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by shifty babe
08 Oct 2009 12:26 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

i forgot about this post and just found it accidentally lol im not sure what to think about buckets and no rollcage now, i still have buckets in the fiesta but there taller than the top of my head, not sure whether that would save me if i rolled but but for now i dont intend on trying. anyway, yea t...
by shifty babe
18 Feb 2009 12:14 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

kaos wrote:Im gonna say this.

change the 4 points rear mounts arround! they shouldnt be crossed like that!

apart from that it looks good.

i was always told that they should be crossed :( il have a look into it...
by shifty babe
18 Feb 2009 12:13 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

I like that, looks quite good in Army green, but i do like any matt colour. If my paint on mine was shite i'd do it in brown with "this way up" to make it llok like a cardboard box :lol: I guess the wheels are your drift wheels, but a little tip for spraying them is put a coating of neat washing up...
by shifty babe
08 Feb 2009 08:09 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

yea i love my fez, because its the uglier of the mk4/5 era people assume its pretty slow...good fun showing them up lol germ its a 1.7 :) filtyjohn thanks for the instructions...we'll get the wheel off and have a look to see if its popped out...fingers crossed it has :D il copy and paste the thread ...
by shifty babe
06 Feb 2009 05:42 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

the sierra i had was a 1.6 which was burning oil like crazy, only way i could get it to drift was in the damp and it was had to keep a drift going because it had so little power, it burned oil like crazy and we think it was running around 60bhp so we really struggled. Hoping the extra power in the v...
by shifty babe
06 Feb 2009 01:15 pm
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

bummer....whats the best way to bodge it?

and if your nice il add you on facebook...if not you get no pics lol
by shifty babe
06 Feb 2009 11:32 am
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

just remembered, the speedo doesn't work :(


anyone know if theres any common causes for this that i can look at first before having to rip it all apart this weekend?
by shifty babe
06 Feb 2009 11:28 am
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

engine wise its standard, its got a welded diff and has been lowered

all i no is the following

welded diff
nato green paint
fully stripped
2 corbeau buckets
3 point harness drivers side
i have a 4 point harness waiting to go in
side exit exhaust
lowered and stiffened suspension

:D great fun
by shifty babe
06 Feb 2009 09:39 am
Forum: General discussion; introduce yourself!
Topic: First car iv owned thats not a ford
Replies: 60
Views: 14023

First car iv owned thats not a ford

not to sure what people are going to think of this but this is what i picked up yesterday off a mate ...cost me nothing i will be learning to drift in it seeing as someone decided to smash the windscreen on my sierra i was using ... http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/shifty_babe/volvo/n76603023...
by shifty babe
05 Feb 2009 10:45 pm
Forum: Volvo 300 series: demand
Topic: volvo 340/360
Replies: 7
Views: 2078

Re: volvo 340/360

picked one up tonight :) got it off a mate for £0

bargin :D
by shifty babe
05 Feb 2009 06:06 pm
Forum: Volvo 300 series: demand
Topic: volvo 340/360
Replies: 7
Views: 2078

Re: volvo 340/360

thanks fr that, i didn't know you don't get the 1.7 in the 60


340 it is then

also i did have a look at that one on ebay but its a bit of a trek for me :(
by shifty babe
03 Feb 2009 09:58 pm
Forum: Volvo 300 series: demand
Topic: volvo 340/360
Replies: 7
Views: 2078

volvo 340/360

after either a 340 or a 360 with a manual 1.7 or above located in essex....would like something for under £300 if possible :)