954 replies to this topic

[hawk]

it was the calliper bolt just checked thanks heaps

[hawk]

rear spoiler is painted, the colour is a bit off and was done with spray cans but it will do until i buy a decent one

[Stinga]

looks alright from the rear i reckon, you need to get some full car shots with it, and maybe ditch the sunbird badges! do the spoilers normally have screws exposed like that?

[hawk]

the badges will go when i get a welder and i dont know about the screws i got the spoiler from pick a part for 40 bucks and mounted it the same way they had

[hawk]

cheers and i got told to silicon the screws in? also my boot gets water in it as it is, i really need to replace the seal im just lucky my 1/4s and boot floor are very clean
heres some pics from the vtc cruise today.

[Stinga]

i got my boot seal for 40 odd bucks, you should paint the screw heads on the spoiler so they dont stick out as much. looks pretty cool in the full shots though.

[Potta]

Glad you kept it Steve.

You would have regretted it otherwise.

I'm not sure if I like it better with or without the spoiler, but regardless you did a good job tidying it up.

Don't put flares on it mate, uc + flares = UGLY

[orangeLJ]

now you just need to fix the awful ride height, and you'll be sweet!

[hawk]

thanks guys the plan is to buy the flares and paint them the same colour as the spoiler and see how it looks. if i dont like it they will come off and the holes will be welded up before paint. if i like it then the guards will be cut and they will stay.

the ride height cant be any lower without flares, my tires are getting shredded at this height they scrub still on all 4 wheels even after some of the lip was cut out.

sledge i thought it was your car, i really like that blue looks great. there were a few members on here i spoke to though. had a great day

also sounds like i will avoid using silicon.
the rear spoiler im also unsure on at times i like it other times i dont so undecided whether or not it stays

[Stinga]

cant you get the paint matched to the body colour?

[hawk]

i could but that costs money i dont have and would be a waste if i didnt like it.

[Heath]

You just need to lip the guards further, and maybe get stiffer springs. You need to go a long way down before it doesn't look like it needs to be lowered more. Use this as inspiration lol

http://img.photobuck.../P1060591-2.jpg

Can always go smaller tyres on the same wheels too. I think the spoiler looks quite alright. I thought it looked fine without it but okay with it.

Even if UCs weren't really ugly with flares, I still wouldn't recommend you flare it because you probably don't have the money for 8-10" wide front wheels, 10-12" wide rear wheels & tyres to suit, big brakes to fill them and a tough V8 so people don't think you're a wanker

It's coming along well!

Edited by Heath, 24 October 2012 - 09:36 PM.

[orangeLJ]

Roll the guards and buy wheels/tyres that fit properly.....

[hawk]

sounds good i got these wheels cheap and ill be looking at a new set when i get a new job lost mine today :S

[hawk]

bit the bullet today and put the head off my car on the spare blue motor i have, and have nearly finished piecing together the blue motor.

the reason for swapping for the blue bottom end is because sometime in the near future i want to but on a ported blue head im getting off a friend, then fit vk injection and extractors to suit. so ill get the blue bottom end in, replace the gearbox and drive it for a while until ive collected the other parts i need.

and yes i did mod the block to suit the 9 port head.
should have it all together by the end of the week then ive just gotta hope it goes .

i will have some pics tonight, will also get pics of some other small things ive done like the stereo/ amps.

so far the stereo is a pioneer head unit running into a kenwood 4 channel amp thats running a 15" yolkohama sub and a clarion 4 channel amp thats running hertz 6.5" splits in the front and pioneer 6x9's in the rear. ive been very lucky with the stereo as the kenwood amp was only $50 from cashies and the sub was around $180 with an amp (amp recently died) also from cashies. the rest has been bought new

[hawk]

yeah i did as i said in above post. its running and driving but theres a vibration thats bad. im nearly 100% on it being the gearbox as i stuffed it up last night (long story)

[hawk]

ok so here are the pics from the last few days




























old motor

[hawk]

yeah it is no idea y its there, has never been hooked up