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my "little" drift project....


neilthenut

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  • 2 weeks later...
Just read through this thread, impressive stuff. Glad you have stuck through it after the hmm not sure I can be arsed start ;) looks like it's going to come out really well, a lot of thought has gone into this. When it comes back painted it will all have been worth it.

 

comes back painted? were doing it ourselves

 

Liking the progress ;) Good luck.

 

cheers

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so plan was to piaint the cage pink- bright pink- but started to worry that that might say things about me i didnt want it too- so after a bit of colour shopping we had a go with green

 

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just tried it with a rattle can to get the flavour- and no.

 

so next day went paint shop and bought the colour to do the cage. so after 10+ hours of wet sanding the cage (not fun any time of the year but especially right now)

 

so we made a temp paint both- coiple sheets, few rolls of tape- it was open onto a small panel paint room, so had good exraction-

 

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and then we painted-

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right, paints had time to go hard- so time to sort out the arches and front suspension.

 

so got the front all stripped back-. front sub frame has gone to poweder coat, will be back shortly- and will start assembly of the front, with the right arms, coilies- and get engine dropped in-

 

 

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then got to work with a good layer of under body pertection- other wise know as underseal!

 

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good call with the colour mate :thumbs: blue looks far better than the green! and unless your going with a proper lairy colour on the outside i think pink might be abit much lol keep the updates coming

 

ta. outside is still undecieded. most likely white- and can go and smash graphics on it-can alsways change it up when i need to-

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Nice cage! How have you bent the pipes?

 

i didn't.

 

as it says on an earlier page- i bought the 4 bent parts from fabricage as at that point they did not do complete kits ( now they do) the 4 parts were, hoop, both A-piller/ front legs and the roof bar. rest is straight.

 

i did have a pipe bender on stand by if we were going to bend any parts- but decieded to x the door bars instread

 

daz- awesome, want most of mine doing

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so had a couples hours spare, so nipped down and rebuilt the front sub frame.

 

dug out the nice new and shiney "JIC magic" adjustable top arms

 

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you got to love parts that are labeled- was a big help ;)

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plenty of copper slip greas, to ensure that it will come bits again nice and easy-(expecting alot of set up changes, and trying different parts during the course of its llife)

 

gave the old bottom arms a quick lick of silver (not just normal rattle can, should be give it good protection and staying tidy)

 

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finished

 

i'm not going to paint the hubs, as by time i get discs and calipers on- not going to be seen-

and also although these are the hubs with the lock mod done- i may change them out for stock items, depending on what mods get done to the rack for extra lock

 

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so sub frame on, with coilovers and brakes, although need new lines- will sort this out later when i run all the lines for the car.

 

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i have already spotted a little job i that will want to do- but want to get finished before i get into redoing job- will start them during testing, as sure it will be in bits an again then

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without steering rack on, the hub comes round and touchs the coilover- but will not be a problem when car is sat at on the floor (changes the angles of the arms) ad when rack is on.

 

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sat back on the floor- all bolted back together- and no, i didnt jack it up on rad support !!

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