Ali-d1936 Irish S15 Spec-R build

[ali-d1936]

Top of the morning to ya :P
Alan here have my S15 3 years now and was very slow to do anything to it as it was everything i wanted when i bought it, and driving Daily with it to and from work never allowed any major work i wanted to get done.
Came home from a year in Australia in september and have got alot done in the 3 months and more planned so though id share :)

as it sits Currently Dec2012
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From the top,
will just copy posts from another site till we are upto date.

Bought the Car in 2009
Though it was perfect and didn't want to change a thing on it.
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Spec when bought:
18x9+19 Veilside Andrew v,
3" Downpipe, decat, system,
Greddy FMIC,
Vertex Kit,
Tein coilovers,
Bride Brix 2 Red, +super low drivers Rail.
Sparco Deep dish Steering wheel

July 2009
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I cannot leave things alone, only things i did not like when i bought it was the front bumper with the filled in grill area, and uras rear bumper, so sorced some replacements and now it sits like this.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0148.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0155.jpg

so iv a LIL problem i collect seats LOL

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0186.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0193.jpg

so seeing as i cant find any rails to suit all the seats im fabbing up my own rails that will work with all of them :P

plans are

finish fabing seat rails, new coilovers, sort out the brakes, d-max style rear lights and spoiler, might remove rear windscreen wiper, wouldnt mind wider wheels ;)
then hopefuly summore POWWWWERRRR! :cool:

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Aug 2011
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few weeks ago
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Took out my brides as these DC2 Recaros are the most comfortable seats iv ever had :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/DSC00492.jpg

the wheels after a polish and painting the calipers Fluoresent yellow :)
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9537/dsc00583j.jpg
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washed the car today so took a few pictures before i park it up for the year And head off to Australia:(

tomorrow im removing the coilovers giving it another coat of underseal hopefuly find a set of cheap wheels to throw on it aswell!

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[ali-d1936]

AUG 2012
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So after a long year away Down under :afro: i decided to come home for a few weeks, thankfully i bribed my younger brother with packets of haribo to start it up once a month and give it the odd wash, so was in good condition when i pulled it out.

The Veilsides where looking fairly poor, so decided to polish up the lips to a mirror finish :)
Before:
http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6668/imag0946a.jpg

Took out all the Studs, and started with 320 grit and worked up to 2500 grit wet and dry sand paper, then gave it a lashing of metal polish.

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/3985/imag0962.jpg

Finished result, came out pritty well but its hard to tell with the rubbish camera pics,
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1865/imag0964.jpg

the studs had some ammount of white scum on them comming out and i was told to leave them in Coke for 24hr and it will clean them up... i guess time will tell LOL
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9192/imag0965e.jpg

truth be told i wasnt fully happy with how the wheels came out, the lips came out ok, but the face on the spokes where still all dull, i considered getting bronze paint and spraying the face and lip flat bronze (still undeceided on this i think it will look good), but decided agienst it, got another pack of 2500 grit paper, and spent 2 hours on each wheel doing every inch of them,

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4889/imag0968j.jpg
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:afro: now thats better

so i have a high metallic silver spray paint that ill finish the center where the nut bolts are and between the spokes and it finished.

then that will still be 2 down 2 to go :)

so a few ill updates, as i plan on getting a s14 in the coming week for a project car iv been stockpiling parts for it,
so i bought a yashio factory s14 knob and gaitor, loved it so much i was hopeing it would sit on the s15, bud sadly the threads are different non the less looks sweet and will look good in a s14 :o

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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0984_zps6452eb33.jpg

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Next ordered some Yashio Factory stsmokedLED lights

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled_zpsa1733a58.jpg
Lights on
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG0995_zps08947594.jpg

TBH im still undecided on them... old or new? or might get another set unsmoked??

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled_zpsd985d4c8.jpg

Opinions?

so then wheels i really want something with more dish, and give the arches a lil roll. missed out on a perfect set of meisters in england twice :mad:

or another option is to buy 4 new Dish Barrels for the Veilside Wheels but i dont know where to go looking to get this done?

So if nothing creeps up in the next few weeks ill be going another route,

18x10 et0 varrasteons white or royal bronze.

http://allthingsproper.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/5465980823_d785bea031_b.jpg

epic looking but not keen on them side on.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6336673476_dcfa9d8432_o.jpg

or some humble Rota Torques 18x9.5 +20

http://dudesphotography.smugmug.com/photos/636932784_cgnrV-XL.jpg

SO for now, im waiting for a heap of stuff in the post, mirrors spoiler, and alot of interior bits,

So a little Dilemma.. i purchased This gen bride material because i was going to re-trim the centres on my lowmax's as the graduation was wearing off on me... its a little busy if you get me, but now when im weighing them up the graduation is growing on me again... i can get graduation material also, what do people reckon?

stay graduation? or go for the Black centers...
the seats. as they are with the Graduation Material
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Bride Black Material
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1016.jpg

horrible picture but you get the idea.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1024.jpg

this is what it should look like :)
http://images53.fotki.com/v1574/photos/8/899247/6763868/060-vi.jpg
http://images50.fotki.com/v399/photos/8/899247/6763868/059-vi.jpg

if i go for the black, i will be retriming

~the Fabric on the door cards
~Lowmax seat cushions
~then fabric dye the rear seats black, and retrim the centers of the back seats with the Bride materaial also.


but it is a tough one, Graduation material or black material :/ i need opions on this one... :huh:

also confirmation i have these on the way 3.5 inch lips :P should look good on the FRONTS! :wink:

http://imageshack.us/a/img441/9059/005cnq.jpg

a extra 1.5 inches so im hoping 30mm overs and camber with a nice strech will look mint :)

and nearly have the Rears sorted also
4.5's :P

[ali-d1936]

Sept2012
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so last week i was detaring the car with thinners (handy for removing tar)
and i wiped the passanger headlight with some thinners on the rag, after a few seconds little tiny Cracks started to appear :confused: i ws shitting myself we all know the price of s15 lights!! so they where left like this :shocked:
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Looked fairly ****ed if you ask me,
so cheapest replacement i could find was E500 for a pair :afro:

so with nothing to lose (as they looked ****ed anyway) i got a lot of diffrent grade sandpapers and started to work, it started really slow, even at 340 grit by hand nothing was coming off, so bit the bullet,
60 grit on a orbetel sander :cool: it still took 2 hours at that to get below the level of the Cracks in the plastic

TBF even at this point it was looking bleek
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but started working up the Grades of sand paper, topped off with a 2hour marathon rubbing session with 2500 grit, and a rub of polish...

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:afro:
will go back over it again as there are a few rough places where i missed with the higher grades. but TBH it beats paying E500 for second hand scratched lights ;)

now onto the interior :)

[ali-d1936]

To say it was a stomach wrenching moment when it happened would be a understatement,those s15 lights aint cheap, found out it was N20 thinners, think its different to regular thinners

so started today at the door cards,

First take one s15 door card (pool table optional)

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Carefully ripped off the fabric,
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spend hours rubbing off every last piece of foam so the adhesive has something solid to stick to. and mask off the edge.

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apply the adhesive to both the door and the fabric.

as soon as they touch that's it so you better have it lined up right the first time.

then carfully trim the extra off

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one down one to go,

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:afro:

has anyone ever used fabric dye before? looking into it for the back seats but cant find anything,

i want something proper that wont rub off onto peoples clothes,

[05subysti]

heck yeah. i love this. s15 spec r in white is one car i will own in the future! not that many people have veilside wheels anymore, theyd look awesome mirror polished :)

as for the interior dye, look up SEM. they might have a dye.

[ali-d1936]

my old gear gaitor looked like a dog got at it at some stage, was torn allover, so with with the leftovers of the doorcards i thought id try and muster something up,

looks like i would just have enough :cool:

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Didnt take long, but i put alot of effort into it and it paid off, red stiched to match the seats and wheel, its not just bride material sown up in a cone shape like iv seen other people do ;)

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[ali-d1936]

Sorted the loom in the drivers wheel well Today, was always cautious of it, so i always had that extra 2 inches i could have gone lower but didn't for fear of chewing it up, so i said id tie it up so i wouldn't have to worry about it again,
this is what it looked like it was actually resting on the plastic shield,

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got to it just in time :cool:
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pulled it out as much as i could to see what i had to play with
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cut a notch out so the loom would run along the lip
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then treated and fiberglassed around the cut metal so it was in no danger of sharp edges cutting into the loom,
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undersealed everything while i was at it
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and tied it up with the largest zip tyes i could find :p
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thats how it should have been done from the factory Nissan :)

where i had cut the notch sits nice :)
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had to run the bonnet cable under the lip as there wasnt enough slack to bring it over,
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throwing on the wing i found out i had over done it :mad: the wing wouldn't go back on ... so had to adjust the loom again until it would stop fowling the wing,

still its out of harms way so i gained a good bit of extra clearance.
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[ali-d1936]

Dropped the seats in to be retrimmed in the new Bride material Today so ill be waiting 2 weeks :p

then my new lips arrived this morning :o
wasted no time stripping two old wheels and sticking them on :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1071.jpg

turns out my old wheels where 18x9 not 18x9.5 so overall width are 18x10.5 now not too crazy up front ;)
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old vs new
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test fit :)
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going to be looking for 5" or 5.5" inner barrels so ill be able to run more camber if needs be
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have 30mm front overs ordered but i think ill be putting them up for sale as soon as they arrive as i will unfortunately be needing 50 mm,

was hoping to stay with only 30mm overs front and rear as i dont like the look of the 50mm overs they bulge too much and ruin the whole look of the car,

so over the next few days im going to have to decide to stick with the plan and run with the comming 4" lips for the rear, or put these on the rears and just run 3" lips up front, and squeeze them under 30mm's

[ali-d1936]

First off got Genuine Ganador Mirrors :)
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spryed them up and stuck them on :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1090.jpg
Delighted with them,

then Coulour choice on the wheels where wrecking my head, was going to go with gold or Bronze centers, but thinking that they may cheapen the look of the car i played it safe and went silver,

first dark silver
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1106.jpg

but was unhappy so back to halfords again for another shade of silver

and shating,
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very happy :)

then polished my bolts, left them on coke for 2 days,
broke down alot of gunk off them,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1135.jpg

then wire brushed them,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1134.jpg

then polished the Feckers right up
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1136.jpg

4 hours for 80 bolts :/

so puting these two back together tomorrow and onto the next two, i will be happy to see the back of these wheels, pain in the ass :)

[ali-d1936]

Well i can say that coke is heaps better than vinegar, seemed to have a much harder time cleaning the bolts after the vinegar than the coke,

so got some bushed fully adjusttable arms :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1171.jpg

and theyll see me rolling and they will be hating ;)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1174.jpg

even tho i will 100% be using rear over-fenders, i still want to leave the arches in good nick that if i ever decide to take them off i can go back and run with a rolled arch :) so hoping i can get the arches looking like this and leaving it tight to 30mm overs,

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab340/James106/IMG_3468.jpg

i wont be able to get the turn down in the flare, but ill leave it in a way that i will be able to later on if i want.

[ali-d1936]

Just sorted these out about 5 min ago :)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jesnutz/40holeworklips18x3020.jpg

3" Lips, meaning i have chickened out putting the 10.5 up front and have decided to promote them to the rears, :ghey:

running the 3" up front means i have the little extra bit of comfort and hopefuly ill get the +30mm Front Wings i like and they will fit snug under them :)

Just bought them in the states so hopefuly Next week they will be here :)
also bought a D-max boot lid spoiler aswell :)should be here next week also :) haven't quite decided if i shall fit it or not, but its nice to have if i get the Urge ;)

[ali-d1936]

Didnt take alot of photos through the process because it was a mad dash but
Masked up either side of the Vally so ill get a nice straight finish,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1207.jpg

then Flat to the mat, take them apart, laying beads of silicone put back together torquing up bolts, laying another bead to fill the vally, get rid of all the Air pockets in the silicone before it cures, then rip off the masking tape and you get this,
have them inside nice and warm while the Silicone sets,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1213.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1211.jpg

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hopefuly its air tight :O

before i did that i Was wondering what the offsets where so finally figured out how to measure them and came up with this,

11" overall edge to edge,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1197.jpg

150 From one edge to Hub face,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1198.jpg

150 From center face to the outer edge,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1200.jpg

Bead to bead 10.5, 150-150 = 0

So that works out at a nice 18x10.5 et0

worked out when my 3" lips arrive the fronts will be 18x10 et6

[ali-d1936]

October 2012
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Decided i couldnt wait any longer and went at flaring the arches
Part of me wanted to cut the inside of the arch and weld it back after, but i couldn't be arsed doing that TBH as i am going with over-fenders anyway the look of the flare wont matter,

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1233.jpg
Heated the paint up and after about a hour it still seems like it just wasnt going to Flare.
so decided to kick it up a notch and got abusive with it and it finally started to come
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1234.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1238.jpg

kept going until it looked like the Wing was going to cave in,
then mounted the wheel up to see if i got the 30mm

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1242.jpg :afro:


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not finished need to come further down the wing but gave up for tonight.

Bit of paint flaked but i expected that and its not smooth all the way but im happy with it :)

that is with the Adjustible arms set to the same legnth as the original arms so once the tyre is on the wheel ill dial the arms into place and fingures crossed the tyre tucks the flare,

[ali-d1936]

Did the other side today, got my little brother to hold the heat gun on the arches till it was too hot to touch and keep it on them as i worked, and they came out alot better and quicker, and the paint only cracked in one little spot :)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121022_173121.jpg
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the other side, they seem symetrical enough but ill have to wait until the wheels are mounted so i can fine tune each arch.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121022_173155.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121022_173142.jpg

also did a oil and filter change today aswell as it was due.

still waiting on heaps to arrive all stuck in postage.

Front bumper,
D-max spoiler,
D-max rear lights,
tyres for wheels,
3" lips for front wheels,
Seat cushions,
tyres for rear wheels,

now starting to pick up a few bits for the Engine for more Power :wink:

[ali-d1936]

Not related to this but got my new wheels today :) took a few snaps :) now have 3" 3.5" 4" and 5.5" lips muhaha

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121026_171719.jpg
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tyres getting fitted tomorrow after the silicone fully cures, then all fitted and set up monday :)

[ali-d1936]

got tyres sorted today after a bit of a muck up, decided to crack on and stick them on,

235/40/18 on 10.5
225/40/18 on 10,

now waiting on my vented front wings from epracing when they are in, but until then the rolled front wings shall do,

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121027_172812.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-3.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-2.jpg

need to lower the rear and take out a bit of camber but couldnt be arsed today.

and im still fairly confident ill be getting rear overfenders too. :/


also is it normal for a lil air to be leaking out between the tyre and lip? i was told they usually do that for a few hours till they settle in.

he didnt use any bead sealer so will i have to let the air out of the tyres and put some bead sealer on and pump them up again?

[ali-d1936]

Lobbed on the bumper and lowered the rear,

before i started a better look at the arches

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121028_120211.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121028_120218.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121028_120156.jpg

took it down the road and nearly destroyed the front bumper so ill have no choice but to lift up the front a bit, but before that im going to put the transport box on the John deer and pull out the margin in the middle of the road :) seems the easier solution... migh have to do the road all the way into sligo then aswell :P haha


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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121028_120645.jpg

[ali-d1936]

November 2012
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Tracked and alligned using the ol string method :P
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1281.jpg

so i finally got my cushions back :) meaning i got to stick in my low max's ;)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121115_161430.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121115_163623.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121115_163651.jpg

so i think next will be a double din radio some red gauges and a new steering wheel :P might fit my harnesses also and buy a camera LOL

[ali-d1936]

so finally bit the bullet and bought some over-fenders, i need 50-60mm, but i think any 50mm overs look bulgey and shite, the only exception is the wisesquare overfenders
http://images.engineeredtoslide.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_1513-560x747.jpg

i like the way the lil pull around the wheel stops the whole wing being pushed out.
but you can see the problem with them that grove that comes out and goes along the bumper looks daft,

so i decided to get 30mm overs off drive n style, and cut and achieve the pulled look around the wheel myself,

waht it looked like with just the pulled fender about 5-6 deg camber :hurl: car looks broken LOL
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121114_125148.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121114_125031.jpg

so set the wheels to about 1 deg negative camber as opposed to the usual 5 and test fitted the wings,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-8.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1317.jpg

took them off and started marking out for cutting

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1315.jpg

trying to work out the right angle of the slope and this is the best photo i can find :/ there is going to be alot of trial and error.
http://cdn.mkimg.carview.co.jp/minkara/parts/000/002/612/659/2612659/p1.jpg?ct=b216619e1d89



then these arrived today forgot i had ordered them doubt ill fit them as the 50/50 are really growing on me now nice and simple ;) will fit them and decide then
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1321.jpg

also got a gizzmo boost controler and z32 AFM starting to get stuck for space in the room :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1320.jpg

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dose anyone know if i can cut the overs along this line marked in pencil?
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1331.jpg
if i push it into place it warps around in a few diffrent places? but if i cut it and pin it down below it looks alot better.

so cut out and pulled them a extra 25mm, trying to get the angle of the slope right,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1328.jpg

think ill go with this, so just get a peice of perspex now and warp it to the 3 points draw a line along it and i have my upper curve, cut that, fit brackets
and start fibreglassing :)

anyone have any tips???

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fiberglass set from last night, offered it up STILL ALOT OF WORK left to do!!, another few layers of fiberglass start getting down to the basic shape, but its getting there.

front before i removed the bracket
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1336.jpg

rear
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1341.jpg

fitted
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1338.jpg



yeh? neh?

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est the last photos where taken i decided i didnt like the front of the drivers side pull, it was not uniform so i cut it up and did it again and it looks alot better passanger side all glassed up so now it get to the hard part cutting and sanding to achieve the correct shape, want ot use as litte filler as possible so im high building the fiberglass, grinding it with a grinder before sanding :)

[ali-d1936]

well ever est a ute nearly went up in flames on me in Austraila i always said id never be without a fire extinguisher on me so while in halfords i spotted one and i said fec it its only E70, not expecting it to go up in flames but its good to have if ever needs be, only after i bough it i realised its powder but sure its better than nothing lol :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1344.jpg

and finished the wings.. well the sanding side of things anyway, have given it 2 light coats of primer and going to leave it till tomorrow to finish up, now orderign rivnuts on e-bay so as soon as they arrive its go time :)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1346.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1345.jpg

also anyone have a clue where i can get these front wings!!!!
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/s13ryan/7FD4431B-1A0D-4D4D-B2C2-AF3E4D440648-36635-000024BCA0FC305A.jpg

i have been looking and i can only find them in Austraila at E450 delivered LOL so im not paying that, so i might just get the front 30mm wings off drive'n'style later in the week and fiberglass over and cover the vent, as i think it will look better than the vent thats there :)

[ali-d1936]

December 2012


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gave it a wash and tryed on the D-max lights, and stuck the big bolt back into the centercaps as they where missing something with the big hole there.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121129_163211.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121129_181322.jpg

and fenders :)

overall 65mm wider,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-9.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121129_183955.jpg
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not feeling the New lights so ill probably go back to the 50/50's
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[ali-d1936]

So this brings us up to date Zilvia, :)

Current spec: Dec 2012,

Susp/Wheels
HSD HR Coilovers,
Apex bushed Traction Arms front and rear,
Apex bushed Camber Arms
Apex bushed Toe Arms
Veilside Andrew Racing, Rebarreled to 18x10+6 225/40 18x10.5-0 235/40.

Exterior,
Vertex rear bumper,
Vertex Side skirts,
Vertex Lang Front bumper,
Works9 30mm rear overs Modified and remoulded to 65mm Fitted with Rivnuts.
D-Max +20mm Front vented wings
D-Max Boot spoiler
D-Max 50/50 rear lights (or led tail lights depending on mood ;) )

Interior.
Defi Oil gague,
Fire Ext in boot,
Deep dish steering wheel,
Bride Low Max, MaxBlack cushions, Custom Low rails

Engine
Gizzmo Boost Controller
Hks Air Filter
Greedy Fmic,
Nismo Decat,
Japspeed Downpipe,
Mongoose 3" exhaust cat bac system

Car is my Daily, its used every day 7 days a week the two years it has been on the road, and for shits a gigs, my Dad has a Farm about 5 miles from our house so while im home from OZ i go up and help out every morning and evening and this is the road up

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-11.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-12.jpg

the joys of daily driving in rural Ireland!

[drftx]

great build man shit what id do for a s15

[drscooper]

just wow man this is awsome!

[ali-d1936]

Ya thanks guys just get the front and rear quaters fitted respray and thats the exterior done, might consider a subutle bonnet vent, now Im gonna rip out the engine and tub the arches, do a full gadget replacement on the engine, and replace the Vvt sprocket and get a few supporting mods and a remap. :)

[conrad_s13.5]

good save man!

car looks great!

[Rpjohns3]

Its really cool to see a man from Ireland working on these type of cars. That road leading to your fathers house scares me, especially with that low of a car. Good luck with the whole build and love that you daily it too.

[Fracture]

I read "Irish", I expected more drunken rants. Nice build though, good luck bud.

[Big Zee]

the bride seats you have, the low max, are those Stradia's ?

[silviavert]

good stuff

[turbo2nr]

nice build! loving the way the fenders came out.

whats next?

[ali-d1936]

Its really cool to see a man from Ireland working on these type of cars. That road leading to your fathers house scares me, especially with that low of a car. Good luck with the whole build and love that you daily it too.

NOt unusual tho there is Unreal car scene here nothing like it used to be but still a serious amount of quality s chasis and other Jap motors around

good save man!

car looks great!

cheers Man

I read "Irish", I expected more drunken rants. Nice build though, good luck bud.

haha ya ill leave them rants for another thread

the bride seats you have, the low max, are those Stradia's ?
No idea man

good stuff

Cheers

nice build! loving the way the fenders came out.

whats next?

Thanks man had a few attempts on them, happy with how they came out but i would be happy to get another set of Fenders and Exercise what i learned as i did the first set,

well sort out the Engine and bay is next but that might be till next year as ill be going back to Austraila Soon so ill have to park this up again for another year. but was wondering what the Veilside wheels would look like all polished up, as i would Consider doing that to the wheels on the car, so got one of my 18x11 -30 wheels and whent to town on them :)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121214_161026.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121214_161101.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121214_161410.jpg

Like it but Looking at them now dont think it would suit the look of the car so When it comes to a wheel change i think ill just respray the centers a Deep purple.

[ali-d1936]

anyhow Delighted after a very long search i finally got the D-max front wings :P
turned up with no damage witch was a nice suprise :)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1365.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1367.jpg

very good quality, and a very good fit, spent a few hours taking off the old wings tidying up behind them, then fixing on the new ones:)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1372.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1374.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1376.jpg

happy out with them give good clearance and should look good once i get the rear overs on, if i get them on before i leave that is :P might have to wait till sometime in 2014 :P

[ali-d1936]

just a few quick pics after a wash,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121218_151111.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-14.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/Untitled-15.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121218_150959.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121218_150658.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121218_150708.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121218_150827.jpg

[ali-d1936]

Now the overfenders...

the only alternative i had was buy 50mm overs and pinch them to 65mm, but dont like the way they come out so much a the top if you get me.

i spent alot of time on them getting them just right, but now i offered them up today as i was about to belt ahead and fit them and im having second thoughts,

what to people reckon? do they look a bit ****? should i do them again but start the pull higher up the arch?

im only going to be fitting them once and get the car resprayed, so need to decided if i like them or not before i pull the trigger.


http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121219_125637.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20121219_125619.jpg


All Opions and Views appriciated

[Pblesh85]

i like the sleek classy look. I think you should fill in the front overs. Keep the simple look(less is/can be more).

but nice car.

[Chopaholic]

Looks amazing mate, I love the rear fenders, keep up the good work.

[ali-d1936]

i like the sleek classy look. I think you should fill in the front overs. Keep the simple look(less is/can be more).

but nice car.
I defanatly wont fill the vents on the d-max wings, but while waiting to find them over 2 months i nearly bought other 20mm wings and fill in the vents on them as they had a diffrent design, but these showed up just in time and Im very happy With them :)


Looks amazing mate, I love the rear fenders, keep up the good work.

Cheers man you need to get a thread up on yours on here! its looking really good! great choice in wheels ;) i think we should arrange a small s15 meet sometime there are 4 or 5 quality s15s withing a couple hours of eachother :)

[richmond82]

wow

beautiful....

I have a Spec R S15 motor swapped on my 95 240.. absolutely love this motor

[ali-d1936]

this is what you car looks like when you use it every day ;)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1418_zps309ae276.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1419_zps05aef8f8.jpg

gave it a wash and took spme pics :) some ****er put there foot through the Vertex ridge front bumper last week when it was parked up so its in about 6 diffrent peices, its repairable but it will take a while what a waste of E300 :/ cant have anything these days Jelous ****s :)

so i lobed on the Spare Vertex for now.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20130202_124259_zps66083def.jpg
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMG_20130202_123829_zpsfd28a34b.jpg


should be looking a lil diffrent in 2 weeks time :)

can anyone Edit the last photo to show the wheels better? i love the picture but the wheels spokes are all fuzzy in it :/

[chank]

pretty sure i'm in love with your car. Looks great man!

[ali-d1936]

Well where do i Start, The Fun with the car was short lived..

around the end of march a weird noise started comming from the clutch or course me being me i didnt check it until it went with a Bang LOL

after alot of thinking i didnt want the hassle of bringing it to a garage and thought sure fuck it i may aswell give changing the Clutch a go myself :) bar changing a engine in a shitty golf a few years ago iv very little mechanical expeirence but im willing to learn :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/549210_540695165952849_641418420_n.jpg

got it up

was getting really pissed at this stage LOL

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p206x206/575981_541117605910605_1879465857_n.jpg

took out the Pressue plate to be greated by a barrage of springs falling all over the floor >:(

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/s15/20130306_195519_zps96361a82.jpg

but not one to miss a oppourtunty i bought myself a Early birthday present
Exedy 3puck :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601983_547825448573154_1066409887_n.jpg

At this stage thing where going good, but in the back of my head i couldnt figure out how the Clutch Went after only a easy 25K ???

after Digging for a month i found out what was Wrong,

when they changed the Clutch last, they used a s14 solid flywheel to replace the s15 Dual mass flywheel, this would have been ok if they fitted a 5speed gearbox,
but the spline from the 6 speed box is shorter than the 5 speed one, as a result the gearbox spline was bearly making full contact with the clutch and it had no spigot bush to rest on, so all the flex and play (and trust me there is alot of play in a sr20 box) was transfered to the Clutch disk :smash: so now i have the proper flywheel on order it will be here next week and i can get abck on the Road :)

so while im waiting i Treated myself:
Well decided id splash out and get a GTS-T break set up, im not so happy with the fronts as id like something bigger but i know that when i get the car back up and running the s-body Front calipers will be seized again so i though my as-well treat myself and save the headache of trying to free them again :)

is everything i need here for the Conversion?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/525309_564506543571711_560574115_n.jpg

this will hopefully be her last weekend like this :D

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/600808_564986783523687_826636139_n.jpg

Then Today:
what started out as a change the Front breaks to the Skyline ones got a bit out of hand today :eek:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197694_565435953478770_1081124599_n.jpg

Decided to Pull off everything and properly under seal inside the Arches, then decided to Strip the coilovers and Check everything and give them a good copper Grease again
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/260023_565435980145434_834467737_n.jpg

cannot recomend this stuff enough, i copper Greased these 2 years ago and they came apart easy as today :wink:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/946963_565435990145433_1139594013_n.jpg


Back to the Breaks... im Ordering Braided Lines off Driftworks... now i was told ill need GTST lines.. but the lines that came with my calipers are really Short
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/198919_565435963478769_829127601_n.jpg

Compare to the S15 ones that are on the Inside of this Photo.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/942306_565435943478771_1744731271_n.jpg

If im getting the lines should i be looking for s15 Front ones and R33 gtst Rear ones?

[Motary]

Awesome s15

[ali-d1936]

Cheers Man :D

[ali-d1936]

been a busy few days i finally pulled the fingure out this week and hope to have it through the Test next week sell the golf and get back in this :D

i pulled out the rear coilovers and split, tested, cleaned, copper-greased, and Rebuilt them.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/486854_567608896594809_1383601857_n.jpg

so they are all 100% and im thinking of selling them up and getting something else need them to pass the NCT first tho :wink:
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started on the Breaks fronts where a peice of piss, straigtht swap using the old breaklines
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/969833_567608936594805_1471151910_n.jpg


then onto the rears

before:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/971110_567608879928144_397069977_n.jpg

comparision
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/375062_567608956594803_1954256167_n.jpg

During:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/945722_567608969928135_881437036_n.jpg

After :wink:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/943331_567608989928133_740821381_n.jpg



Then decide to give the headlighs a quick spruce up, this was after a was all dull looking
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/401820_567609023261463_972423012_n.jpg

sanded them down with 1000, 1500 and then 2000 and 2500 grit paper, and buffed them up with some polish i found lying around and buffed them up, pictures dont show how much better they look but its a big diffrence!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/945429_567609053261460_2043202974_n.jpg

Then finally my Driftworks super fly Flywheel came at long last :) not bad ordered it Friday through Wesley keating, he saved me E60 on the price of it and it landed this morning, ya cant ask for better service than that!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/253312_567609123261453_406374063_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/944154_567609176594781_1106004174_n.jpg
Everything stacked up and Waiting for one of the lads with a Clutch centering tool to give us a hand fitting the clutch and it will be under its own power by the weekend hopfuly :afro:

[Oakville]

those wheels and that spoiler are KILLER. So awesome.

[Danstachet]

Excellent clutch choice. Ran the same one in my s13 few years ago. Very good pedal feel and tuns of grip

[DialedLife]

Wow that is a crazy nice car. s15s have always been kind of ugly to me for some reason, but this ones changed my mind on them

[ali-d1936]

thanks guys,

great work man keep it up!

cheers man,

well i really wanted to move the Loom as alto it was pulled up over the metal guard the Wheels are so Wide that they where rubbing on the Rubber grommet where the loom enters the cabin, i had the dash pulled out but was too afraid to Go disconnecting the loom incase i break something LOL so after dieing with a hangover all day, i had a couple kopperbergs and at around 9 o clock at night was a bit tipse :facepalm: i though fuck it just get it done!!
couple hours later and bobs your uncle Fannys your at Loom Mover never to be in the Way again :)
ready for surgery
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Cabin was in a bit of a state lol

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As it started note where the Bonnet release cable is, it was getting eaten by the tyre too
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so i disconnected the cable, re routed it through the engine bay and drilled a new hole higher up and connected it back up :)
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Got brave with the 3 1/4 whole saw bit and Drilled a hole for the loom
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you can see old hole Vs new hole,
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the finished Article
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For anyone who wants to do this go for it its a peice of piss!!

this is what you need to Disconnect the cable to the steering colum and the 5 conectors on it
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this top connector take the connector at the back of it,
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these two connectors on the Fuse board
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and another Black plug on the back of the fuse board,
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and this big white block connector
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then pull out your loom re route and plug back in 2 hour job just need to fill up the two gaping holes now :)

[ali-d1936]

well spent all today fixing up all the random fiberglass bumpers i have lying around. really makes me hope that the standerd bumpers suit this and im well over this fiberglass craic for a while.

painted up the new skyline breaks and polished the lettering thanks to d-turbo-lawwwwwdddddd for the paint i seen his and really wanted that shade of red ;)

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met kruizer during the week and he suggeated that i fiberglass up the hole for the old looms seems alot easier than plating it or fitting and sealing grommets so 2 layres of fiberglass in and outside. paint then waxoil and its water tight ;)

before

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after.

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them polished the lips on the wheels wound down the coilovers as low as possible for the craic and took her out. im going to have to remove locking collers up front to get the height i want but the back is perfect right now :)

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offered up the aero skirts looking good sofar :)

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and offered the old bumper up after a lot of repair work incase i go back to the kit :)

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[ali-d1936]

I really didnt want one... but you cant pass them up can you :O

aero front bumper ...

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[ali-d1936]

well after 5months in the shed its finally back... alot of it due to lazyness on my part and generally losing total interest in the car :( but after having a terrible few weeks i decided to get it back in a roadworthy condition and passed the nct wednesday so spent this evening putting the aero on and the wheels coilovers arms ect :) still have to put the mesh and foglights in the grills, fit and paint the spats and fit my exhaust along with a few other touches :D

home from the NCT
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so here is v5.0 of my s15

spat is just taped on for the mo
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had to move the lockign coller to the bottom of the shock to get it sitting just right :)
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[Oakville]

I love how the car used to look, I must say it looks amazing as well now! Very nice.

[crash n' burn]

really wish i'd seen more worked cars like this while i was on vacation there. only saw a JZA80 and a busted ass JZX90.

[ali-d1936]

really wish i'd seen more worked cars like this while i was on vacation there. only saw a JZA80 and a busted ass JZX90.

im suprised you didnt... its nothing like it used to be a few years ago but i still see a nice collection of jap matal on the road altho i am on the road everyday :D

I love how the car used to look, I must say it looks amazing as well now! Very nice.

Thanks i was a bit apprehensive about going to aero as i loved the old look but now id delighted i did its far more subtle :P

[SupaDoopa]

Car is so nice. I'd eat a child's poop to get a S15 Spec-R.

[crash n' burn]

im suprised you didnt... its nothing like it used to be a few years ago but i still see a nice collection of jap matal on the road altho i am on the road everyday :D


nothing going on in Balbriggan for the 3 weeks i was there. didn't see a thing while we were in Belfast or Bangor one weekend. walked around Dublin for a few days and saw a couple exotics, but that was it. hell, it was exactly this time last year i was there....wife wanted to go to the Notre Dame's season opener at Croke Park :rolleyes: