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It would be an option...thing is i like the blue. Also the back end and boot etc is also blue so would be a right mission to change it all. I want it ready for March for the shows....it might look a bit out of place on the cliosport stand though.....i think i'd be raped and pillaged for even...

That would be far too much hard work. And being leather i'd want leather again and that's gonna cost a bomb the same as last time.

I'm doing some things but most of it is staying the same as its not in too bad of a condition. I've changed the bits that used to be silver to black, changed the steering wheel, added a black fire extinguisher, new carpets, new mats and some other touches to make it look a bit nicer. The leather...

different in a good way?

Here we have the roof in Moshi Monster custom stickerbomb in gloss black and white (no crappy greyscales) What do you think?

Not much to show you from the recent activity but i've been doing a couple of repairs to 2 of the amps as the phono socket had broken on one of them. Here's the insides in case you want to see I've also now replaced the steering wheel. Not the best picture but it looks much nicer. The chrome...

Bit more work going on this weekend before we all get blown away by the gales :) Decided to paint my amp casings as they were looking very scruffy. I painted the whole thing and then remade the diamond cut style finish on the badge Before After I also found some cracks where the...

Everyone's ears are different and react differently to bass and treble. I know when i used to have a daily dose of 150db + i used to get a build up of wax in my ears and had to get them shringed every so often...lol. I also had a bit of tinnitus but that's now gone.

Sounds like you've had your fair share of equipment too. I run a ported Rockford Power HX2 on a Directed 1100d in my MG or Supra (Interchangeable on a banana plug). I picked the whole lot up for £80 off swapz. When new that setup would have been around £800 so got a right bargain there and its...

What i did was build the box as big as i could physically fit in the car and was then going to use Kicker L7's which like large boxes as i had used them before and liked them. Then the RE's came up cheap second hand and i couldn't resist...lol. They are a really nice sounding sub which got...

that's correct they do. Luckily for me these are even better suited to a large enclosure than the RE's. Really the old subs didn't need as big of a box but with the Orion's the general rule is to make the box as big as possible. These subs will be seeing about 8cuft each after port and sub...

i don't think i'll be cranking it up on the drive...lol. I'll be heading down to some quiet lanes

I can't wait to get them fired up and running. I had to charge the rear bank of 4 batteries as they were really flat after sitting there for 5 years or so. It took 3 days and nights to charge 4 batteries on trickle charge...lol

Old RE XXX 15" subs in enclosure with stainless trims New Orion HCCA 15.2 subs MDF and fibreglassed Sound deadened doors New subs at home

chip - I read your last post wrong initially and thought you said your van had a couple of dozen W6's..lol Harbinger - I wont be selling this on when built. I've owned it for years now and was my first car. It has about 3 parts on it which are original and has a certain place with me..lol My...

The only time capacitors are good is if they are massive and have literally a gazillion farrads. In which case you may as well have the weight of 2 or 3 batteries instead as they do a much better job, provide much more power (seeing as the capacitor has to charge from the battery anyway) and...

Christ i'm glad you didn't build my system for me. Power Caps are the worst invention ever known to man...i thought you said i was stuck in the 90's...lol If anything they hinder the performance of a system (unless its a small 1) Power wise, even on music the system will be using about 8-10k...

lol....tremendous...great quote. I have always loved these wheels. It shows how old this build is as when i first built this car and wanted wide large wheels with a small offset i had a choice of......3 sets. lol. This was the first ever Clio Mk1 (as far as i know) with 18's on it. The...

Well the plan is to finish the bodywork over the next few weekends (weather dependent), then have an MOT so i can drive it for a couple of hundred miles to check the mechanical side and for any bodywork weak spots for cracks etc. Then it will be painted I can't imagine it being painted this side...

looks like i missed something while i've been out today..lol I am aware my car is very old skool and retro but as has been said....that's kind of the point. If i'd brought it back exactly as it was when previously showing then even i would have thought twice to be fair as it was a bit too cack...

MOT's are easy enough to come by. I have a friendly tester who does all my cars. They do a proper test and check everything is safe and that kind of thing but overlook the stupid things like emissions and noise etc.....and painted black windows...lol I bet you were gutted you couldn't get yours...

And yes the twin exhaust is now hidden..forgot to add that. There are no boxes or cat though so is a bit....shall we say....noisy...lol

sounds like you had a good spec engine there until the problems. Did you not bother rebuilding it. I agree that 8500 was probably pushing things a bit hard there though.

its tuned for streetbass rather than SPL. 153-155db should still be possible though.

8500 sounds a bit high..thats more civic vtec levels..lol The dials are usually polished when in the car with some proper stainless steel polish i have....and used to use for the exhaust but wont be needing it for that any more...lol

mine was originally a 1.4RT but was an auto. As the volvo engine has the volvo gearbox and not the renault gearbox, the rev counter doesn't work now anyway :) The handle and tweeter/mirror cover are both in grey leather so they can't really be painted. If you saw the whole interior you would...

The Volvo turbo engines are a bit underrated in my opinion and ticks all the boxes for what i need. If you're going for power then 190-200bhp is pretty easy to reach...with major mods they can get up to 300+ I picked it as it was a near enough straight swap, the alternator is the right place...

Here's how it used to look And how it looks now with new grilles and in a better colour (I think) As its not so in your face. The old grilles were battered And the surround for the clocks painted as it was silver. The gauges are custom made 0.7mm stainless steel if you wanted to know

give me 2 minutes. I was just reading through the comments from earlier

i'm intrigued....i dont recognise your name. :) Who are you? :) I have had it a long time and have spent silly figures on it (mainly audio) but i'm hoping when the final results are shown and compared to its previous incarnation, people may like it. :)