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 Post subject: Happydude's Happy AU
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:21 pm 
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This is a story about a boy and His AU series one S.

I got my P's in september this year and new laws plus restrictions on insurance are preventing me from doing any engine work as yet but i do have a pod filter ;)

Tomorrow i will take out my floor mats and steering wheel cover to take some pics of the 'before' stage then will slowly build up my interior first.

eventualy I will start to work on exterior but due to lack of care through previous owners i have a small amount of rust starting to appear on the top of one or my doors and worn down rubber not to mention lots of paint stone chips and rust leading to be break of oneof my boot struts.... -.-

Not to mention that a month and a bit ago some d**k ran a trolley into the side of m car whiles i was in the shops and left a nasty scar on the side ugh damn people!

I will take care of all that eventualy but for now i want my interior to be done :)

I will post 'before' pics tomorrow around mid dayish.

All opinions welcome and if u dont like my ideas or how it looks feel free to say so because everyone has the right to thier own opinions and thats fair enough.
Also any helpful comments will be welcome and taken aboard as well.

To all future Readers and posters Thank you for your time you took to read this thread :)

cheers Happydude

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:01 pm 
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hey mate, sounds like you've got an intersting time ahead of you.

make sure you post pics up! haha.
hopefully everything goes to plan for ya mate.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:08 pm 
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if your cars white i have some series 3 side skirts going cheap... :D the new rules are pretty harsh hey... NO engine mods... not even a catback... theres a few good cheap interior mods... BA scuff plates or burgdesign.com.au scuff plates $50 - a little gauge holder for below the ash tray ebay $80? i think the bloke that makes them is in narre warren? check out my build thread for more ideas... cheers Cam

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:15 pm 
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bloody hell... no mods at all? i can drive anything non turbo/supercharged up to 200kw. but if its diesel there is no limit.

id be stuffed with my lane and those laws lol

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:46 pm 
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yeah yet no mods spewin i copped the same rule yet to be pulled over and have been through 4 booze buses with my exhaust :S dont seem to be so strict on it if u ask me :) and if they pull u over say sorry officer i cant turn my car off as my car is having starting issues :D they cant check a car whilst its running.

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:06 pm 
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lil_lincoln wrote:
yeah yet no mods spewin i copped the same rule yet to be pulled over and have been through 4 booze buses with my exhaust :S dont seem to be so strict on it if u ask me :) and if they pull u over say sorry officer i cant turn my car off as my car is having starting issues :D they cant check a car whilst its running.


then most likely theyll defect you for an unroadworthy car. lol

 

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 Post subject: Update
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:22 pm 
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Sorry abot the late pictures a couple of unsuspected delays arose hahaha you know how it is.
Yes the new rules suck now people are tryin to tell me all pod filters are now illegal for everyone!

anyway here are some pics of what i have to start with:

 

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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:40 pm 
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What pictures? Where's the pictures?
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:56 pm 
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Gah pics didnt work here they are:

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:47 pm 
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Damn work our head guy quit and 2 others are sick and one other is useless so i have been doin over time and all that jazz leading to my laziness but i got monday and tuesday off so there will be alot of work done all at once.. here are the rest of the pics for my car:

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Yes yes the damage doesnt look that bad on camera but its there!

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:35 pm 
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well its a good start already having black interior

maybe chase down some leather seats :D

Got a perfect silver door where yours is scratched, but a little far away lol

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:17 pm 
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Well afte a 3 day fight with my car i got the center console painted and the border to the auto gears now im trying to take off the face plate (that bit where all the aircon controls and head unit is) and the grey line above the glove box.......
once thats done i can sleep easy about it oh and pulling out my cluster lol ill put pics up soon but for now the struggle continues!
anyone that knows how to take off this face plate cluster and grey stip abov the glove box please let me know hahahahaha

next up date ill add pics haha

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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:03 pm 
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i have a series 3 so the sc controls could be a bit different but for the dash spear there are three nuts holding it on... i got to one by removing a plastic bit of the dash that you can only see when the doors open (above the airvents on the left) and i could reach the other 2 after i removed the ac surrounds


removing the ac surround... first remove the head unit and ashtray there are 2 screws behind the ashtray and one going in diagonally each side of the head unit... then the rest is just clipped in... so just pull and unplug the looms etc...

cheers cam

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:33 pm 
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It has been a few days since i posted but i have been workin on the car just havent found time tp take pics yet.

Fourl6 i tried what u sugested and it led me t the screws so thats painted now :) my head unit just arrived at my mates repco as well so once i pull money together it will be mine hahahaha.

prgress looks as follows:
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*note all the blue is the same shade and sometimes appears lighter and darker than actualy is*

Also in future im thinking of gettin the leather seat coverings from the guy: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LEATHER-SEAT-FOR ... 240%3A1318

Can anyone tell me is he good bad ect and if you have actualy got a product from him can u post pics...

I also want to remove my ash trey and find a way to mount my tomtom XL in its place on a rotateable arm or something.


CHeers everyone for reading my thread thus far :)

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:39 pm 
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P.S. Upon removal of my face plate dash thingy i some how ruined my heater :( now it doesnt work anyone know why lol

 

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