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Post by valman » 13 Sep 2010 09:04 pm

great progress so far, good idea with the rally stands 8)

are you going to tub the front arches?
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Post by Frits » 14 Sep 2010 09:58 pm

thanks

what do you mean with tubbing the front arches?

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Post by volvosneverdie » 15 Sep 2010 08:39 am

Frits wrote:thanks

what do you mean with tubbing the front arches?
Cutting them out and rebuilding with more travel-room?

Or, just cut them out!

no arches
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Post by valman » 15 Sep 2010 01:06 pm

Frits wrote:thanks

what do you mean with tubbing the front arches?
just like VND said - cutting them out and raising them for extra clearance. something im going to do to mine very soon i think as i want to go lower but theres 10mm max between top of tire and top of wheel tub :(

dont think no inner arches is a good idea as it will weaken the mcphearson set up quite a lot, unless of course you went off to add tubing which is mounted to a roll cage in the cockpit so making a spaceframe like structure almost - a vw caddy has it done ill try find a pic
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Post by Frits » 15 Sep 2010 09:20 pm

Oh, clear. The arches will stay stock for now.

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Post by Frits » 20 Sep 2010 10:03 pm

Finally, all the welding is completed. Pictures!!

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The new jacking points.. And offcourse new protective coating..

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Rear arches ready for 9J.. Outside will stay stock look/ original look.

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You can't say its not ready for the next few years! :] So whats next? Making the car ready for professional painting. And offcourse painting the inside.

Not sure about the colour yet... You guys have an idea for this lovely 3 door 360?

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Post by valman » 20 Sep 2010 11:48 pm

must be a good feeling knowing youre going to be building on something thats solid - how long did it take to get it all patched up?
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Post by Frits » 21 Sep 2010 08:57 am

About one and a halve year. Next to my study, work and social stuff offcourse.

As long as I don't crash it the very first run :lol:

What about the colour?

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Post by magnumpi » 21 Sep 2010 07:46 pm

Frits wrote:
What about the colour?
Two tone, chocolate brown and cream, but then i'm just weird :lol:
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Whats the matter with the car i'm driving can't you tell that it's out of style?

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Post by volvodspec » 21 Sep 2010 08:10 pm

without a doubt;

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Lamborghini's; Verde Ithaca
a very catchy and rare shade of green wich stands out brilliant but keeps a car exclusive. and, also important for you Frits; a nice colorbase for a sponsor-sticker package; white, blue and black based stickers match this color very good :wink:

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Post by navq007 » 21 Sep 2010 08:46 pm

how ironic would this colour look after all the rust prevention lol Image

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Post by Frits » 21 Sep 2010 09:12 pm

Lol, rust-look ('s good) but not on a performance car if you ask me. Anjo's green might be an idea. Choosing colour is difficult to me, so many choices lol..

White looks good, but to much an original look if you asks me. Red is nice, but already seen on a few cars here (like nikdev's one) I think black could be very cool (but a bit hot in the summer), maybe yellow.. Well actually, I really don't know haha

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Post by volvosneverdie » 21 Sep 2010 09:45 pm

black!
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Post by SteveP » 25 Sep 2010 10:13 am

I'd go for white too... but pick the colour from a modern car, older 'whites' tend to look too yellowish.
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Post by Chris_C » 25 Sep 2010 10:34 am

Mazda 6 white from the last 18months.... mmmmm, metalflake :D (though that was one of my plans, but so were a few others ;)... Mazda 6 blue, the really deep one, or their candyapple red.)

I like Mazda 6 colours ;)
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