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| Avar |
| Posted on: Monday, October 1st, 2012, 6:56:25am |
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I used a 6m x 3m marquee cost me £60 on ebay, its been worth every penny. I'd advise using drop sheets as well if you can, a double layer would work better against pests. |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Monday, October 1st, 2012, 6:58:14am |
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| Thanx for the reply bud....good to see you are up early...lol. How 'High' was it at the peak...??? incase I need to cut the legs of the one I've seen....also, did you have enough room around the sides when you did the doors etc.....??? |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012, 6:53:13am |
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| I would guess it was near 3m tall at the ridge, i had no problem with access to the sides but i have different doors, with normal doors it would be difficult to work your way around with them open. I would advise taking them off and masking the door void up so you can get access to the door reveals when spraying and then do the door as a seperate panel. |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012, 8:45:38am |
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| Thanx for the info.....Already Done the Reveals and under Guards, Bonnet, Boot, Bumpers etc.... |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012, 7:58:08pm |
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| Oh yeah i forgot about your thread |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Monday, October 8th, 2012, 7:00:53am |
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Got lots done this weekend.
Radiator made up.
engine bay almost finished.
A lot tidier after most of the uneccesary pipes have been removed, just need to sort a couple more.
Coilovers fitted to rear (still a bit high though  )
and a final side shot.
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| lord |
| Posted on: Monday, October 8th, 2012, 9:55:43am |
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| Looking fantastic mate. Your doing a great job. Like the blue and red contrast in the engine bay. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Monday, October 8th, 2012, 9:22:08pm |
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| i just need to replace those awefull red hose bits on the intercooler pipes. |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Monday, October 8th, 2012, 11:38:19pm |
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| and give it a good clean! |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Monday, October 8th, 2012, 11:47:07pm |
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| Thats just the splatter from the compounding, i've got another day of that to get rid of any pin scratches and bring out the full shine of the black. Gonna do that last though as i'm sure to get grubby prints and the like on it while i finish it off. I'm glad i gave it a layer of polish though, it gives it a nice barrier against any oily and greasy hands. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 11th, 2012, 6:12:35pm |
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Baby got some new shoes
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 13th, 2012, 6:55:38pm |
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Got some more work in today all the brakes fitted and bled, coilovers fitted and final tyres and wheels fitted.
Fronts could do with dropping a small amount.
Also got a lot of the aftermarket wiring done. After tomorrow it should just be panel allignment and final compounding. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 10:09:23am |
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Well the worst thing possible happened yesterday.
They let something i built with my own hands on the road 
Here's a few pics while it was getting health checked
There's more to be done still, haven't made the arch liners, the brakes still aren't feeling right and there's a smell of fuel in the cockpit but atleast she can be driven. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 1:16:56pm |
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Nice one  Just one question - what does the mileage say on that certificate? |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 1:34:25pm |
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About 33k
A lil more than that engine has done but its the nearest i had. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 1:36:54pm |
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| Ermm have you looked again? It says 336k lol |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 1:38:55pm |
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I take it it should read 33,678.7 miles rather than the 336,787 miles it has been recorded as  |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 4:52:54pm |
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It looks it doesn't it
Oh well as long as i dont get done for clocking it next time arround. |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 9:06:38pm |
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Its looking good though. Were there any advisors?
You done anything with the interior |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 11:25:38pm |
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| Sailed through but for the slightly high DS main beam. The interior is practically stock. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Monday, October 29th, 2012, 8:20:19am |
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I've never shown a pic of the whole car but i thought i will now seeing as its practically finished. As mentioned before theres a few things still to do and i'm not 100% happy with the bonnet but seeing as it was formed by hand i'd say pretty good for what it cost.
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, October 29th, 2012, 10:29:26am |
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Very nice!  |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, October 29th, 2012, 10:30:10am |
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| Looks great Kei Well done |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Monday, October 29th, 2012, 11:56:17am |
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All i can say is for a self made project. Fair play. You have done really well. Congrats.
Tue 30th. Back to look at it again and it still looks good! I like!! |
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| half-9 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012, 8:00:22pm |
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This looks brilliant, seriously mean black cappo, have you got a pic of the rear end and are you able to lower it further. l reckon you can get seriously low on those wheels.
Good job!
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012, 9:27:51pm |
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| More pics to come. front can be lowered another 80mm or so and the rears similar once i work on the seized spring seats. It can only be done for the track as any lower and it wont get over speed bumps. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 2:12:53pm |
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Rear pic
And guess whats happened, on the road for a week and someone reverses into the car allready.
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 3:15:22pm |
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What an a**hole 
Is it just paint or is the bumper cracked ?
Anyway, and apart from the exhaust (potato-canon style  ) I really love the look, congrats Kei. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 8:50:28pm |
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| Full on crack i'm afraid, i can pull it back into shape, glass the back and then groove and fill the front, will only take a couple of hours and the bumper needed to come off again anyway. Just sods law really atleast the guy left a note to admit he'd backed into the car, most peeps would just b*gger off. |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 9:56:16pm |
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Mate. What the!!
That's what I hate about our cars! Too small!! |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 10:20:19pm |
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| They're small but they are not bloody invisible - there's no excuse for unobservant drivers. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Sunday, November 4th, 2012, 8:34:02am |
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sh*t happens and its pretty dark at 6am and he was nice enough to leave a note on my screen owning up for it.
I'm getting far to old to get upset at silly little things like this. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012, 8:16:13am |
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Well nothings been done on the car since the last post as my work van decided to pack up and i've been relying on the car to get me to work etc but so far everythings running pretty well. The brake master has failed making braking a little intresting at times but once my special spanner turns up i'll swap that over for one that i know is good and re bleed. I need to re plumb part of the new coolant bleeding kit as mentioned in my trader section becuase she's taking about 10 mins to fully warm up. The new pistons have been nicely bedded in now and even at stock boost is pretty rapid and i need to replace the 888's for a suitable wet weather tyre as the car is far to twitchy for my liking.
Then she needs the last bits of bodywork to be finished.
The guys at prestige insurance have done me a pretty good deal on the insurance too with the premium being just under £300 fully comp. This includes all mods and covers me for £3000 for the chassis / shell plus the value of aftermarket parts added which comes to a tidy amount
Other than that though i'm really quite impressed with my work. |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Friday, December 14th, 2012, 4:19:30am |
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| Kei - you've been living with scissor doors for a while now, would you recommend them or not? I think they look really cool but I've seen some that don't open all that well. |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Friday, December 14th, 2012, 8:22:29am |
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Honest truth, there are times they can be a pain in the a*se but it is rare. They are brilliant in carparks, they can be a god send when reverse parking into an awkward bay, open and lift and i can easily see if i'm about to kerb my allys or worse still hook my GRP bumper on the kerb. Mine are a bit stiff but thats because i cant find my lithium grease to ease them. My girlfriend stuggles to open her door but shes only small and it allways gets brownie points if you open the door for a lady anyway.
You have to develop a unique way of falling into the car and (sort of) falling out. Plus the giggles i have when watching my mechanic or dad cram themselves in and out is allways worth it.
Now the bad bit. Fitting them requires serious skill, there's a reason capp sport charged so much for these conversions. The front pillar these are fixed to needs to be cut out and a new custom section needs to be welded in. The hinges themselves are about 12mm thick and they also need serious modding to the part that bolts to the chassis and the part which bolts onto door needs to be cut off and a custom door mount needs to be welded back in place that curves with the whole door edge. The door edge itself needs to be modded to fit the new bolt mounts.
The door wiring needs to be altered as these hinges will cut through the existing wire location like a pair of scissors.
The wings also need serious thought as hinge mount and swing is right where the lower quarter wing mounts sit, you'l notice that all the capp sport cars had the wide body kit this was to get over this issue, i spent atleast two days sitting next to my car trying to puzzle out how i could fit the existing wings to retain that unique cappo detail and in the end had to join the two panels together and panel beating the wing returns and shaving a few mills off the door piston mount to make everything sit like the original.
Now the good bit, it looks FANTASTIC. I still have a spare set of unmodded Decah hinges and a set of the custom plates that fit to the door edge, i also have the drawings and specs for the section that needs to be cut and fitted to the door post available. I'll let these go for £200, all you need is the pistons and access to some serious welding gear. The pistons themselves are available for about £30each i think, and after lots of testing i think the 1400 newton were eventually used.
It just comes down to whether or not you want to undertake what is a big job to fit them. |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Friday, December 14th, 2012, 10:34:22pm |
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They are brilliant in carparks - That's a plus I hadn't considered
a unique way of falling into the car and (sort of) falling out. - This is my main concern.
it looks FANTASTIC - I agree, regardless of what other people think.
Fitting them requires serious skill - I imagined so. I don't have a problem modding the front guards.
Thanks for your insights. I might have to hunt down someone who has these fitted to a car and actually try them out.
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 4:39:24pm |
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That's an awesome bit of kit! Headlights could do with a lens polish though imo, as they're not as crystal as the paintwork.
Cracking build mate |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 7:52:43am |
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| This is coming alone very nicely |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 8:24:02am |
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Well a little more fettling, gotta sort one of the arch to rear bumper joins as i think i cracked it reversing into my parking area the other day and lots of polishing and it should be done. Got some more side repeaters as the current ones are too white, going for smoked and the passenger one has lost its lense already :O
Will give the headlights a fine polish with toothpaste and prolly give em a lacquer to keep em clean.
Good thing is i've got till the nationals to get it ready and thats plenty of time.
Funny thing is i look at it and the side sills still look too big for the car even with the wider tyres and arches, odd when i've had them fitted for years without the arches.
Still very pleased with the outcome considering what i've paid for it.
Just have to decide what the next project will be, not short of chassis' at the mo |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 30th, 2013, 8:37:49pm |
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Sods law eh!
About 6 hours after fitting one of steve's manifolds, crap happens.
The culprit
What i had to do to remove the b*gger
So given that i had the front end off i decided i'd fit this.
Regretably this will effect the results of the tests for the manifold, but i absolutely hate doing things more than once in one week.
Finished
Results for manifold to follow, but firstly on the drive home i noticed that my boost guage is now reading 0.1- 0.2 bar less pressure, would this be because of the increased cooling or something i've done???? |
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