antoni
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Originally posted by mk4_boy
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Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/gavsmales/cinqeurojim.jpg
thats how it would look if i had it tbh..
looks awsome.
So you have enough money to get banded steels etc yet you are rolling in a near enough bone stock corsa on softstars that has been lowered ?
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Minty_Fresh
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what the hell has that got to do with the price of fish..
but yer for the money ive spent on my corsa, i could easily have a cinq lowerd on banded steels..woopy do.. 
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by mk4_boy]
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S77 CKL
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Smart mate, should be good to see the tyre's fitted 
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jimmy 2.1
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Originally posted by mk4_boy
what the hell has that got to do with the price of fish..
but yer for the money ive spent on my corsa, i could easily have a cinq lowerd on banded steels..woopy do..
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by mk4_boy]
I think your completely missing the point with this car!? Do you just look at pics and not read what i put?
For £280 i have a set of new wheels, and new tyres. If i wanted banded steels i'd have to spend around £100 on new steels from Fiat (new because that way i get a better finish when they're painted/powdercoated) around £300 for them banding and then another £100 on new tyres. Thats £500 for a set of wheels - i've saved £220! And i have a set of wheels, which imo are cool! I've already done the banded steels route!
This car is all about budget and buying the right things for the right price. I'm going to spend no where near the amount i did on the Corsavan, but i hope at the end of it i'll have something just as cool.
And stop telling me over and over that this should be done and that should be done. Accept it for what it is! Once you have some pedigree in building cool cars (imo that is) i might start listening. But i build cars the way I want not what others want. If you want it a different way, then you go build one that way...
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by jimmy 2.1]
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edd1.0
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do what ure brother was gonna do and matt black it
budget ftw my car will hopfully be matt black for next years season
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mad_mike252
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this cool
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Minty_Fresh
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i totally agree, and i have read all that you have put etc, but im just saying my oppinion on things like you did of my yellow wheels for example..
and the bit above was for antoni, saying i couldnt afford banded steels, and i have a stock corsa, nothing to do with you..
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by mk4_boy]
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jimmy 2.1
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Yeah, but you said it three times in this thread that you didn't like the Superlites. I heard you the first time! But yet you posted up pics of Cinqs on Superlites....
I don't think Antoni meant that you can't afford banded steels, just that why are you running on run of the mill 'cheap' wheels, when you could have a lot better set? And tbh, you car isn't that far from stock from what i can see is it?
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by jimmy 2.1]
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Colin
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I like this 
Need pic's with the wheels fitted!!
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deano87
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Originally posted by Colin
I like this
Need pic's with the wheels fitted!!
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antoni
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Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
Yeah, but you said it three times in this thread that you didn't like the Superlites. I heard you the first time! But yet you posted up pics of Cinqs on Superlites....
I don't think Antoni meant that you can't afford banded steels, just that why are you running on run of the mill 'cheap' wheels, when you could have a lot better set? And tbh, you car isn't that far from stock from what i can see is it?
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by jimmy 2.1]
+1
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jr
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back on track, i think its massivly cool
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AK
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Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
This is the best its going to get car wide for me. Recently split up wit the missus, so i'm now single with a mortgage and bills to to pay aswell as running a car and bike. I needed some thing cheap to run and this is it. At £10-£15 a week in fuel and £17 per month insurance its perfect. I'd prefer to have a nice bike and a crap car then a nice car and a crap bike.
kinda has to be asked....
Some why are you wasting money modding it then?
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jimmy 2.1
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jr in loving Euro style Cinq shocker! 
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jimmy 2.1
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Originally posted by AK
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Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
This is the best its going to get car wide for me. Recently split up wit the missus, so i'm now single with a mortgage and bills to to pay aswell as running a car and bike. I needed some thing cheap to run and this is it. At £10-£15 a week in fuel and £17 per month insurance its perfect. I'd prefer to have a nice bike and a crap car then a nice car and a crap bike.
kinda has to be asked....
Because its something i enjoy doing perhaps? Its not as if i'm spending mega bucks on it like i did with my van?
Some why are you wasting money modding it then?
[Edited on 13-11-2008 by jimmy 2.1]
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Jamie-C
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FFS hurry up and fit them!
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jr
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Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
jr in loving Euro style Cinq shocker!
maybe you have underestimated my tastes, i like these, and everything your doing is 
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jimmy i agree with you i loveed the van and i appreciate what your doing with the cinq keep up the good workd budget modding ftw
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Cyril
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Totally agree mate you mod a car to how you want it not how somebody else does. and just for the record i think it looks cool as
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Joe-Tait
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Get revolution centres and paint the wheels satin black
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Rich H
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I thought you were joking when you started talking about modding this, but can now see you mean it!!
Look forward to seeing this on the new wheels, as imo, it'll look class!!
What are you doing about lowering it further? Just cut more coils off?!
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jimmy 2.1
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Originally posted by Rich H
I thought you were joking when you started talking about modding this, but can now see you mean it!!
Look forward to seeing this on the new wheels, as imo, it'll look class!!
What are you doing about lowering it further? Just cut more coils off?!
I'll cut half a coil off at a time, then once its at the height i want i'll measure them up and get Coilsprings to make me a set up.
Update: 15/11/08
Yep! Thats right! I just stretched the tyres onto the rears myself! The place i usually take them couldn't manage it so i only had the front two on. I asked the tyre fitter to put the tyres on and leave it with me. So here's how i got on...
First of all my tools were.....
Crap bodyspray that i got as a gift at Christmas last year...
And a lighter...
This is my work station. (later on i9 changed one of the blocks for some more wood)
This is the what i have to stretch on...
Then i pushed on side of the tyre onto the bead of the tyre and onto the rim of the wheel
Then i layed the wheel onto the blocks so that they were resting on the tyre and the wheel could "float"
Then i carefully ballanced eight wheels and a jack on top of the wheel. This is so it slightly stretches the tyre and closes the gap need to be filled by the tyre. They're stacked wonky so i could get it at an even distance on the tyre all round.
I then used the body spray and sprayed it into the gap all round. Then i lit the lighter and using the body spray as a flame thrower i aimed it at the tyre. With a woosh and a pop, the tyre was on like so...
I then put some air in it and checked for leaks. Everything was ok so i'm now very happy!
Just need to put them on and get them ballanced on Monday!
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recarouk
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love the tyre fitting jimmy you should be on top gear doing stuff like that
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antoni
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Legendary business
I can just feel the hate levels growing allready
[Edited on 15-11-2008 by antoni]
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Minty_Fresh
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awsome
as said they did that on topgear didnt they in the arctic...
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