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1 hour ago, LWL1FE said:

Can you show us the front flares with them attached higher? They look 4 inches lower than the rears in the pic

I thought the same when I looked back at the photo. Definitely needs to be raised upĀ 

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Are you going to cut the guards so you can fit wide wheels/slam, or are the flares just going to stick out and the wheel/height combo will fit the guards themselves? Reason I ask is that if it's the second option then in my opinion flares look silly as they stick way out and serve no real purpose. If the flares are so you can fit a tough wheel/height combo and need to cut the guards then I offer a firm hand shake.

But it's your car so do whatever you want, will be super rad either way.

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If I run the flares, itā€™ll be to have a wider track width. Ie spacers all round, cut the guards out. The front needs to be raised and positioned better.

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will get the bags in first.Ā 
I may not use them if it forces the wheels into the firewall with the spacers.

flares will be the last thing to decide onĀ 

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A vote here for no flares if you can make it work. I just really like how that current front wheel arch design is shaping up. It will still look sweet if you fit more dish in by going flares, but vote stands. Especially if going spacers and no more cell phones fitting in the lip. 2c etc, great project.

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i also vote no flares unless the wheels were going to fill them out about 2 - 3 inchs further than that photo. It looks (in my minds eye looking to the future) so clean with just the rx nose grafted on like factory.Ā 

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Agree with no flares - I don't have a good imagination so can't picture them 'looking right' if that makes sense.

The work you've done so far on the front guards looks good, and if the mega dished moojays can work with no flares then that gets my vote!

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Walked into the workshop this morning, the front flare had fallen off overnight.

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Must say I also prefer the no flare look with super deep chromos .

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in other dumb purchase news:

I picked up a GM electric power steering unit today. Not sure what Iā€™ll use it for yet. But will work well with a Yaris rack or something like that for a rack conversion.

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On 25/07/2023 at 20:09, shizzl said:

Iā€™m sure if I went with a watts, Iā€™d just get a palmside escort kit and make it fit. Itā€™s the centre bushing/pivot that is the trickiest part of that.

Bex link might just solve the ride height, travel and packaging issues, no need for diff mounted centre pivot.

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53 minutes ago, dabuzz said:

Good score on that new ute, lots of goodies with it, be a cool car to just roll around in.

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Yeah Iā€™m pretty keen to make it a clean simple build and cruise it.Ā 
Iā€™ll still bag the other one.

wouldnā€™t mind swapping the 12at for a 13b bp for it. Not a slider at all, so can use a s1 box with it. ( I have 2 x s1 boxes and the s2 turbo box).

RX3UTE can stay the weekend show pony with the rowdy J

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Currently looking into making a whole new loom for both uteā€™s.Ā 
being 40 years old, the wiring is a mess.

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hoping I can figure out the pin outs on all of the factory switches.

will get a universal loom kit. Just need to figure out how many circuits I need.

probably a 14 for one and a 21 for the bagged ute as it has electric seats, pumps, and may end up with a couple of actuators

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For color surgestions, Cream, deep brown... or painted to look old... below is what i dream of... probally real expensive but dam!

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This is a wrap... but you get the idea

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