the no dosh Vitara revamp

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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by ROBBIE » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:09 am

Is it that loud that ear defenders are needed :lol:
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by Jordi » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:13 am

Ahhhh, cherry bomb. You still got another silencer underneath?
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by donkeychomp » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:05 pm

The cat is underneath and that (kinda) silences it. Saying that it is rather loud...

Sprayed the bomb in high heat paint and started tidying the pick up bed. Made a little bit of trim where the exhaust exits the tailgate. Need to find some waterproof exhaust wrap for that back pipe.
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by donkeychomp » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:38 pm

MOT on friday! Cleaned up the rusty coils and put the heat wrap on the downtube. Hopefully she's all good to go...
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:54 pm

I still love checking in on this. Always plenty of updates and always something interesting that's been well thought out on a sensible budget.
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by donkeychomp » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:51 pm

Thanks Dan. The budget is nigh on zero at the moment. Thankfully my friend (and ace mechanic) works (for me anyway) on a favour policy. In return for his welding skills I'll be helping him put up a summer house in the garden and he wants a mural painted in his house...all works out evenly balanced in the end. Fingers xxd for friday...
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by donkeychomp » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:37 pm

This is the result of wednesday's carpark incident...I've glued the grill back together but I need a new one. The wing was bent back roughly into place and filled. No time to paint it today though.
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by dan_2k_uk » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:30 pm

At least you know their car probably came off worse....
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by Anton » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:21 pm

Class!

All the best with the MOT mate!
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Re: the no dosh Vitara revamp

Post by donkeychomp » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:47 pm

Cheers Anton!
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