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Cheers Joz man, my guitars and music are my other main distraction in life, cant get enough, would love a PRS someday, but aint got 3grand for a guitar just now lol!!! @Wylo, i'm appreciating that pic dude, used to ride a bit of crosscountry, i have a GTXCR full sus (one of the craxy i-drive models). Would have loved to have got into downhill good and proper but i didnt have the transport means...or the balls!! @ Alena, no need to feel left out! I read alot too, I've read ALL the Terry Pratchet disc World series books, and the Conn Igulden 'Emporer' series is good too, but i also read alot of WW2 books. Strongbow is my drink. Keep postin guys, lets see wot your up to! Phil.

Good luck dude! Phil.

Yeah the GTI club do good days! DAMMIT!!!!!!!! I had planned to be at this as Jay said he'd take me a spin in the ep80!! DAMMIT!!! My work the bastards were meant to gimme sunday off as i have to work SATURDAY!!!! I DONT WORK SATURDAYS EVER!!!!!!!! See since we were bought over by the co-op, I've hated it! Pile of TWATS!!!!! This has bugged the fook outta me! My apologies guys! Phil.

Spot the difference! Thats cool! Phil.

Inspired by the new Members other rides section! Perhaps a sticky thread mods???? What else do you do with your time and hard earned cash (other than drink and women [and felchin/molesting] before someone says it ), for example i know a few of you play the decks (Streetracer, Geo). Heres what i spend my funds on when Project Extreme Ep allows for it. Firstly is my guitar collection, from left to right: ESP V350, one of the last two that were available from the UK distributor before they were discontinued to make way for the Mustaine DV8 signature series. Standard tuning. Floyd Rose lockin trem and EMG-HZ pick-ups. My favourite guitar, I love this thing to pieces, totally spotless top to bottom, pure frickin Metal! Takamine Dual Semi acoustic, only just purchased this from a friend this week, 8yr old, played approx. 3times, spotless. Standard tuning. Epiphone Demon, my second ever guitar. Currently drop C tuning. Great guitar. Purchase inspired by Kirk Hammet's Jackson Randy Rhodes singiture guitar. Westfield Strat, my very first guitar. Standard tuning. ESP F250. D-d tuning. Floyd Rose locking trem, EMG-HZ pick-ups! So metal James Hetfield (Metallica) has one! I use a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal, and the mother of all distortion pedals in my view, a Danelectro Black Paisley Liquid Metal pedal w/ low octave function, and Marshall Amps. My bro also has a Tanglewood Starfire Les Paul guitar in black with gold hardware, and a Cort Curbow bass. And when i'm not tryin to melt the fretboards of that lot, i'm annoying the neighbours and giving myself blisters with my other baby, my drum kit! Again, set up for metal/thrash, a bit of rock and some blues too! The kit itself is a Premier Olympic kit, a kind of intro level number but it does the trick as im not giggin or recording or anything with it. Sittin behind it the entire set up from left to right consists of: Sabian AA 14" Rock Hi-Hats Dadi drummers tambourine Headliner cowbell Sabian AAX 6" Splash Paiste 302 16" Crash Sabian AAX 16" Metal Crash Sabian AA 10" Spalsh Sabian AA 17" MediumThin Crash Sabian AA 18" Rock Crash Paiste 302 14" Hi-Hats on remote boom. Sabian AA 20" Rock Ride Paite 302 20" Ride Premier double bass pedal for pure metal!!!! Yamaha DD-12 8pad electronic kit w/amp (for Rammstein-esque sound effects baby!!!) Carbostick carbon drumsticks OH...and a big ass fan to cool off!!!....ok ok its actually for those glam-rock spandex, make up, big hair cheeeeeeese moments when i toss my hair in the breeze... yeah right!!!...my hair aint long enough ;) Enjoy, just thought i'd generate some discussion for us gang. Lets hear and see what else you all get up to! Phil.

Lookin real tidy man, defo a great base for further moddin, lookin forward to seein wot u do with her over the weekend! Keep us posted! Phil.

Coolio! Phil.

Also a very very valid point Alena, nice one! @ Sparky, amen indeed buddy!!!!! Phil.

Yeah man, it stands for Japanese Auto Extravaganza, its a big ass car show/jap car meet. I dont think theres any racin involved at all man no. Phil.

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Alrighty folks. First up is my bro's Seicento (who u met at JAE). Its a 2002 Seicento Sporting, one careful lady owner before him. Spec List as follows: Exterior: Fiat Side skirts Novitec Front Splitters and DTM mirrors Rear Duckbill spoiler w/ LED stop light Colour coded door handles, side strips and front grill parts Novitec nose badge Debadged tailgate except for sporting badge 15" OZ Titan alloys (now on factory rims, may purchase a set of Ultraleggras ) EBC greenstuff pads EBS grooved and dotted discs Black lexus lights Dual exit Powerflow exhaust from downpipe back Lowered 35mm on apex springs Factory front coilovers and ARB Paited calipers and drums New number plates in Gunship script Engine: Magnecor Leads and NGK Sparks K&N induction kit (GSR tuning planned for engine, throttle bodies etc etc, or possibly a trip to novitec in germany for a bit of tuning) Interior: Cobra Daytona bucket seats Momo pedals and gear knob Start button under fabrication at present Sony xplod 6x9s and front components Custom door pods w/ kicker speakers and crossovers Kicker tweeters and amp for these speakers 2 15" Xplod 1500W subs and 2 1600W digital Sony amps awaitng fitting Rear bench removed, custom floor being fabricated Red led welcome light Carbon look centre console TOAD C4 alarm Im sure I've missed some stuff but i'llhave him correct it ASAP. Dad's Barchetta Exterior: 17" Wolfrace Matrix alloys in shadow chrome Lowered on Novitec lowering kit, 35mm at rear 50mm at front painted calipers Powerflow exhaust system from the downpipe back. New Number plates that read "Missing, presumed having a good time" Smoked side repeaters Engine: BMC Carbon Dynamic airbox kit Interior: Momo handbrake and gear knob w/ custom leather gaiters Honda S2000 start button Still some plans for this, he's more focused on his motorbikes Any questions just ask, some of u met Mark at JAE (my navigator and general mechanic) so if i dont know the answers he'll fill them in Phil.

JAE every July mate at the East of Engalnd Showgrounds (its feckin massive!!!!!) in Peterborough! Phil.

Speachless...thats absolutely stunning! I love MR2s and thats without doubt the nicest example I've ever seen, its so damn tidy, cant wait to see wot else u have in store for her Earl mate! Phil.

Welcome newbies, its awesome here, we're practically one big family (and once a yr a drinkin gang too!!! JAE BABY). Thats a mean lookin car there Spuddy, very very nice mate! congrats! Phil.

For me its the EXTREME amount of confidence and gloating and self assurance that i can get away with about reliability when all my mates complain about their clios! They just wont listen, a coupleof them are after wee runabouts, I've recommnded starlets til I've been blue in the face but i get the same reply, "dont like them" even tho they've seen wot I've done with mine!!! FOOLS!!! FOOLS!!! They want either a 306, a Polo or a clio...and i bloody hope they buy one of them because it'll be tuff tits when the damn thing breaks down and Project extreme EP goes cruisin past them! RELIABILITY!!!! And pesonally i think the car looks the mutts nutts! Starlets have so muh potential! Stuff your euro cars! Phil.

Yeah i use the poporange one as default too, Lobo did me a sig for both themes but could never figure out how to use the one for the other theme lol!!! But tbh i prefer the pop orange one, easy on the eyes and has a cool header! Keep up the good work G! Alena, get this flash/video hooked up for the front page!!!!!!!!!! Phil.

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Very true G man, chin up indeed, nothin i can do about it now, its in the hands of the solicitor, Project Extreme EP goes on. Ordered a set of 5 Firestone tires for the speedlines IF THEY EVER ARRIVE!!! They have been guaranteed to be with me today so HOPE to have tires today or tomorrow...£225 for 5, i shit myself when i heard that But ah well has to be done and apparently they're good tires so im happy! Phil.

NICE wheels dude, they look class dude! Congrats! Those BMC carbon dynamics airboxs are THE shit man, my dad has one on his Barchetta, its class! Really tidy system, i like em. Phil.

That looks pure awesome Har mate! Amazin work! Phil.

Cheers big lad, notin i can really do now except wait for the court date, its so pissy tho, if i had have been doin thos speeds i would have put my hands up and said fair enough u caught me, my bad and taken the punishment, but when i was actually obeying the law its just sickenin! Its really annoyin me, id love to give them a run in court but it aint worth the hassle, bollocks to em, i jsut need to be very careful for he next 3yrs, it'd only take a couple of stupid mistakes like a gatso on the way to JAE or a slightly bald tire and a cop in a bad mood and i could loose my licence, but will just have to be careful, tho that seems to get u knocked these days too! Thakns for the support gents! I appreciate it, truly! Phil.

Cheers guys! Phil.

Cheers mate, it actually means alot knowin u guys get wot im on about and are hear to listen to me rant about it. Its been freakin me out for weeks because of the thought of bein grilled in a court room by a prosecution solicitor but the guilty plea means i dont have to say or do anything other than turn up to hear the judges decision. I'll bet the two cops have a real smug lookon their faces, bastards! Phil.

Damn MOT ran out on 23rd so she aint budgin at the mo, her date is the 14th oct! So just takin the time to prep her for MOT, pedals off, number plates swapped over, need to sort fog light and STILL waitin on these speedlines! Painted the heat shield of the exhaust mani because it looked like shat, tried to polish it but was pitted from corrosion so she got sanded and painted. Waitin on the mani and splitter bein fitted yet and also a little somethin somethin im havin done by some kind members in England so will get some pics when thats all fitted. New momo carbon gear knob gaiter has arrived but not collected it yet. Now for the kicker, I've been keepin this on the Q.T. for a while. In July i was stopped for ''speeding"...i was doin 60mph on a 60mph rd and was pulled in by a panda car that i knew was there and had pulled out to follow me. The cheeky bastards said i was doin by the way 80and 90mph with an average of 82-82mph. Now even if i had have been doin that it as 12.40am with not a sole about on a STRAIGHT main road, it wouldnt have been dangerous at all, BUT i wasnt ven doin that. Long story short the coppers started bein cheeky bastards about all my dials etc and it was obvious thy'd puled me in because its a modded car and they thought it would be an easy ticket as they thought i would just take it because they figured i wouldnt challenge it in court as a modded car owner vs two cops in a court would have a fairly predicatble result. However i refused to be made a prick out of and in the end they withdrew their offer of a ticket and said i'll get a court summons instead thinkin i'd shit myself, my response was 'see u there'! SO eventually the paper work did actually come thro the door, nd it would be entirely possible to win the case in court as they used a calibrated speedo to 'catch' me and its SO obvious that 82-84mph is actually their FUCKING CATCH UP SPEED!!!!!!! RETARDS!!!!! I have met with a solicitor who agrees that it'd be possible to win a not guilty plea, however that would involve numerous meetings, preparation for court appearance and alot of worry over actually bein questioned in the witness box which i dont want and alot of money. Im in the middle of a Masters course as u may know and all the time involved in fightin the case and the anxiety of bein in a witness box would only have a seriously negative impact upon my work for uni and i simply cannot allow that to happen. It sucks but my career hinges on the quality of the work i do for my masters. So im takin the SHIT option and takin a guilty plea, i know i know its shit, i'll get between 3 and 6points as well as a fine and i have to pay a solicitor as well as an increase in my insurance premiums and a court conviction to my record. Either way im payin out money that i shouldnt have to be payin out! Believe me guys and gals i hate this, i hate lettin them think they've got one over on me and that they think they'v stuck it to another modified car owner but im not goin to allow them to have an even greater impact than they even realise. It sucks but u have to see my point of view, I've put ALOT of time effort and money into this Masters and i wont see it ruined by two jumped up constanble wankers who think they'r big men pickin on a modded car. I start advanced drivin lessons tonight which will run for a further 6 or 8 weeks i guess, which will look good to the judge and also will lower my insurance, so that should help even out the impact of the points on my premiums. As Sparky says, Project Extreme EP will go on underterred, i still have alo of plans for her and theres NO WAY im lettin this piss take ruin her for me! Phil.

Nah i like it the way it is!! Very nice! Phil.