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to do proper replica you need front bumper, front wings, sideskirts, front grille, headlights, arch liners, rear bumper, colourcoded spoiler and bumpstrips, colourcoded door handles and wing mirror caps.
then the only giveaway really would be the badges and sunroof to look at it!
you can do...
when i read the title i thought this was gonna be a story about some guy removing his engine cover from his 172 like they did with the cup and noticeing a performance gain due to less weight lol
looks the way it should have looked from the factory not to high not to low but its not hella low lol
you got the paintwork fixxed yet? did you get my video btw?
actually fancied having the calipers polished at a polishers like we do with the inlet manifolds, think that could look pretty cool but dont know how long it will last.
was going to paint over the top but wasnt sure if it would go over ok, although i did do that on my 1.2!
thinking of going for plain old silver this time lol
is there anyway to get the paint off my calipers without having to sand it off? lol because that could take a while!
fancy a change, yellow was so last year! lol
front end actually looks really nice apart from the lights i like teh colourcoded splitter, bumpstrips and RS grill, if you were keeping it id just take the skirts, spoiler, mudflaps, reg plate surround and headlights off it and it would look fine, wheels look ok on it
most 1.2's are capable of doing in excess of 100mph, and 70/80mph plus in a 30 limit! their dangerous too! but with teh 1.2's you realise what speed your going because you get plenty time to look! with a 2.0 you pull out to overtake in 2nd and your at 60mph in seconds, change to 3rd and your...