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Wasn't the bumper itself, it was the black under guard thingy that was making a horrible noise along Wanneroo rd... I fear I've left great chunks of plastic along the road just past Marangaroo drv... :w00t:

Mum told me about that, thats real bush mechanics spec there :w00t:

I know... My old man would be chuffed with my effort...

Go on fibrevision, match THAT using only twine, electrical tape and a pair of scissors! :rofl:

Lol. Yeh, i was thinking about the splash guard 2day, how it mite drop down. Sorry, I completely over looked it today! As long as you can drive it, and you'll be the laughing stock at the mechanics now.

Mum told me all about your visit, including running out of petrol... :w00t:

Hey all, Andrew got Yellowed on the Anti-Lag cruise last Friday night, and had til today to get rid of it. Last night He (Fei-Sti Rex), Mark (Marko_R34GTT) and yours truly (NA_Goodness) had to do some work to get it ready for the pits today, which he thankfully past, and the yellow is no more!!

In the 5 hours we were on my front verge, we managed to change his brake pads (the indicators had been grinding for 2 months before we realised what the noise was), swapped Mark's and Andrew's front bars, removed the side skirts, and changed his park lights (blew about 3 of them as well :ermm: )

Anyhoo, I'm just throughing some pics up for your entertainment. It isnt the best garage (on the side of the road in the pitch black ;)) but his car wouldnt go into my garage cos the front bar scrapes... Wonder why we're removing it? :P And it doesnt usually take me 5 hours to do brakes, but with no light, shit tools, no hoist, and two guys who keep distracting me... It took a while.

Enjoy!

The route of all evil:

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The beast (minus front bar :no:) - note the crappy R33 rimz

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Taking the bar off - Dori Dori spec :P

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No bar

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Again, no bar

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Stripped :D

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Slight surgery to the bar...

The plate has been moved to the front bar now... Held on with wool :D Not my idea...

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Close up on repairs

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Gaffa tape isnt dodgy...

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Donor recipient

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"New" stock bar:

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Finished product:

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And we had just put the wheel on, tightened it up, removed the jack, stood back to admire a job well done with the brakes, and...

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Yes, we forgot to take the light out :P

Mark... I'm blaming you for that one!! Still looks cool...

The boyz... Mark is the wog, Andrew is the asian guy

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Muscle man...

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Yes, he was posing :P

And thats about it for now. Andrew and I put his new Enkei rims on tonight and the side skirts are back on, the front bar is going back on tomorrow, and the car is ready to be defected again!!

I'll post up some more photos of that tomorrow, I need my sleep now

oh my god i look hideous in that photo...

for those that have met me, please vouch that i don't look that bad... i wasn't in a good mood so trying to be happy was hard okay!

yeah, new rims are a bit too big for my liking now...

thanks Rhys and Mark and all you other guys out there for the support!

couldn't do it without you guys, hope you enjoy the photos, i think there are some more with my new rims etc. post them up Rhys

cheers,

Andrew :P

oh my god i look hideous in that photo...

for those that have met me, please vouch that i don't look that bad... i wasn't in a good mood so trying to be happy was hard okay!

hahahah don't u always look like that? hahaha

j/ks man j/ks

doens't look too bad on marcos car hey

dammit forgot u didn't have intercooler

i got stock series 2 front bar in bayside blue tho hahaha

white on blue hell yeah!

nice work guys sorry couodln't come by to help out hey

lol sorry steven...

okay everyone, i think steven is inviting us all to his house for next backyard job...

and ALL OF SAUWA IS INVITED!!! :ermm:

don't worry dude, you can come for the drinks (whenever i decide that may be)

haha Andrew :P

nice work guys sorry couodln't come by to help out hey

bullsh*t you're sorry, you just wanted to go fishing instead of hanging out with us

go play with your fishies and see if they'd want to go for cruises and fast eddy's and sh*t with you, i'll see you running back to us boys then won't i? :P

and everyone...

NEXT BACKYARD JOB AFTER STEVEN'S PLACE IS AT BRENDAN'S... HE HAS A HOIST!!!

Yeh, the side skirts had a bit of double sided sticky tape, but didnt affect it at all. The hardest part was getting Marko's bumper off... Andrew's was held on with 4 screws :)

I have a large garage with plenty of lighting, except Andrew's car won't get in cos the front bar scrapes... Slight problem.

Cheers Ryan, I have more, but they're pretty shit.

Brendan, you have a hoist at your house??? Your not looking for a housemate who cant afford the rent... are you? (Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes...) I want a hoist :banana: Or at least a trolley jack, or a garage we can get cars into ;)

Mark, do you have any pics of your dodgy front bar? Didnt get any of the "paint" and I want to see this number plate mount :D

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