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Old 04-04-2012, 07:50 PM   #41
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Omg soooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute
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Old 04-04-2012, 08:10 PM   #42
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Looks like your cat has then up his nose ahah
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Old 04-04-2012, 10:01 PM   #43
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looks like kitty can't wait to play with the springs!
haha yeah! Thats all I had to put up with this morning, as soon as I opened the box and took the springs out, little Oscar came running after them... and as soon as he sees them, he wont stop playing with them :S

And Smurfy, I was thinking the same thing after I took that photo
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Old 05-04-2012, 06:36 AM   #44
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Looks and acts like my cat! Unfortunately biting electrical leads is fun apparently...
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Old 05-04-2012, 01:59 PM   #45
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There are too many oscar cat's in the world... I have one called oscar!

Cant wait to see them in!
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Old 10-04-2012, 08:11 PM   #46
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So, time for a quick update:

- Springs are getting installed on Friday , cant wait!
- Looking for some new rims, I have some white TE37's in mind... 16" most likely (will look into this properly when the springs are installed, so I can see how much clearance I have to prevent tires from rubbing etc)
- Will be buying some 6000K HID's soon, and painting the inside of the headlight housing black ... No more 8000K
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Old 10-04-2012, 08:36 PM   #47
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dont buy 8000k.
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Old 10-04-2012, 08:41 PM   #48
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What he said^^

6000k is plenty bright enough and you dont attract as much attention to yourself.
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Old 10-04-2012, 09:08 PM   #49
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Whats people's opinions of the Jaycar kits? Any better/worse than say... AutoPlatonium kits? Or are they all much of a muchness?
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So I recently went for a quick photo shoot with 'Zenki' up Montacute Road with his DSLR (while i'm still waiting for mine). Pictures came out nicely! (these are a just a few of the pics we took)







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Old 11-04-2012, 04:52 AM   #51
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If you're getting hids either buy German made quality or the $35 delivered kits...there's not much between them. I've got 3 cheap set, had one ballast die in 3 years.
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Just another quick update, HID's are bought! Ended up getting 6000K ones
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Old 11-04-2012, 02:53 PM   #53
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Just another quick update, HID's are bought! Ended up getting 6000K ones
GREATTTT! I will try and get mine soon! Might have to bring over your place to get them installed though :P I'll let you know :P
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So I spent the morning in hospital today... meaning no springs were installed , that'll happen some other time though.

Just grabbing some little bits and pieces here and there now, new mirrors (finally), clear side indicators (or I might just hit the ones I have at the moment with some Niteshades), and Im also looking at some euro-spec tail lights (similar to the ones Orion has)

Also, where would be the best place to get some Supergrid wipers?
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So I spent the morning in hospital today... meaning no springs were installed , that'll happen some other time though.

Just grabbing some little bits and pieces here and there now, new mirrors (finally), clear side indicators (or I might just hit the ones I have at the moment with some Niteshades), and Im also looking at some euro-spec tail lights (similar to the ones Orion has)

Also, where would be the best place to get some Supergrid wipers?
With the side indicators I reckon the smoked ones would look nicer, found this on eBay which is not too expensive - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/370586187...84.m1423.l2649 - You can either buy that or tint the stock ones with Niteshades, whichever cheaper, I don't know how much that can of Niteshades cost.

Also I found this guy selling an overlay which blackouts the taillight indicator parts which will match the smoked side indicators if you're going for it, it's only $15 plus $6 shipping from US - http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...38_22_full.jpg

I think I'm going for those :P
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Super grids are Japanese, but there's always a chance something on eBay might work, less quality but.
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Old 14-04-2012, 09:29 AM   #57
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Also, where would be the best place to get some Supergrid wipers?
Me. They're only available from Japan - eBay have nothing like them for sale.
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Old 14-04-2012, 09:58 AM   #58
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Bosch make there Aerotwin wipers, I have had a set on my car for 4 years and they are still as good as new.
They look almost as good as the supergrids but are half the price when on sale at repco/ stuporcrap or Autobarn.
When I get my car back I will take a pic of them to show you what they look like.
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Old 14-04-2012, 09:54 PM   #59
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Also, where would be the best place to get some Supergrid wipers?
As far as I know they are fitted on those new Corolla and Camry 2007 onwards so I think some Toyota wreckers should have them. Otherwise go with Aerotwin wipers / Aero wipers which are the same as those new Commodore; Omega
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the problem is, many new cars have longer windscreens, so the wipers are also longer.... I looked at many recent cars that have those style of wipers but I haven't found one with matching lengths yet... if you do find one, please let me know!
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