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Nov 12, 2017 14:14:46 GMT
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1987 fiat 126-nearly actually done! 1972 beetle - lawn art 2003 z4 daily-new wheels a comin! 2008 R56 Mini cooper "mental Mickey"
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People who take 5 pictures from the same bloody angle, 3 of which it is covered in snow foam (to demonstrate they look after it?) and the other two in the dark if you are selling a car I want to actually see it. Also any one who shows us a picture of a cool car on some nice rims then says "will come on standard steel wheels " its like the old bullseye heres what you could have won... rant over!
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1987 fiat 126-nearly actually done! 1972 beetle - lawn art 2003 z4 daily-new wheels a comin! 2008 R56 Mini cooper "mental Mickey"
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Oct 29, 2017 19:04:42 GMT
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I would agree with autotrader I've sold quite a few cars recently and all of them went thanks to autotrader less scammers and idiots and mainly just people who want to buy a car.
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Sept 28, 2017 18:30:36 GMT
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SO the new front suspension arrived today, I had to buy a new arm set up as the old one didnt allow for the disc caliper conversion and wouldnt allow full lock hopefully the new one will- i didnt get it all on today but managed to get the coilvers in and test fit the arm set-up-
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Last Edit: Sept 28, 2017 18:31:36 GMT by stuey
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Sept 17, 2017 10:14:30 GMT
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Have to agree with the impact wrench if you don't own one - get one they make life so much easier, other than a basic kit I only buy tools as and when I need them (mind you 30 odd years of buying tools means It looks like this in my workshop most days...) (sometimes its even tidy!)
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Last Edit: Sept 17, 2017 10:14:50 GMT by stuey
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Sept 15, 2017 20:49:13 GMT
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Today I started fitting the new driveshaft tripods, the 126 comes with a metalastic driveshaft joints that are inherently...rubbish the upgrade is to fit these cv tripod joints (this along with a 5 speed conversion will beef the transmission up for the supercharger) first one is in-
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Its been a while since I updated this I finally got sick of looking at the beetle and was intending to sell it But now hes got an MOT and ive been driving him and have kinda fallen in love with it again- sadly a stone hit the windscreen the other day so theres that to replace now- I might get some dropped sindles as well to make the lowered ride a little more comfortable...
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BMW z4's are coming down alot now into the sub £3000 category and having owned one for 3 years I can well recommend them and being based on 3 series mechanicals they aren't expensive to get parts for and work on, this is mine-
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Brakes on today- there's a hairs width of clearance but i'm sure it will be fine!
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Aug 21, 2017 19:14:13 GMT
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Thanks Ozzy, it's finally coming together today I got my new rear brake calipers 500 Abarth parts instead of the x19 ones I was going to use, I've put the brackets on but need to get some discs before I can mount them, damn shiny though!
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I'm a little bit sad the maluch is almost finished. We opened up a new pub and had to sell all my cars to fund that. But wow, this is one beautiful Bis. She turns out to be one of the most beautiful 126 i've ever laid eyes on. Perfection and execution of a great vision. Doff my cap off to you sir. A labour of love. don't worry its far from finished even when its on the road- I have alot of other stuff I want to do to it- and when it is I have another one sat next to it! thanks for the compliments!
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Today my tyres arrived so I got them fitted and finally got my rims on the car
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Heres the rear end view with boltless semigloss black bumper, numberplease with led bolt lights and the foglight of WTF in the engine bay! more soon its nearly done!
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I'm slowly getting the jobs down on my cupboard doors in the garage and I'm down to just one door from 4 now, Ill forgo whats been done in the last month or so but suffice to say I'm getting close now, I'll leave you with a ride height teaser shot as I finally took it off the dollies and onto the wheels- I would like to point out lego magneto is not using his powers to pull the car close to the ground...)
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and a sneaky tyre-less test fit-
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I got the wheels finished today and I really like them- 13x6 revolutions I've had powdercoated and I've added a red stripe and I've made some flush centre caps with revo badges.
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Apr 29, 2017 12:49:14 GMT
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just like this on the book of face- its looking good- looks like it needs a little camber dialing in on the front to match the back- but its awesome- love it!
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1987 fiat 126-nearly actually done! 1972 beetle - lawn art 2003 z4 daily-new wheels a comin! 2008 R56 Mini cooper "mental Mickey"
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Apr 22, 2017 18:21:02 GMT
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tempted to switch back to my flipped spring I have a reverse eye spring and chopped spring platforms in my garage doing nothing which I'll let go for a small fee....
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Apr 21, 2017 15:59:07 GMT
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Its nice to see another 126 bis on here and it loots great on the wheels I had problems with fitment on mine and ended up cutting and folding the arch lips (this was before a respray) i also cambered the front suspension so the went under the arches let me know if you need any advise on it as mine is now on the max of how low/wide you can be on standard arches.
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Apr 20, 2017 12:05:10 GMT
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This weekend as well as fitting my alloy powdercoated bead rolled interior panels (pics to follow) and the wheels are now off to the powdercoater- I finally managed to get the independent suspension fitted up front on the fiat so i can measure it up for custom coilovers but I'm happy with how its sitting, although the front camber might need adjusting-
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1987 fiat 126-nearly actually done! 1972 beetle - lawn art 2003 z4 daily-new wheels a comin! 2008 R56 Mini cooper "mental Mickey"
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