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Brief bit about me
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Had a couple of Vauxhalls back in the UK but over here they don't have any of the traditional 80/90s hot hatches we had, it's all about the V8 Utes and commodores etc which don't really take my fancy.
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Anyhow after looking at buying a Lotus Esprit Turbo and conceding the fact that
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Anyhow on with the show.
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The car itself
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I paid a pretty hefty fee for this as cars in general are more expensive over here and some models are quite rare, this being one of them.
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The aerial is up as the previous owner went through the car wash with the radio on, I didnt get any pics but I fixed this the other day with a replacement aerial from the UK.
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The interior was a bit minging and as you can see the drivers seat has been replaced no doubt due to worn bolsters or some such
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The gear gaiter and gear knob looks like they have been fitted since the day the car was bought.
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Replaced the OE steering wheel, although I dont think this one was actually off this car the airbag section wasn't even connected to anything
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Both front strut boots need replacing zzzzz
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Fitted spherical bearings to gearshift mech on gearbox, the mech in car will get an overhaul when all the parts arrive
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As per a recent thread of mine the air filter needed cleaning/replacing
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all cleaned although I will still order in a new one
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The release mechanism for the engine cover/lid release was quite stretched and rather then do something about it you can see where someone has just been hanging off it, the outer part of it was being pulled out of the trim.
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said slack
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and sorted
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I'll probably do a similar mod to the bootlid and frunk at some point but no real rush as they still operate ok.
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Put my recently acquired steamer to use and remove some old window tint and stickers that someone had just pulled off and left a right mess
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LED strip ready for boot install
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I looked into buying some
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Anyhow after looking into buying some
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Donor headlights,
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and apart.
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the parts
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the shroud seen in the picture above will have 2 LED halos, one on the front which is white and blinks amber when indicating and a white one in the rear,
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I removed the headlight from the car and put my hand inside to see how much space there was behind the light, once I felt all the cobwebs I soon removed it, sometimes I forget i'm in Aus
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Missing some pictures but I also bought some R32 GTST
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Yeah so nothing too exciting or ground breaking to see here, i'm just trying to get the car to a clean and tidy baseline from which I can then build upon.
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I will say though in it's stock form the car is awesome to drive and great fun, roads round here are particularly slow compared to UK speed limits but you don't need to be going all that fast to enjoy this.
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