need the patients for its the positionin of the sticker lol but i dont know whether theyll fall of after i wash the car next lol
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Post by EE9 CVC »

Looks clean, good job. The first thing I would do is to get a tail pipe trim or something to hide that horrible looking exhaust tip.
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yeah i know ive had no end of people tellin me to sort the exhaust but i want to get other things done to it before i touch the exhaust really

1 day it will be a 3" angled exhaust popin out, but until its gona be like it is
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in terms of modding m8 i recomend slamming her to the ground!
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