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Nope, just grasping to the last thread of reality before plunging in to the deepest pits of needing to buy a house............ <sighs>

Anyway I can barely afford Alex's wing, so it's no good putting me down for one of these babies!!

if Sk doesnt take em, beastian will take em for sure...

but at the way its going now, SK's been DESPERATE for a while :)

I'll take em if SK doesn't want em, but what are the chances of that "NONE" LOL

i may just have to see what i can get the rear bar and skirts for, and throw it into the order with chris's stuff, and see if it would be a reasonable option to keep the front bar somewhere, depending on how much extra it would be, until someone manages to rear-end someone in their stagea...

which will probably be me anyway.

meh. im a definite on a rear bar and skirts. have $$ waiting. If anyone wants a front bar for cheaper than gettin it by itself, let me or chris know and we'll throw it into the mix with my kit. no rush, i couldnt afford to get them painted atm anyway, so it may be a month or two, like i'd said. but if someone is keen for earlier, im on it like white on rice.

Andy

Sell your dayz skirts to sydneykid, he has been wanting a set for ages

you will get more than enough for them to buy new ones

righto, SK has offered me 300 plus the postage of the nismo skirts, so put me down for a set Chris.

...by the way, GREAT idea Darrin :(

righto, SK has offered me 300 plus the postage of the nismo skirts, so put me down for a set Chris.

I will have a set of DAYZ skirts, yahoooo >_<

When do you reckon Andy will get his skirts?

I don't think he wants to go skirtless :nyaanyaa:

:) Cheers :D

I will have a set of DAYZ skirts, yahoooo :yes:

When do you reckon Andy will get his skirts?

I don't think he wants to go skirtless :no:

:D Cheers :D

LOL glad you can finally get your hands on a set - will look real nice in blue, lowered with gtr wheels. :yes:

Tangles, you sell me your dayz front bar and you buy the spare nismo

:D bwahahahahha Alex tried that one too!

Come n get it buddy :D LOL no postage cash in hand in person; must be driving stagea

Anyways a Nismo would look better on a manual/powerFC equipped Stagea......... :)

Brendan

this is turning into a game of musical parts...

chris as soon as you can get me a GOOD price on what the skirts and a rear bar is, and then what its would cost for another fornt bar, count me in.

If anyone wants the front bar, you can have it for whatever i pay for it, plus postage. i wont make anything out of it, but it'll be a cheaper way for you to get yourself a tougher front end.

chris post up a list of who is getting what so far, so it can be confrimed either way, with dates as to when the buyer can make the actual purchase, and we'll go from there.

will look nice with an alexcim wing, id say. and SK's suspension. come on tax return...

Made any phone calls lately chris?

Write a quick post if youre in guys, just saying which parts you want so we can get a clear indication of who wants what, as well as when you will be able to get it, so this keeps moving along. Quicker we give chris a clear list, quicker he can start negotiating, and the sooner we'll know prices and such.

by the way these kits look GREAT with clear indicators... lol plug...

Im in for side skirts and rear bar.

If i need to get a full kit to get a cheaper price, whoever buys the front bar gets free clear indicators for it!

come on mate we will have all upgraded to newer cars by the time the price is sorted :D

i want my skirts >_<

Yeah sorry guys... Mike is working on them. Well atleast thats what she said today. Will call him again, and see how things are progressing

me too, when will you have the prices?

...im sure SK is sweating for his DAYZ skirts too.

Yeah Yeah! Coming coming coming.... :D

Sorry for the delays

ok well this thread has been going since march 25th...

im going to give them a call myself tomorrow i think and see what we can do to speed this up cos there is a lot of waiting going on - doesnt take this long to get quoted a price, and yeah we will have upgraded cars by the time we get anywhere.

DO you have their number, chris? or ill just grab it from Don ant DMD Image...

Just trying to speed this up a bit is all.

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