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[Barbbachello]

Long time listeners have probably noticed my drivers side monsoon had a chunk missing. I assume at some point someone got out of the car holding the A pillar. Anywho Ben had a set for sale and after realising theyre stuck to the trim, not the body like a gen 2 I could finally be bothered to go and grab them off him lol


Much better. This has been bothering me a lot 


A warm but overcast day meant it was finally to wash off the roadtrip muck




And finally installed the ZS splitter. I need to get my hands on a GDB duct but its better than nothing

[allpaw4]

You mean Ben had a set for sale from Chris' Outhouse! Hahaha, all good man. Glad to have moved them on. Once less thing that needs to be worried about stripping before it gets taken to the scrap man.

Cheers,
Ben

[El_Freddo]

Whats this? No Monday photo update/adventure drop?! I NEED the Monday Barbs photo hit man!!

Hope all is well. Was an awesome weekend to get out and about - or just be pottering around in the shed!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Went for a cruise down to Apollo Bay. Beautiful day but water was freezing as it usually is. 

[Barbbachello]

Turns out the towel rails are the same between gen 2 and 3

[RX25SE]

Win!

[El_Freddo]

Silly question alert: what are they actually used for, Japanese taste in all things bling??

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

An easier place to lift the tailgate from rather than under the garnish

[Barbbachello]

Big wang arrived. Will be getting this one painted by a pro. Has some minor damage that needs to be fixed too. Crack along the leading edge and missing the top layer of whatever where its been slazzed to the car and pulled off


Also picked up a set of A-C optional aero skirts. Bit of a gamble how theyll go with the the D-E lip and such but they were cheap and already white. Im sure someone will buy them if I dont like the look. Container freight so in for the long game as usual

[Barbbachello]

After having gold wheels for about 8 years i finally got sick of them enough to have a look at Yahoo and post my Rays for sale. The next day they were sold, and the day after I won the auction for these



BBS SRV made by BBS for Stern which is a Japanese company. The SRV stands for Super Remix Version which is outstanding


So currently the car looks like this for the next 2 months or so


As a result ive ordered some 2.5" steel mandrels to have a go at my own front mount kit. May as well while its sitting.

Im also waiting on a Import Monster quote on a D-E rear aero lip/bar

[duncanm]

even better - they're the wheels used on the s401, no ?

[Barbbachello]

Similar but not quite. S401 wheels are 1 piece and no dish

[El_Freddo]

Love it, it’s like you live in Melton and found your car on bricks in your driveway

The new rims will look sick with the white of the wagon!

Best of luck with the rear bar!

Cheers

Bennie

[RX25SE]

White car, dark rims. This will look great. Better than the gold imo.

[Barbbachello]

Rear bar secured. Hopefully everything makes it into the same container

[Barbbachello]

Cars gonna be on ice for a while so I ordered some 2.5" stainless bends to have a go at my own FMIC setup. Borrowed my brothers drop saw and holy fork it makes a difference in speed and cleaner cuts. Really should have gotten one earlier. I suspect this will be the easy part but im keen for the challenge

[El_Freddo]

Have fun with the pipework! I learned really quickly that I suck at building exhausts. Probably shouldn’t have started with doing a set of UEL extractors…

All the best with it Barbs, I bet you’ll make it minty fresh as usual!

Cheers

Bennie

[allpaw4]

If there's one way to find out if you're any good at welding, start with thin wall tubing. It's painful to weld. As you can probably tell, I'm no good at it 🤣
Unless you've lashed out and bought a tig welder. Those things are fun. Damned expensive for a good one, but fun none the less.
Be good to see it progress Nick.
Saw the photos in the chat earlier today. Should work pretty well.

Cheers,
Ben

[Barbbachello]

This stuff is pretty nice 1.5mm wall. Welds nice with my shitty mig. I tried some random scrap that was blowing out instantly. Turns out it was proper thin wall junk

Last few nights ive been butchering the reo to turn it into a bumper support and mounts rather than any actual crash structure. Funnily enough theyre built like youre not meant to cut them up. Ended up drilling the spot welds out that hold the bumper mount out and chopping up the rest to get the mounts. Then welding the mount back on. I cant weld sheet metal for shit but it just has to be on there so a bunch of booger tacks will hold it on. Ended up about 10mm out but the bar still fits on so calling it good



Mocked up an intercooler i had lying around. Ill need to get a slightly shorter core to avoid it being VL spec. Found a 550x250x65 which should work perfectly

[El_Freddo]

What’s wrong with VL spec?? Grader/bulldozer spec becomes interesting…

Cheers

Bennie