A2Steve
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It's not being done with the intention of selling, but then they never are
Creating a storm - A2Steve
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Cenick
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It's not being done with the intention of selling, but then they never are
4-6 months top, if someone’s lucky
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A2Steve
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I may have caused some confusion. I'm working on a 90 for a member. The car that's going to be a colourstorm is a 2002 75.
Edwrai
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CrispyEdd
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Creating a Forum Storum more like ?
A2Steve
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Sorry I don’t follow?
A2Steve
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Made a start on the mechanical side of things today.
I’ve got no service history for the TDI but I was very pleased to find that despite 190k on the clock the TDI has been very well looked after. It was last owned by a drifting race team as a pool car and they seem to have really looked after it.
I found new cast wishbones on both sides, new brake pipes at the front, new droplinks and track rod ends along with some nearly new monroe shocks.
Now as if changing a blue car to a yellow storm isn’t enough, I also plan to give it a bit of extra ground clearance and some imitation skid plates as I’ve done with my ‘Dune’ projects.
So today I fitted new KYB front and rear springs for the Fabia 1.9 D estate. This has given about an extra 50mm of ground clearance all round.
Now that it’s sitting as I want it, I’ll now make a start on swapping the body panels over.
I’ve got no service history for the TDI but I was very pleased to find that despite 190k on the clock the TDI has been very well looked after. It was last owned by a drifting race team as a pool car and they seem to have really looked after it.
I found new cast wishbones on both sides, new brake pipes at the front, new droplinks and track rod ends along with some nearly new monroe shocks.
Now as if changing a blue car to a yellow storm isn’t enough, I also plan to give it a bit of extra ground clearance and some imitation skid plates as I’ve done with my ‘Dune’ projects.
So today I fitted new KYB front and rear springs for the Fabia 1.9 D estate. This has given about an extra 50mm of ground clearance all round.
Now that it’s sitting as I want it, I’ll now make a start on swapping the body panels over.
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CrispyEdd
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Thats one mashed rad on front, much other damage on it?
A2Steve
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The front bumper was damaged and when I removed it I could see that the crash bar was bent and the air con rad had been pushed in too. Luckily everything bar the air con rad popped back into shape once the tension from the bent crash bar was released.
A2Steve
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Bit more done tonight. The TDI has rear electric windows so unfortunately it’s not just a case of simply swapping the doors over. They have required a complete strip down of all the internals and this was then transferred into the yellow door skin so that the rear electric windows were retained.
in9999
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Good to see your work being checked by the cat!