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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 10 October 2005, 11:56
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here you go:
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hello all,
heres my 1991 golf mk2 1.3 ryder!.would have loved a gti but cant afford it bcus im only18 lol. but im slowly making this one to look like a gti :cool:.
heres a pic of what it looked like when i first got it:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_08171.jpg)
very standard! da guy who had it had no clue abt da car at all! it had gti clocks already installed so im not sure hw much mileage da da engine really has dun :undecided: but hopefully it shud get me thru a couple of years!
hers a pic of the back:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_0808.jpg)
dis is a photoshop of what i want it to look like when its finished, not too sure abt the flush tailgate rather like a smaller recess insted:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/golf.jpg)
smaller recess:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/golf2.jpg)
cant wait till its all finished! lol
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more pics from when i first got it
the dash:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_0810.jpg)
view from the boot:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_0813.jpg)
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let the modifications begin! i am going for the smooth/ GTI look so i needed to get hold off the 90 spec GTI bumpers, luckily ma boy Blue had some along with a single headlight grille! bought them and started modding! i didnt put the bumpers on straight away as they are unpainted and i wanted to cut out the fog lamp holes cus the bumpers r after market ones, not genuine.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_0905.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_0906.jpg)
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i started work on the bumpers. i want to paint the whole of the bumper as i dont like the texture on the top half, so i began rubbing it down and then filled in the number plate recess on the front bumper for the smooth look:
started with a layer of P40 fibreglass:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0908.jpg)
then a smooth layer of P38 filler:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0920.jpg)
then i primed it up
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0922.jpg)
looked good but then i decided to smooth out the groove's on both bumpers so i rubbed it down, again!! and now i am filling in the grooves. will update on them l8r.
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the badges on the back had to go! so i pulled them off and attacked the paint work with sand paper! i then dished in the metal around the three lil holes where the "golf" badge was to make a slight dent to get the filler level for when i sand it down.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0938.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0977.jpg)
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needed to lower the dub but i didnt want to spend alot of money buyin a full kit as its only a 1.3! lol. so i bought sum ventura 40mm springs from euro car parts. good quality and TUV approved! carried out the work my self so i can learn which is the best way to go. had the car slammed in no time! :cool:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_0993.jpg)
decked 40mm :cool:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_10052.jpg)
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got hold of a GTI steering wheel from ma m8 whose got a gti, and a visit to a scrapyrd and come back wiv a leather gear gaitor too! also got ma kenwood 6x9's in and kenwood head unit.
i put the 6x9's in the orginal shelf and covered the shelf with acoustic carpet to make it look like a flat stealth shelf.
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old update on the car- fitted a locking solenoid in my boot door and wired it up to a button on the dash so nw i can smooth of the lock from the boot plinth. its jus wicked, m8s were amazed lol.
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finished off smoothing the back panel underneath the boot, paint didnt cum out gd enuf still needs buffing up but was a gd first attempt. you can still see the outline of the filler from certain angles so gonna rub it dwn again and use the thicker primer and flatten it properly. also got rid of my wing aerial and filled n smoothed the whole but ended up paintin the whole of top half of wing which was a piss take. and also that needs buffing up to make it match properly with G3.
back update:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/100_1007.jpg)
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time to sort out the sounds!! wanted a set of components so after a long time of thinkin which ones to buy i bought a set of alpine SPR 17LS. the sound quality is sick!! but to get the best performance out of them i needed to mount them properly so started to make custom door pods using the standard items. will upload sum pics l8r.
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Now i had a choice wen it came to fitting my new components. i could hav spent stupid amount of money and bought the audioscape door builds (which are quality) but i do not hav the money to spend on dem, so i decided to make my own :smiley: . i used the orginal door pods and built on top of them:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1023.jpg)
here you can see i cut out an mdf ring and glued it in the position i want the speakers facing.
i then cover them by stretching fleece material over them. i then painted resin onto the fleece to make it go hard.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1025.jpg)
i am now applying filler to them to get a smooth and more of a curved finish. as this is my first time at having a go at sumthin like dis im not sure if they will come looking gd, but fingers crossed! :undecided:
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i hav been busy wrkin on the door builds. filling and smoothing, filling and smoothing! long!! but dey are coming along nicely. its gonna take alot of filler to get them a good curved shape. heres an update pic of them :
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1113.jpg)
i have also been wrkin on the bumpers. primered up the rear bumper with filler primer to level the uneven bits off.
this is the rear bumper: (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1125.jpg)
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da cars been misbehavin recently, everytime i gt off da motorway it wud stall and also jerk and revs wud go too low, and sumtimes wud limit to 3k revs! looked around the forum and the user "the slick effect" helped me out, had to change the vacuum hoses and also changed the fuel filter. der was also a chip on da ufo lookin thing on da carb so used exhaust tape and sealed it. seems to be runnin alrite nw but will hav to take it on the long run and make sure.
new "green" vacuum hoses!
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1207.jpg)
da chip in da ufo lookin thing lol:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1211.jpg)
i am "still" working on the door pods.i have also ordered the leatherlook material to cover them which should arrive next week sometime. its 3mm foam backed so shud cover any imperfections in the filler. will update when they are near enough finished. :nerd:
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just a lil update, fitted some all black side repeaters which ive had lying around for awhile now. look good, they blend in with the cars colour, but the light from them is not that great as they only glow. will post some pics later on.
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Took some pics of the new side repeaters:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1363.jpg)
as you can see the light is not very good but you can still see it and the picture was taken in the day so at night shud be aite:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1366.jpg)
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Havent done much on the dub lately, havent got spare cash or the time with all my uni wrk! but today went to my local scrappy to see if could find anythin. came back with one delocked rear handle and some headlight plugs so i can make my uprated headlight wiring loom. also was on the look out for relays for the loom but couldnt find any :sad: . but will have a look at other scrap yrds. i fitted the delocked handle i got on the passenger door so i have still got one lock on the driver side, but i still am looking for a delcoked one for it.
i have also, "still" been working on my custom door pods. they are nearly finished but i am waiting on this guy to get the material i want to cover them in.
heres some pics of the handle:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1391.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1394.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1395.jpg)
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nothing new with the car atm, since ive had the car i have also smoothed off the ariel on the wing, so atm i have no ariel at all! filled and smoothed da hole off with P40 and P38 and sprayed over with spray cans. the finish wasnt brilliant but came out okish with some buffing and G3!
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havent updated for a while now, but today i have been a busy boy! the door pods where near enough finished but i kept putting them off because i was trying to get hold of some material to cover them with. but i cudnt wait anymore, as i wanted to fit my speakers. so i sanded them down and wet n dry'd them until they where fairly smoothish and then sprayed them with primer and then matt black spray.
Primered:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1403.jpg)
Matt black:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1404.jpg)
fitted pics:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1406.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1409.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1410.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1411.jpg)
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finally got some free time, so i thought id carry on with my smooth bumpers. wet n dry'd them and then put another coat of primer to show any imperfections. they still need alot of work so gonna be trying to get them smooth as i can in my holidays. heres some pics of them so far:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1421.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1420.jpg)
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jus took some pics of what the car looks like atm. let me knw what you guys think :smiley:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/Image016.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/Imagerear.jpg)
sorry about picture quality, took them with my phone :shocked:
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havent updated for while, but this ones only minor lol. i was on my way to uni today and i got pulled over by the "ppl of law" lol for me number plates. not a great start to the day :grin:. luckily he was a sound copper and didnt give me a fine, just got to change the plates, which ive done, and then get the form stamped by my MOT man. looks like ill have to get them re made but ill keep to the standard sized lettering this time round!
oh yea, im going to try and save some cash for a cheap set of rims for the "Gwagen" then probably next summer holidays some major work will begin on it. fingers crossed :wink:
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today i thought i may aswell do some work on the car as it has been a while :rolleyes:. this is my process of getting my bodywork perfect and getting rid of any imperfections :nerd: 2 of my arches on the car had some rust on them which started to make the paint bubble up, so i decied to sort this. i rubbed down the rust to bare metal and cleaned up the surrounding good paint and made it level with the bare metal. Next i have just primered the area and i think ill leave at this as its started to rain now :sad: been random weather all day today. ive still got to do the other arch and ive also got to wet n dry the primered area. once ive done this i will paint up the area and get it looking the best i can and then get the other minor imperfections in the paint done from my bodyshop, now all i need is some cash, as being a student does SUCK!!!! lol :grin: ill try and get some pics wen the weather is better.
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30/05/06
here is a picture of the rear arch. primered and a thin layer of filler for the bits where the rust has eaten into the metal but ive cleaned that up.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/Image012arch.jpg)
all i need to do now is to wet n dry the area so it is super smooth and flat and then paint it up! then just got to do the front drivers side arch, which is only a small bit. then i will try and tackle the few dents i have :smiley:
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wow! had been quite a awhile since ive updated this.
well not much has changed with the car since the last update, ive just been working on making the car mint this year because im going back to uni soon so the car will only be used on the weekends.
ive finally got my self a set of rims for a bargain price, but they need refurbing which im currently carrying out, the big bumpers have "still" not been finished lol, back bumper is nearly there but the front still needs some work and i may take it to a bodyshop to get some advice on how to complete them.
i also tinted my rear lights all red with tint spray but then realised my indicators and reverse light was pink! :laugh: so i rubbed down some off the tint spray and now the lights r lighter red on top, i will have to rub them completely down for the mot and the after i will re do them but this time leaving pinstripes so the proper light shines thru still. i have also re made my custom door pods, this time i went for a simpler design and one that didnt stick out as much as the previous ones! :grin:. i have uprated the headlights with a uprated wiring loom i made my self and now the light is much better! i also bought my self a polishing kit and have been going mad at polishing bits around the car! anyways enough of the talking time for some pics:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00054.jpg)
the rims after giving them a clean, you can see where the lacquer has started to peel very badly! :undecided: and the tyres were completely gone!
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1665.jpg)
test polish on one of the rims, going to paint the centres black with a polished lip :wink:
My backbox was all rusted up and blowing badly because there was a big hole in the back of it, my original plan was to get a gti back box with twin pipes and fit it to my centre section, but there was too much work involved for me to do at the time so i got a standard 1.3 box and polished up the tail pipe:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1642-1.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1653.jpg)
my red rear lights and my polished back box fitted
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00060.jpg)
abit of engine bay bling! :cool:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00032.jpg)
front big bumper still needs smoothing properly!
and..
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_1654-1.jpg)
my new door pods, this time i covered them with bass box carpet, came out really good and the sound quality has improved.
thats all for now, will update when ive done more work on the rims!
Mk2Singh :wink:
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such a long time.... thought id update this!
well i have been busy working on a few on the car. finally finished the wheels last year in time for gti international and since then just been adding lil bits and bobs to the car as money allows. ill let the pics do the talking! :rolleyes:
wheels all painted up ready for rubber
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/100_2079.jpg)
car looked like this at inters..
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00676.jpg)
then bought a badged grille as i started to dislike the debadged one!
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00698.jpg)
the car now looks like this...
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSCF6843.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSCF6846.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00443.jpg)
next thing on the list is some coillies! which i have been trying to buy for along time but when ever i save up the money it gets spent at uni lol. still hoping to do some kind of engine conversion in the summer. let me know what you guys think :smiley:
thanks for looking :wink:
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havent updated this in awhile but the car has changed a lil since the last update.
ive been building a sub enclosure in some spare time at uni. used the uni's resources and materials for this so didnt really cost me much to make :D
i used the box calculator on the RE audio website and got help from my mate,
well heres some pics for ya'll
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00404.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00399.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00402.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00406.jpg)
and then all carpeted and binding posts fitted:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00410.jpg)
but im not happy with the finish on the trim... need to get some better glue to hold the carpet down so will try and neaten that up soon.
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well ive finished the box and tried my best to neaten it up...
here is the finished box
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC00427.jpg)
the result has definately improved the sound!.... the sub now drops even lower and sounds much better and clearer. the old box was definately restricting the full potential of the sub....well happy with the result :D
thanks for lookin
Ams :)
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finally got some coilovers after such a loooooong wait! looks and feels much better now and sticks to the ground so happy with the result :D. going to run the car for a few weeks then adjust the coillies properly. i also fitted some gti rear lights :)
Heres some pics:
Flying G-wagen :P
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1366.jpg)
Old shocks with 40mm springs next to my nice and new coillies:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1370.jpg)
Slaaaaaammmmaaaage:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1381.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1380.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1378.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1382.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG1383.jpg)
Thanks for looking :)
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abit more lower :cool:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01635.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01634.jpg)
Just to show that ive still got room to go lower if i really want to lol
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01639.jpg)
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couple more pics for you guys
rake look lol
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01642.jpg)
i like this one
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01653.jpg)
thanks for looking :)
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Been a long time since this has been updated. Car has had a few updates over the past year but nothing major lol :smiley:
I decided to try some retrimming so had a go at retrimming the headlining and pillars:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC01692.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG2368.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC02050.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC02051.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG2366.jpg)
was abit of a challenge to do. It needs to be redone as the adhesive did no hold too long, so will be looking into some contact adhesive.
Next was rebuilding and retrimming my door pods:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG4176.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG4177.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG4174.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG4184.jpg)
Currently the car is in a sorry state as last year someone went into the side of it so i need a new drivers wing and then will get all the dents and scrapes sorted. But will have to wait till ive finished uni this year.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC02692.jpg)
Sorry about the crappy phone pics will get some better ones soon. Any c+c welcome
Thanks :)
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Time for a big update!
So the car has come along way since the last update:
The sub box got modified and retrimmed to allow the sub to sit flush
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC02790.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG2462.jpg)
All the wiring got upgraded for some 2awg and a distro set up to allow for to amps. All the wiring was braided with the ends heatshrunk around the terminals
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/CIMG2464.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0064.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/DSC_0048.jpg)
I then sound deadened the boot and the doors
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0393.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0449.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0456.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0440.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/IMG_0441.jpg)
And also got round to fitting my corrado interior
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/22-0046.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/djsingh/My%20Gwagen/22-0047.jpg)
The exterior has also had a little makeover with the front, Ill update that once ive taken some good photos!
Thanks for looking :smiley: