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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 6:53:15am |
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Hi I thought i'd start a repairs and works thread for my cappo. Here's a few pics to get started The driverside arch with rust cut out and awaiting arches to arrive beforefinal cutting and welding. A replacement driverside front sill piece almost ready to go on after rust cut out. and another few of the same part more pics to come. |
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grant4561 |
Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 10:26:03am |
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Glad I live out here, the rust over there is unbeliievable. |
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capgun |
Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 11:13:16am |
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All cars over there should have fiberglass shells! Nice fabrication |
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Avar |
Posted on: Monday, June 1st, 2009, 12:58:59am |
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Cheers, not bad for my first. It's taken about 2 yrs but the rear bumper is finally finished |
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Chernoby1 |
Posted on: Monday, June 1st, 2009, 10:02:18am |
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Oooo i like the look of that! Very close to my idea of the ideal rear bumper! |
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Avar |
Posted on: Monday, June 8th, 2009, 8:36:04pm |
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Another sand down, a coat of paint and the front bumper will be completed. I'm really happy with the grill. |
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lord |
Posted on: Friday, June 12th, 2009, 12:10:53am |
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I love the rear bumper too.. like the take off one..how comes it took you two years? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Saturday, June 13th, 2009, 11:52:08am |
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| Quoted from lord, posted Friday, June 12th, 2009, 12:10:53am at here | | I love the rear bumper too.. like the take off one..how comes it took you two years? | | A, cause i'm a lazy git B, cause it kept getting damaged and C, cause i never could decide what colour i wanted |
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lord |
Posted on: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009, 11:36:00pm |
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get some more pics up.. the idea of the grill is a wicked idea!!!! trust me. lord |
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Avar |
Posted on: Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 1:39:44pm |
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Ricou |
Posted on: Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 4:54:38pm |
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Seems nice. I wonder how it looks on a the car ! |
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lord |
Posted on: Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 8:23:49pm |
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i like it when you get a dark grey gun metal lip..that follows the lines of the front grilll down to the bottom of the bumper...looks nice! Try this? then get it on the car.. |
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Avar |
Posted on: Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 1:33:30pm |
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Gonna keep the lip red as (funds allowing) i want to put some writing in that section. £13 for 2x "kei inside" intel type graphics for the sides and £13 for another cappuccinosport.com logo. The bumper should look good on the car, another 2 days work on the rusty cills before the now painted skirts go on, and about 3 days to attend to the arches. A days G3'ing and polishing and she should be looking good for the Ace Cafe day |
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Andy |
Posted on: Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 2:43:36pm |
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Surely Dany will give you the cappuccinosport one |
Drop me a PM if you would like to be added to the ClubCappo Member Map. More details can be found here. We now have an official Facebook group as well as a page! See here |
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capgun |
Posted on: Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 2:48:18pm |
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Where's the clubcappo one going? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 6:30:39pm |
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Nah the cappo sport stickers are all the graphic type ones, i want a plain web addy type one and the club cappo sticker sits pride of place in the rear window |
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Andy |
Posted on: Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 6:40:42pm |
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Pretty sure he did have the web address type ones wonder what happened to them? (If I haven't dreamt them up that is ) |
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capgun |
Posted on: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 12:54:00am |
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There's a few places on eBay that do stickers from jpgs I think - maybe you can supply the file to them and they will laser cut it? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 3:35:39am |
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Theres a company in town that does it, it may be a lil more expensive but it's good to be at the machine for any last minute changes etc. Plus its a good chance to have an hour chat about cars and stuff Another pic of the rear bumper, i think the colour match is fairly good, after G3'ing i think it's gonna be spot on. |
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fxdlidon |
Posted on: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 11:48:50am |
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Looking good Looking forward to seeing it at the Ace Cafe at the end of next month |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 2:36:20pm |
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Looking forward to going, last time the car generated some interest but most of the comments were about the oily engine bay and the body kit was a bit tatty imo. This time its got a spanking s2 engine with fancy cappo sport pipework, un ripped seats, fantastic looking body kit and hopefully a colour restored shiny bodywork. I might even get around to re painting the calipers, it should get quite a lot of attention. |
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lord |
Posted on: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 4:27:01pm |
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ha ha.. I'm sure we have met???? were you at the ace cafe about two years ago? You had the black body kitt? and you sat right by the entrance!? I'm sure we had a lengthy chat? There was a mint white swift turbo on the day and most of us were in Ignis sports?? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Monday, June 29th, 2009, 7:39:23am |
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Forgot to mention although it wont be seen, should have a temporary N1 fitted to the car too |
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Avar |
Posted on: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009, 10:55:45pm |
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Here's the driverside cill almost finished Sorry no before pics, the camera didn't work well in low light. Bit of advise when working with a grinder WEAR EYE PROTECTION, just had some really painfull chunks of metal removed from my right cornea. Not nice. |
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Ricou |
Posted on: Friday, July 3rd, 2009, 12:47:09am |
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Aw, sorry to read that Kei. Weren't you wearing glasses by the way ? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Friday, July 3rd, 2009, 6:46:59am |
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Yes, thats the trouble. Normal glasses offer no protection. My eye should be ok for more works later today. The cills are nearly done, i just have to start on the arches. |
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grant4561 |
Posted on: Friday, July 3rd, 2009, 7:32:27am Attachment: safetyfail.bmp - 139.45 KB (1632 views) |
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Heres a tip for when you start welding |
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mattjohns |
Posted on: Friday, July 3rd, 2009, 9:52:14am |
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While that is a funny pic, during a safety induction at a mine site, we were shown much worse. I'll see if I can find pics and put them in the fun section. Bumpers look good Kei |
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Avar |
Posted on: Monday, July 6th, 2009, 9:52:43pm |
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Spent a couple of hours on the bonnet, rubbed down with G3 compound, then that red colour restore turtle wax and a final super resin polish. here's a 50/50 and the finished job the colour match with the bumper is quite good i think. and heres the passenger cill after rust has been cut off and removed from my eye and 1.1mm plate welded back on. Sorry about the quality of the pic and the welding, fortunately it's all being covered by side skirts. |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, July 12th, 2009, 12:35:18pm |
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Finally starting to get there, just a few more things to do, but here's the kit finally fitted, although the bumper needs a bit more work after driving down the newly resurfaced Walworth Road. |
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Ricou |
Posted on: Sunday, July 12th, 2009, 1:21:07pm |
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Wow.... it's quite, hu, low, isn't it ? I wouldn't like to drive that on the crappy road I got out here ! |
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Avar |
Posted on: Monday, July 13th, 2009, 7:23:37pm |
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Its too low at the moment, i need to increase the tyre profile back to 65, the extra 5mm could make all the difference. |
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Avar |
Posted on: Friday, April 16th, 2010, 10:13:38pm |
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a few more pics from last summer Just got these back from having new sport bushes fitted and fitted |
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Ricou |
Posted on: Saturday, April 17th, 2010, 11:13:27pm |
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Nice... but it would look better with larger wheels I think. By the way, is that an exhaust or a food can ? |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, April 18th, 2010, 5:08:45pm |
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Cheeky b*gger its a blooming expensive 4" exhaust in white carbon, only can i've come across that size are the ones i get my confit in. Yep it needs bigger wheels, but with limited funds its either the wheels or get Wayne to work his magic at the moment. |
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lord |
Posted on: Sunday, April 18th, 2010, 6:19:42pm |
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Food can! That's one funny comment although a lil cheeky lol This is obviously a little fun project on the side. I think it looks ok. The moral of the story as cappos on here are most peoples second car so what ever funds you have left go on the cappo lol |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, April 18th, 2010, 11:06:09pm |
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Unfortunately this is my everyday car, so modifications are done on a two steps forward one step back basis. For example the take off body kit is great and the suzuki coil overs are equally great, put the two together though and you get less great. I've only just now got it so i can go over speed bumps without slowing to 5mph. However i'm very chuffed with the new front bumper supports i made up last weekend (diagonal red things in the last picture) i can hit things now with some confidence that the bumpers not gonna rip off Just got to repair all the kit again, specially the rear bumper after being ripped apart by a cats eye, refurb the rear coilovers and suss out why a few of my guage sensors aren't working, then book her in at chipwizards. |
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Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, May 2nd, 2010, 11:59:00pm |
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About a month ago, i shot blasted, re-greeced, painted and fitted a troublesome caliper. and last week i decided to do some much needed engine bay mods, made an aluminium heat shield for my filter, made a bracket to fit my oil catch can in the only place available along with fitting some nice braided hoses for it. Fitted a loom, the 3 bar map sensor on a crudely made bracket and fuel pressure regulator ready for the adaptronic and also mounted the oil pressure sensor on another crude bracket fixed to my strut. Space is getting a bit tight now. |
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yoshiyuki09 |
Posted on: Monday, May 3rd, 2010, 7:34:38am |
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nice mods, very colourful |
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capgun |
Posted on: Monday, May 3rd, 2010, 8:06:22am |
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Looks nice - especially all the new mods I think a really cheap things to do to make it look neater again in the engine bay is to buy some loom tube (the convoluted tubing that is probably sold at Halfords with a split all the way down one side for hiding wiring). |
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