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lovin the wheels :p

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wow! love them rims! :D

sexy!

Looking good, loving the plans you have for it, will work well mate

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thanks for the good replys people much appreciated more to come in the next few days

luke

love the 8th pic :)

looking good!!!

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A few more little things done today

I stripped my struts down sand blasted,painted and fitted new wheel bearings

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I resprayed the rocker cover to tidy the bay up and fitted my rebuilt charger

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Also put the bolts in my rims and fitted some wheel nut covers.Not sure on the nut covers opinions wanted as i wanted black ones but the guy sent chrome

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opinions welcome

luke

2 g40's luke u greedy fuck :lol:

mk3 looks awsome

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looks great..I'd go for black covers tbh.

yeah i agree black covers and black brake drums :D

Lovin the rims, looks spot on mate. Cant wait to get my rsl's refurbed now, they look so nice when their fresh.

Keep up the good work!

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looks great..I'd go for black covers tbh.

thanks charlie yeh i think black ones will look better

yeah i agree black covers and black brake drums :D

rear drums will be black once I've finished the front suspension il be doing the rear and think il order some black covers now anyway

cheers for the comments

luke

sweet as mate,

fancy sandblasting my rocker??

Cheers

They look sweet!

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sweet as mate,

fancy sandblasting my rocker??

Cheers

yeh no probs bud ill do it when you come over next time

luke

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Your coming to me next time remembeer to drop that boot off,

Ill find you something dont you worry.

J

Those struts are sexy times!

What's the scoop with the hubs and painting them? Do you have to do this? They come bare from VW...?

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Those struts are sexy times!

What's the scoop with the hubs and painting them? Do you have to do this? They come bare from VW...?

cheers you dont have to paint the hubs and i believe they do come bare originally but they were grubby so i sand blasted them and painted the to keep it tidy

more updates tommorow with a bit more blasting and painting then hopefully all bk together

luke

struts look awesome, wish i did that to mine before i fitted them, fuck if I'm taken them out again they were a mish. But yeh your G looks pucka. all red looks sooo good. Maybe spray your grill red?

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Today i got the suspension stripped down and cleaned the inner arch up then gave it a coat of underseal.Also sand blasted and painted the drive shaft and fitted new cv joints and bottom arm as the one on there wasnt a g40 one

before the strip down

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mid way through cleaning the arch

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strut built up and back in

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just caliper an carrier to paint and fit then fit new track rod then can move onto the other side

comments welcome

luke

sick as fook dude,

Love it.

i am loving the painted struts luke!!!

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i am loving the painted struts luke!!!

cheers dan a touch of hammerite goes a long way i think

more updates at the weekend

cheers

luke

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2 g40's luke u greedy fuck :lol:

mk3 looks awsome

cheers craig and yeh 2 and its hard work trying to do both projects so put the 6n on hold for now

bit of an update not done much just got the front suspension back together.Shame you cant see it with the wheels on after all that work

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comments welcome

cheers

luke

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