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[Artful Dodger]

8) i want the steering column!

just a 10 / 10 build! nice one mate!

[benjy_18]

much appreciated buddy, comments like that make it easier to keep on going.

quick progress photo

[benjy_18]

almost a month since i updated this!

probly because not a lot has happened really.

im half way through my new boot floor but ill leave photos of that untill its finished.

on a happyier note, i now have my wheels which will be sent off to be split by carl (force racing)

got them off ebay for £80 for a set of 5! bargain, they are all straight and true and already shot blasted!
couldnt ask for me to be honest.

i also got a dash for nothing from work which has been chopped about ready for me to modify it to fit. i only really need the dail surround (cover) and the centra section which will be moulder to a carbon fibre dash similiar to dougies redtop engined mini.

Edited by benjy_18, 31 December 2011 - 04:09 PM.

[LouisT]

same wheels as mine, they look awesome when done, carl does a great job with them,

mine are 6.5x10, you going for 7"?

dash looks cool too.

Louis

[benjy_18]

ah can you guys actually see the photos then? because only the links are coming up for me :S

im going for 7" purely because im going turbo so i would like to be able to sling some slicks on at the strip

[LouisT]

i had to copy and pate them into my browzer, but they wont show on the forum?

[benjy_18]

let me know if thats any better, i just re added the img codes

[LouisT]

yeh spot on.

[LouisT]

There mine, (obviously without the nuts in) they look even better in person.

The paint is flaking off them slightly as you can see, im going to get them powdercoated silver soon.

Edited by LouisT, 31 December 2011 - 04:17 PM.

[benjy_18]

they do look awesome! do you know where the best palce to get the right wheel nuts for them is?

[LouisT]

i also need to know this, ive got some at the mo, but there a matt silver finish, i want some chrome or red andidosed ones.

maybe worth a email to carl to find out.

[benjy_18]

im almost finished the boot floor now, but i ran out of welding wire today s havent managed to finish plug welding it in. but here are some photos to show you how it looks.

without the fuel tank recess


with the tank recess




one from inside with the fuel tank in place


i also managed to get my front subframe built up minus discs and calipers (currently looking for a set of driveshafts aswell)


enjoy

[Tupers]

It's good to see this moving again, is that an Alloy Racing Fabrication tank?

[benjy_18]

Ha it has been a while since I've done anything!
And yes! The quality is amazing o say the least, so light aswell. He also put a bead of weld around the top of the filler neck so that I can clamp a tube onto it for my boot mounted filler neck, and put some extra baffles in. Great blokes to deal with on the phone aswell

[JustSteve]

have you drilled the holed in the workmate too, to match the subby?

Looking good man!