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Matts Berlina Turbo Wagon

Started by 12maneym · 2 July 2007 · 163 replies

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thoes wheels are hot ... what are they .. name ? 19's yeh .. not to mention cars nice and clean, very nice keep it up .. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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12maneymArchived member
19 inch roh flares bro with hsv centre caps.cheers man.
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12maneymArchived member
update: heres a photo of it at the brock cruise. what an awesome weekend that was. . and bought this donk off mike yesterday, stript it today and going in to get cleaned up along with the head and gettin a super duper cam for it. gettin forgies for it but havin trouble explaining to parts people that its a rb30et ,they all seem to never have heard of them lol.will keep you posted. cheers matt Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SIKVLTArchived member
I'm happy the engine went to a good home Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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EpitaphArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 12maneym update: heres a photo of it at the brock cruise. what an awesome weekend that was. . and bought this donk off mike yesterday, stript it today and going in to get cleaned up along with the head and gettin a super duper cam for it. gettin forgies for it but havin trouble explaining to parts people that its a rb30et ,they all seem to never have heard of them lol.will keep you posted. cheers matt Why dont you order some parts off some site sponsers and get them shipped over? may be cheaper? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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12maneymArchived member
its not gonna be a big horsepower engine,just all still on the vl turbo manifolds turbo ecu. just want it to be reliable and fresh.howmuch can you guys get forgies over there for? i got quoted $1509 for acl hyperlites 7.8:1. were $2200 retail.
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turns out engine bits are cheaper from aus so will be gettin everything off rocket inudstries.Bought some 290mm discs and vs commodore callipers today so should stop a bit better now. will put up some pics when theyre on. chow.
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12maneymArchived member
got my brakes today.they look bigger than i thought. should stop a bit better now and wont look so stupid with the 19s. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SIKVLTArchived member
I see a dose pipe hehe
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12maneymArchived member
yea about time you dosed the wagon.
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SIKVLTArchived member
Yeah I know trying to get some $$ together
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12maneymArchived member
put the brakes on today, holy fark it makes a huge difference.photos are a bit crap sorry. next on the list is to get the new engine finished and then a rb25det box fingers crossed. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SIrollerArchived member
schmick car, i love the "salmon" coloured interior, and it looks to be a well looked after and classily modified car congrats - Mitch
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12maneymArchived member
ok so engine is being pushed aside as my gearbox is sucking the kumara, after doing skids at the taupo cruise lol. picked on up off trademe for cheap and the old man is gonna freshen it up with new bearings etc. also scored all the calais chrome strips today for $20. so will be chucking them on after we get back from the foo fighters concert.
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12maneymArchived member
heres mee chrome bits and sum interior pics. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SIKVLTArchived member
Matt chuck up some photos of ya tints !
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as the nz boys know im moving to Aus for a bit in feb, so the 19's are for sale, and am polishing up the calais rims for Kumeu car show. farkin hard job, took me 4days and alot of TUI to do one rim. wana get white walls but knowone here in the bay does them. and heres a pic of the tints. also we have a 5.0 calais so may be putting leather interior into mine.just tryna picture it against the white exterior. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SIKVLTArchived member
Is it the tan coloured leather ?
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12maneymArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by SIKVLT Is it the tan coloured leather ? yea one seats knackered though. if its a mission to swap interiors ill keep the red
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SIKVLTArchived member
that will look horn - just do it. It's dam near impossible to find decent calais leather seats the leather is way past its use by date - put some grandma spec sheep skin covers on them lol
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