New Project, (update 8/2/11)

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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

Post by hotrodder13 »

yes they are jlhs kits, he uses avo as they are much better then spax
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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

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[frame]Image[/frame] 17 " :D
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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

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go fo them mate :D

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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

Post by Alex'n'Ane »

Very nice wheels indeed, very similar to the one on this amazing beast :D http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35739
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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

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baught and payed for my wheels will have these by the weekend[frame]Image[frame]Image[/frame]
(got the piks off there site)

17x7 bk racing in ford 108 pcd

got most of my front suspension back from powercoater and its now matt black :D

the axel is almost on just needs last bit of welding then il get sum more piks up
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Re: New Project, (update 8/2)

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started work on this again after months of nothin, got the front suspenison on the drivers side built up and managed to get a wheel on they are 17x8 and there is a 3/4 inch gap between the top trunion and they stick out 1 and a half inch, they stick out 1 1/2 inch on the rear so not to bad will get piks up later :)

tom
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Re: New Project, (update 8/2/11)

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yeahhhh, we like pictures :D
i wanna go and work on pedro now :D i have same rear set up as you will do, escort axle, damper kit, radius arm, but for front i went the whole hog and got coil overs :D

them wheels do look nice too!!!
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Re: New Project, (update 8/2/11)

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i didnt fancy spendin 700 quid :) looks an amazin set up but way out of my budget, and i didnt get them wheels got sum a little diffrent
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Re: New Project, (not sure of year yet) (update 1/11)

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hotrodder13 wrote:yes they are jlhs kits, he uses avo as they are much better then spax

In what respect are they superior?
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Re: New Project, (update 8/2/11)

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he asked avo to design them for the minor, how much weight they can take and other things, and when i compare it to the other kit i got which uses spax there is a huge diffrance in size, the spaz ones are so much smaller and dnt seem
right

im just goin off what he said
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