Seen this yesterday at the nbo mate, better in the flesh then pics :thumb: you e done a great job one of the best on show yesterday imo :D

Martin

Looks superb that does fella, love that flame effect on the pipes.

Having a quick look around the forums it's one of the most photographed
Cars From yesterday's Nbo

Cheers lads.....the only thing is I've found a pattern I'd change the flames for ......keeping the yellow n black thing going......but! For now she is staying like this, yeh John it got a lot of attention and some nice feed back from people......heard a few times nice wheels.....WOW look at the brembos lol

Also popped over to see the revolution boys for a few pictures side by side....

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And here is the arty picture of it on the roads.....a view I never see but must admit FFS It looks great hehehe

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That engine bay's a bit marmite but the rest of the car, wow! Love those arches, to my (Bug) eyes they are looking suspiciously like a must-have. Great work mate :)

looks amazing buddy, actually prefer the look of your bug to that of the Revolution car!!

A bug looking better than a hawk! Always a first ;0)))

Just a quick update then hopefully moving onto the next stage of the demo the interior......so a few pictures to wot I done and never updated most have seen it but still a lot haven't so here goes...

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First there were the standard centre caps that come with the wheels....IMO they should of been the matte black like with the flat black alloy they do.....so flat black they went and also with custom centre caps to finish....picture showing the brembos too
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Then I painted the piaa horns and new stickers....IMO gives the front end a different edge with it been de badged...
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The slam panel also painted up and added graphics ....one of the best mods as every picture took its showing the company name and it's had a lot of attention of late..
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Also painted the oil catch can to suit and added the hydro hornet to it and oil filler cap.....
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Along with that painted top mounts....
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The engine bay plastic were done to suit the manifold in the carbon effect with the inner lights and brembos...
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Also fitted wind visors was close to coating them but glad I never they blend in just right...
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Then the rear diffuser fitted and the yellow detail makes it stand out just enough..
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So next up the plan is to start the interior , am also wanting to change the pattern on the intercooler pipes but going to work on the interior ideas for now.....new head unit fitted and this wk am going to go 6.5 speakers front and 5.5 rears then hoping to add a slimline sub n amp under the seat...
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Had an idea of playing DVDs showing the process of dipping ect....possibly a few screens under the bonnet at shows doing the same...

Also got this lovely lot to fit but no door cards so abit of re trimming will be goin on I guess....
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Not sure as to wot am going to do on the interior but am thinking a black brushed alloy on centre console ect and maybe a matte carbon on the pillow trims.....to be continued


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Out with the seats as the new buyer come for them today so straight in with the new.....door cards are next up!

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Credit where credit is due. That looks awesome.

Absolutely stunning car m8 what a credit to you for all the hard work that you have done and all the time gone into the project its certainly payed off..... Engine bay is looking pukka nice to see something completely different

Cheers lads there are a few things to change ie intercooler pipes at some point...was never happy the way the pattern layed then seen something id rather had so thats sealed the fate of that 1.......and also it ain't finished just yet ;) interior might get a few ideas thrown at it.....wonder wot flocking and dipped parts are like side by side

Looking very nice mate, like the color combo you've gone with on the engine bay etc.

Here we go it's all starting again another year.....a different look and a rebuild of the engine at the same time...........when the bay looks like this I could easy go OTT but am not lol but am going to put a fresh look on a few parts to highlight my work in other areas and finishes available ...

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It's been a while a lot has happened and my thread updates have slipped :-/....

So the engine come out and the rebuild commenced, with it already having a 2.5 conversion the plan to stick with it and strengthen and forge the internals with better parts, the bottom end took the bulk of the funds and is now a 2.5 closed deck rated with internals around 700bhp

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Also at the same time I got the chance to sell my turbo on a MDX321t and the cash from that pretty much done me for a straight swap to a MDX321v modified bigger wheels front and back......this now will produce around 550bhp on v power alone with supporting mods......

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Headers and up pipe changed also bigger injectors to follow after running in stages

So next up while engine was out was too have a little change around with the finishes and the dipped parts......

Water bottle got a nice soft touch finish to it adding company logo...

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Also wanted a change on the cam covers....rocker covers and went with a gears of war pattern.....skulls n cogs hell yeh why not!

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Just the centre cam cover leaving a carbon look on the left and right....these all finished in a soft touch clear resin which has a rubber feel to it......the other changes were the slam panel......over flow bottle and the intercooler pipes......on the pipes I chose the flat bronze colour to match the wheels injecting abit of a different colour but keeping with the car....

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Likwidart grafix to finish with logo...

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Also the likes of alternator brackets....injector covers....throttle cable bracket all finished in soft touch yellow.....

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Abit reconishion this year at the NBO with a second place in class ;)

Managed to get a nice deal on some WRC carbon wing mirrors the only real carbon on the car tut tut tut :-/

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The interior also have a few changes I sourced the wr1 door cards and dipped the centre console in a flat matte bronze brushed alloy effect along with door handle switches ...

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I've also got pillar plastics am going to do something with but not sure yet? Maybe just a black soft touch finish as it's really holding up on the handles and looks good over a gloss finish on interior parts.....

So the car is now run in and mapping is due 21st of August.....I bought the bigger maf pipe to be able to run that extra power but words with bob Rawle the standard ecu will not manage the charge temps put out by the modded 321v so am left at the moment with a conservative map till I get an aftermarket ecu! Had to hold that back as I moved the business to kent and other commitments forcing the cash flo issue :-( something to look forward to I guess :-).....

Few pictures took this year at shows and general ...

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Like farther like son my boy checking out the handy work or the wheels haha

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That's if for now and I've a few more plans in store....for now get it mapped and enjoy it again.....cheers for looking locky ;)

Wow the car is looking fecking amazing, great job

:cool: thread!

Highly recommended if you require any dipping doing :thumb:

Lovely car and great thread! :cool:

That re-done engine bay is so much better than it was before (IMHO), now your car looks truly amazing. Perhaps the only mod required is to cut off that top lip in the bumper to get more air to the I/C.

Love this car :thumb:

I was in the blue Prodrive bug parked next to you in the pic above at NBO :D

I got a pic of your car whilst I was there :) Was waiting for ages to get a gap in the people to be able to take it :lol1:

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Was also admiring your work on Johns (lordharding) car. Very impressive :)

Hats off best bug eye I've seen! Well done! Looks like another fantastic job by ABW too! :thumb:

Oh yes

Locky really is the master of colour and design

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Looking forward to him Working on phase Four of the greenwagons development :D

Cheers guys ;) and yeh the bumper has been thought about cutting it away as the plastic is tired and the car defo needs all that air ....reason I don't run a number plate yet that's in the way.........it's on the list ;) yeh BLU there wasn't many in the arena was there......good to break the models down to a separate show tho

Gd work their m8

What colour is the fmic piping mate, same as the wheels?

Cheers lads it's been a while since I've been on here and really done nothing to the car apart from an aftermarket ECU and the car now running around 540bhp .....YEH I had a colour made to match the wheels tho we went a shade lighter with it been engine bay parts ....

Id also like to add am no longer a partner in hydrotek! New venture and moved on to try something new, So my plans for the car! Am going to get it back for myself ....few changes planned when is another question finding the time lately is proving difficult ....