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what now? #1592220
18/01/2017 12:59
18/01/2017 12:59

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pcavalera
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Hi, i don't post much, but i read a lot... and try to learn what here is learned by all.

four years ago, i saved this coupe from the scrap yard ... initialy just for fun, or a hobby :

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then i joinned a old good friend, a mechanic and in our spare time we started this, he would do it, i would research it, on this forum...
so it went like this :

from here : click to enlarge
to here: click to enlarge

all the electric wires were changed and or rebuilt :
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all the wires looms where realocated, and isolated : click to enlarge click to enlarge

all the rubber pipes also,

then we got inside : click to enlarge
to this : click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge

and outside again ... click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge

still not happy with it ... he got back to work :
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all was doing fine so far ... until last december i losted my friend ... so now i have an unborn child in my arms and seem that i can't find a decent mechanic to finish the job! And i say that, because i went to 4 diferent mechanics and all different opinions about whats left and ways to solve it.

just got stuck in some interior refurb, but that i can do it myself, engine is running very good, but still not tunned, handling is not ok ( to loose and bumpy ) here i got very diferent opinions in all the mechanics grr wheels he putted 17" 245/45/17 and i found that the rear ones scrath the arches :?again... diferent solutions to my problem : one say to cut the wheel arch, other say i dont need spacers although i know i do to clear the brembos, and the last one to get higher suspension.
i think he putted 20mm spacers and with 10mm i would go ok!! click to enlarge

so really for now... i think i'll let it stay in my garage... give it a rest and hope to find a trusted mechanic to finish what my friend started.
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Re: what now? [Re: ] #1592230
18/01/2017 14:02
18/01/2017 14:02

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glenn1960
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looks great now

Re: what now? [Re: ] #1592232
18/01/2017 14:14
18/01/2017 14:14
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My job on the forum
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My job on the forum

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It looks very nice now but 245/45/17 is way too big.
You could probably get away with 225/45/17 or 215/45/17 though.

Re: what now? [Re: ] #1592234
18/01/2017 14:51
18/01/2017 14:51

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pcavalera
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pcavalera
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sorry... its actually 225/45/17 my mistake writing it


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