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Offline Nino

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coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
« on: 29 August 2013, 15:11 »
Done this little mod today, was sick of looking at a yellow coolant tank and crappy cap so i spent £35 and got to work, and did it without looking any coolant as well :)



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Re: coolant tank changed and Poursche 911 cap installed
« Reply #1 on: 29 August 2013, 16:31 »
stuck a new tank in mine the other day to makes it look a bit better  :smiley:
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Offline ShauniiBoii

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Re: coolant tank changed and Poursche 911 cap installed
« Reply #2 on: 29 August 2013, 17:20 »
does look much smarter than the yellow sh!tty faded one
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Re: coolant tank changed and Poursche 911 cap installed
« Reply #3 on: 29 August 2013, 18:52 »
is that just a standard tank with a 911 cap? i.e. if I buy the cap can I put that straight onto my standard tank that looks brand new still...
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Re: coolant tank changed and Poursche 911 cap installed
« Reply #4 on: 29 August 2013, 19:46 »
Quote from: mcgee9t2 on 29 August 2013, 18:52
is that just a standard tank with a 911 cap? i.e. if I buy the cap can I put that straight onto my standard tank that looks brand new still...

Yep :)
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Re: coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
« Reply #5 on: 29 August 2013, 21:39 »
got a link / part no for the Porsche 911 cap?
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Re: coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
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Re: coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
« Reply #7 on: 29 August 2013, 22:20 »
That looks loads better, cap is a nice touch as well.
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Re: coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
« Reply #8 on: 29 August 2013, 22:22 »
Thanks Wayne I did want to get the r8 one to match my oil cap but wasn't paying £70 lol
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Re: coolant tank changed and Porsche 911 cap installed
« Reply #9 on: 29 August 2013, 22:27 »
looks a lot better and not an OTT scene price tax on the cap.. yet  :grin:
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