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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 02:24
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Ben Wilson wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 15:10 | Very cool - I wonder if it can be modified to fit a set of slicks?...
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Ben there was a guy i knew years ago with a SW20 turbo he raced, he welded up a rack that bolted onto the top of the rear struts, all you had to do was remove the two small panels either side of the engine lid. it fitted his 4 race tyres very nicely indeed, it was very simple and worked a treat i reckon i could draw it up from memory
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 02:26
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davedave wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 15:17 | haha, I always wondered about making a towbar and small trailer for this purpose.
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I have seen some pics of this done before with an AW11 it was very cool, but with Ferals skills his idea sound like a better one.
For me it was just a bit wanky
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 02:39
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4agte wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 22:24 | no passenger seat has legality issues but recently i put 2 tyres in the boot and 2 in the passenger seat worked pretty well with a rope to tie the boot down. made it a bit hard to use the left side mirror tho.
personally just get someone to come with you and load their car up or like most people do get some1 to drive a big car and load everyones stuff that they cant take in their car into it.
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Yep all good ideas for transporting race wheels / tyres but you could do as i do and just drive to the track with the race tyres on i am using Dunlop J01 S (soft) and i dont have any probs. Obviously you dont want to dvive thousands of ks on them but100 ks to and from the track is not going to kill them assuming you are not running crazy amounts of neg camber. I am running about minus 2 degrees, been to Wakefild and Oran gave them a massive flogging , excellent tyre huuuuuuge grip
no dramas the way they are going i reckon i will get a race season or two from them, time will tell
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 02:44
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4agte wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 23:23 | gun metal might be interested in the bootlid.
Great colour two tone you have there cant go wrong grey doesnt look dirty to easily and neither does white plus white dosent make your car get hot
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Maybe, i will see if i can straighten yours first, its only in the middle where the centre post for the wing mounts, its only a couple of mm over the width of the lid and a bit of a depression, obviously the packing did the damage like you said before
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 02:57
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GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Wed, 25 May 2005 12:20 |
Yep they look cool but how do they mount ?
Also Dave what sort do you have ? have you got any pics ?
Any one i have spoken to about AW11 roof racks talk about bolting THROUGH the roof dont like that idea at all
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How do they mount... do you really wnna know Scott? here is a pic you may recognise, but maybe not, found it a while back.
This is also a pic of my roof racks I have for mine, they just clip on either side, but I plan to make a couple of supports to sit them back a bit further like the toyota ones, cause they are not far enough appart to carry much.
And yess I do use them occasionally, they come in handy for any things that come up unexpecdidly that are too large to fit in the car, I keep them in the frunk with some tie down straps.
[Updated on: Wed, 25 May 2005 03:01]
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 03:04
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Wiso,
That is FULLY SICK MATE !!!
I love it !!!! Thanks for posting that they look so cool
Not to mention on THAT car !!!!
I have to have some !!!
What was the date of that meet ??
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 03:09
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I dunno I think it was either early 2004. I originally found it on the SA mr2 club site, it was the 20th anniversary of the MR2 club of Aust.
Maybe a good Idea to ask clown as he was there, you can see his car in the background (plus I got abother close up photo of him looking kinda dumbfounded at the camera as he exited ), and it also looks like maybe gearb0x's in the corner.
Yeah I gotta admit though, they do look kinda cool in a traveling kinda way.
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Location: Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered: May 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 13:17
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GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Wed, 25 May 2005 12:26 | I have seen some pics of this done before with an AW11 it was very cool, but with Ferals skills his idea sound like a better one.
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would be very easy to make too. could make/shape it like a custom ice box is made, sheets of urethane foam and fibreglass. once a jet ski trailer was sourced the (and paid for, arrghh) hardest part is fabbing up a tow bar to fit (which i did start before my roadtrip).
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2002
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 14:19
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feral if you want an easy towbar something like this would do right, bolts onto the exhaust mountings. the trailer would only be light if it was fibreglass and carried wheels
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Location: Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered: May 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Wed, 25 May 2005 20:43
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hrmm.. interesting. i started making one from box section steel, i grinded off the mounts from an original rear bumper (where it goes in to the chassis, 1 of them exhaust bolts go up through it). was going to put a doodbie in the middle that bolted through the middle of the boot to a flat bat section thats bolted throught the floor of the boot (strength). then i
was going to make a square bit like a lot of cars/4wd have so you can put in or remove the tow bar hitch bit with a pin.
too much ghetto stimulateing milo at night i think...
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 02:39
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GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Wed, 25 May 2005 12:20 | Also Dave what sort do you have ? have you got any pics ?
Any one i have spoken to about AW11 roof racks talk about bolting THROUGH the roof dont like that idea at all
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I have Rola and unfortunately, I don't have any pics with them attached.
They do bolt to the roof which I suppose isn't the strongest or best if you ever want to remove them, but they're pretty discreet when they're not attached.
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 04:53
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Do you find they push the roof in when you put anything on them Dave?
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 05:44
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dunno, never actually put anything on them yet
but if I do it'll only ever be snowboards and skis.
There is a small dent about an inch in front of one of the mountings though, so I reckon it probably would/has with anything weighty being on there
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 06:23
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Previous owner, but he was quite young and quite the tool (the previous number plates, finding unsed syringes in the car, super low springs and fart can exhaust indicated this). I reckon it was an owner before him
I have no idea if they are actually proper mr2 ones, but them fit well and look pretty good imho.
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 06:48
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davedave wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 16:23 | finding unsed syringes in the car
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Location: Ballarat, Vic.
Registered: September 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 09:37
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that mr2 pic was taken at the start of last year. Notice the yellow aw11 inbetween the 2 red Sw20's........ thats my baby!
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:13
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*finally* got the photos from the cruise ready..
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:13
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:13
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:13
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:14
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:14
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:14
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 12:25
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i like i like
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Location: adelaide
Registered: March 2005
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 13:54
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phoar nice pics.
they all look the goods.
just noticing, my car is missing the little "bumps" on the front bar just infront of the headlights, do i need a whole new bumper? where do i get em from?
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 13:59
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ahh no from memory im assuming your talking about the "eyelids?" infront of the headlights they are seperate from the front bar you may be able to buy them from toyota or fatmr2 might have some spare ones
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Location: Victoria
Registered: May 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 14:22
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4agte wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 16:48 |
davedave wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 16:23 | finding unsed syringes in the car
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I found on in one of my old T-18s, found a stash of dope in an old XD i had..
Ahh the shit u find in secondhand cars
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 20:57
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Fantastic pics Erin!!!!!
Poor little Corolla got made to stand in the naughty corner.
toof wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 22:14 |
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 21:34
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davedave wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 06:57 | Fantastic pics Erin!!!!!
Poor little Corolla got made to stand in the naughty corner.
toof wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 22:14 |
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HAHA classic
Hey who has some videos to show from the day?? Host 'em Up and link Me!!!
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: April 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Thu, 26 May 2005 23:44
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Thanks, i need a wider lens. Almost couldnt fit all their butts in
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:15
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Awesome pics Miss !!!!
No one can complain about there not being enough pics on this thread for some time !
Excellent
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:35
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davedave wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 16:23 | Previous owner, but he was quite young and quite the tool (the previous number plates, finding unsed syringes in the car, super low springs and fart can exhaust indicated this). I reckon it was an owner before him
I have no idea if they are actually proper mr2 ones, but them fit well and look pretty good imho.
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Was this your car or my car ??
Out of interest what was the number plate ??
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Location: Canberra
Registered: April 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:51
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ahh no scott not everything is about you know
that was about Daves 2.
Miss love the images, looks sweet, everytime I see the pics I am more bummed I missed it.
also miss what happened to your emblem on the bonnet, you the only one without?
they absolutly killed my 56K connection
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 03:00
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Wiso,
Thanks for clarifying that, its just that my car was obviously dumped with a big exhaust when i got it and Dave was talking about the racks i thought someone may have known a bit more about the history of my SC.
But while on the subject of finding stuff in cars, when i did the rebiuld / respray of the bedford we found all sorts of stuff.
about 10kg of assorted nuts and bolts loose in the wheel wells, insulation tape, about 200m of foam strips a couple of old arials, can of WD40, not to mention about 40 kg of dirt / sand, fibre glass and RUST !!
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: July 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 03:04
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when we resprayed erins car the pearl in the hood ran a little in the creases.. so i want to respray the hood. hence we havent put the eagle back on.. but never fear it isnt lost we still have it im planning on doing all the fix up stuff this uni hols.
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: April 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 03:43
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Im not that happy with the pictures as there are so many cars around. I guess we can fix that with a sydney cruise.
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Location: NSW
Registered: September 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 05:12
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dr trim wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 23:54 | phoar nice pics.
they all look the goods.
just noticing, my car is missing the little "bumps" on the front bar just infront of the headlights, do i need a whole new bumper? where do i get em from?
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I have a set of white eyelashes available... PM me!
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Location: NSW
Registered: September 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 05:30
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Miss MR2 wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 13:43 | Im not that happy with the pictures as there are so many cars around. I guess we can fix that with a sydney cruise.
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Very nice pics. (Red ones look especially good... and go faster!)... Next time I will have to come down for the start of the run.
BTW: Make sure you send a pic or two and a blurb off to Kevin Clarence of the MR2 Club to include in the next ten/10ths.
PS: You want me to photoshop those incidentals out for you. Just kidding. ... Hey if it's good enough for Ken Duncan.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: January 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 07:06
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toof wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 13:04 | when we resprayed erins car the pearl in the hood ran a little in the creases.. so i want to respray the hood. hence we havent put the eagle back on.. but never fear it isnt lost we still have it im planning on doing all the fix up stuff this uni hols.
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How does the badge come off without causing any damage? I have had a quick look but can't figure it out...
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Location: Ballarat, Vic.
Registered: September 2002
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 08:14
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Quote: | "SUPERCHARGED G LIMITED VERY RARE IMPORT"
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hahhahahah yeah right
12 grand aint that bad would like to see how it runs im curious y he bothered to stroke it tho?? Youd need to take out all the bling bling he has put on aswel i dont like the blue interior one bit. Some people start in the right direction but seem to get distracted at some point
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Location: Ballarat, Vic.
Registered: September 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 08:18
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yeah i was wondering why stroked and not turbs or sc14. yeah interiours hideous. THe misses is interested in it so was trying to find out if any of you guys know the car.
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 08:20
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nah dont know it but if the bottom end is tuff then would be a good base for a turbo
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Location: NSW
Registered: September 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 09:09
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Sheeesss. That Erebuni kit is fitted almost worse than mine. (see pics in my sig). Look at the line on the side-on shot it's up and down like a 2 dollar ho... See how much lower my kit sit's than this one. Check how close it sits to the side-vent and side marker light... strange indeed. It's like wearing your undies up around your armpits. Jap Kit tho... not the Carmate version. Like the blacked out SC tail lights.
Car has a lot of potential in the right, tastefull hands.
Also... happy to now know that my G-Limited is now "Very Rare"
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Location: Ballarat, Vic.
Registered: September 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 09:14
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yeah kit looks a bit shoddy. will try convince her to get "badass" style kit. Interiour redone in leather of some sort, stereo with dvd player etc. then decide where to go with the engine. Thats if she listens to my idea's, women!
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 09:31
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Clown wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 19:14 | yeah kit looks a bit shoddy. will try convince her to get "badass" style kit. Interiour redone in leather of some sort, stereo with dvd player etc. then decide where to go with the engine. Thats if she listens to my idea's, women!
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DON'T BE WEAK strip the interior out and put in some sparco evo's
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Location: SYDNEY
Registered: November 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 10:02
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Sorry,
But i think that is the ugliest AW11 i have ever seen.
I think it has potential but that interior is way over the top for me...sorry again, and like Adam said what is going on with that kit ?
I would love to see Fats comments on this car
And how do you get the 15 psi did someone say SC14 is that all an SC14 would be good for ?? and with a Nevo pulley ??
Something does not sound right to me.
Anyway i have sent the dood an enquiry if you guys are serious i can have a look at it for you its less than an hour down the road from my place and there are some good roads on the way
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 10:11
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hrrm yes 15psi on sc12 may not be so good for the teflon on the fins.
Has potential but have to spend some $$$ to get it right
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Location: Canberra
Registered: September 2003
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 13:48
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gents,
looking for some front shocks as my front right hand one has seized, anybody have any recommendations on what theyve installed?
im looking at just going for a set of koni reds, as i had them in my corolla and was very pleased with them.
regards, andy
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: December 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 14:17
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That car is teh ugly!
Why would you do that to an AW11?
as for the 1.8l stroker... As far as I know it is very difficult if not impossible to stroke a 4AGE out to 1.8L. HKS made a 1.7l stroker kit (often referred to as the 5AGE) and that required some fairly heavy block modification for clearancing. To get 1.8 there would be a fair amount of chopping involved and even then the piston skirts may not clear the counterweights.
My guess is that at some stage the 4AGZE shat itself (or more likely this is an NA converted to SC - note that there are no engine bay shots) and was replaced with a 7AFE bottom end.
The 7AFE is not known for its internal strength and due to the very poor aftermarket support for it I doubt that anyone would have strenghtened rods for it off the shelf. You could get them made of course but the cost would be crazy.
Dont get me wrong tho - this could be a good car if the time and money have been spent to do the engine mods properly but if it is half the dodge up job that I think it is I wouldnt touch it with a barge pole. Either way you would have to remove that awful bodykit!
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Location: Inside a giant turbo (syd...
Registered: June 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 15:55
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Hey guys, I leave for london tommorow for a 5 week eurpean adventure.... sorry i couldnt make it on the cruise. My car will be finished before i get back so I will dyno it asap when i arrive back in sydney. So will definately be up for the next meet.
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 16:47
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Starfire wrote on Sat, 28 May 2005 00:17 | That car is teh ugly!
Why would you do that to an AW11?
as for the 1.8l stroker... As far as I know it is very difficult if not impossible to stroke a 4AGE out to 1.8L. HKS made a 1.7l stroker kit (often referred to as the 5AGE) and that required some fairly heavy block modification for clearancing. To get 1.8 there would be a fair amount of chopping involved and even then the piston skirts may not clear the counterweights.
My guess is that at some stage the 4AGZE shat itself (or more likely this is an NA converted to SC - note that there are no engine bay shots) and was replaced with a 7AFE bottom end.
The 7AFE is not known for its internal strength and due to the very poor aftermarket support for it I doubt that anyone would have strenghtened rods for it off the shelf. You could get them made of course but the cost would be crazy.
Dont get me wrong tho - this could be a good car if the time and money have been spent to do the engine mods properly but if it is half the dodge up job that I think it is I wouldnt touch it with a barge pole. Either way you would have to remove that awful bodykit!
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i agree would be a 7afe block but i would be weary about weather it has been stroked or if the owner is just full of it.
Ray Hall turbocharging did a quite successfull conversion using the 7afe bottom end with a 20v head then they turboed it.
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 27 May 2005 16:48
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Spanktown wrote on Sat, 28 May 2005 01:55 | Hey guys, I leave for london tommorow for a 5 week eurpean adventure.... sorry i couldnt make it on the cruise. My car will be finished before i get back so I will dyno it asap when i arrive back in sydney. So will definately be up for the next meet.
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cya when you get back spanktown have a good trip will catch up when you get back.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: January 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 28 May 2005 02:10
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4agte wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 20:11 | hrrm yes 15psi on sc12 may not be so good for the teflon on the fins.
Has potential but have to spend some $$$ to get it right
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my sc12 is running near on 15 pounds... and has been doing so reliably for at least the last two years.
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: December 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 28 May 2005 03:31
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Ray Hall did do a good job but they spent the time and money developing it and I believe that they stated that they wouldnt build them for customers because it was too much of a pain in the ass.
Someone should call him and ask what has been done to it.
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Location: Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered: May 2002
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 28 May 2005 09:54
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i hang my head in shame that some of you are bashing someones aw11, i thought only the immiture punks in the states did that..
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