What did you do on your car today?

lantourismo · Postby **lantourismo** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:50 pm

All in time, I'm just weighing up between options.

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:54 pm

@mark: - won't suit mine - I don't have the depth on the 'podlets' on my front bar - they are only about 1/3 the depth of a VRX (and I don't want to put the VRX pods on mine anyway - I don't want it to look like something it isn't - hence no carbon-fibre vinyl anywhere).

@mark & stacey: - a bottle of water in a cooler sleeve...

@Ilija: - I get very upset if anything happens to my car... even more so if I find the b@st@rd that did it!!! And thanks for the feedback - it's appreciated; I see so many really well-presented, nicely modded cars on here, I want to do something myself.

:-)

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:56 pm

Metalstrix wrote:[quote:2d61f83649=lantourismo]Its always fun installing new gear on your car even the small things [/quote:2d61f83649] My tail lights are the only major mod ive done so far. Doing rims and headlights next

Yeah, but look at your car Tomo - there's not much needs doing to it...

...maybe a couple of My Family stickers on the rear windscreen?

:-)

Metalstrix · Postby **Metalstrix** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:01 pm

Zaphod wrote:[quote:b5d0d4a1da=Metalstrix][quote:2d61f83649=lantourismo]Its always fun installing new gear on your car even the small things [/quote:2d61f83649] My tail lights are the only major mod ive done so far. Doing rims and headlights next[/quote:b5d0d4a1da] Yeah, but look at your car Tomo - theres not much needs doing to it... ...maybe a couple of My Family stickers on the rear windscreen?

One response to that...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dont-Care-ab ... b12&_uhb=1

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:33 pm

@john: - lol!

It's Custom too mate - got rid of the stock cooler in the first week!!

:-D

Hey MeatyStix - there's a guy I see occasionally on the Pac. Mwy heading down to the GC who has his entire window covered - dad's shooting up, mum's being sp!t-roasted, the kids are... well, I can't really say, but you get the idea!

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:06 am

Saturday morning - not even 10:00 and the car's already had a good wash and I put on the new car cover...

...am I babying this car too much???

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:39 pm

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Saturday afternoon and the weather's cr@ppy (my fault for washing the car this morning), so I thought I'd tally-up everything I've spent so far on the car...

(bear in mind I picked up my new ES on 31/12/13, so I've had it less than a month)

And the grand total is:

da-dada-da da-da-da daaaaa!

five thousand and ten dollars!!!

Yeah, I know... staggering!

The good news is that I've clawed back $2390 by selling the bits I replaced and I've got roughly another $700 to get back on the remainder (go onto GumTree folks and help me out!!!).

Mind you, for what will eventually work out as around two grand I'll have added:

VRX wing (OEM)
side skirts
rear diffuser
outlander 18" VRX wheels & brand-new (but not great) tyres
LX head unit (new - cost me a case of xxxx)
tweeters
factory mats, headlight protectors & seat covers
reversing sensors (third-party)
window tint
vinyl wrap on the roof, bonnet and front bar

Now, tell me who's this month's buy-swap-and-sell king!!!

:-D

SIX · Postby **SIX** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:49 pm

^Good Work man !!!

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:23 pm

Thanks Mark!

It's easy to get carried away with these Lancers - I've had the same discussion a couple of times this week: "it's like being eighteen again, with your first car; looking at everything you can do with it..."

Diffuser should arrive late next week, so once that's fitted it'll be a mild exhaust mod...

:-)

big_d · Postby **big_d** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:30 pm

After a month of waiting on parts to arrive, I finally installed my new head unit.

The install

lantourismo · Postby **lantourismo** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:12 am

Spent 2 hours removing front of my roof lining and the old roof harness to install vrx harness for map light, Bluetooth, auto features windscreen and maybe the day night mirror? Oh and in the process cut open my finger getting the cursed sun visor clips out

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:22 am

@Dave: nice shots cuzzybro!

@Akram: Ya big girl... at least now you can definitely say you've put blood, sweat & tears into perfecting your ride!

:-D

Zaphod · Postby **Zaphod** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:23 am

@Dave: nice shots cuzzybro!

@Akram: Ya big girl... at least now you can definitely say you've put blood, sweat & tears into perfecting your ride!

:-D

lantourismo · Postby **lantourismo** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:58 am

Zaphod wrote:@Dave: nice shots cuzzybro! @Akram: Ya big girl... at least now you can definitely say youve put blood, sweat & tears into perfecting your ride!

Yeah I can, it's not so much about the gash, more the fact they gave me such a hard time. Anyways all installed now

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