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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:16 pm

i like your car m8 all good stuff :D :D
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:47 pm

Cheers mate :) its getting there slowly!!
My exhaust fell off today!! Like really fell off!! And i got bitten by a donkey!! So a bit of a s**t day tbh!! :(
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:11 pm

what was you doing to get bitten by a donkey or shouldnt i ask :D
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Excursion on Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:41 pm

xr2ilookalike :what was you doing to get bitten by a donkey or shouldnt i ask :D


Holding the tail out of the way so he could do some filming.
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:05 am

Not quite :lol: i was literally doing nothing!! The exhaust is getting fixed tomorrow!! I think everyone between here and work is now deaf because of my drive home!! :o
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:17 pm

The exhaust is back on :)
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This may be welded an braced but it was pushing against the gear linkage (bloody typical)
Just cut the brace off and got my dad to weld it up again!!
Its all good now :D
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:14 pm

im not surprised judging by the direction its taking before that clamp :-?
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:09 am

Well thats pretty much where its meant to sit anyways, just a little bit out :( its fine now though, i have noticed, where the bend is, there really should be another support, that really was a s**t design imo!! :lol:
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:47 pm

Hi guys, i am aware i have made no progress recently. Its really annoying but i have been broke recently!! Basically, i want some weller steel wheels or something similar, if anyone has any ideas!! Then i will be a lot happier about the way it looks!! I also dont understand wheel offest like et35 etc. if somebody could explain this it would help!!
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby - Danny Boy - on Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:53 pm

There used to be LOADS of sets floating around portsmouth because everyone had some at one point. There was a company that made them dirt cheap - £15 a wheel. Just keep an eye out on various wheel forums and ebay, a set will pop up :)
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:59 pm

Gusghiamk3 :Hi guys, i am aware i have made no progress recently. Its really annoying but i have been broke recently!! Basically, i want some weller steel wheels or something similar, if anyone has any ideas!! Then i will be a lot happier about the way it looks!! I also dont understand wheel offest like et35 etc. if somebody could explain this it would help!!



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wellers would look good

others may correct me but i think you would only have problems with rear wheel drive off set wheels if your car is low as they would catch the arches but then you could go down the stretched tyre route but dont over stretch they come off

personally im not into stretched tyres i wouldnt like to think it to pop off as i try cornering etc
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:07 pm

I think it would be perfect if the rim came level with the outside of the arch, the tyre was a little bit stretched so it just tucked in the arch and i think the frots are ok so they don't need to be mich wider!! I will have a look, any good wheel forums?? I really would love to get a set and chrome them, i have only seen 1 chrome set on ebay and i had no money when they were on!! :x
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:14 pm

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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Michael! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:18 pm

thats james


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pm him for pictures/info...
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:23 pm

personally i dont think they suit, they just look like white standard mk3 wheels tbh, not worth the money

you could get nice set of alloys for similar dough
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:24 pm

Sir Michael! :thats james


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had a feeling it was his car

i found it on internet just googled mk3 fiesta pictures
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Michael! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:27 pm

yeah theres a lot of his pictures on google for some reason hahaha
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:28 pm

But the ones i want are slightly different, a bit more dish and the triangles are not slanted, like the ones that the guy called laki from bosnia has on here!! But i will pm james and see what he says!! :)
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:31 pm

i know what you mean, just not my cuppa, id go for a set of silver Si 14 inch steels anyday!!
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby - Danny Boy - on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:43 pm

My mates old car, hopefully the pic shows, linked it directly from fb.

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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:46 pm

nice wheels

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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:02 pm

Yeah exactly like that!! :)
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby b0yracer on Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:05 pm

they are how i imagined them before i found a picture

didnt realise there were 2 types with either slanted or straight cut slots/holes
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:29 pm

nor me
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:43 pm

I prefer the straight ones!! But 14" steels could look good too!!
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:00 pm

So, i got up this morning and thought cleaning my car would be a good idea, ad i have been ill yesterday and i'm still recovering and i have little energy, anyways, i went out the front and this is what i saw
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Obviously not ideal and it took me a while to de-ice :( but afte i cleaned it i thought relocating my no. Plate would look good, this picture is just a trail i would attatch it properly and centrally if i did it, i was just wondering, would it be legal??
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:36 pm

Straight and level or its a fail I'm sure
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:46 pm

What, u mean for the mot??
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Michael! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:16 pm

dont need a front no. plate for an mot...

"i dont think"
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Gus!! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:35 pm

You definately need one mate, i know you get f**cked if you dont have one on the road!! :lol: oh well it'll get sorted!!
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Michael! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:42 pm

sure iwas told otherwise, nevemind :) cant see them doing you for it being like that though
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby trecoll on Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:09 pm

jonyb4 :Straight and level or its a fail I'm sure


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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby jonyb4 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:01 pm

Michael! :dont need a front no. plate for an mot...

"i dont think"



wtf you talking about?!
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby - Danny Boy - on Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:19 pm

We don't live in the usa Michael :lol:
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Re: My mk3 Ghia project!!

Postby Michael! on Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:35 pm

Convinced myself I was right - f**k knows where I o the idea from :lol:
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