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I have been watching this guys progress on vortex freakin sweet ride its turbo'd took him like 3 nights to fit the turbo kit, I wish I could do that in my garage :(Quote:
Originally Posted by rayray086
And yes Simon they are the same one as in the pic but he painted his yellow:)
hmmmm, still got those equips ray!? hehe, they look horn on the yella terra above ;)
and steve, your progressing in leaps and bounds! well done mate, a nice thorough projekt with plenty of diy to boot :cool: keep d pics n updates comin :)
Nah, sold them as there was no way I could get them to look right on my car.
Yeah I agree with Alex, a very thorough project - nothing is left untouched on your car, but for the better!
Thanks guys I have actually gotten better at it and I can quite confidently say that I could probably do itagain without troubles:)
Once you work out the dinamics of it all its really quite easy :) That and I have become quite handy with a welder now, so no task is to big:)
Weld up rear doors, bog n paint= instant 3 dr j:Quote:
Originally Posted by DubSteve
awww dear....
you have a massive head start on me....
been saving like crazy....the stupid merc should be gone on the 22nd i hope if all goes well. then i can start playing with you lot :D
the project is bloody tops steve, good effort;)
Thanks Schoona :]
I have a few more pics. The car went into the panel beaters on Friday afternoon a little latee than what I had hoped for but thats my fault so the rush to the Nats is on big time!
Also went and saw Peter from OzWheels in St Mary's top bloke and he will be fixing my wheels to the standard of what he showed me I was speechless, so I am looking forward to it thats for sure, he said that they would be ready in a week which was also very impressive WOOT WOOT:D
Anyway on with the pics:
So Thursday night I got tinkering with the things that I wanted to do before I sent it to Detroit Customs, so I wanted to start on the battery relocation. The hardest part was going to be trying to find a hole that will allow me feed through the 2 guage wire from the engine bay through to the boot entirely throughout the inside of the car! This is pretty much as far as I got! But it took me 45 mins to work out where it was going to go in the end....
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Found a opening behind the glovebox which I took off to feed it through:)
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Under zee raintray :P That hole was already there and had a small plug that went over it!
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Disgusting I only cleaned it like 5 months ago, shame, shame, shame hahaha.
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Opened up the side and fed it through there.
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Through to the back, and then left it in the state its in lol.
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I then made the connections and left it there this is a example which is the negative 2 guage cable, quality I thought!
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Picture of the nugget in waiting lol.
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Amateur creativeness FTW:D
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The clutter of the garage my dads garage is getting swollowed up by my stuff hehehe!
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The damage in all its glory.
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Friday awaiting its makeover:)
And something else that I am working on that will hopefully be working by the Nats ;)
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I was quite happy with the outcome of what I had occomplished that night it doesn't look like much but sure as hell was lol.
Cheers Steve
what are you getting done at detroit steve? Is it just the damage, or is it a whole blow over?
Good to see you're progressing along! I'll have to re-route my battery cabling as well, and seeing what you've done, I'll most likely do the same too!
Are you planning to have the switchblade key chipped and rehook your remote to the fob? Mine's just sitting around at home for when I accidentally lock the keys in :rolleyes: