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Old 10-07-2012, 10:59 AM
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Well I have finally got my own S, some of you will know the car as it was Ron's old one, it has being parked up for a while and the seat's where missing, the roof is knackered, it had a bump to the rear and Ron was thinking of parting it out, but I thought it was worth saving as a project, Ron could have got more parting out but we agreed on a price to suit us both that meant I could put it back on the road. so I had to sell my MX5 to fund it then it took a couple of weeks to arrange picking it up, when we were all about at the same time while I waited to sell the 5 I bought some JDM seats of Razz and some wheels of sound-wave which turned out to be the one's off Ron's car , Ron also mentioned that the aftermarket rear toe arms were past there best so I got some OEM ones from eSeM now all I needed was the car, so on Fri night we when over to Crewe and pick her up



couldn't believe how small it looked next to Ange's car



It has a few aftermarket parts on CAI etc Ron will tell you as I have forgot



first was to check the brakes as it had stood for a while



quick clean up to get ready for the MOT




the aim is to get it back on the road as soon as poss to use through winter, only problem is the roof leaks so will have to keep an eye out for a good s/h one,

Old 10-07-2012, 11:03 AM
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Nice buy

I always find prefacelifts look smaller than facelifts for some reason too, must be just the wheels and bumpers
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Glad you've finally picked it up Ray! I can't wait to see what this ends up like!
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Nice colour.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
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Wicked Ray!!!

I'll be over soon to take it for a ragging lol.
Old 10-07-2012, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by WinFreak
Nice buy

I always find prefacelifts look smaller than facelifts for some reason too, must be just the wheels and bumpers
Hmmm strange that but the preface lift looks more delicate,, a bit like me

Originally Posted by sound_wave
Glad you've finally picked it up Ray! I can't wait to see what this ends up like!
We will have to wait and see

Originally Posted by GaryB
Nice colour.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
It is a nice colour,,,for now


Originally Posted by RobinA3
Wicked Ray!!!

I'll be over soon to take it for a ragging lol.
I might need a steering wheel with orange stitching

(how did you get on with the fuel tank,)mr cool
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Nice

Are you going to do the exhaust mod? And what's that box on the crossmember?
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Nice

Are you going to do the exhaust mod? And what's that box on the crossmember?
No going to try something different,the box is something to do with the HID's, it's a JDM car so Ron fitted those I'll have to ask him
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Nice one Ray/Dave!! Look forward to seeing her in the flesh soon.

Let me know how you get on at MOT time with that tiny plate

I see you've already got quite a few goodies on it already; ETD, CAI, master cyl brace, plus lots of earth cable!
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Originally Posted by RobinA3
Wicked Ray!!!

I'll be over soon to take it for a ragging lol.
I might need a steering wheel with orange stitching

(how did you get on with the fuel tank,)mr cool
No problem you just let me know if you want it and I will do the rest :-)

Yeah changed the tank - got a 2nd hand one for £150 and changed it in 3 hrs - learnt what to do and what not to do lol.


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