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heres another one, wheels are 17x9 +22 all round.

thanks

Thats awesome

Wow got any more photos, best 33 since granthem's

Haha cheers mate! Hope it doesn't change your opinion, but mines currently undergoing some cosmetic surgery :D

Combination of changing the cars style (since I think the Enkeis suited the more "racey" look, but the meister will be more suited to less lairyness) and the fact I hated by stupid fibreglass front bar with a passion.

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Felt like doing a timeline of my car after seeing granthem's post

Car when i bought it

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Eventually scraped walls and stitched it up

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Changed Stitching Pattern and Rattle canned the scrap so it looked cleaner

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Smashed it into a tyre stack at Wakefield Drift Day, borrowed a drill and repaired it between sessions

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Solve the puzzle

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Good as new with about 50 cable ties later

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Thought the front bar would attract too much unwanted attention so got a full kit for 200 bucks and came with this trust front bar

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Got defected so went for a more stock looking car

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Got sick of people saying red front bar looks dodgy and also saw old pictures of my car

So painted the front bar white and also got a lip

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Wanted a cleaner look so painted the front lip

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Takz your timeline is insane. You can;'t be called a hardparker thats for sure!

While my new bars are being painted, my best mate spend some time doing some paint correction on the whale.

Results are below :D (crappy iphone pics, but you get the gist of it - im super happy!)

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blaq's leading the viva garage lip and 4 door foggie phase!

i want your ganadors!

Visionary genius :D

And thanks for making me regret selling my RPF1's blags!

Alright guys, got ma new grillz (Nelly voice) - what do you think? I'm fairly diggin it. Its only a test fit, not all clips are on the grill so its sitting abit funny

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The grill is a series 2 4 door item. Don't see many of them so I snapped it up.

Its missing some clips off the back tho. God knows whew I am gonna find any to replace em with. I was thinking panel beaters would require new clips frequently?

cable ties brah

I have a pack of my highest quality black cable ties at the ready as a last resort!

If you wanna sell the grill let me know! haha

Haha took me a while to find it actually! Hoping it matches my 4 door grills under my foggies well :D

If it doesnt - its yours

few pics of my car atm. not 100 complete, bar is just sitting on there. got a Bond cage to go in it and quite a few other odds and ends, brake ducting etc new oil cooler. its registered (was my daily for 3 years) but wont be seing much road use now, hoping to do all the hillclimbs in Tas next year and all the suppersprints plus a few private days, should see atleast one event per month and atleast one small road outing a fortnight in the nice weather =D

cheers

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