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Josh's Ute

Started by _gen3torrie_ , Jun 29 2010 10:00 PM

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#476 ls2lxhatch

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Posted 15 December 2011 - 11:23 AM

Buy some Zorbel for the seats and see how they come up.

If you can get hold of some good cloth seats then it is a reasonably straight forward job to remove the leather covers from one seat and fit them on another.

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#477 _Quagmire_

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Posted 15 December 2011 - 09:51 PM

come trade me josh........3 hours of welding and thier yours m8t

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#478 _nicko61_

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Posted 18 December 2011 - 06:34 AM

those seats look very comfy,and suit car,just need to have matching door cars and dash pad coloured to tie it all in ,and it will look smick bud.

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#479 _Woodsy_

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Posted 18 December 2011 - 08:29 PM

you got the seats re covered but left the SS logo on them? or you just got the sides done?

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#480 dattoman

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 12:59 AM

If you go back a couple of pages it looks like they took the covers off the seats and just 'fixed' some of the dodgy foam then put the covers back on
Maybe in the dark

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#481 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 12:19 PM

Datto... Stfu everything is dodgy to you the sides were just fixed foam was replaced in the sides and then restitched...

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#482 _Woodsy_

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 12:35 PM

to me either the foam looks to small or the covers are too big

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#483 mitchg

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 01:05 PM

Come on guys, dont pick shit. Its almost finished.

With some quality leather cleaner, they will come up mint. They will comfy as anything and they look great.

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#484 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 01:53 PM

lol exactly right... I dont c none of there projects done lol... The seats are comfy the foam was replaced there was a tear in the side wall its been stitched one mm over to avoid re tearing

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#485 orangeLJ

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 03:23 PM

Dont go too far Josh, stick to sticking up for yourself, dont tread over the line to being an ass.

If the ute was a big dollar rebuild with polished everything and custom everything, yes, the seats would look a bit scruffy, but its a tidy streeter wtih a touch of customisation, the seats dont need to look like they cost a million dollars.

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#486 _Liam_

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 06:22 PM

Yeah I think some people have lost sight of what this ute is. Props to you Josh mate. It's almost done. Looking really good too.

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#487 _Quagmire_

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 07:36 PM

look up 9 posts...if he had asked i could have given him some vy seats in return for his time.....
would have only been a matter of swapping the covers/rails over....
and would look better than the ones there now
but your ute your $$$$ joshie

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#488 Neils LX

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 08:26 PM

As opposed to the previous thread heres the contorversial part 2

This is the ute as it stands today minus interior...

minus engine and gearbox

and the VN Berlina 5l V8

plans are to swippity swap into the ute i've done my home work and off we go
im on the lookout for a T5 V8 box as i have everything else that would be the cheaper then convert to Auto

I bought some Primer and GMH black today to give the guards and firewall a quick spray i will be painting it myself as i want to learn and the engine bay no-one really has to see
i have some vinyl to repaint the dash and rooflining and visors as there brown... the driers seat got dropped off to my local trimmer for the sides to be fixed i have a centre console from a state-o... a new passenger door and a block of wood to knock out the dent and my uncle will be doing the rest of the work...

I also dropped the manifold off at the powdercoaters to be powdercoated green

Hey josh, you have copped a fair share of crust in the last 12 months but im sure everyone here can agree your ute looks a hell of a lot better now, good work now keep it up and get stuck into your torana.
Chears Neil

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#489 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 22 December 2011 - 06:31 PM

well i got my ignition module today... and on the fitting instructions it recommends to replace the coil... the coil is only 6 months old should i buy another one?

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#490 _Quagmire_

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Posted 22 December 2011 - 10:54 PM

yes josh....as a faulty coil may have caused the prob in the first place....and at 40-60 odd bucks it is cheap insurance/warrenty protection

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#491 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 24 December 2011 - 05:42 PM

shes getting closer now... i got the water pump and timing cover back on

that just leaves
fit the fan
fit fuel lines
finish painting my rocker covers and fit them
fit the extractors which i just bought. bought some second hand genie extractors with clearance for the getrag lol
fit the new ignition module
figure out how im going to mount the commo radiator as its the easy way out
fit the rad pipes
fill her up with lubricants
get the clutch line shortened and the get the accelerator cable shortened more thanks paul at AAA
and re-fit my dash as im not happy with how it is sitting not mounting... probably cause half the screws were missing and bits and pieces weren't there so i thought it would be easier to buy new screws from the hardware store lol but it turns out it makes it worse
then pretty much vroom vroom skid skid hopefully