Let's try this again - Alex's NB

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Regie » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:41 pm

Looking good Alex

can i have my 50c back mate?? :P
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Hjt » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:15 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiitsaul/7682834650/

I came across this, thought of you :D

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Guran » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:05 pm

Hjt wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiitsaul/7682834650/

I came across this, thought of you :D

Club Torque Winter 2012 page 22 for more memories.
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WP 1:11.89 | SMP-S 1:05.90 GP 1:54.93 N 1:18.09 L 2:22.49 | PW 1:02.52
PI 2:00.55 | W-S 1:12.44 W-L 1:43.36 | SR 1:33.25

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Hjt » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:03 pm

Club Torque Winter 2012 page 22 for more memories.


Nice write up as per usual Guran :D

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby MadMikey » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:14 am

Enjoying the thread, hope to see more. You mind sharing the specs on your rims, they're beautiful!

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby A.Chen89 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:26 pm

^ Good read Bryan, great job on the magazine!

The meisters are 16x7 +27 front and 16x7 +22 on the rear

Next step: Drop it like it's hot :D and do some more track days

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Twiggy » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:53 am

So nostalgic seeing the photos of the green one! I think the trauma of having seen one too many tyres fly off my car was the real reason your old car finally died though :shock:

Very happy Tic Tac is back! Good transplanting work with the Meisters :mrgreen:

P.S. I hope you're framing the old plate :D
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby A.Chen89 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:02 pm

Bit of an update; have moved over some parts from my other car!

Firstly more loud off my old car (matches the P-plate)
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Added a GV lip and some red tow hooks:
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Measure once and drill thrice right?! :P
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Installed the old roll bar with a help of a mate
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Changed over the springs/coils:
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How it is at the moment:
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Also took the car to Wakefield on Labour day, managed a best of 1:16.6. I was hoping for a little bit quicker but I blame boiling the brake fluid/traffic instead of my driving :D.

Honorable mention aswell to a rear sway bar link as well which gave up during said track time:
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In other news, my other NB is now just a bare shell. I never got around to slamming it so I literally dropped it on its rails last Sunday!
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby cooper1896 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:07 pm

Nice work Alex!

Where did you pick up the GV lip?
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Hjt » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:51 pm

I have heard dropping the rear away can help get the power down!

I'm very pleased with the transformation, nice work champ.

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Regie » Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:45 am

Those holes should have lined up. I've had the gv and the rs factory lips on there, hense the excessive holes :D
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby colster3 » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:14 am

Getting a bit sensitive there are we Regie?? :mrgreen:
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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Apu » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:14 am

Gee Alex, you've done it the tow hooks the right way! I just undid the under tray and went under the car.

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby Suspense » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:37 am

Apu wrote:Gee Alex, you've done it the tow hooks the right way! I just undid the under tray and went under the car.

I didn't even do that and it was the most fiddly and frustrating thing to do! :lol:

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Re: Let's try this again - Alex's NB

Postby A.Chen89 » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:00 pm

Grabbed the lip from Tetsuya Garage, came pretty quick.

And yeah, about the holes; I thought the old holes for the lip would line up, maybe they changed the holes slightly?! Quite surprised at that


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