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Cars by Model Type => 2nd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: colin5524 on May 13, 2007, 11:05:55 PM

Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 13, 2007, 11:05:55 PM
Well order some discs and full bush kit for my rx today, going to get it back on the road this year and after a bit of insperation from the fc in rx7club going to build an engine to go into her for the winter, will keep you posted.
Oh and if anybody knows of a 13b engine for sale gives a chout at colinpimp@yahoo.co.uk :WaveBye
Title: Colins Project
Post by: Brett on May 14, 2007, 12:37:22 PM
What sort of 13B are you after?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 14, 2007, 02:32:14 PM
fc or fd, had offer of an fc with no damage for £200 which seems ok
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 21, 2007, 11:52:33 PM
Got a spare engine coming so had the car running today took some photos before restoration begins
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 21, 2007, 11:56:07 PM
Well underneath is better than i thought as the car has ben off the road for over a year so willl give it a good clean and underseal the whole shabang!
The exhaust i made myself using marine grade stainless and tig welded
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 22, 2007, 12:06:59 AM
Note rope from towing in previous pic:o
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Exhaust flanges were a bit gash as made with a grinder will be replacing with better shaped ones with a plasma cutter does the job though. Will update and take plenty of pics as i go :Tongue1
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 27, 2007, 05:11:05 PM
New engine arrived note intercooler differences from the same year of car
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 28, 2007, 08:41:34 PM
Full bush kit arrived today going to strip suspension, then get wheels and callipers powder coated
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on May 28, 2007, 09:51:30 PM
oohhh where did you get the bushing kit and how many pennies was it ?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: Brett on May 29, 2007, 08:45:43 AM
The IC thats says TurboII is a UK one, the IC that says Rotary with intercooler is JDM :)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on May 29, 2007, 06:08:20 PM
Thought so any differences in engines at all i wouldn\'t think it going to compression test it and add goodies while i run the car thrn over winter the big renovation will happen, as for the bush kit it came from ebay $250 including shipping:D
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 02, 2007, 08:43:53 PM
Nothing to exciting yet, removed wheels for powder coating and callipers,wheels going white callipers going green, will take pictures as i do the bush kit.After this i will be mot\'ing the car and concentrating on building up the other engine ive removed the turbo manifold so will  be fabing up the manifold for the GT42:mmmm. I can get a gp sports bodykit bought and delivered for £450 of austrlian flebay which i thought was quite decent.
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 02, 2007, 08:46:20 PM
As you can see alot of cleaning up to be done and i will be painting up the wishbones etc and giving the car a good coat of waxoyl, is kinda sickining as when i got the car it was mint underneath, but still most of it is surface rust, oh yeah can you guess which tyre was on the rear;)
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Hover car
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: RotorHeid on June 02, 2007, 09:02:27 PM
Very brave having the  bricks under the car ( H&S)!!:eek  
My advice, get a proper  4 axle stands before working on your Rx.
Keep up with you good work!:Viking
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 10, 2007, 06:32:04 PM
New brakes arrived yesterday shiny!
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on June 10, 2007, 07:44:49 PM
love the discs - where are they from ?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 10, 2007, 10:39:16 PM
good old ebay from america company called trinet motorsport £183 for all 4 including postage
Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on June 11, 2007, 09:46:04 AM
thats not tooo bad is it :D
Title: Colins Project
Post by: Dominic on June 11, 2007, 12:39:30 PM
Many Rex\'s in the Shetland Isles then?

Nice looking car. The wheels really suit and will look cool painted. Looks like you\'ve got a nice garage too and all the tools to do a good job. Good luck, and ENJOY :Thumbs-up

Always been a fan of the FB Rx7 and earlier Mazdas but the FC grows on me the more I look. Think its the toughest looking of the Rx7\'s.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 11, 2007, 04:37:48 PM
Yip i agree they do look aggressive especially when there lowered a little, although i do love the fd\'s. Garage is almost finished i dont actually have any tiles on the roof yet.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 13, 2007, 11:00:34 PM
starting to fab up manifold for the gt43 turbo, welded 2 plates together with a v-butt weld ,used a piece of paper and my oily thumb to make a template from old manifol(old engineering trick)  i then centre punched around the shapes, this wil then be cut out with the plasma cutter and machined up on the mill.
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 13, 2007, 11:01:42 PM
coated the stell in engineers blue for marking also
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And this is the baby its going to ;)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: Dominic on June 13, 2007, 11:40:18 PM
What MIG welder r u using? Been looking into getting a low amp Clarke MIG welder for some bodywork I\'ll be doing. Need something with a good low end for thin sheet stuff, but would be good to be able to handle thicker material too.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 14, 2007, 09:09:46 AM
using stick and tig welding but any welder going to around 120-130amps
Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on June 14, 2007, 10:08:12 AM
its nice to see someone doing their own stuff to the car

keep the pics coming :D
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 21, 2007, 05:02:04 PM
Manifold ready for pipe work now, rough cut holes then  welded up short bits of pipe, just needs cleaned up. Dont suppose anybody nows what clearance there is from side of engine to wing do they:Tongue1
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ohh its getting close :3gears-rh
Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on June 21, 2007, 05:05:15 PM
looking good - im confused at what that part is though - it says its the manifold for the GT43 - so where does the turbo go in relation to that part you have made - or am i missing the point somewhat ?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: Brett on June 21, 2007, 05:07:21 PM
I assume the pipes will now be joined with a flange on the end :)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 21, 2007, 08:44:21 PM
Yip oh its a garrett gt42 typo error!, this is the two outlets from the engine these two will be joined onto a flange which fits the turbo, there will also be a pipe coming of for the wastegate.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 25, 2007, 10:20:09 AM
So a little more progress made on the turbo front this was a little tricky as its a divided turbo so didnt have appropriate tools and had to manually shape the pipe which wasn\'t pretty but will do the job
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Then weldde 2 pipes together after shaping them to fit the flange
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Ready for welding
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 25, 2007, 10:21:16 AM
welding parts together
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old and new!
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 25, 2007, 10:23:37 AM
Just needed to measure room and where turbo will sit before i weld on the bends, also went and saw wheels which have been powder coated white, awaiting green powder coat for callipers so progress is steady at the moment.
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;)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 27, 2007, 09:40:47 PM
New discs on today hopefully get callipers soon, are the hubs normally made of aluminum?
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 27, 2007, 09:41:46 PM
Original and new, i personally like the new better
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on July 05, 2007, 10:39:52 AM
Just a little comparison with the old turbo and the new one;)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on July 30, 2007, 10:18:30 PM
So a little bit more progress manifold in place tacked up ready for welding
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SLowly but surley getting there!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on August 20, 2007, 09:30:41 PM
Couple of vids at idle and reving through homemade 3" turbo back exhaust
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: paul3944 on August 20, 2007, 09:45:47 PM
Hi,

A very interesting thread :Thumbs-up
Have you managed to shift most of the rust from the underside as the weather dont look that nice in the vids ;)

Paul
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on August 20, 2007, 10:05:57 PM
Ah shetland weather its actually missed all the rain fall so far all yhough today was very wet, garage is just getting outside lights and power hooked up so it should be coming ahead shortly then getting a damned goood waxoyling:mmmm
Title: Poly Bushes
Post by: Joken on August 26, 2007, 09:37:31 AM
Colin

I hope that I am not teaching you to suck eggs, but :-

I purchased a poly bush kit for FC TII and set about changing the lower swing arm one’s first. I drilled out the rubber from the old ones, pressed out the centre shaft and then the rest of the rubber just peeled out. Cleaned up the bore and outside of the arm ready to fit the new poly bushes. Spent the best part of 4 hrs trying to press the new bushes in, could only get one side in all the way and the other halfway. Gave up and went to bed. Spent another two hours the next day doing the same thing. Decided that the new bushes were crap and not the right size, ordered OEM ones from Mazda.
When the new bushes arrived I realised that they were mounted in metal cups with a flange on the outer side, both cups were still in the arm and hence the poly bushes would not go in. B----cks. Hammered out the metal cups cleaned up the arm and fitted all the OEM bushes inside an hour. ( The poly bushes had ridges in caused by trying to force them into the arm ) Scrapped them.

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Title: Colins Project
Post by: paul3944 on August 26, 2007, 10:12:42 AM
What Poly bushes did you use ?

I used the Energy suspension kit and needed to use a 3 Tonne press in work to remove the old bushes.

There new ones just simply pushed in :Thumbs-up

Paul
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on August 27, 2007, 11:36:18 AM
Good show and cheers for the pics, yip i have a 200 tonne press at work, surley wont need all that:Laugh, not done bushes yet car is on hold as im just working with the house for completion certificate! should be this week:Tongue1
Title: Colins Project
Post by: pdtaylor18 on August 27, 2007, 09:39:59 PM
far better to press the bushes out, i did it the hard way and it was not worth the time and effort,most garages will press them in and out for a little cost to you.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on August 27, 2007, 10:59:32 PM
You can also atach some threaded rod with nuts and washers and pull the out that way 2 if you dont have access to a press
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 09, 2007, 05:25:47 PM
a few little updates as the project slowly rolls on :mmmm a little bit of powder coating
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 09, 2007, 05:28:06 PM
and some more
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It actually was gold with candy blue and the powder caoting guy got excited and added little sparkles.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: sadgoth on November 09, 2007, 05:38:16 PM
Nice powder coating! I like that...

Looking good now! Can\'t wait to see the finished article
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 09, 2007, 06:02:02 PM
And what they were like :2Confused
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Callipers after being blasted!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: beezy on November 09, 2007, 09:56:39 PM
Much better mate! likeing the turbo setup, looking to do something like that to mine!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: strange_days_uk on November 09, 2007, 10:04:18 PM
good work that man !!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: interloper393 on November 09, 2007, 10:09:24 PM
Ooooo im liking this lol..
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 09, 2007, 11:27:47 PM
Thanks guys progress should be quicker after christsmas:3gears-lh
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 09, 2008, 10:48:35 PM
so its been a long time but getting some headway now started to the suspension for new bushes and rustproofing
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on September 09, 2008, 11:02:12 PM
OOOOh is that stepper motors on the top of the suspension? Me likes a lot. Its the GT Limited model so should be top of the range I presume. Good work by the way.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 10, 2008, 07:18:36 AM
it is indeed, need new springs though as you can see
Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on September 10, 2008, 08:02:08 AM
This is gonna be a very nice car when your done. Keep up the good work. Will you be bringing it to the main land when its finnished for any shows etc?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 10, 2008, 09:48:09 AM
i would hope so, quite fancy a trip to nurburgring
Title: Colins Project
Post by: DR SCHNITZEL on September 10, 2008, 10:25:13 AM
i have spent so much time sorting my fd and now i am so close to having it working but i cant be bothered with it, i lost my entheusiasm. its so hard to keep working on a car on your own. with limited tools and no help from your friends,
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 10, 2008, 12:28:09 PM
keep soldiering on in the end when its all done anad dusted you  will think :bandit AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 11, 2008, 09:44:12 PM
so dismantled front suspension took everything out, will fit bush kit, polish up and lacquer wishbones and paint shocks, will get a set of new springs here are the photos so far
New tig/plasma cutter £230 ebay bargain!!
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removed strut brace
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removed 2 bolts holding shock
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removed steering joint bolt then used splitter
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 11, 2008, 09:54:27 PM
I have removed the shock and thisthen allows me to rotate the hub for easy access to the bolt and to drive the joint spliter into the lower joint
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picture of abs sensor location
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picture showing the 2 bolts that located abs wire mountings
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abs wire
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 11, 2008, 10:01:15 PM
Me and my hub :WaveBye
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remove 2 rear wishbone bolts both sides
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remove 2 anti-roll bolts both sides
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remove front  wishbone bolt both sides
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pop wishbones out
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take whole shabang out
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next job is clean up and replace bushes
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 14, 2008, 11:29:54 PM
little more progress removed rear shocks and hubs dropped down rear suspension and ready to drop diff out
Top rear strut
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removed exhaust
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Rust actually looks worse than what it is everything came of pretty well, once i get the rest out its all going for painting and the underneath is getting brushed and rustproofed
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 15, 2008, 01:16:12 PM
so got the rear subframe and diff out going to painters today to get quotes for painting, will replace all the pipes from front to  back as well
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everything for painters
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on September 15, 2008, 01:43:46 PM
Nice to see your not messing about. This is gonna be one nice FC when your done.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on September 15, 2008, 10:30:00 PM
Thank you,Spoke to painter today who has just done a similair job on his 200sx, and he says it will be cheap, he is also going to do the springs the same colour as the callipers which is shown in the photos. There is alot of parts once its all apart  :shock:
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on October 09, 2008, 09:10:50 PM
Well its all come back and im very pleased, all alloy is getting etch primed and all steel is getting a coat pf zinga then a coat of 2 pac,yellow for the struts everything else black, i did toy with the idea of doing it all yellow, any ideas. :D
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All parts blasted
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Zinga coat
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on October 11, 2008, 01:03:48 AM
A few bits through painting
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on October 12, 2008, 01:26:52 PM
Suspension assembled, the colours look really good together i think, i was a bit worried about the yellow, and my bodykit also arrived today, it feels like christmas :), definatley an improvment from the pics before.
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: Draco on October 12, 2008, 07:04:04 PM
nice detailed thread.... keep the pics coming
Title: Colins Project
Post by: m1tch on October 12, 2008, 07:15:12 PM
*shock* you have stepper motors on your suspension! no fair! :(
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on October 14, 2008, 06:19:32 PM
Thanks, well here is the front suspension in, the calliper was just bolted on to see how it looked, go away on friday for 2 weeks so will probably post when am back again.
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 03, 2008, 04:59:09 PM
Thank you, diff is back in and subframe now going to put in rear axles, replaced all rear brake pipes and waxoyled everything, oh and i won a hks ecu at...........£33 with free shipping 8)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on November 03, 2008, 06:42:56 PM
im sure i have said this before - but i want your garage :D

there are some good pics there - i like the one showing which bushes go where

i have a partially complete set - but no idea what is what

keep up the good work and the pics :D

nice price on the ECU aswell
Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on November 03, 2008, 06:44:27 PM
I was gonna ask if the HKS ECU was the F-CON on Ebay but I think the pic says it all really. Good buy for that price. Keep up the good work mate.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on November 03, 2008, 06:47:48 PM
Can\'t remember if I have asked this before or not. But are you gonna bring this car (when its finished) to Rotorstock either 6 or 7? I really want to see it when its all done.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 03, 2008, 06:52:34 PM
thanks for the comments guys
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 04, 2008, 11:41:40 AM
Definatley will be doing that, hopefully this next year!
Some rear suspension going together and the front wishbone with new bushes
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 05, 2008, 07:41:07 PM
little more progress
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: dthebuk on November 07, 2008, 11:14:27 AM
looks ace. Not to sure how the while wheels will go with the rest of the car tho?

deffo liking the painted suspention too :D
Title: Colins Project
Post by: chrisJDM on November 07, 2008, 01:41:18 PM
great project, the wheels look a bit weird on there with no tyres, can tell they are gonna look good thou
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 07, 2008, 02:18:53 PM
thanks guys, by the way the car will be a dark candy green, paint from flebay:D
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 10, 2008, 10:31:14 PM
Fitted flebay brake seal kit to all callipers no probs there, making a start with bodykit now, also made up nylon bushes for the rear hub to stiffen things up a little:)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: dthebuk on November 10, 2008, 10:48:17 PM
Quote from: colin5524;551908thanks guys, by the way the car will be a dark candy green, paint from flebay:D

is ebay paint a good idea?

i know nothing about painting
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 10, 2008, 10:59:31 PM
2 pac is 2 pac, thinners is thinners, the company sells cellulose,2 pak etc they have a proper auto paint supplier and i have used before without problems;)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: dthebuk on November 10, 2008, 11:02:19 PM
awesome, so do you have like all the facilities to fully paint a car?
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 10, 2008, 11:24:02 PM
nearlly, i have a large air reciever but no compressor, i have a couple of friends who are sending me qoutes for the respray so i will see what happens, ive only done a couple of resprays and would rather get someone else to do this one although i will do the prep work.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: dthebuk on November 11, 2008, 12:01:31 AM
awesome.

should look ace in that colour with those wheels!!!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on November 13, 2008, 03:36:33 PM
thanks my car is finally on all 4 wheels, bodykit is going to tak,e a few adjustments, which will  be done next time im home, going back to work for 2 weeks again, also i have the dreaded sill rot so im fabing up entirley new ones to weld in.
home made nylon bushes
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just front bumper on
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: Danny0432 on February 07, 2009, 08:12:03 PM
Not got any pics up of your new goodies yet. :D
and when are you going away, I forgot....again:rollin
Title: Colins Project
Post by: dthebuk on February 07, 2009, 08:27:24 PM
the wink looks so damn coooooool
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on February 07, 2009, 11:00:00 PM
well got my hks boost controller,  and a set of 1000cc injectors for the other engine, hopefully get some more bodywork done nest week, also all wiper motors,sunroof and wipers are all very sluggis so need alot of little farty jobs to be done. Iwork is hectic at the mo as well as im ment to be heading to wyoming usa to work month on and off but should be on the road this year if all goes to plan :)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on February 08, 2009, 10:22:13 PM
so a few more pics of rough fitting of bodykit also fixed rear hatch canle at seat and sprayed wiper arms both dront and back
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: TiddlesRX7 on February 08, 2009, 10:53:52 PM
That is so low you\'ll be scraping the white lines and cats eyes off the road!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on February 11, 2009, 09:06:07 PM
decided to plough the snow from around the garage, fitted kit still needs some adjustment also brakes need bled up more and the rears are gripping a little. Also fitted new altenator belts and adjusted others, ordered rubbers for exhaust as well, look at drivers side and you can see its got brewers droop :cry:
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on April 12, 2009, 04:28:34 PM
A few updates, started to rub down all the rust and primed it bodykit is attached, have made templates out of cardboard for making my sills and with this sunny weather im desperate to get it painted so within the next 2 weeks it will be at the painters before i go back to work. Photos will follow, oh yeah i took it for a sneaky run down the road which has give me a serious boner about getting it on the road :)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: m1tch on April 12, 2009, 04:55:51 PM
That looks awesome :D same colour as mine :D Im tempted to go with white wheels now lol :)
Title: Colins Project
Post by: mukumu kurubushi on April 12, 2009, 11:53:47 PM
wow that looks stunning.. love the kit :InLove
Title: Colins Project
Post by: pdtaylor18 on April 13, 2009, 07:16:26 PM
Nice one chap,going to be a cracker when its all done. Bit partial to those bodykits as well !!
I like your polybush stuff you did, where did you buy the blank pieces from? I have most stuff to fit,got all the front items in poly but missing a few from the rear so be nice to get some made up.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on April 13, 2009, 08:31:57 PM
if ita the drop links just get a engineering shop to spin you out a couple with the internal size to 10mm. It should take them minutes or if you have access to a lathe just buy a half metre of nylon round bar
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 09, 2009, 02:10:31 PM
Wow had to blow the cob webs of the keyboard, anyhoo roughly molded sideskirts in and other worn areas, had sunroof out and spot welded into place but ended up reassembling it and use the old p40 should be to painters for finer finishing and respray :)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: grinder on June 09, 2009, 02:17:33 PM
still looking good

i would still give my right arm for a garage that big - its SUPERB !!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: Prof on June 09, 2009, 02:23:49 PM
Quote from: grinder;614670still looking good
 
i would still give my right arm for a garage that big - its SUPERB !!!!!!!!!!!!

^^ What he said ^^ - I could use a nice big garage - mine\'s too small, and full of junk, plus some pratt built a wall on one side that comes out to far making it virtually impossible to get in and out of it with any normal length car.
 
Nice mean looking FC !! :cheers
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 09, 2009, 02:25:18 PM
actually here are the more uptodate pics, garage is tsill in a mess that big box is full of .... ive cleared out , well not out the garage yet :)
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Title: Colins Project
Post by: pdtaylor18 on June 09, 2009, 07:15:01 PM
Nice!! Thats gonna look sweet when its all finished. Where did the kit come from?
I welded on 4.5" exhaust tips to fill the rear bumper nicely, nice looking kit and yours like it fitted really well.
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 09, 2009, 07:54:34 PM
Thanks for all the comments, that does inspire a bit of confidence as the front and back bumpers fitted like shat, but we will see jopefully next week how it all looks, does anyone know where i could get a new sunroof seal from
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 13, 2009, 03:34:51 PM
sunroof seal £77 reduced to £66:Hammer availibilty- Belgium
anyhoo car is at painters cant frikin wait, candy apple green here we come
Title: Colins Project
Post by: pdtaylor18 on June 13, 2009, 05:56:46 PM
Best you get that car finished for RS6, gonna be some bright colours there this year!!
Title: Colins Project
Post by: L18M on June 14, 2009, 12:28:36 AM
nice work :)
i see ur fc c.o.c.k.ed its hind leg and peed into ur trench :p
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on June 14, 2009, 02:18:20 PM
Yip, still in training :Thumbs-up
Title: Colins Project
Post by: colin5524 on December 20, 2009, 11:56:16 AM
Well another quick update, painter has now finally taken my car in, Sanata is coming soon WOOHOO, should be done by new year, Then all thats left to do is fit new sunroof, cut back floor pan to good metal, fabricate up new pan then weld in new section. After that it\'s mot time :)
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