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blackmagicibiza's 1.2 mk5

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Mark_Karting

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Mar 3, 2012
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Thanks mate. Yeah the damage isn't bad at all tbh, will have a proper look when the car is up on the ramps on friday. I would say to get a garage to do it unless your really confident you could do it. It took my mate nearly 6 hours coz he was having a lot of trouble. He thought it would take 2-3 hours at first. I don't mind winding them down or up but I wouldn't try to put them on myself lol.


Fair enough, I'll see how I'm feeling about it when I come to do it. I've just done a coursework at Uni covering suspension set-up though so I should really put my money where my mouth is!
 

blackmagicibiza

black magic ibiza :D
May 18, 2010
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well i was at Fast show yesterday. what a day! was awake for 22hours, had a total of 5 cans of monster in that time lol. was a great day :) saw loz in his fabia going up the strip :)

i gave the car a really good clean saturday, clayed, polished, waxed etc. took it to santa pod and back then went out for a few hours last night, when i walked to the car this morning i noticed it was covered in dust and hand prints so i decided to give it a quick wash down and took some pics. also lowered the front more :) this lowering business is getting adictive lol

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also decided to take the car to where i first took a pic of it after i got it, just to see how much has changed

when i got it
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i have also added a new colour to the mix :)
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blackmagicibiza

black magic ibiza :D
May 18, 2010
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suffolk
Looking pretty nice now mate! Love the color scheme you when for! And the stance is nice.

havent see you on here in a while! how ya doin?
thanks mate, need to save up £200 to get the front bumper resprayed as it has serious orange peel effect :( then i need to get someone to wrap the little intake bits two. stance will be even beter when i get spacers, am thinking 30-35mm all round
 

char_baby

Charlotte :)
Apr 26, 2010
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Looking good, you putting the back any lower?

Had a nightmare with those FR Bumpers I tried to get. The guy still wanted £250 for each one! Then he had bidders so I bidded highest then he said it was wrong so cancelled my bids. Then he had bidders going again 10 mins before it ended. Gonna wait for another one.

Gonna book my car in for end of april for its coilovers.
Car is looking awesome though, nice work.
 

blackmagicibiza

black magic ibiza :D
May 18, 2010
720
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suffolk
Looking good, you putting the back any lower?

Had a nightmare with those FR Bumpers I tried to get. The guy still wanted £250 for each one! Then he had bidders so I bidded highest then he said it was wrong so cancelled my bids. Then he had bidders going again 10 mins before it ended. Gonna wait for another one.

Gonna book my car in for end of april for its coilovers.
Car is looking awesome though, nice work.

Thanks char, the back is right down with adjusters still in. Took the adjuster out of the passenger side today and then decided to put it back on as I wasn't sure if it was safe to have it out or not.

I'm beginning to hate that site lol. I found some alloys that I really liked and they had no reserve and no bids, I mailed the seller and asked if they would take an offer of £200 and they replied saying they won't sell them for any less that £600 as they are really rare, my reply was something along the lines of 'well if that the case then why didn't you put a reserve on them?' they then got a load of bid on them in the last hour of them ending and they went for £245!

Whoop whoop, get ya car slammed char! Lol
 

char_baby

Charlotte :)
Apr 26, 2010
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Thanks char, the back is right down with adjusters still in. Took the adjuster out of the passenger side today and then decided to put it back on as I wasn't sure if it was safe to have it out or not.

I'm beginning to hate that site lol. I found some alloys that I really liked and they had no reserve and no bids, I mailed the seller and asked if they would take an offer of £200 and they replied saying they won't sell them for any less that £600 as they are really rare, my reply was something along the lines of 'well if that the case then why didn't you put a reserve on them?' they then got a load of bid on them in the last hour of them ending and they went for £245!

Whoop whoop, get ya car slammed char! Lol

Its ridiculous isn't it!
Its like the FR alloys on there at the moment, £450 i think as they are 'RARE'. Don't think so IMO.

But as you said, if you aren't willing to sell them at a certain price put a reserve on or don't allow bids. Its so misleading and disappointing too actually.
 

Tricksc

It's Tricky
Dec 29, 2011
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Sheffield
Thanks, needs spacers and ideally wider rear wheels but need the money first lol. I can't find any wider wheels like mine so I will probs have to go for a completely different style wheel

yeah kei dont do any wide wheels so you best of going for something like rotiform, 3dsm, bbs, schmidt or keskin wheels for wider wheels or if you want could roll on banded steels.
 
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