my 300 quid or under drift project

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jony
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my 300 quid or under drift project

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hey all got this 2 weeks ago and have done a few changes already


won it on ebay for £138 with mot 5 owners 130k only two bits of rust !

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and so far ive

completly stripped it out
dewipered the rear
fitted buckets and harness's
made a switch panel (mainly for looks)
welded a back box on
and painted it matt black :D :D


next jobs
2in drop
landy shocks
refill fronts
weld the diff

and on the look out for some wide weller racing wheels

and ive bought a 1.8 16v renault engine/ecu/loom/rad/exhaust for £60 8)


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so far its cost me
138 for the car
30 for the buckets and harness's
60 for the 1.8 16v engine/exhaust etc
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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Kool and the gang dude.
Hat trick!
its a three time forum car.
Daffodil, Dubstar? and now you!
What a bargain as well man. Very well bought.
Theres years of fun in that there car man. Squeeze them out!
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jony
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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yep got it off dubstar ,well that was his ebay user name

is there any threads on here about it ?
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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jony wrote:yep got it off dubstar ,well that was his ebay user name

is there any threads on here about it ?
not much man, bits and pieces.
Think this threads got the most pics of the car so far.
so keep it up dude.
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magnumpi
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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Looks like you've done well bagging that lot for the money.

I personaly wouldn't have painted it, kept it stock paint, but alas it's not my car so my opinion is irelevant :lol:
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garth
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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Yeah the only time I'd spray it was if the paint was shit in the 1st place. Good buy there!
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Re: my 300 quid or under drift project

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looks like a (formerly) nice car
:lol:
Good buy that. Enjoy.
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