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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands!  Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:13 pm | |
| dont forget ground clearance on a mini is only a few inches anyway... and i meant those crappy plastic/rubber ones u get in supermarket carparks.. u know the yellow and black ones that bolt down to the ground.. as soon as my front wheels come down the other side of it, i bash the crap outta the bottom of my manifold lol | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:15 pm | |
| oh yeah those things!
big pain in arse!
not taking my elf in one of those!
thankfully none in penzance! | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:19 pm | |
| i boycott supermarkets that have those.. and make them pay for repairs lol
while my exhaust might not be standard... the manifold is.. and that catches on them.. got a few hundred quid outta them over the years lol | |
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cap jack
Posts : 590
Join date : 2009-11-14
Location : Atlanta USA
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:25 pm | |
| we generally have the speed humps in some shopping parking areas and on the 'cut thru' routes that connect busy roads thru a residential area. They are a necessaary evil in such places to slow down the cars for better safety, especially to protect children. | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:28 pm | |
| in UK the local councils have some strange obsession with putting them everywhere they can get away with.. my favourite ones are in an industrial estate that are just the right size, and just the right space apart for every lorry (truck) to drive straight over without noticing | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:18 pm | |
| been tinkering in photoshop.... level car out.... removed body pinstripes removed filler cap removed door handles and locks and the result....  what ya think? This is what i wanted my clio to look like! R.I.P. NIGEL...... | |
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Admin hotleggs
Admin
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Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 31
| | Subject: kk Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:51 pm | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:53 pm | |
| one rubbish clio, now looks fairly good!
dunno if i should take the clio flame off.....
all clean looking? | |
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cap jack
Posts : 590
Join date : 2009-11-14
Location : Atlanta USA
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:58 pm | |
| Is (was) NIGEL your car's name? | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:00 pm | |
| indeed cap
well numberplate: K507NGL
and from NGL = NiGeL
so he became nigel
and was 1993 registered so 93NIGEL.... | |
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cap jack
Posts : 590
Join date : 2009-11-14
Location : Atlanta USA
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:05 pm | |
| ah well thought out elf..I had a VW beetle years ago named Nadine for no particular reason. I haven't named one since. Maybe I shold put a name to my PT. | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:07 pm | |
| I like the PTs they are like a modern vertion of our old morris minor traveller!
they have been likened to them in the news over here when they came out! | |
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cap jack
Posts : 590
Join date : 2009-11-14
Location : Atlanta USA
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:10 pm | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:45 pm | |
| Well I have removed the flame.... and door rub strips... now it all smoothed out!  but should I take the "Clio" off? | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:19 pm | |
| and how I'd love it to look if if i ever get another clio!  love the super smooth low rider look! | |
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Admin hotleggs
Admin
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Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 31
| | Subject: hii Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:37 am | |
| john only one question how do you inside nigel i mean theres no handles lol | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:05 pm | |
| solenoid...
little motors open it for you!
loads do it in america!
plus a small override button usually on the mirror in case the remote stops working....
full kit is only £100!
so cool!
no one can nick ya car! | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:05 pm | |
| unless they read this and find where the override is lol | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:07 pm | |
| still need key!
electronicly coded!
key slot in bottom of mirror..... | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:09 pm | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:10 pm | |
| yeah i looked into doing it on the Clio..... | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:12 pm | |
| i thought about fitting central locking to my mini once
idle daydreams.. not really worth it lol | |
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cap jack
Posts : 590
Join date : 2009-11-14
Location : Atlanta USA
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:19 pm | |
| I'm gonna keep my car w/ door handles..so when we all go to lunch in my car..everybody can just open the doors and get in! | |
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jwatson
Posts : 553
Join date : 2009-11-17
Age : 38
Location : Northampton
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:21 pm | |
| - cap jack hockey mod wrote:
- I'm gonna keep my car w/ door handles..so when we all go to lunch in my car..everybody can just open the doors and get in!
K.I.S.S (keep it simple stupid) lol | |
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elf69
Posts : 1592
Join date : 2009-11-13
Age : 40
Location : Penzance/Cornwall
| | Subject: Re: I used to be good with my hands! Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:44 pm | |
| my new signature for the RC Drift car forum i use!  My new chevy!  | |
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