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My Projected VL berlina

Started by legal6 vbmenu_register("postmenu_1958486", true); · 28 Sept 2008 · 185 replies

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did you have any trouble mounting the lights cos i reckon mine sit a bit lower than usual cos ya can see the clips that hold the glass in??? looking mint as usual mate.
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fark man that looks mint as with the new lights!
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cheers all for the words yer i reckon the car looks so much more clean and chrisp with the lights in myself Matt nah the lights were fine did you tighten the top two vertical screws before the bottom two? as that will draw it up with out being stopped by the bottom two _____________________________________ well today i headed down to supercheap to take up a special in the catalouge i couldnt say no too fire extinguser buy one get one free but they had none in stock so there ordering me a pair, will be a few weeks but not bad for $32 there 1kg with 6year warrenty so if they give me a few secs it will be worth it comes with metal mounting brackets too did a little small thing today, got some rubber gromits to make some cable holes neater mounted the air box fan cover and clipped it in for good fitted my glove box on drilled out 3 pop rivets for the trans tunnel panel so i could pop rivet in the console braket i forgot, now the console is mounted in properly put new full beam globes in also Daron is coming up tonight too look into the relay problem, so fingers crossed its it the carpet needs steam cleaning badly, on the list to do Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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i love it mate, perfect street cruiser Sometimes I wish I kept mine at this level driveline wise, so much less headaches Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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sooo niceee...
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Quote: Originally Posted by 7FOUR7 i love it mate, perfect street cruiser Sometimes I wish I kept mine at this level driveline wise, so much less headaches nice clean daily was my orignal goal and i aint too far off i say, besides being a daily part lol pffft im doing my head in trying to get it run as is just put all the manifold together tonight and letting the gasket glue dry tommorow ill put the pipes on and hope it kicks over although happy i got my injectors cleaned yesterday as one was blocked so saved taking the manifold apart for a 3rd time cheers VLDUBC Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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little while since a update but ill try taking off where i left the manifold was put back together and tryed starting it but no luck hadnt had much time to touch it really but managed to set the cam timing up good and chucked a new one on while i did it last weekend still havnt tryed starting it though, i reckon its all down to the electrics for the running prob found a scratch on my guard didnt touch the car in 2 weeks and come back to find it sanded all my rear bar, and almost all my moulds, still have fuel flap and need another mould before priming bought some kenwood KFC P403 4" splits for the dash brand new in the box for $75 The new kenwood KFC P403 4" splits Scratch Rear bar almost fully sanded, just get all the edges by hand Snail Random shots from tonight few shots from the morning it went to autopro (2weeks ago) washed the night before might of posted these but dont think so my favroute out of this set :thumbsup: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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that last pic is sweet... new avatar for you me thinks
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looks awesome mate spuing bout the scratch thats why i chose to paint engine bay now and the rest of the car later cause im clumsy as haha.
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inspirational! i read the whole thread...and im speechless question on ur running issue...when u extended the AFM loom...did u also extend the wire with the external mesh wire...i can see all the other extensions bar the silver mesh wire...? could be an issue for ur running also Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TUXEDO I saw this car in the flesh yesterday and it really is a nice looking VLT! It will be good to see this thing out on a cruise one day! Congrads mate and cheers for the cat thanks very much Locky for the word once its done ill def bring it out no prob about the cat Wednesday well havnt done much as ive been at tradeschool, got it all week and next leave before sun rise and home just before, so sucks plus monday and tuesday i was at the misses till 9 then had a 30 minute drive home so i was pritty spent and still am so im hitting the sack in a sec after this post but friday we finish at lunch so plans are along the line of get home at 1 ish, jack the car up. tail shaft off hire a engine crane and pull it out of the wagon, then start stripping the sedan getting that ready. jack it up tail shaft off, trans off radiator out disconnect everything pull out possibly sat midday rang the place about the exhaust and got talking too him about the prob as soon as i said that it was 2.5" and not the 3" he said 'f#%!' he wrote down 3" in the book but for some reason he said 2.5" to the supplier he was sorry about it and said he will source a 3" and ill just have to orgernise to get the car back down plus possibly pay the diffrence in cost which it prob will have, which im cool with so when the engine is out ive got to remove the dump and front pipe anyway so ill let him refit it all at once and get it lined up perfect over the weekend if i get time ill swap all my interior parts into the sedan, mix match the best stuff i can make out of the two cars __________________ Today well just made some head way before the rain started got this sucker out :dance: came straight out forwards like planned with the trans, so much easyer with no rad support no probs, got it all disconnected the first time..... practice makes perfect ha quickly cleaned up all my mess and wrapped the motor up then the rain started, just made it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by legal6 double post merging crap well bought some stuff today to get under neath the car looking nice finally got a gun for the 2 bottles of texter coat ive got and a can of brush on sealer to seal over the welds on the spare wheel well so once the weather in a little warmer ill get the car up and seal every where then spray the rear wheel arches, floor and spare wheel well
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well the engie in the blue car is almost set for coming out, took the trans out last night just strut brace, power steer lines off the pump, exhaust and the heater hoses to go
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nothing major has happened lately, just a little slow as ive had problems pop up and on the weekend i was in melb for the footy currently as it sits tonight theengine is in, radiator in need to do the cabling and few pipes, trans and tailshaft fluids and fingers crossed exhaust is booked for the 29th of sep ????? well the friday for long weekend so the exhaust will be fixed so ill have to get it running by then then that weekend sat and sunday it will be next door and the side will be repainted and the last parts plus any polishing needed will be done, then a rush before C4C too make sure all is ready
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coming along nice sean love this berlina Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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cheers mate door trims are all changed, now i have immac ones with no cigi burns, few dash pieces changed, passenger front seat belt is in, did all this while jon was polishing half of the car is done giving it its first cut still going to cut it again and glaze it next sunday will finish cutting it then when exhaust is fixed ill take it into the work so we can glaze it under fluros too see better :wax: now off to play with the drivetrain :dance: more pics later
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That came up really nice Colour looks awesome in the sun!
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just read your thread, awesome work, love to see it out one day..
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thanks jahan and AERO well just got out the shower and cleaned my self up from my greasy poil trans handling good 10 hours work done today what has been polished so far LH Guard LH Doors LH quater panel Boot lid so next sunday the rest will be done on (the first cut back) then once it goes down for the exhaust that night we will take it next door too work and glaze it all under fluros and fit the bar so we will have to get everything painted by then and ive got tooo get it running while Jon was polishing it i did a little on the interor passenger seatbelt i put in cleaned and put in the 3 console screw hole covers replaced the filler panel on the dash behind the sunglasses holder put in the blower fan controls from the wagon as the cables were not shorting on it replaced both dash speaker grills, as some had glued vlecro or alike for a dash matt before cut little slots in the dash matt for the tweeters too get through (near new from wagon ) door trims, now no burns:dance: then tonight a hit up a little harder work, flywheel all tightened up clutch on trans on tail shaft on but still need to connect too diff re-ran the main power cord along rail and speedo cable too neaten it up connected clutch slaver cylinder too the clutch master pictures (door trims pics were taken with my phone so quality is down) LH F door trim, orignal also changed the arm rest as mine was lifting a little on the back edge New trim on and arm rest RH R door trim, orignal back edge top fabric was coming off and few little burns new trim the artist who painted it and polishing it, Jon Washie Clean Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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those wheels suit it to a tee buddy!
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