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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #60 on: 09 June 2006, 00:09 »
few pics:


arches still need sorting to fit the wheels

back end all smoothed out

check the black azevs i did for stonor! don't think i got any pics of them before?

wing...obviously, needs smoothing off a bit more.

apparently he's gonna primer tha whole thing tomorrow after he's sorted the rear wheel clearance so its looking good!
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #61 on: 12 June 2006, 21:04 »
well went to see how its getting on.... i'm a very happy boy!
 the paint is on, he's cut the arches back, was building it back up when i was there and tomorrow morning he's mopping and polishing it so it'll be home on wednesday!!

some more work in progress pics:












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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #62 on: 19 June 2006, 22:11 »
well it was all done by wednesday but i couldn't get there to pick it up. then as i was away at inters for the weekend i left it there for safety and picked it up tonight. had a blast driving it back and although its not finished i love how it looks!
i need/want new rubbers for the roof and windows and obviously i need to stick my BBS on the front as well but you can see how its coming together. i'm going to stick some mesh behind the wing vent as in certain lights you can see the inner wing which looks a bit gash. so before the new interior goes in i need to dynamat the doors etc and will thicken up the floor sound deadening. put the electric window mech's in, fit the new tinted glass ( i only went for a light 25% tint, just to tone it down a bit) so depending on how much spare time i get it might well be done by the weekend!

anyway pics!!





















and a quick sneaky pic of one of the new front seats.... alfa romeo tan leather on electric recaro's mmmmmm!

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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #63 on: 22 June 2006, 23:05 »
well after the influx of pm's i've recieved it seems people like my car as much as i do!! the old leather interior is sold on and fitted in a mates 16v oak green and looking sweet, which has helped re-coup some cash from the re-spray. i spent ages scraping wax etc off the insides of the doors and rear quarters in order to install the dynamat. pretty easy to use although i need to get a roller to press it in a bit better. even in its rough state you can tell it will definately cut out a bit of road noise, which is what i was after, rather than stereo performance. on the down side though my lovely tilt and slide sunroof is too narrow!! ha ha well that'll teach me for assuming it would fit! turns out the audi i took it form is the only one in the range that has its own sized sunroof! typical! so i guess i'll have to find another at some point. bit annoying though as i told the sprayer not to bother doing the old on as i'd be whipping it out!
anyway, now the piant is done, the interior is all but done, the wheels are just waiting for the centre caps to come back, so i guess new engine is next!!
as i kinda let slip i've been planning a 16v turbo. i've ammassed pretty much all the parts i need so i need to start getting it machined as needed and built up so i can work on it over winter, the theory being it'll be ready for next year. pics and details to follow but it'll be less bling than the last as keeping chrome shiney when you live 2 mins from the sea is a bastard!
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #64 on: 30 June 2006, 19:19 »
found a pic of my car with the black azev's on. i'm taking them up tomorrow to be re-furbed in this colour way properly with the rims diamond cut, these will now be a nice set of fresh winter wheels unless i get bored of them again and sell them on!! you can see the audi doors on as well, they look good yeah?



and last sunday it was the local club gti meet so i stuck my front seats in and rolled up there... so far the feedback is all good and my seats are super comfy!







managed to get a few more bits done and i'm hoping to get it as good as finished for spring festival but again, i don't want to rush anything!
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #65 on: 12 July 2006, 08:42 »
well i got most of what i wanted done for spring festival then hit a bit of a disaster! i'd not been on too many long trips with fast sections since getting ym car back and driving it the other day i noticed it felt a bit squirmy on the rear at 70+ i called the painter to ask if he'd done anything funky other than put the wheels on the rear and he said he hadn't. we then worked out that he'd stuck on whichever wheel was closest at the time and they were on the wrong sides. ie back to front tyres!!
so i'd left swapping wheels as the last thing i did on saturday, figuring it'd take 2 mins but after removing one side i couldn't get the other wheel off! it seems that the powder coat on the re-furbed centres of my bbs was a bit thick and they were well and truely wedged on there. i tried various things to get it off, even clobbering it with a rubber mallet but i couldn't shift it! so as it was getting dark and i was knackered i admitted defeat and have still got to get the rim off. been a bit busy though so it'll be dealt with tonight or i'll take it down the local tyre place and see if they can sort it out.
also after years of people saying it works, i bought some flashing tape to use a sound deadener. i'm sure it's not as good as dynamat but for the price it'll do for the boot, under the rear seat and possibly the floor. anything has got to be better than nothing right? i made a start last night and will hopefully get it finished and get some pics later.
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #66 on: 27 August 2006, 21:20 »
well been  while since the last update partly because i've been too busy to take photos, and partly because the boss man thought it would be a good idea to keep the interior under wraps as much as possible until it had done a few shows, which it has now! so far the response has been good even though i'm still not happy with it.

pics of interior:











there are still things i need to do, like the c-pillars, parcel shelf and supports... things like that but i love it, its changed the whol look and feel of the car!
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #67 on: 27 August 2006, 21:23 »
i got the wheels off and swapped over which meant i could now drive around happily and safely, then had issues with the centre caps not fitting right... grrr. pissed me off big time! however now they are done i'm happy with them and think they suit the car so well.



having done a few good trips in my car i'll say i'm impressed with the flashing tape as sound deadening but its easily not as good as dynamat. i never got any pics of it as ultimately it just looks like silver stuff! i might well do over the exhaust tunnel as well in the future though.

so my car is pretty much how i want it so i haven't had much to do toher than try to keep it clean in the great british summer we've been having.

as e38 is under week away its brewing up time to start building the new engine. i've pretty much got all the parts i need for it so in theory i can crack onto it over the next few months as i'll have got most things out the way by then. more details of the engine later...
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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #68 on: 27 August 2006, 21:25 »
few more pics of the car:







^^ these were taken over the weekend when i went up to leeds for the vw festival and i'm very pleased with them. the car was spot on, didn't miss a beat all the way there and back. response was good from show goers which makes the trip even  more worth while.

this pic is giving it a clean before a local club gti meet today...



obviously worked as i entered the show and shine and got third!

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Re: gtijoe - low 'n polished mk2
« Reply #69 on: 28 August 2006, 17:11 »
well bugger me sideways!! i just won 3rd at no-rice's annual guildford to brighton show and shine!! the 'g2b' is a convoy from guildford to brighton with a show and shine at the finish in stanmer park in brighton. every car is entered and you have a form where you fill out you're top three cars. so its kinda like a self judging thing which is pretty cool! anyway out of the 70 odd cars there i got third. 2nd was the hotrod style mk3 vr6 from ''the phirm'' (see last months pvw) and 1st was an awesome porsche turbo. i was very surprised and very happy when she read out my number plate as there were some cracking cars there. i forgot my camera as i wasn't planning on staying there long but then a load of local people also turned up so i hung about. good job too eh?!

when the photo's are up on no-rices website i'll link some pics to here!

big smile on my face as i type this!
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