Have Finished Exterior :):) Updated 08/03/2007

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Postby Andrew » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:05 am

Great looking car you havee there, pity about having to put the front numberplate on it :(

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Re: Have Finished Exterior :):)

Postby fastfreddygassit » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:51 am

Teighto wrote:How's it going,

ive been away for a while due to working on my car alot :):)

thought id post a pic see what you guys's think :):)


i have done alot to the engine as well and will get some decent shot's for you to have a look at :):)

hope you like :):)


That looks fantastic!! :mrgreen:
Larger (and different design) wheels would look mad though!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Postby maxwolfie » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:03 pm

Wow that looks really neat mate, wd!
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Postby STV » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:12 pm

Definately a top looking car!
cant wait for the engine shots!
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Postby fig » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:31 pm

Congrats on the rewards of all your hard work :)
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Postby Garry » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:55 pm

Is that the biggest number plate in the universe or what? :shock:
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Postby RaYmO » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:37 pm

Definitely one of the hottest NB's Ive seen, well done dude 8)
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Postby RaYmO » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:26 am

Teighto wrote:RaYmO - i dont really see many NB's over here that are done up mainly just the NA's :(


Hey Teighto,

Yeah, Ive only spent time looking for NA kits as Ive got a NA 8)

Maybe you can start one for the NB, I've come across some NB pics that I can post up too.
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Postby CT » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:46 am

So I take it that's a bomex front clip?
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Postby sabretooth » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:22 pm

Looks nice. Not to my tastes, but I can appreciate the effort that's been put into it. Well done.

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Postby irwin83r » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:29 pm

nice kit
but you really really need to look at other options for that plate :? but thats just me not my car :lol:

good thing about a plate is you can remove it easy :P

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Postby EGG80X » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:59 pm

wah the front bar is so deep

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Postby Okibi » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:57 pm

Since you're going for that whole silver theme, punch out the orange lens in the headlights and replace the globes with clear ones that flash orange.
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Postby Okibi » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:14 pm

Teighto wrote:Has this been done before then ??? i didnt think it was possible to remove this without breaking apart the headlight and re sealing it back together ?


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This is how I did it.

You take the headlight out of the car.

You get some long needle nose pliers and start snapping off the orange indicator lens.

(I used the dremel on the first one and it made more mess and wasn’t as easy)

Once you’ve snapped off and removed all the orange bits you get some of those Auto globes that appear clear/silver but flash orange.

I think these had a different lug on the side of the base of the globe, but because the globe holder is plastic you can push them in anyway.

Sorry I can’t find the exact Philips Indicator Bulb type because their website is b0rked.
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Postby Okibi » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:34 am

No worries.

Here's another photo I took tonight

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