jayvoa
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May 26, 2012 10:09:47 GMT
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Yeah I bodged the curse word out of my spoiler. It was a Golf Mk1 Gti one, but I cut into it too much, added bits here and there, lengthened it a tiny bit and then smoothed it all over to get rid of the knobbly plastic texture it had. I've been looking at them XXR's, particularly the ones with the Gunmetal centers. And them 4 spokes... Damn it I can't decide! I think I'll do some photoshop tests, see what wheels I prefer. If Rob saw my paint up close he'd probably decide not to go Matt black! I need to give it a right good wet sand and buy loads of Matt Black from Stermat. That's what I painted the spoiler in and it goes on much nicer than the curse word I used.
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ChasR
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May 26, 2012 13:50:08 GMT
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It's about time some of these Pinto Cappas got some love . I like what you have done with the front bumper. Revos should look great on the car.
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May 26, 2012 21:40:15 GMT
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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jayvoa
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Well the chin spoiler has been taken off. Long story short, I took it off to try to reinforce the brackets, and in the process accidentally kicked it across the floor and cracked it a little... So whilst I was thinking of fixing it I thought about messing with the old front splitter/bodykit to make another chin spoiler. The thing is all cracked and badly repaired so I thought I may aswell do something with it. I started drawing on it and thought something along these lines might look ok (red line marks where I'd attack it with the dremel). Obviously I'd need to do a lot of work on the sides to make it right but it's a thought... But I thought it's got a fair bit of a curve to it and might not look like the kind of chin spoiler I like (think 70's Celica chin spoiler). Then I turned it over and realised I could do this with it... We'll see! In other news, I think I've narrowed down my wheel choices with the help of my budget and some rough as curse word photoshopped pics (and for the hell of it I added in some arches, lowered it, introduced a bit of a rear bumper and a hint of rake). Minilight, Polished Lip and Anthracite center, 15x8 with a -8 offset XXR 002, Polished Lip and Gunmetal center, 15x8 with an offset of 0 I'm leaning towards the Minilight's. I like the chunkier look and negative offset (they're also about £100 cheaper), but then the XXR 002's do look sweet. If I use the arches then spacers will likely need to be used for either wheel choice, but I'm still in two minds about whether I'll fit them. I got plenty of time to think about that whilst saving my pennies for the wheels.
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jayvoa
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Jun 14, 2012 20:51:42 GMT
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Went to meet up with some fellow RR members last Tuesday. Here's Harry, all chin spoiler-less. Oh who's car is that in the background? It's carlb1970's Celica! Met up with Carl and Rob (another member on here, drives a bike carb'd Mk3 Capri), had a good chin wag about motors an' curse word. Really good fellas. They even gave me some free swag! Cheers guys! (Rob, I've unearthed that front bumper you can have, and Carl, I'll have to bring the arches over some time for a test-fit!). I was given some Yellow transparent glass paint which I may use to tint my inner two headlights. This gave me the thought to go buy some Red transparent paint too, because I'm really not fond of the Flyeyes stuff I've currently got on my rear lights. They also gave me some 1½" lowering blocks and U bolts! Yay! I got all excited and planned on fitting the blocks this weekend. Then I decided to use my brain to figure out that I need to buy 2" lower springs for the front first. D'oh! So next up is some chin spoiler making, light tinting and lowering. Once I get them springs.
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Jun 14, 2012 22:45:19 GMT
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i loves the shot with the minilites matey! great to meet ya the other day, i took a few pics of ya capri too- but the camera is still where i left it ( i hope) will get em on the computer and post em up. ya could always introduce ya front springs to my angle rinder!- tho if 2" shorter springs are readily available for a decent price, thats the way to go. have spring compressors here if ya need em. cunning plan with the front spoiler. did ya see rob try the white one from my garage on his? what was it close to fitting? will catch up again soon matey
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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jayvoa
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Jun 14, 2012 23:54:14 GMT
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Cheers for inviting me over! Aye, I think Minilite style wheels might be the way to go. They definitely suit the arches. I can get -2" springs for about £50, but until then I could cut the standard ones... maybe. Not really had a crack at any job like that yet, so a hand would be great Nah I didn't see Rob try the spoiler. I'd imagine it would need a fair bit of cutting to fit, but could look sweet.
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Jun 15, 2012 11:19:45 GMT
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i chopped my rear ones- but they were a spare set, if ya can get proper ones that cheap... i reckon thats gotta be the way to go, if we got a bit carried away and cut too much, youd be goosed with this being your daily and all that. how about ya get the proper springs n pop over here one and we'll swap em over
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Loxlee
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Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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Jun 15, 2012 15:38:48 GMT
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jayvoa
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Jun 15, 2012 23:20:32 GMT
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Cheers Loxlee. Thought it was too good to be true, then realised they price them for each spring, the sneaky buggers Two of them with shipping come in at the same price as the ones I've seen on ebay. So my options are -2" 145lb from Burton, or -2" 170lb from ebay. I take it 145lb is the more comfortable option, and I guess 170lb will be better for handling but will it be a bit too hard for a daily? Don't want to be losing any fillings...
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jayvoa
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Jun 20, 2012 22:00:37 GMT
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Minor update! (Warning: Fans of RGA style body kits look away) As seen in a previous post, the underside of the RGA splitter/kit/thing looked like it would lend itself well to being butchered into a nice chin spoiler. So I trimmed this curse word off To make this (with the aid of an awesome pink workstation) What was the top side of the RGA kit became the under side, which looks like this And now, alongside the modified Golf chin spoiler I had fitted before, it looks like this I prefer the overall shape of this one. It's wider and has slightly more aggressive angles. I now need to create the side pieces, smooth off all the edges and corners and work out how it's going to be mounted, then it'll be good for paint. This time I'll try not to use brackets made of toffee like I did on the last chin spoiler.
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jayvoa
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MOT this morning... NAILED IT!
In other news, not much progress.
Gonna go drive the curse word out of it now. Wooop!
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looks well mate,i LOVED my 3.0s capri
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ace news on the mot matey
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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jayvoa
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Jul 21, 2012 19:34:17 GMT
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So I finally finished up that DIY chin spoiler today. Offering it up to the car before I finished it off, to make sure it fitted. I then created the side pieces and smoothed it all together. Finished off the painting this morning. Then fitted it! The paint on the splitter looks better than the rest of the car... Really need to repaint the whole thing. This chin spoiler shouldn't be as much of a failure as the last one. It's much stronger and the brackets used aren't as limp this time. Also decided to paint the rusty bolts and washers on the back of the car black. The washers on the rear lights are there because the bolts can't sit in the recess, due to cracked lenses from somebody over tightening them. The larger bolts and washers are there to blank off the mounting holes for the rear bumper. Now then... my bank balance is looking less than good, but I really want to order them damn lower springs! I'll make the decision to buy them or not once I've consumed more Peroni.
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Jul 21, 2012 20:17:47 GMT
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how doo matey, fair play, thats a cracking job with the spoiler. looks spot on. just stop micing about worrying if ya have enough money and buy the springs, this will look epic once lowered... gotta be done before the gathering, its the LAW . remember, money is only numbers. buying stuff makes you feel happy. so there is no debate..... do it do it do it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D catch up again soon matey
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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jayvoa
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Jul 21, 2012 21:01:03 GMT
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how doo matey, fair play, thats a cracking job with the spoiler. looks spot on. just stop micing about worrying if ya have enough money and buy the springs, this will look epic once lowered... gotta be done before the gathering, its the LAW . remember, money is only numbers. buying stuff makes you feel happy. so there is no debate..... do it do it do it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D catch up again soon matey Hey buddy. Aye, I'm quite pleased with the spoiler. A lot better than the last one! Oh and guess what I just ordered? I may ask for a hand getting them fitted, maybe them rear blocks too
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Last Edit: Jul 21, 2012 21:17:21 GMT by jayvoa
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how doo matey, fair play, thats a cracking job with the spoiler. looks spot on. just stop micing about worrying if ya have enough money and buy the springs, this will look epic once lowered... gotta be done before the gathering, its the LAW . remember, money is only numbers. buying stuff makes you feel happy. so there is no debate..... do it do it do it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D catch up again soon matey Hey buddy. Aye, I'm quite pleased with the spoiler. A lot better than the last one! Oh and guess what I just ordered? I may ask for a hand getting them fitted, maybe them rear blocks too yaaaay... thisll look ace. pm on its way
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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jayvoa
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Jul 22, 2012 19:03:12 GMT
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Today I spent 4 hours wet sanding the bonnet and now my back hates me. The paint on my car looks half decent from an extremely long distance, but I finally got fed up of the worlds worst orange peel combined with damage from acid-like seagull curse word, so I attacked it with some 1200 grit and bucket loads of soapy water. My bonnet is now kind of glossy and a bit scuffed, but my plan is to work on one panel each evening over the next week so I can finally finish the paint before Gathering.
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jayvoa
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Look what the Postman just dropped off ;D
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