Car is dirty as, havn't yet taken a clean photo.... (LARGE SIZE - BEWARE)

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There 17's, on maxis MA-V1 Rubber, exact same rolling diameter as the old tyres, and about an inch wider! So much quieter, than my "triangle" brand tryes, or my "POSatration" tyres, although they were good for a laugh at MM07.

The fellas at bob jane were even nice enough to paint my calipers black for me.

Hahaha I had fun playing pong while waiting for that to load lol

Looks good :thumbsup: that paint is in really good condition to from the looks of it

Kieran

It's good, no sun fade etc, it's just covered in chips, tommorow I will take a photo after I give it a coat of megs wax and it will look a tonne better.

Nice set :bowrofl:







of rims LOL

']Nice set :bowrofl:







of rims LOL
LMFAO:bowrofl: :bowrofl:

oh and nice rims too dude

Yes there great to cuddle up to at night.... the rims that is....

lukcy m********r :P:bowrofl:
Those rims really do look nice man...just color code her hey, just the car..

Yeah thinking about it, How hard is it to get the strips off the doors? I have to have all the door cards off again soon to finish up my power window conversion.

And would I leave the chrome stip as chrome?

Yeah thinking about it, How hard is it to get the strips off the doors? I have to have all the door cards off again soon to finish up my power window conversion.

And would I leave the chrome stip as chrome?
is it possible to take the strips off?
I saw a dodgy second gen the other day whos had been ripped off, and there were holes all down the side of the car where i was held on..
same with the plastic triangles

Correct, if you take the side mouldings off you will have holes, although you can take it off to paint.

Yeah thinking about it, How hard is it to get the strips off the doors? I have to have all the door cards off again soon to finish up my power window conversion.

And would I leave the chrome stip as chrome?

freaking easy...i'd know- i just resprayed;)

All you have to do is grab from a place where you can get a hold of it and yank it. it wont break it's flexible plastic...just pull it. all the clips will POP out and it'll fall to the ground:) done and done...I suggest buying a large biottle of Mineral Turpentine for cleaning the double sided tape off the panel work and the strips for reinstallment-no it wont damage the paint underneath:)

EDIT- Also, I suggest taking the chrome stip off and replacing with new from Autobar/similar- nothing like new chrome on the car to give it a lift...That way, you can spray right under the strip and reduce the risk of the paint peeling off as you remove the masking tape...do same for bumpers:)

ALTERNATELY- to reduce the amount of work needed, go to wreckers and buy some strips off a Verada like I did. That way, they're already painted and minimal prep is required, if in good cond, a quick go over with 800 wet and they'll be ready for painting. With any luck, you'll find a 'rada thats the same colour ;)

My brother got the same set in 17 inch for his 323. Except the 17's look like 20's on his little beast lol

My brother got the same set in 17 inch for his 323. Except the 17's look like 20's on his little beast lol


Just out of interest do you know how much he paid? it cost me about $1100 all up for these, tyres, rims, balencing, fitting, paint on callipers and hubs etc.

Will take a trip to the local wreckers tommorow and see much the want for the strips, knowing the wreckers around here it will be about $200 all up!!

More pics!!

gave the car a good clean/polish

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wow loooks excellent.... :o.. cant wait to get some rims on mine... :(... whats with the square clear indicators????

man they look smick on that :D

wow loooks excellent.... :o.. cant wait to get some rims on mine... :(... whats with the square clear indicators????
Not sure, I think slyts put them on there. I hate to ask, flame suit on, how much are the 380 ones?

Not sure, I think slyts put them on there. I hate to ask, flame suit on, how much are the 380 ones?


:flame:

hahaha....i had a set of rectangle ones floating around so i whacked them on. not sure if 380 ones were around at the time....pretty sure it was VT homodore ones available at the time.

car is looking good man. is it lowered now?

good stuff...nice choice in wheels.

anthony

Not sure, I think slyts put them on there. I hate to ask, flame suit on, how much are the 380 ones?

.... APPROX $10 EACH OR 20 FOR A SET FROM A MITSUBISHI DEALER. ASK FOR "Mitsubishi 380 clear side repeaters" :bowrofl:

Yeah!!!! Nice wheels......:2cool:

yeah id definatly get the 380 ones....so much nicer :)

Just out of interest do you know how much he paid? it cost me about $1100 all up for these, tyres, rims, balencing, fitting, paint on callipers and hubs etc.

Will take a trip to the local wreckers tommorow and see much the want for the strips, knowing the wreckers around here it will be about $200 all up!!
He paid $1,200 I think, lower profile tyres are more expensive :(

He painted his own calipers after :P Bright red... kids these days lol

car is looking good man. is it lowered now?


na man not lowered, but I put that spare exhaust you gave me on, sounds ****ing awesome.

Can't really lower it, it would become impractical. Next up is brakes, replace rear rocker cover gasket, tint.

With new side indicators, repaint front/rear bar, fake leather for back seats along the way.

does the intake manifold need removing to replace the rear gasket?

almost certain of it

does the intake manifold need removing to replace the rear gasket?
I have heard that it can be done without removing it. but it's not that big of a job even if I have to. In the end either way it's worth it.

People have said that the intake has to come off to get the distributor off as well, but if you twist and shake it a bit it comes of fine.

I took the car for a spirited drive last night and all I can say is "Oh My God!" the whole car has changed, the tyres really grip going around a corner, with my old tyres they would just squeal and slide etc.