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Put me down dude! 3" pal
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Cheers bud, just realised you run the same combo too + duck tail spoiler! did you cover up the gap on the JAM bumper with some sort of mesh?
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What's on my mind? Hahaha wow
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Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen, How are we all? Hope everyone's making the most of the bank holiday weekend! Working Monday tho, 1.5 pay so more car part funds???? Anyways thought a little update wouldn't go a miss! The Glanza has had an injury! My poor baby! My dad unhooked the boat off the L200, and the handbrake failed, guess what became the bump stop? Yup, my poor starfish The skeg went through the bumper & actually punched into the shell hahaha! So, last week I placed an order for a JAM Bumper from Idrees along with a Livesports wing that's currently being made. I picked up the bumper with my mother or in Sheffield Language "Mi Mather" Decided to start by test fitting & drilling the bumper on Thursday, and I'm astonished with the difference it's made to the rear end! It looks so fecking evil! The bumpers off to the paint shop with drongo on Monday so it'll be all ready for JAE! Done a fair bit of sanding & and trimming today before I went to the tattoo studio. So excited to put the bumper on the car! So, last night me and brother Alex (aleximport25) decided to tackle the hole in the shell, I do a fair bit of welding with my job, so we decided this would be the best option for it, but, I've never welded in a car before, or done it whilst on WB. The welds not amazing but after some grinding and a lick of paint you won't be able to tell the difference! So me Alex, and Laura spent the rest of the night talking shit as it wasn't a huge job at all. Kudos to Alex for letting me use his welder! Not a massive update but thought I'd write something up because I'm not really doing much tonight! Peace x
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Local meet up rother valley this Sunday! Also free food 😉
Nick666Akers replied to chad94's topic in Midlands Region
Can't waittttttt -
Local meet up rother valley this Sunday! Also free food 😉
Nick666Akers replied to chad94's topic in Midlands Region
Engine won't even be warmed up by time I get to rother! Go on then, just for you drongo ;) -
Thankyou for a brilliant day guys!! As John said the venue was poor but still didn't stop us from having an awesome day! Hahaha socks, I kept seeing red in your eyes, good job that bloke walked away
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Hahahaha! Nickkyyyyy😂 you're quite welcome! I saw purkle, and knew who would like these!😂
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Evening! Decided to make a small change to the V this week, I was pushed for time, and tbh it's rubbish, but it's independent, different, so I like it xD I decided to add a slight change to the engine bay this week, I wanted to do something that is different to other Glanzas, so, spray can at the ready, followed by plenty of masking tape! So, I Removed the bonnet from the B, to give me more room to work with, and I couldn't help but think it looked like it was from Fast & Furious Tokyo drift, where they're building Sean's RB26'd powered Mustang, and they're testing it without the bonnet hahaha! I started by degreasing the underside of the bonnet, getting Into all the small gaps in there! I then started laying masking tape over it, the plan is to then cut out a template with a Stanley knife and go spray happy! Can you tell what it is yet? ;-) Here's the finished product! I know it's not amazing, it's shit if I'm honest haha!xD But it's different, and being a goth, it's all about being different! See you crazy motherfookers at Japfest 2! 10-4, Over & Out!
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Cheers guys, being a massive Slipknot fan for over 12 years now hahaha! Think being a goth came in around 4 years later!xD Sorry for the typos everywhere, I can actually spell haha! My iPad keeps correcting things!
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Evening dudes/dudeets'! As promised, more pictures and I've decided to list a few more modifications that I forgot last night! Along with stickers, because stickers make your car go faster right?! The make of the boost & voltage gauge are Phantom, I've never heard of them, and they're nothing like Apexi, but they're a good starting point when you're still learning! Whilst building up the car ready for japfest, I also decided to purchase a Sparco wheel as the momo one was looking battered, this one has a good dish to it, making it a more comfortable car to drive! But don't worry, the momo is sat looking pretty above my desk, along with a TD04L as a mantelpiece....XD Over the weekend, I was over at drongo's for a natter among other car enthusiasts, we decided to swap the cop holder in mine for his electric mirror switch, And bingo! I now have electric mirrors, was just a matter of connecting up the connectors on the mirrors, well chuffed! I also needed something to bung up the huge hole where the stereo sits before I get a double din, managed to bag this beauty for £2 as well from Collin (Lord Drongo) I also have Genuine Toyota Wind Deflectors! Sticker Time!!! Represent???? Here, have a photo of my GFB Boost Controller!xD And finally, a starlet can't be a starlet without one of these bad boys! And finally, stripped out back & strut brace!
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Cheers lads! Haven't you? Probably because it only comes out on weekends, and when the weathers good during the week, I'll use it for work instead of the VDub!xD Tell me about it Matt, after all that pestering it's finally done ;-) I've just being looking at your build thread dude, looks rad!
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Awh here we go, Bullying at its finest ;-)
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Cheers pal! I know!!xD Dunno whether to go flat out sticker machine like you ;-)
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Project Midnight-136 Nicky Sixx's P-Spec Glanza V Right then folks! It's time I started a build thread after owning the car for a year now! Ever since I was 9 years old, I wanted a Glanza V, I was walking up my road, when one shot past me, chattering away, it was from that moment onwards I knew I needed one in my life, I became OBSESSED with them! My first ever go in one was when I was 16, a former member of UKSO had one & the feeling of being in one was immense. So I turned 18, and I decided it was time to buy a V... I searched around, and fell upon a DOG of one at a fairly cheap price! But there was reasoning for it being cheap, I'll get to that as we go along... I went to view the car with a friend, a car enthusiast I've known for many years through my dad, I managed to get the price down, and finally! I owned the car of my dreams! I knew a long road lay ahead of me, but I was willing to put hours and hard earned cash into the car, nothing was going to stop me owning my childhood dream. Here she is! Litterelly hours after I bought her! She was imported in 2007 and has being through various ammounts of owners since with only 51000 miles on the clock! I decided to start of by getting used to the car, not modifying anything yet,vault just getting used to the feel of the car, how it handles etc. I was in love with it, I finally had my dream car, it didn't seem real to me, just felt completely fake! But the worst was to come... I was out one night at clu bet park with some mates, having a BBQ, on the way back we was all convoying along down a dual carriageway, a lorry was coming up so I decided to downgear from 5th to 4th and I started to man over around the lorry, as soon as the car hit 4500rpm, the bottom end of the engine decided it was better off to not work how it should... The car cut out and I managed to pull over to the side of the road, I tried to start the engine and it wouldn't go, managed to get a tow home by my cousin, I was panicking, my dream was ending quickly.... I started up the car in the morning, to discover it was knocking like a bitch, so I managed to get it to Sheffield Subaru Services who took it from there, the engine was sent to Sheffield Engines Services for a rebuild, which took them 5 months to rebuild:@ I got the car back eventually to discover that two conrods had being bent, all the shells had being abliterated, and the crank needed a regrind. I supplied the garage with a Speed Vision CT9 Hybrid, a new exhaust manifold (cheap toyo sports one) I was told to bed in the engine for 1000 miles, spinning only 3000rpm and to THEN change the oil & filter. 600 miles in, the same happened again, I was distraught, the engine went back and I had to supply a crankshaft & new rods. The engine builders claimed hat the engine had failed due to borewash and wasn't their fault, so I had the injectors tested along with the fuel rail, and as soon as I got the car back I had a fuelling check done by GR Performance, who confirmed that a borewash couldn't have being possible. Still an ongoing battle with them as I'm refusing to pay for the second rebuild after it was their fault. I'm not going to get into details as quite frankly, I'm doing his on my IPad and I can't be bothered aha! I get the car onto my drive, move the polo up the garden to put the Glanza up the garden where I could work on it. Soon as I turned the key, the gearbox mount broke loose & pulled a piece out of the casing, leaving a trail of oil down the drive, this car was turning into a nightmare! The garage hadn't fitted the box back right, so it went back the following day to put in a 5E Corolla box! So, I get the car back in January, and it was time to get it looking decent for Japfest, I was off work with a re occurring dislocating shoulder so there was plenty of time to get the car ready! The spec stands as follows at this point: Fresh Rebuilt 4E-FTE Speed Vision CT9 Hybrid Toyo sports Manifold Toyota Corolla Gearbox Blitz Nur Spec Exhaust System Black Racing Wheels Toyota Celica Buckets Cusco Rear Strut WhiteLine RARB HKS FCD Race-Tech Water Temp Gauge Twin Gauge Pillar Boost & Voltage Gauge Momo Steering Wheel Golpher Radiator Samco Sport Hoses Unknown FPR Stripped A/C I decided to start work on fixing the drivers side window, it was stuck and non operative, I managed to pick up a window motor from drongo and fitted it the following weekend! I could now breathe on hot sunny days! XD I decided to strip out the rear interior & seat belts because, you know, race car! I needed to smarten up the car as it was a complete dog, so I removed the fish netting off the headlamps, sprayed the strut bar under the bonnet, along with the scoop & battery clamp. I desperately needed new HT Leads, so I placed an order for some magnacore Blue Leads. After polishing the rocker cover, tonnes of engine degreaser & fitting the freshly spray parts, and a new battery, the bay looked like this: Not bad eh! A good polish was in order, as The V started to look cream! I was astonished in the difference after playing around with the contrast & resolution on my phone, the difference was astonishing! I also re sprayed the front and rear bumpers as they were looking tatty, the V was starting to look the point now! Until... I was out one night with the lads, we was doing a bit of spirited driving over the snake pass, when suddenly I had a fuel leak from the fuel rail to the FPR, it ripped the paint off everything I'd sprayed, including the bumper I was only a week away from japfest! Anyway I managed to re spray all the parts & the front bumper in time, rattle can expert ;-) It comes the time for Japfest, I was so stoked, I could finally meet fellow starlet members, and show my dad exactly why I love them! It was an early start, meeting the convoy at 2am! I have never got out of bed so quick in my life, felt like a kid on Christmas! It was only until I got onto the motorway, the FCD went into senile mode, all the way to japfest it was sending the ECU wappy and was over fuelling to the point it was cutting out... But we made it to JapFest! The return home was a nightmare, it took us 5 hours to complete a 3 hour journey, and despite our best efforts to remove & repair the loom at japfest, we had no luck I needed to get the turbo mapped in anyway, so I took the opportunity to get the car mapped and get my hands on a boost controller! I arranged a date with Tuning Developments, And we was off! Can't thank the Jones Brothers enough for what they've done to the car! I had an Emanage Blue & GFB Gforce 2 installed, and managed to pull 193.2 BHP with a 0.6 bar actuator spring! I was well impressed! This has given me enough power to enjoy for the rest of the year with the car, as bigger plans are coming next year, all will be revealed at a later date! I will be continuing other work on the car this year, and I will add to the thread when I get chance! I'm sorry it's currently brief & hat I don't have many pictures, trying to remember the basics off the top my head has being a nightmare! More details to follow! Hope people like the direction the cars heading in, tomorrow night I'll upload more pictures of current modifications and a few special minor bits that have being changed over the weekend! But for now, Peace! Sixx.
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Japshow finalle oct 11th. Payment deadline reached
Nick666Akers replied to drongo boi's topic in Midlands Region
Meeeeeeee -
Would anyonelse love a UKSO trip to Nurburgring?
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Mr Socks, Will this be able to make an appearance at Japfest 2? I'm itching to see what sort of creature you've created dude This thing just looks evil
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JAE 2015, officially the biggest JAE to date.
Nick666Akers replied to rob_bower's topic in Show Archives
Are the tickets up on the store yet guys?! -
Local get together and photoshoot today 😄
Nick666Akers replied to drongo boi's topic in Midlands Region
Gameeeee! -
For the record, Phil, I am a weird c*nt. Rather be weird than normal & boring dude!
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Slipknot- Duality ;-)
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Dude your not the first person to call me 'ackers', just to make life simple, my nick-name is nakers, not hard to work out, my parents must hate me.....
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Local get together and photoshoot today 😄
Nick666Akers replied to drongo boi's topic in Midlands Region
Keep me posted dude! I'm game -
JAE 2015, officially the biggest JAE to date.
Nick666Akers replied to rob_bower's topic in Show Archives
Put me down +1 please, the plus one may change but definatly me +1!
