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    here is my new money pit




    all smoothed


    no more ugly wiring harness holes


    new ones in inner guard and trans tunnell





    no more battery spot all smooth


    no panel seam


    door piller hole shaved


    underneath has been painted in hametone stone chip paint

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    Started playing hide the wiring harnes last night wow how fun this is going to be .

    Still unsure on colour originally I wanted the new ve poison ivy green but starting to think silver
    What do u guys think

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    wow man, this is impressive, hanging out to see more!
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    Well spent the fortnightly budget but got some great deals

    Pedders Extreme coilovers with camber caster plates


    brand new plenem plastic in box with new clips (very hard to find genuine)


    vs spac bootlid


    full ss kit fits perfect


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    oh and put the deposit on my Vortech kit

    plan is 5litre 5spd with vortech running 10pnd nothing huge but enough to play with

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    Nice mate
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    Nice, All smooth. Lol. Hey, What is the go with colivers? Can you adjust the height in them unlike normal springs?

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    Looks good, i remember seeing this "somewhere else"

    As to your colour question, i'd say silver. im not a fan of older model holdens in newer model colours.

    Ill be watching this closely.


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    Quote Originally Posted by some_guy View Post
    Looks good, i remember seeing this "somewhere else"

    As to your colour question, i'd say silver. im not a fan of older model holdens in newer model colours.

    Ill be watching this closely.
    Yea go silver or Black....Black with silver pearl?

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    Black or Anthracite/Gun metal grey (colour of the VR SS's)

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    jpeg chopa yes i can adjust ride hight up n down i can stiffen it up by using adaptable springs and the camber caster plates allow a huge adjustment

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    Looks like it will look sweet mate good luck.
    Be great to see it finished.

    PS nice thongs
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    that looks like a shitload of work to me.
    what sort of timeframe are you looking at?

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    i just found some more deals
    vq caprice seats , brand new pedders upgrade power steering rack , 30mm pedders sway bar also brand new.
    just a few more to add to the list.

    Also my k-frame has been sent to the powder coaters

    and i have decided a colour BLACK with LOTS of PURPLE PEARL

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    caprice rear seat I intend on using this rear seats and hopefully a pair of coulsons in the front


    new rack and sway bar front suspension is coming together

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    Played more wiring today had to extend all the thermo fan n horn wires , + i decided to run cruise control still but i will be running the wires up under passenger side guards pictures soon

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    mate this thing look amazing amazing job on smoothing everything cant wait to see this thing painted will keeping a close watch.. hiding the wiring sucks half way through mine pretty shaw there couldnt be a worse job haha=) goodluck

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    Back again , i did a little bit over the weekend .
    got myself a vt bonnet cable (they are a longer cable) and ran it threw the drivers inner guard


    also tidied up the fuse box and prepared it and retaped it in the right shape for the new wiring


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