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My G40 progress thread
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:30 pm
by olop_chris
Well...Lets begin shall we?
Firstly i removed the Eyebrow grille as it wasn't to my taste.
I was curious to what condition the air filter was in, so i had a look:
Not too great, so gave that a clean (not changing as i'll get my jabbasport soon enough)
I also re-sprayed the rear G40 badge that had probably seen better days previously!:
Also decided to take off the red stripe from around the bumpers (didn't want to over do the red too much)
Also took out the cassette holder in the dash to make way for another cubby hole!
And that's it for now:
Near future plans:
Awaiting my debaged front grille
Awaiting my aero wipers
Awaiting my german plates
Future plans:
40mm drop possibly
some kind of wheels (not decided yet)
Strip the rear (smartly)
Rear upper brace + Front upper brace
de-cat exhaust
Distant future:
full blend charger with smaller pully
jabbasport induction kit
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:40 pm
by bobtknob
looking good and sounds like you got a good idea what u wanna do
keep us updated
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:14 pm
by samil87
plans sound gud
will be keeping an eye on this
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:26 am
by DanDiesel
plans sound good chris!!
couple of points i'd like to make tho:
1. the red strip round the bumpers came as standard on the g40 bumpers (i woulda kept that imo)
2. be careful with that front and rear g40 badges, they are not made anymore iirc and are very desireable to people that have lost theirs! i've seen the rears sold on ebay for like £60!! Doug has managed to get 2 and only puts them on for shows (he runs a standard polo babge at all other times!)
keep us posted tho mate, will be weird to see the gti go, make sure it goes to a good home!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:54 pm
by olop_chris
Hey dan, cheers for the info! and yeah I'm quite wary about the G40 badge...but no-one round my area will know what a G40 is lol. I have a backup that i was thinking of putting on in place of it soon anyways.
I sprayed this one up too, will be a stealth fighter again
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:50 pm
by pettsy
look 10 times better without the eyebrow spoiler
I must admit i've always loved the rear end view of a clean red g40 with late spec rear lights
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:04 pm
by DanDiesel
ah good work!! yeah must admit i do prefer it without the eyebrow spoiler!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:36 pm
by olop_chris
Have i got late spec rear lights? lol
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:44 pm
by sally_healey
Yup you have.
Liking the removal of the brow spoiler & the painted badges. Not too keen on the bumpers without the red tape - but then it's your car now!!!
Keep us updated on any progress!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:05 pm
by Mk2Adam
does look a great car there mate
still not even slightly bored of mine
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:17 pm
by minis84
olop_chris wrote:but no-one round my area will know what a G40 is lol.
Lol, I don't know about that! There's now 2 G40's and a GT within quarter of a mile of each other! (yours, Shaun's and mine
)
Really nice looking motor matey, I stopped and had a quick nose at about 8.30 this morning. I like it!
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:35 am
by olop_chris
Oh yeah, you're the guy with the blue GT right?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:57 am
by minis84
Nah I've got the black one!
Thats a point, there's a blue GT just around the corner from Shaun's isn't there!? That makes it 2 GT's and 2 G40's within quarter of a mile
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:03 am
by olop_chris
Haha cool, yeah there is a blue one near Shauns...so are you the guy that knows fordy and going out with Jenny? or am i mistaken?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:31 am
by minis84
Thats me! Small world isn't it, PM'd you a few months back because I noticed you lived local.
Anyway, keep up the good work with the G! One day I will have one too (I wish!)