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13-05-10, 08:12 GMT+10#21 been a while for an update...been busy with work and crap...anyways haha...got a bit more into the prep work last night with the help of a mate...he wants to learn so ill teach him what i know lol...so while he stripped the car of mirrors...door strips and various other peices...i fitted my lip kit for the rear bar...and i must say it look very very nice lol...
crossover pipe in
rear bar lip kit
random interior shot ( note location of ecu in glovebox )
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13-05-10, 13:18 GMT+10#22 Interesting concept, but it should go alright!!!
Looking pretty good so far, will be interesting how it goes when finished
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16-05-10, 19:08 GMT+10#23 cheers mate...
update-o...
got the bitch primed today...looks better then the sh!tty old blue...still going the same blue tho...just...with a difference...anyway i got a lil happy with the camera haha...as ull see soon enough
the black spot on the bonnet near the body line is a big fly
bum
i love the spagetti foam masking strip...heres why...
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16-05-10, 19:12 GMT+10#24 Cool conversion man,
you putting a built auto behind it or manual?
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17-05-10, 01:44 GMT+10#25 Nice work mate, I have a soft spot for VQs... they did a nice job on the interior and they still feel like luxurious cars.
We live in a great time, when nice cars and tough motors can be had cheaply.
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27-05-10, 14:56 GMT+10#26 weezy - yeah man throwin a manual behind it after much thought
oldgold - haha thanks mate...ive wanted a vq since i was 15 and now i finally got one...and definatley true...cheap nice cars can be done up on a budget
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27-05-10, 15:11 GMT+10#27 everyone saying it will go alright etc, unless you put some serious boost into it, it will go like **** lol
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29-05-10, 14:27 GMT+10#28 Go faster than your ute
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31-05-10, 19:45 GMT+10#29 It'll go better then a ****ty 3.8
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31-05-10, 21:09 GMT+10#30 Quote:
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Go faster than your ute
by the looks of the piks its moved more than the ute has i the last how many years and this thing is even yet to fire up lol!!!
but nice build mate! lookin real good
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01-06-10, 08:22 GMT+10#31 Quote:
Originally Posted by 5spdvl
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Go faster than your ute
lol no it wont
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02-06-10, 15:48 GMT+10#32 Your just jealous Kane LOL
VQ Statesman curb weight - 1,563 kg (v8)
VL Calais curb weight - 1,350 kg
A highflowed t3/4 would go pretty ok...
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27-07-10, 08:13 GMT+10#33 lol thanks guys...but now its a decider...keep or sell...especially if that julia gillard bitch wins the election and plans to pull all pre-1995 cars off the rd...then ill never get it registered
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27-07-10, 08:36 GMT+10#34 keep going, she wont pass the legislation, plus its just a incentive to buy newer. not a ban
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28-07-10, 19:06 GMT+10#35 Quote:
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lol thanks guys...but now its a decider...keep or sell...especially if that julia gillard bitch wins the election and plans to pull all pre-1995 cars off the rd...then ill never get it registered
That's not how it works.
It's an offer of $2000 to trade in your pre 95 vehicle only if you buy a hybrid car.
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31-07-10, 22:21 GMT+10#36 thank fark for that...but i still have an eoi on it lol
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