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My 2.2 vti 5th Gen

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Post by stk prelude » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:27 pm

Car looking awesome mate, wheels black or Gungrey id say ;) 8-) but you need to lower her!

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Re: My 2.2 vti 5th Gen *Updated (Respray)*

Post by vti2003 » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:43 pm

Black or Gun Gtrey was what I was thinking as well.

Suspension is next. I have a box in the garage collecting parts. Got new Tein Pillowball top mounts, new drop links and a full set of polybushes so far. The plan is to totally strip the suspension, get it all blasted, paint it all and reassemble with the above bits as well as balljoints, shocks and springs - lowered of course :)

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Post by stk prelude » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:45 pm

8-) 8-)

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Post by K4MR411 » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:59 pm

Car is looking lovely dude! I'd have the wheels done in bronze or a gunmetal grey/anthracite. White cars with black wheels is too common I think
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:20 pm

K4MR411 wrote:White cars with black wheels is too common I think
Better than everyother car with any color body and boring silver wheels.
Matt black wheels all the way.
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Post by Merlin » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:23 pm

The car is looking good! Im glad to hear of the impending suspension work, its screaming out to be lowered :lol:
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Post by Deanorth » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:00 am

Really nice what you did with your car!
For once, I indeed find the silver wheels too common, basic, your car really shine, and it kinda look unfair to the white and black look to have the wheel in silver.
You don't have a lot of choices, color wise, I guess... Aye, black is really common (although here, we have just one prelude like that ^^) but as Ratty said, mayble playing on how that black is done would be a great solution.

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Post by andy_d » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:01 pm

i got black wheels and a gloss black roof on my sir m8,car really does look fantastic,your hard work and no doubt patience has paid off.........im looking to change my wheels,was gonna go rotas but im feeling something diffrent.......but yeathumbs up!!

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Re: My 2.2 vti 5th Gen *(Updated Engine Bay/Wheels Pg 4)*

Post by vti2003 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:20 pm

Bit of an update for you all......

With work and stuff I have been flat out the last few weeks (Hence my lack of attendance here!) but managed to get a few jobs done that were bugging me.

Firstly cleaned up the engine bay. Stripped pretty much everything out both sides of the engine to respray the sides. Not done the back wall yet but that will come later. Much swearing and masking later it was done.

Some relooming and painting of bits, bit more polishing and some carbon fibre trickery and we have what you see below.

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Also got the first wheel stripped and painted. You can't see it in the picture very well but the inside of the wheel is polished. Outer face is painted in a colour I mixed myself so not sure what you would call it!!

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That's all for today!

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Post by mercutio » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:21 pm

looks Great matey 8-)
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