Thanks for the encouragement guys, I just hope my spray job on the front end holds the test of time. If not, a panel beater can do it.

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[br]still IMO one of the best project threads ive ever read, such detail its crazy!
cheers
Rhys

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Thanks, I hope it doesn't disappoint in the flesh. It's no show car, but it's a hell of alot better than it was.

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[br]Mate, a HUGE inprovement over the initial condition of the front bar [:u] - well done!

I'm VERY interested in seeing how the charcoal rims look on the white RS

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Thanks, and your wait is over, my rims came in today! Finally, woohoo! They didn't take as long as I expected. Enough talking, more pictures!

These are the 13 inch Cheviots being replaced. Some people like them, they don't do anything for me personally and are not in especially good condition paint-wise. They are physically ok though, they'll be track rims for the rally car (the third extra set that car has now).



And here they are! The replacements:



I was heaps excited about getting them on the car. The rear centre caps were a real pain the butt though. They took much convincing to go on, the centre cap of the rear stub kept pushing the centrecaps of the mags out. Had to make a few phone calls before brute force sorted it out.



And from the rear here. The car needs to be lowered an inch, I feel, though the car had just been sat down off the jacks so it will setlle back to what it normally is (still needs lowering though):



Front corner:



I apologise about this crappy pic. It was mega hard getting photos of the car when the sun was glaring in on the garage so harshly and I couldn't just roll the car out onto the driveway at the moment due to another project heh. I did want to include it to show how big the wheels look side on though.



I've also ordered some number plates for when rego time comes around:



Obviously RS2000 and RS200Q were taken so I got the next best thing I could find.



I'm pretty happy with the results, I feel the money was well spent. For anyone living in Newcastle, I went thru Ozzy Tyres (the ricer shop) for my wheels and they were fantastic. I'd recommend them anytime.

I apologise for the crappy garage photos, though, I'll get the car out in the sunshine and get some real photos as soon as I sort this Tacho out, which will hopefully be soon. Thanks for your advice on that too, guys.

Cheers, from one excited Timmeh!

Your car is looking awesome. So clean and tidy, very nice work.

As far as lowering is concerned, I'd be aiming for a 3 inch drop! Would look REALLY good then...

Timmeh those pics of your RS are going straight to the pool room hehe!
very very clean looking, and will be even better once you turn that landcruizer look down a few inches - good work

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will be even better once you turn that landcruizer look down a few inches - good work

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heh yeah.
2" lower inch at real works well..
overall it looks great though

rims really finish it off mate! now just drop it atleast 1.5, will look amazing!

cheers
Rhys

Cool car mate.

I have painted 2 rs2000 front ends without this 'flex' additive (did not even know i existed) - no probs for 5 years.

Car did not live outside though - but I can assume you at least keep it under a car cover.

p.s. - I love white cars - only problem is - they never look dity or clean.

Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm pretty pumped about how the car looks now, but will lower it. It looks worse than it is due to having spent time on stands lately, here is how it was before I pulled it off the road:


But it does still need lowering, for sure. I might wait till after blue slip to do that though.

I'm really happy with how the charcoal rims contrast with the car, though the photos don't do it justice in the shade. More pics to come soon out in the real world!

Timmeh

White duz suit RS's. Top effort!
Some tint on the windows? would look good. Good luck getting it on the road.
Well done.

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[br]White duz suit RS's. Top effort!
Some tint on the windows? would look good. Good luck getting it on the road.
Well done.

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Tint would be awesome, three of our cars are now lined up for tint at some stage rofl. Maybe a discount for that many? [:x)]

I bought some Kenwood speakers to replace the dodgy ones hacked into the front door cards. It's a real shame they cut holes in them, but no point leaving dodgy stuff in them so I'll replace them with the smallest sized speaker I can fit to cover the hackage.

Back from being away all weekend so back into the build-towards-rego tomorrow!

Timmeh

Over the last couple days, I've been getting heaps done, but the damned tacho still eludes me.

Today I put new brake fluid thru the lines and bled them, torqued the tailshaft bolts, installed a new circlip into the speedo line, and installed the new Kenwood speakers into the front doors, removing those old hunks of woo that previously sat there.


We've done voltage and resistance checks on the tacho, I think it has died which isn't very cool. I'll try one more thing tomorrow but I'll either have to pull out the dash and get it repaired, or put in an aftermarket tacho (least desired).

Tacho isn't required for rego tho, so tomorrow I'll book it in for its exhaust and blue slip.