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Re: new paint

Post by Angie » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:19 pm

Prob checking it wasn't painted with nucular/radio active waste lol

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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:49 am

been a while since i added to this. so heres what ive been up to

i was going to patch up the sills for the MOT but found this when cleaning up for welding
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so i did this
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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:03 am

not to bad i thought
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then pretty up
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when i first got the SJ it had an annoying rattle in the passenger foot well. when i cut the sills i found this
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then i got these off a mate for £50
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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:16 am

the roof was in a bit of a state so this turned up in the post 1 morning 8-)
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happy days
time for MOT :D not. the engine had died a death while it sat for 3 months time to source a new one. finally got it back on the road in time for this
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that was 2010 sorted :D
then in the summer of 2011we were playing on Salisbury Plain
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when the engine decided it was going to use more oil than petrol, so off the road again :S
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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:36 am

also got the suspension sorted at some point in 2010 chucked away the 3inch shackles and got add-a-leaf from Llama 4x4 and shackle reversal from Rhino Ray. Front all done
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and the rear
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I got another engine in September but ran out of money for the next MOT so off the road again :argh:
It was all systems go for December everything was was working :D ,on the way stopped for petrol and the filler cap was missing :pissed: so it failed :pissed: :pissed: and the lights had stopped working :er: , but the nice man didnt charge me :smokin:
Jan 2012it goes in this week for its MOT (again)with these
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Mr MOT also told me my special tracks probably wouldnt pass so got some KL71s
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so thats it up to date hope i didnt bore you too much :hahaha:
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Re: new paint

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:37 am

:hahaha: someone must've put the car and spanner into the speaker hole, that's a few random things to find in the sills :hahaha:

Nice work on the box sills matey :smokin:
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Re: new paint

Post by dazerede » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:39 pm

nice seats
Suzuki Sj 410 Jap Built
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Landini Blue Colour
Full rollcage and winch bumper
1.6 8v vitara lump with su carb
4” calmini lift kit :)
235/75/15 insa turbo special tracks
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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:43 am

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I've haven't done much since last update but some bits needed doing
New rear bumper £50 of ebay
And my dash wasn't all that, heater didn't work, cigeret lighter didn't work and a nice crack in it. Clock did :lol: so with an old bit of checker plate I did this
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Re: new paint

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:51 am

:hahaha: Its all over the place I will get to grip with this iphone

Not all the switches work I just got a job lot cheap so used them all :hahaha: and the stereo is missing because some little scrot broke in and destroyed it :argh:
Im going to cut a hole for the cb to go in and move the fuse box on there so its easier to change them and people wont keep kicking it
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Re: Sid James or Robbie's never ending proplems

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:56 pm

Get some more green paint on those wheel arches! :whip:
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