What page did this thread fall to mate? hahah...
Looking forward to progress (and helping you on your system:D)
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What page did this thread fall to mate? hahah...
Looking forward to progress (and helping you on your system:D)
Haha soon dude and the thread well its what happens when you go overseas lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrk_Mickey
steve i think has what they call now 'Travel Bug'Quote:
Originally Posted by DubSteve
lol
So true dude as much as i want to i seriously cbf for the sheer fact i want to go back overseasQuote:
Originally Posted by fuzion
Well I thought I would bring this thread back from the dead and after a very long sleep its time to move my butt and kick this thing into gear and start making progress and well last weekend I made a ****heap of preogress:)
Well start from just before I went overseas way back in July, at the beginning of July I got the car back from the panel beaters and so I started working on the car (some of the pics are repeated just to jot some minds again lol)
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Car was brought back it hasn't been together like that in 3 months.
At the same time I moved the build to a new garage bigger more room and I wasn't getting told off for the amount of crap I was leaving everywhere courtesy of my grandparents :D
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...S7300701-1.jpg
Front seats came out and I started changing and pulling stuff out for cleaning and also for new improvements;)
I then started to clean the engine bay it deserves it and all the crud and crap that has sat there for 13 years is pissing me off;P
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...92008014-1.jpg
So I took the water bottle out and started cleaning things I could left right and centre.
Moving and making way for my battery relocation:D
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I then got to work on the geadlights and got them set in and wired up. I had to crimp the turns into the headlights so that the turns would work in the headlight like a mk4:)
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Wrapped them up and sealed them up good so nothing is going to get through!
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Before I left I also did something for then that I had lying around for years and thought it would be cool lol, so I set up a air horn lol.
The setup required a bracket so I got to work on that and welded it up and gave it a coat of zinc for protection, its going to be sitting quite low so it needs to be protected:)
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After that I crimped the wires and ran them to the red cannister to the pump system:)
Well after that nothing really happened for 2 months I went overseas lol
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For Mischa
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Jarred;)
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And for all lol.
With the help of William I then got to work on my braking setup with some cleaning up, detailing and some added extras:)
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMAG0034-1.jpg
Insides were scrubbed and cleaner alot more than what they look like in the photos thats for sure
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Ahh yes the braided lines courtesy of GAP thankyou very much guys!!!
Then I gave everything the black treatment following the same line I want my car to follow the black and white theme, the calipers, carriers and backing plates got the gloss black treatment.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMAG0032-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMAG0038-1.jpg
Someone approves the work
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The following being Sunday we got the rears done, same process was done again everything taken off, degreased, cleaned, and glossed black:]
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Braided lines were then put in and the GAP fit in really snug and quite happy with there finish for the price they were well worth it:)