Speedy88's rather unfortunate Green 360 GLS

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Re: Speedy88's Green 360 GLS: DAY OF WIN

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I know! I really think it adds to the character. Unfortunatly the rear one is plastic :( But at some point I'm going to get a metal one made up, to be all 80s and stuff.
MCHUDD wrote:Hi Speedy.
Car looks great mate. You've put a lot of hard work in there.
Is that some sort of yankie caravan in that shed and how did that
transit servive the sweeny?
Cheers Mark.
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Thanks for the compliments guys, makes it all worth it :D 360 becomes my daily driver as of Monday.
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Re: Speedy88's Green 360 GLS: DAY OF WIN

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Getting ready for monday. My horn doesn't work...

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Ahh, why would someone cut here? :?
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Feeling horny now!
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Next, radio. Ever wanted to make your radio work without the ignition on? Cut this green wire here:
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Simply run it to the 2 lives here, offline and online positives (yellow and red)
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Sweet, all ready for my big trip to Dorset on Wednesday. What a way to christen the car :D :D :D
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I visited a friend. Kinda bought these:

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Hehe, now those look familiar ;)
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Those look stunning, wish I had wheels that awesome :lol:

You can see from those pics what I meant about you need to paint the spokes of the front wheels.

HAAS pictures for you
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You can also see them here :P

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Great pics :-) Glad to see it's all coming together so quickly!

Well done sir ...

Tom
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Door strip is now on it's way!
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Thanks guys and Chris for the brochure (and the wheels!)
trabitom99 wrote:Great pics :-) Glad to see it's all coming together so quickly!

Well done sir ...

Tom
Ah yes but I'm now horrendously in debt :lol: Ah well, it'll be worth it. I love this thing already.
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Little n large
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Ok so today this happened:
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In!
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A nice solid exhaust bracket made from bits n pieces:
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DOWN BOY.
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Little bonus pic: (pre lowering)
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That looks badass dude.
Even more that before.

Is that nose down rake intentional?
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No, we ran out of time to get the lowering blocks on but I think it looks kinda cool with the rake :D
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Speedy88 wrote:No, we ran out of time to get the lowering blocks on but I think it looks kinda cool with the rake :D
It does man. It really does.

Rake ftw.
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Updation!

Just a rake pic for the pre-rear-lowerings:
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Thanks Bruce of Area52 for the assistance:
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BAM!
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Slight clearance issues :mrgreen:
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Then at the weekend I went to some beach or something:
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That's all for now, I'm running out of things to do. Now to just fill her up with petrol and use her as much as possible :D
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Re: Speedy88's Green 360 GLS: DAY OF WIN

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nice one! looks spot on now.
Speedy88 wrote:Now to just fill her up with petrol and use her as much as possible :D
^ YES
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