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Its pretty dim in the garage.......looks so much better in natural light.....

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for some reason this picture didnt upload earlier.....

and thanks mate ^^^ ...this thread is getting loooong !! Bit boring though now because there has'nt been any real big stuff to report....lots of plans though in the near future...so my fingers and toes are crossed !!

So this morning while I was going through some performance imports mags I came across this.................................

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And I wanted to do something similar too.............so I went to the shops and could not find a black sweatband so went to red dot and bought three pairs of black socks (will use the other two pairs for work)...and began to do some "art and craft"............

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Result............

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And on the car................ :domokun:

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My attention has now been diverted to the engine bay...............and since I don't want to spend any big bucks at the moment.....I have been doing this...................

Boring old plastic washer bottle...............

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After the plastic primer and first coat of paint..............

Made sure to leave a strip so that I can actually see how much water is in there...going to look like this :ph34r: !! haha

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Will post completed pics when it dries and I put it back on............

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SEEN THESE WHEELS BEFORE ????!!!!..............look what I found them on while randomly on google searching for wallpapers !!!!!!

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In other news...the container is almost dry and looks yumm.....doing the coolant one now....

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See what I mean.....................

....and update....I drove ALL THE WAY TO WORK with my phone stuck under the hood !!!! Silly me left it there this morning when I was rushing to refit the wiper washer water containter thingo before work.......it still "work"s as normal !!!

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  • 2 weeks later...

Did some detailing of the "bunky".........................and then I bought some high temp paint for my exhaust piping.

The front bar and half the bonnet has not yet been done in this picture...........it is surprising what a little bit of time, effort and average levels of detailing skill can achieve. I know this is a terrible picture and you probably cannot really tell any difference unless you look very carefully but a little bit of effort is all it took and man this thing is shining now !!

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Then moved on to my car again...........

Tried to get the exhaust off....but when I realized that it was beyond me I decided to give it a shot and paint it on the car itself.......made sure I had newspaper ontop of it as I didnt want other bits to get sprayed too and sprayed the living hell out of it with degreaser first and just went in with the high temp black....could not be bothered with sanding down / prep and all that jazz...it cannot even be seen !!

This is as high as I can get the car at the moment (without axle stands)...so had to make do.

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Came up pretty well I thought judging by the general lack of attention to detail and half arsed effort...going to let it idle for a while and then turn off tmrw.....and then take it for a short run to and from work so hopefully the paint will cure and wont peel....intercooler piping is still perfect so hopefully it lives up to its reputation and wont too.

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That is the weld mark from when "kermit" modified my exhaust so that it had less angle and didnt burn a hole through my rear bar.

OH and that looks SOOO much better than the rest of the exhaust at the moment !!

So...............pulled the sunshade thingo down the other morning when I couldnt see a thing because of the blooming glare and thought to myself.....there is a great discovery to be unraveled here..........hahahaa.....no I didnt...I thought.....man this is boring !!

Seeeeeeee what I mean...

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So I pulled out some of the left over leather trim that I had..............

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...and then I became F U N K Y ...........................lol

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Outside view

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BTW...Happy new year people :)

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