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I think the spacers will help the looks, not sure if the arches are going to like that in combination with 100mm lowering  Are you going to coilovers? |
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The arches have all been rolled in prep when I had the body wrk done so 'should' be ok, yeah but really don't know where to start as nothing is off the shelf  |
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Llewelyn_
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Hi everyone :)
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The car looks awesome! It's came a long way since I had it  I think that grey is possibly the best colour for a 480 - full on spaceship styling! |
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"Back off man, I'm a Scientist" - Dr. Peter Venkman
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RaceLeda did had some coilovers in their catalogue for the Volvo 400.
Otherwise Golf Mk2 coilovers could be a starting point.
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Jul 14, 2012 12:01:41 GMT
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Last Edit: Jul 14, 2012 12:02:37 GMT by mardell100
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Jul 14, 2012 22:09:42 GMT
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Nice, was waiting for an update on this!
You've inspired me to have a go at vinyl wrapping rather than painting my own car, was wondering do you have any more photos of when you wrapped yours? Where you able to do it by yourself or did it need 2 people?
Also did you wrap the vinyl straight over the primer or did you top coat it first?
Preffered your other wheels if I'm honest (they looked great without the centre caps for some reason), but overall an awesome take on an underrated car..
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Small Update ;D Did a rolling road day which included weighing the car, I was wishing it would be under a ton, epic fail I filled up with petrol 2 minutes away from RGS!! completely forgot. The car came in at 1020kg and 160bhp (had boost set at 8psi rather than 14) so was pleased with that - considering its 21yrs old and 160k on the clock. So weight saving is on - enter the new seats   Replacing the old bucket seats has saved me 42kg in total!! can't believe how much! Puts me in at 978kg (full tank) and all I've really done is remove the interior. One thing that was highlighted on the rolling day was the position of the air filter (behind the battery) with no cold feed, so battery tray is ready to go in rear. The front and rear bumper have the crash beam that weighs a massive amount - be happy to see the car between 900 - 920 |
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bstardchild
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Car is looking really good
You still got your old seats or have you sold them on
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still got the old bucket seats, they will be for sale soon they are very heavy though!  |
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Torquesport
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Astras all the way!
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Aug 15, 2012 11:45:24 GMT
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Car itself looks great but the plates, apart from being illegal look gash in my opinion. Not worth asking for extra attention from Mr Plod.
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