the no dosh Vitara revamp
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Shiney! Keep up the good work!
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After a bit of drilling and swearing it's in! Looks like it was made to fit even though it was for an SJ. I'm well chuffed.
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Is it me, or is it really clean in there?
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It's my only vehicle so I do look after it. The roll bar will be extended soon enough to make a roll cage, should look good and give me a bit of protection...I rolled my old SJ and don't fancy doing the same in the Vit!
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Nothing as yet, I need to get some steel pipe to make up the cage, but an exhaust is being made at the moment and that should be on soon (ish) ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Not really an update but it's time to respray the Vit. I've seen Dan's SJ and quite like the idea, but with a tweak. Grey body, black grill etc and gunmetal or black wheels. Any thoughts?
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Had a bit of a problem today, popped over to a mates house and the exhaust was hanging off! So a new one is being built, going to dump the second silencer and run it straight through with a cherry bomb.
Also changed the leaking rocker box gasket to find 3 valve screws were just about on! I had the same problem with my SJ410, not the best design in the world, a drop of Loctite and the job's a good 'un!
Also changed the leaking rocker box gasket to find 3 valve screws were just about on! I had the same problem with my SJ410, not the best design in the world, a drop of Loctite and the job's a good 'un!
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Anything more than one cherry bomb is over kill bud ![guns :guns:](./images/smilies/191733.gif)
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp
Sounds good to medonkeychomp wrote:Not really an update but it's time to respray the Vit. I've seen Dan's SJ and quite like the idea, but with a tweak. Grey body, black grill etc and gunmetal or black wheels. Any thoughts?
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