v8jim
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Jul 20, 2011 21:53:28 GMT
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are you going to the RR gathering because i've just booked my tickets and you can check out my front splitter oh and id love to get a few photos of both cars together
i've just brought a brand new boss they do still make them amazingly and i chopped it up to make my springalex wheel fit lol
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Max sig pic size: 80px
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Jul 20, 2011 22:43:59 GMT
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I rang them and they said they had stoped production of that model. May have started again. Going to buy the one off here though. I've ordered a mk1 golf cl splitter to try that and see where that takes me. I really want the metal part lower aswell though. That will be a winter job I recon. Would be good if we could get all the vivas together on a stand at RR. Come find me as I'm useless of going upto people I don't know to talk to them.  |
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v8jim
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Jul 20, 2011 22:48:09 GMT
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will do
are you going for the weekend I'm booking into the overflow campsite
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Jul 20, 2011 22:54:09 GMT
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Just the Sunday for me. I don't do camping! |
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Jul 21, 2011 12:01:45 GMT
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Hey Graham I've spotted you and your HB in this weeks Classic car weekly, good effort!
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Jul 21, 2011 15:12:45 GMT
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Oooo, cheers, think I'll have to go pick up a copy of that tonight. Cheers. Should also be in another large magazine soon after I have a photoshoot done soon. |
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Jul 26, 2011 21:59:56 GMT
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Been on a bit of a spending spree in last week. First off some genuine wiper rubbers ive been searching for ages for. got them from Sweden in the end;  Found a genuine HB mountey steering wheel rather than my bodged Manta one;  Then also bought a mk1 golf splitter, its the right size but not long enough and a bit of the wrong shape so I'm gona have to make something and that will fit but same shape as the mk1 splitter or may just modify the golf one;  And finally my best bit, over riders that i have been hunting for ages. when I get them there gone straight on to see what they look like;  Now just need to a small rev counter that will look nice and cover a dodgy bit up on the dash. |
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Jul 27, 2011 11:15:27 GMT
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did you see the old period style rev counter i fitted under the dash on my hb? Just there when i need it but not sticking out like a big sore thumb (or a big gay rev counter with a big gay shift light..)
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Jul 27, 2011 11:55:20 GMT
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Yes I did, I want a small black one to for on the top right of the dash. In a pod to cover up a cracked dash!  |
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Jul 27, 2011 20:00:22 GMT
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so killing two birds with one stone. I'm lucky my dash has not cracked... yet. I must make a cover for it before it sits out in the harsh sun here. It has faded badly though. |
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Jul 27, 2011 22:23:19 GMT
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yeah, mine was perfect untill once i was pushing the car on a pillar, hand slipped and hit dash and it cracked, has just got worse and worse now |
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Jul 27, 2011 23:06:36 GMT
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Aug 12, 2011 18:05:38 GMT
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So i attempted lengthening the splitter, tbh not happy at all with it, really hard to get straight and also when i bolted it up, as teh front panel isnt really straight it has pulled it up and made it look a bit cack. gona have to redo it on the car to give it the illusion it is straight. any way; Full splitter:  Cut in half:  Metal added:  Filler:  Primer:  Fitted:  Now what does everyone think, bare in midn the plate is on the curse word anyway. Plate or no plate? Plate:  No plate:   Also over the past few weeks its had a bit of highlights in the magazines and a paper.  TV:  Classic Car Weekly:  Retro cars:   Got to get it all looking nice for next week as have a photo shoot with it. |
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Last Edit: Aug 12, 2011 18:10:58 GMT by graemew
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Aug 13, 2011 17:13:07 GMT
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Saw your inclusion on retro cars, made me even more annoyed I missed seeing it at reading.
I can't make my mind up on the splitter. In one way it looks great, in another it looks a bit funny as it's wavy. If you can sort that it'll be spot on, and I'll be watching with interest. Looks better with the rectangular plate as it bridges the gap.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Aug 13, 2011 17:34:41 GMT
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will be sorting it out next week so its straight, will be wonky if you took it off but will be right on the car so going to do it on the car and then that will make it look alot better. Also made the first steps into making it even lower with the assistance of a air compressor!  |
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Aug 13, 2011 17:55:17 GMT
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;D You're a brave man. Incidentally what have you done exhaust wise so you can go that low? |
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Aug 13, 2011 19:18:15 GMT
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it goes over the gear box mount and is tucked in as near to the floor as possible. only has one box but will have a full stainless system with 1 box tucked up further for the air ride.
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Aug 13, 2011 22:18:11 GMT
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That's what I need. I'm still thinking about trying it myself, but I'd need to learn to weld, buy a cheap pipe bender and the result would be a poorly bent and welded pipe. Would probably still be better than the current system though. I'd also have to get another downpipe and alter it, or make a new one, and I'm not too confident about that either.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Aug 13, 2011 22:21:23 GMT
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well i got a quote for £280 for one in full stainless and 2 boxes so isnt to expensive i thought.
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That's what I payed to Powerflow for a downpipe-back system, but it hangs several inches off the body in some places and scrapes on everything. Might be different on an HB but my downpipe ends below the g'box crossmember and is pretty low itself, so really I need a new one that stops further up to route the exhaust over the crossmember.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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