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 hovis16
Seasoned Pro  Location: Reading/parts for sale Registered: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4,304 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 27th Oct 2010 at 19:31
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jib
Seasoned Pro  Location: Doncaster Registered: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,842 Status: Offline |
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Those wheels caused me to have a a sticky mess in my crotch area. |
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Posted 27th Oct 2010 at 20:13
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro  Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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jib wrote: Those wheels caused me to have a a sticky mess in my crotch area. I keep touching them in the garage (and the wheels  )________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 27th Oct 2010 at 20:32
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lewisdmz
Senior User  Location: plymouth Registered: 25 Jul 2009 Posts: 504 Status: Offline |
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see you are the type of man i want to buy my 6 from. |
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Posted 28th Oct 2010 at 02:50
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lewisdmz
Senior User Location: plymouth Registered: 25 Jul 2009 Posts: 504 Status: Offline |
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also being tall do you find it hard to heel toe? when i'm sat down my knee's point outwards so it's pretty hard to get my foot point inwards. damn joints. |
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Posted 31st Oct 2010 at 01:29
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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Rear Beam update.Its f**ked, simple as that. Well, not all of it.... i managed after huge amounts of pursuasion (ie Sledge hammer/lump hammer/toffee hammer/wd40/wd60 and lots of lube ) to get the bas**rd beam apart. The torsion bars came out without too much greif, however the one trailing arm shaft was stuck in the beam tube so had to be seriously pursuaded (at 830am on saturday morning) to come out. On inspection, the n/s trailing arm shaft bearings have disolved, mullering the beam tube as they collapsed, so its game over for the VTS beam. I took a chance on it at £100, as the bars alone fetch £90, so it was a risk worth taking! The bars i will get blasted and powdercoated and then fitted into the beam on my car (which i know is a good one) so no harm done. The bars in all their glory...  Impressive eh? In the meantime, the car has come back from painting, with only the Front grille, and hockey sticks to be refitted, as they were painted off the car. Ive been experimenting with the front Peugeot badge. A lot of folks paint the chrome surround black, but i thought it try and simulate it before painting to see what you lot think.   I used the patented pikey "wrap" method, ie Black insulation tape. (Note - the tape was just to give me an idea - it wont be permanent !!) I might go the whole hog and order a new bonnet badge, then paint the exterior surround on the old one so i can chop and change when i feel like it? Opinions? ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 2nd Nov 2010 at 22:43
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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Time for a decent update.My day off today so decided to jump in at the deep and and start stripping the rear end! flasher Jacked the car up and put it on two identically sized axle stands. Measured the distance between arch and top of brake disc centre and its within approx 4mm, so thats a good starting point, ie not siezed one side. Heres what it looked like before i really got stuck in.    I lowered the spare wheel down and removed the wheel and its carrier and bracket. The wheel was "refurbed" in satin black a while ago, and will be cleaned and refitted when done. The wheel cage/carrier will be blasted and powdercoated gloss black at Bournes. The bracket, along with all other fittings will be de-rusted and zinc plated.    Next job was to remove the Anti Roll Bar. Supposed to be an easy process, couple of 13mm bolts, the wind a suitable bolt in from the o/s/r to push the end plate off the splines on the o/s/r to allow the ARB to be withdrawn from the nearside. This is in an ideal world, not a 10 yr old Peugeot world. Anyway the end plate wouldnt come off, the bolt i was winding in, stripped the threads in the endplate, because the splines were rusted together! headbang . Knowing i had a complete Xsara VTS roll bar and end plate in the garage meant i could get hardcore with powertools. I managed to cut the end plate off with a grinder and had to drill the splines out of the o/s/r before hammering the bas**rd thing out.. I then dug out the eccentric washers which hold the Torsion Bars in place. Here you can see the end of the tosrion bars, and the hole where the ARB has come from.  Once that was done it was a case of removing the exhaust - in suprisingly good nick - will be kept as a good spare, and then removing the exhaust heatsheild, and assesing the condition of the boot floor.    It doesnt look too bad tbh bearing in mind theres no underseal on any of it, just primer from the factory, back in 1999. Its had a towbar on at some time (wtf?) and there are brackets left on from that which will be removed in time. Next jobs are to slidehammer the Torsion Bars out, remove the shocks and then see what condition the bearings are in, within the beam. I suspect that as im going to these lengths, it makes perfect sense to refurb the beam properly with new bearings and seals throughout. Plan is to paint the boot floor/chassis legs and then refit all the components when they are refurbed, ie zinc plated/painted etc etc. Comments welcome as always ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 11th Jan 2011 at 23:47
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smithers
Seasoned Pro  Location: Glasgow Registered: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,016 Status: Offline |
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Looks good mate, excellent attention to detail.In the 2nd to last picture what is the wee pipe coming through the boot floor?  ________________________________________ 1997 Black GTi6smithers205 at hotmail.com |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 00:50
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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smithers wrote: Looks good mate, excellent attention to detail. In the 2nd to last picture what is the wee pipe coming through the boot floor? Im not sure what its for, its not a pipe, its a white threaded plastic thingy, i assume its something to do with the spare wheel, however nothing was connected to it?  ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 00:59
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smithers
Seasoned Pro Location: Glasgow Registered: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,016 Status: Offline |
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Hmmmm very strange, i've always wondered what the hole in the boot floor was for on mine - seems its for a useless threaded plastic rod!  ________________________________________ 1997 Black GTi6smithers205 at hotmail.com |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 01:01
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro  Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
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smithers wrote: Hmmmm very strange, i've always wondered what the hole in the boot floor was for on mine - seems its for a useless threaded plastic rod! They were dealer fit spare wheel safety locks, stopped the spare wheels from getting stolen. Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 01:15
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blondie
Dirty Diesel Pro  Location: WestMids Registered: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 3,867 Status: Offline |
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mechanical_repairs wrote: smithers wrote: Hmmmm very strange, i've always wondered what the hole in the boot floor was for on mine - seems its for a useless threaded plastic rod! They were dealer fit spare wheel safety locks, stopped the spare wheels from getting stolen. Carl  blondie has attached the following image: ________________________________________ A 306 Enthusiast phillipm wrote: But diesel is the devils fuel  Ps3 ID  hils306“S-H-I-T-H-O-L-E.. Shithole!” |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 01:40
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hovis16
Seasoned Pro Location: Reading/parts for sale Registered: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4,304 Status: Offline |
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lol said it wouldn't come apart that easy haha good to see you got it apart________________________________________ Ph2 Black GTI 6!EX black 6 owner But now a Black caged rallye owner Hunting for Go faster bits! SEARCH click here |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 02:01
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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mechanical_repairs wrote: smithers wrote: Hmmmm very strange, i've always wondered what the hole in the boot floor was for on mine - seems its for a useless threaded plastic rod! They were dealer fit spare wheel safety locks, stopped the spare wheels from getting stolen. Carl Aaah, cheers for that, no sign of the other bits of the spare wheel lock so they must have gone west years ago. ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 12th Jan 2011 at 02:24
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woody.
Senior User  Location: London Registered: 18 May 2009 Posts: 799 Status: Offline |
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Where did you get the HID kit from matt? Looks the dogs, as does the rest of the car. Well done! |
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Posted 15th Jan 2011 at 02:00
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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woody. wrote: Where did you get the HID kit from matt? Looks the dogs, as does the rest of the car. Well done! They were off a member on here who worked for a company doing on line discounts - cant remember exactly, im sure if you look in the FAQ section under hid's you'll spot him in the threads. Ta for the comments!  ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 15th Jan 2011 at 02:25
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coskev
Seasoned Pro  Location: Oswestry Registered: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Status: Offline |
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Great thread Quality of work looks spot on  ________________________________________ Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress. |
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Posted 15th Jan 2011 at 03:01
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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Tuesday Update -The exhaust heat shield (above the back box) was a bit shabby, so i rubbed it down, prepped and then painted it in VHT silver paint. Looks better than it did. Before   Prepped -  And Painted -  Managed to get the beam seperated and off the car, the slide hammer which was mean to draw the torsion bars out of each trailing arm, simply pulled the whole arm out of the beam tube! Thanks to TinTin for the loan of the slide hammer. The beam in bits off the car  Heres the trailing arm shafts close up. I think the bearing surfaces are fine and these will be used again.   Finally a close up of the beam tube, its dry in there (apart from the grease), all the bearings are intact and so are the end seals. Even so i have the bearing kit to renew them anyway - which was the plan all along.  Next job is to free the gti6 torsion bars off the training arms, prepare and paint the trailing arms, fit new disc back plates etc etc, the refurb the beam tube and fit the new bearings, and end seals. The beam mounts are still on the car, they will be replaced with genuine Pug ones (next month), once they are removed i can prep and paint the boot floor area. One final thing today was to get two of the new tyres i had (Yokohama S drive 195 45 16) fitted to the new Compomotive wheels. Heres a pic of what they look like.  To say i'm pleased with the wheels is an understatement. Next update should see lots of things painted. Comments welcome as always. Matt ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 18th Jan 2011 at 19:34
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bennn
Seasoned Pro  Location: Shrewsbury Registered: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 2,705 Status: Offline |
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When i lowered my 6 i didnt have a slide hammer so i put a large socket over where the torsion bar sits in the arm, then got an m8 (i think) bolt with a nut screwed right up to the head and a washer behind it and screwed that into the torsion bar. I then wound the nut down the bolt onto the washer (and onto the socket) and this pulled the bar out.You could try that to get the torsion bars out. Those wheels are reallllllllllllllly nice, ________________________________________ Cherry Red 306 HDIChampionship White Integra DC5 Type R |
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Posted 18th Jan 2011 at 21:05
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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Got the torsion bars out now, just managed to undo all the torx bolts holding the disc shield on as well. So far its being kind to me.I'll leave the abs sensors in situ as they look comfy where they are! Got a bucket of Deox c solution on the go now in the garage with all the nuts,bolts,clips,screws from the driver side soaking away merrily. ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 18th Jan 2011 at 21:13
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coskev
Seasoned Pro Location: Oswestry Registered: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Status: Offline |
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Looking forward to pics of the wheels fitted Have you seen these on a 306 before,any pics? Is that a scratch on the wheel in the pic,spoke at the bottom?  ________________________________________ Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress. |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2011 at 03:27
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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coskev wrote: Looking forward to pics of the wheels fitted Have you seen these on a 306 before,any pics? Is that a scratch on the wheel in the pic,spoke at the bottom? Theres a few pics on the net of them (or the original group a Speedline version) on various pugs, i'll see if ive got copies. Yes its a mark on the wheel caused by me being a twat and catching it in the garage whilst moving a beam about..... its marked the powdercoat but not gone through it. ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2011 at 03:32
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coskev
Seasoned Pro Location: Oswestry Registered: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Status: Offline |
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matt evans wrote: Yes its a mark on the wheel caused by me being a twat and catching it in the garage whilst moving a beam about..... its marked the powdercoat but not gone through it. Gutted ________________________________________ Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress. |
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Posted 22nd Jan 2011 at 03:42
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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Mini update time.Ive spent the last few nights doing stuff in the garage, namely prepping and painting stuff. The rear beam tube (as you all know)is the manky yellow thing in this picture. I cleaned all the rust off the end brackets, sanded the main tube down with the DA sander, etch primed then painted with Plastikote yellow gloss paint.  Before painting it, i removed the bearings out of the tube using various "methods", including strong language! The old bearings and seals are on the left LOL  Below is just one side of the beam bearings, they're identical both sides.  Also ive collected the new beam to body mounts - heres new and old, side by side.   Whilst at Peugeot I ordered some new rear disc backing plates as the old ones were quite corroded and they would never look mint. Old ones...  New ones !!! Yay!  As they come unfinished, and would rust readily, i've keyed them with a scotchbrite pad and etch primed them this evening. I'll be painting them tomorrow night. Next job is to fit the bearings in the beam tube, then the seals, and then crack on with the boot floor prep and paint. I have brake hoses on order with Peugeot, and I might have to get 2 new rear hard brake lines as well, because the ends are worn, and might not seal again easily. Updates soon. ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 29th Jan 2011 at 02:42
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coskev
Seasoned Pro Location: Oswestry Registered: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Status: Offline |
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Tube looks spot on Might do my own after seeing yours rather than powdercoating Are they Gen Pug mounts? ________________________________________ Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress. |
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Posted 29th Jan 2011 at 17:40
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