Nanglebadger

UV filter on a tropical set up??? for why? i thought they were marine only. Phil.

Update Well, Mark came home last weekend and brought Project Starscream with him, and this being BadgerSports Inc HQ of course meant that work had to be done, so a quick call to my boss and monday was a holiday! get in! so, the car needed some TLC so we set about taking good care of her. I had a spare TOMs radiator cap lying around, so that went on, and as i'm going for a front mounted cone in my car, Mark took my K&N panel filter for her too. I also fitted some blue hosing in the bay for giggles. first up was a good scrub, followed by HD Cleanser, then SRP, and then some Meguires cleaning wax as im hoping its more hard wearing than the HD wax because it may be a while before she sees wax again. naturally, we had to swap out the rims too, and the whole end result is as follows: Smarter than a penguin in a sharp tux with matching bowler hat and pimp cane bitches! Phil. ***edit - only one photo is keeping the number plates swirled out! WTF is wrong with photobucket!

lol true. yesterday was my filter cleaning day, took beards! (thats irish speak for ages lol). uploading some of mine from this evening now. Phil.

pics or GTFO Si buddy! lets see your set up! Phil.

now thats a bargain dude! the more neons the better! Phil.

yeah stars can be a real wanker too. we've lost quite a few of them. the halide was bought when there were still corals in there. and sorry man but if catch that mantis its going in our septic tank! see the fucker survive that! just home from a run to the two local shops, first was bunged and we dont like it anyway, went to Exotic Aquatics in Belfast then. I got 13 cardinals and some foods, dad had a good chat with the manager who we know pretty well thanks to mark, and i think its been decided. converting from marines to tropicals. what type of tropicals is as yet undecided, perhaps some brackish jazz for shark cats, but either way, the marines will hopefully be taken in and then i will have the task of starting the sump and light conversions. should be a good learning experience on how to set it all up without having to rely on mark to do it for us, although poor mark will be hounded down the phone no doubt when i get stuck...which i will lol. Phil.

i dunno what it is about keeping corals but they're harder to get right than the damn fish at times! mark was running a UV sterilizer for a while too on our tank and it didnt really seem to make much difference. corals are such a chore. yeah its a drag, only leaves 2 yellow tangs, the flounder and the comet grouper with a Cowie and two hermits. and we definitely have a mantis in the sump, mark heard him when he was home last week but i cant spot the wee bastard, but at least he's down there and not in the main tank! dad is pretty undecided about the tank right now, its either going completely or turning tropical. the giant metal halide bulb is just way too expensive to run, leccy bilss have got silly with it. Phil.

loooking good man, i see a staghorn coral and some buttons, they look real healthy, we always had problems with them in ours. shame about the white spot dude. i never understand how the fish can be lifted from the wild, shipped around the world, held in a wholesalers, shipped to the stores and kept in the stores all white spot free, yet the 30 minute trip from the shop to your house is what gives them the white spot....it makes no sense. i even got it in my fighter tank once, its a real prick! unfortunately we lost BOTH lion fish in the last week, so dads tank is pretty empty right now. unsure of its future. my big tropical one needs more landscaping that a bloody garden! plants grow like mental! Phil.

very smart dude. Phil.

^^^^and there we have it lol! Phil.

so far mark has caught the lip twice on driveways. to be fair, the first one was a steep prick, and i dont know how it happened the second time. and his is lowered probably around 40mm, so yeah, they are easily caught guys. Phil.

i thought the blitz ECU would have helped mine. nope. Phil.

yeah our folks owned it for a while. that car is quite literally in concourse condition. Can't remember where it went, mark will know. Phil.

they pop up for sale second hand quite often. hopefully someone else will be able to confirm the fact they can be enlarged too. Phil.

you can file/sand/dremmel out the 52mm ones to make them 60mm. some of them have a second line in them to act as i guide for the amount to file out, or at least thats what it looks like. but yea, u can make the holes bigger. Phil.

winz! Phil.

nice parts man! Phil.

mine is bollox too. even off boost, its bollox. been to see Jay about it and we dont know why. hence why i now own a derv....altho it only gets 34 mpg on my shit run to work. Phil.

my inner rear has been removed and the floor will be painted up fresh. rear wiper assembly is gone. door cards and roof lining are gone. im keeping the front carpet and front trim with the exclusion of the door cards, though i kept the pod things that the switches are on. i have also ditched the entire sound system. next will be parts of the air filter assembly as Jay has suggested runnin a front mounted cone as she will not be used in winter anymore. Phil.

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hope u can get it fixed for cheaps dude. Phil.

awesome news dude!!!!!!!!!!! well deserved!!! looking forward to seeing the pics man! Phil.

gotta agree with the lads, the existing wheels are far more butch than the BBSs. every other car on Speedhunters runs BBS rims, that was one of the things i liked most about your existing set up, looked different to the norm. im sure they'll look good man, just prefer what u have. Phil.

nice! red Vs rock! Phil.

i f**king LOVE these. they look so smart!!!! tbh i wouldnt even change how it looks, but i like the sound or your plans man. also, 2l+ 5 cylinder engines are for sexy pricks! ;) Phil.