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Postby Mr Ree » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:20 pm

Fitted my brand new license plates to my recently resprayed front end.

It looks alot nicer now the old bent, twisted and rusty bolt stained one is gone.
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Postby Stott69 » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:30 pm

Drove mine through the snow
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Postby Mr Ree » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:09 pm

Dont eat the yellow snow
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Postby Mal.com » Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:45 pm

Found some side skirts for cheap on Trademe. They arrived today and are now fitted. Front lip is next on the list.

Also fitted some fortune auto coilovers a couple of months ago which I'm loving.


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Postby Bling » Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:45 pm

Started to put one of them back together. I really should have labelled the items with more detail :x Not a big fan of puzzles, another few days to go before it's rolling I reckon. Putting it together as I got another Toyota, so Escort is out the door.

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Postby siren676 » Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:48 pm

Trailered the mx5 to Hampton Downs for its first outing since 3+ months ago
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Postby Elmendorf » Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:57 pm

Said goodbye to my starlet as the new owner trailered it away
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:50 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Started to put one of them back together. I really should have labelled the items with more detail :x Not a big fan of puzzles, another few days to go before it's rolling I reckon. Putting it together as I got another Toyota, so Escort is out the door.

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Postby siren676 » Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:09 pm

Video from yesterdays drifting for anyone interested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7sYPLzLJ6A
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Postby Rob_GTZ » Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:41 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:I got another Toyota, so Escort is out the door.


Waiting patiently for pics of AE70 on Hoshino G5s
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Postby steroidcontaskie » Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:48 pm

Fiddled with driveshaft loops, got them to fit, but might have to remake the upper loop if the cert guy doesn't like it.

While the interior was out of my car I installed some sound deadening. Cheap Chinese version of dynamat. Less than half the price and thicker.




Put in my recovered rear leather seats, looks pretty good, leather is a bit wrinkled, but isn't to bad considering it was on 800 for the interior kit and 300 to get the seats recovered.Image

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Postby Bling » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:13 pm

Rob_GTZ wrote:Waiting patiently for pics of AE70 on Hoshino G5s


You and me both :lol: I think i'll have to sort some low first. So it might not be for a while.
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Postby thegreatestben » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:37 pm

Did you buy that one on trademe?
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Postby steroidcontaskie » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:53 pm

Downloaded some photos from my phone.

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car before I parked it up for driveline mods.

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recovered drivers seat
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Postby Pelo » Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:45 am

On Sunday I went and did some maaad skidz in Upper Hutt

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Postby Mr Ree » Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:37 am

I started pulling apart my car in readiness for fitting a new FFIM, and GTE cam covers etc.

The main things I had to do yesterday were to remove the battery, airbox and intake manifold, then slowly and painfully disconnect every plug on the engine loom so I could pull it all out of the way and to disentangle the lower runners from its cage of wiring, and I lost the skin on almost every knuckle in the process.

Next step is to remove the remote oil filter/lines, so I can test fit the manifold/throttle body, so I can see how much wiring I will need to unwrap in order to make it all hide underneath the runners, and also to measure how much room I have for a small gel battery (which will probably end up being in the boot.
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Postby crispy'86 » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:47 pm

OOpps bit late to post. So my little project fxgt is coming along. Bought as rolling shell, fitted my race motor to run it on the road, 4age 16v with side draft carbs and other little goodies, with S/T 20v flywheel. Monday and Tuesday modified the power steer bracket to make room for my oil pressure sender unit, test fitted oil pressure gauge. Now to properly wire it in. Got some fittings for my adjustable fuel pressure regulator, hose and fittings for it, Need to sort out linkage for carbs and other little bits
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Postby Stealer Of Souls » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:17 pm

I went for a warrant...

Sounds lame, but the car has been offroad/storage since mid 2010.
It's so nice to drive it again...

Now I just need to sort out the rust issues...
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Postby steroidcontaskie » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:11 pm

More sound insulation under the carpet this time.

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Next it is time to do the boot.
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Postby Boosted_162 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:18 pm

Replaced the sparkplugs in the Legacy in 3 hours. Not bad I thought considering I have never worked on a boxer engine before! It sucked hard tho :lol: and now my back is $&#$%.

Drives much nicer now tho :D
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