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Greenie
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oh yeah that makes sense, ill try to get it legal this week if i have time to get the indicators working, then ill hit you up? itll be good to chat to someone whos done it before haha. but yeah sounds like a good idea and they are disks
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yeah should look good when its lowered, yeeah they only took a day to clean up and paint, turned out better than i thought
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would anyone happen to know ruffly how low you can get out of the torsion bar alone? because i was looking at investing in drop spindles but it says you have to use a rim 15" or larger and i'm not really wanting to buy another set rims and tires... so looking at what else i can do to get the front down??? discuss here
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nah there is no plastic inner or anything just the guard itself and then just all the suspension components.
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so as it turns out i will had today off work but i didnt realize until i signed in at 8am this morning when the sign in sheet said i was on holiday.. but in any case i went home and worked on the car haha. started trying to wet/dry, cut and polish the old paint on the bonnet to see if it would come up the same as the new stuff. but no. still not close. probably gonna have to just paint the rest, will probably take less time too. this is my problem... and this is my attempt to fix it,, but unfortunately im REALLY good at sanding and got to the bare metal... ooops.. i guess a respray might be an option... and if you can see how many different shades of white are on that bonnet then you see my problem -.- also when looking at the front for lowering i came to the conclusion that the guards will have to be rolled a little bit so it all fits nicely discuss here
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had a productive last day of my holidays. went for a mission in the austin and managed to buy some new tires and got them mounted and straight home and on to the car. took the grill off so i could paint it started cleaning up the tray and measured up how much i need to lower it to get the look i want. worked out to be about 2-3 at the back to have it just under the lip of the tray, and need 4-5 inchs in the front, 5 would be just under the guard which i'm going to have to roll coz the rims are just too wide, but it should look mean anyway, still need wof to should really be focusing on that. loaded up austin needs more low.... grill discuss here
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the tires i got where 185/60/R14 and i think the look perfect. and thanks everyone. hahahahaha that would be ridiculous. but sick haha
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fresh paint and tomorrow.. we buy rubber!!! (aslo going to take those lil screws out of the rims that make them look like three piece, and paint them gold so they stand out) discuss here
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nah not yet, the sparky recons its the relays have shored out so he just got new ones from pick a part and have just got to put them in and put the rest of my dash back together
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just a quick picturless update today. over the last couple of days i have managed to clean up and paint the new 14x7s. for the hilux, also she was painted a lovely new shade of white the other day, just need to clean up the roof and bonnet so its all the same colour, looks a lot better already tho. the rims are a nice gun metal gray, and when i was down getting a puncher in the Austin fixed i priced up some tiers for it. so ill have to order them soon too. also looking at ordering shocks for the front and looking at getting the springs rest soon. just going to wait until i have my lowering blocks back off my mate who's using them so he can get the right height for wof haha. i was love to show you all some pictures but my phone has broken so i cant right now sorry discuss here
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good progress over the last couple of days, made a trip to pap to pick up some rims off jamie (highLUX), thanks man im stoked with them, got all the rust fixed, ground it all back and prayed with anti rust, then fixed up with a fiberglass mixture then sanded and primed, ready for paint this week some time. still yet to put the new relays for the lights in so the indicators still arnt working but it shouldnt take long. discuss here
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been driving the green bean around for the last couple of days and my enthusiasm to work on it is going up. i'm in love again (discussion)
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so its on the jacks at the moment, we are changing the ball joint, as that and the indicators were the two things that failed it on a wof. so the should be done in the next hour and then its just putting my dash back together once the indicators are done, then she'll be all goods discuss here
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SUCCESS!! the green bean can be driven!!! now ready for a wof!! almost.. put a new fuel pump in, charged the battery and she went! first time ive been able to drive it out of the garage in a long time! so stoked (discussion)
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so today while i was at work and it was raining dad had the panel-beater/ mechanic/ auto electrician that has been working on his car, take a look at the yota, came home to my dash pulled apart and wires EVERYWHERE! but in anycase hes ordered the ball joint to be picked up tomorrow and is making a trip to pick-a-part for me at the same time and then hopefully... put my dash back together and have the indicators working. i would have done it my self this weekend, but it needed to be dont asap as my sister will be using my daily whilst she is here for a holiday so i need at least one of my other cars ready to go. anyway cheers guys discuss here
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small update today, , managed to get my new ignition wired and mounted up, looks like it was made for it... apart from the fact that the old one is still there too. had to disconnect the steering lock of the old ignition so i didnt have to uses too keys all the time, should be all good by the weekend, (fingers crossed anyway). "TADA"!!!
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pictureless update today, dad managed to find me a new ignition from a swap meet/car meet today while i was at work. got home tonight and put i in and worked a beaut! still need to get the engine going but at least the ignition works now. i began soldering the wires on and i quickly realized that i couldnt solder to save my life. so its still sitting there half done, and to be finished tomorrow and also hopefully start the bloody thing!!! cheers guys... (discussion)
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oh cheers man! ill look into it
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yeah, dads got two and grandad has two, plus all their other cars.. they're a bit obsessed tbh
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planning on getting the indicators done today or tomorrow so i get get a wof, but at the moment it is being used as a work bench while dad gets work done on his cars, i guess his priorities are different to mine... discuss here
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yeah im in Tauranga, , oh yeah that reasonable. cheers for that
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oh yeah thats sounds sweet. would any engineer be able able to do it our an tyre place know where to go? and does it usually cost very much?
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thats a fair point, i didnt actually know that. haha thanks Beaver. how many ways are there to drop the rear of a ute? like im sure you can use a combo of things to get it supper low...
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and that mazda looks sick but personally i like it better as a yellow flatdeck, but still mean
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hahahah yeah i was gonna start with 2" then see what it look liked, but ill have to consider the leave reset. i heard you can get new leave hangers that will mover them up like 2" before adding the blocks
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