new vitara project

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new vitara project

Post by vitara_mad » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:52 am

i started this project just over a month ago by doing the body lift & trimming the arches a little to get the tyres on

then about 3 weeks ago i started the major work on it

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Re: new vitara project

Post by ScottieJ » Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:03 am

:rockin: nice work so far.

Are you keeping the IFS or going solid axle up front?
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Re: new vitara project

Post by vitara_mad » Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:06 am

ScottieJ wrote::rockin: nice work so far.

Are you keeping the IFS or going solid axle up front?
im keeping it for now but hopefully soon i want to do solid axel

would love a pair of 80 series axels to go under it

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Re: new vitara project

Post by vitara_mad » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:06 pm

done a bit more sinse i last updated

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Re: new vitara project

Post by Darrell » Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:23 pm

Blimey, that's a whole lot of work you've put in there :S
Looking good :thumbup: .
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Re: new vitara project

Post by vitara_mad » Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:44 pm

got more work done on the vit & its even seen the light of day & been running for the first time sinse starting this project

still some work left to do before i can take it for a test run & plenty more idea's & plans after that

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Re: new vitara project

Post by dan_2k_uk » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:14 pm

Looking real good now.

Keep up the hard work.

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Re: new vitara project

Post by ScottieJ » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:52 am

Looks awesome matey :rockin: I like that front bumper.


One thing though... your tyres are on the wrong way around ;) if I remember it was those ones that had the arrow moulded on them facing the wrong way :lol:
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Re: new vitara project

Post by ROBBIE » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:01 am

looking good :smokin: keep goin :thumbup:
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Re: new vitara project

Post by vitara_mad » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:32 am

ScottieJ wrote:Looks awesome matey :rockin: I like that front bumper.


One thing though... your tyres are on the wrong way around ;) if I remember it was those ones that had the arrow moulded on them facing the wrong way :lol:
your not the first 1 to say that about the tyres & even i thought they looked wrong but ive put them on with the direction arrow facing the correct way

do you think i should swap them around ???

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