Imola Red & Alpine White racer

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camshaft
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:16 pm

I took the car out today for a bit of a photo whoring session. Can't believe the number of people who just stopped and stared :D I haven't had a chance to wash, hoover & polish it yet.
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^modified front bumper with red indicators
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^red tinted rear lights, smoothed petrol flap & black window trim
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^red tinted side repeaters
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^repainted rims
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^Oil temp, Oil pressure, Turbo boost guages, tinted clock & dash clocks, Mtec pedals, Storm Titanium gear knob & handbrake, Imola Red conollised dash and consols, and door cards & quick release steering wheel.
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^relocated light switch
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^Depo angel eyes
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:18 pm

Car looks even better in person 8) 8)
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:24 pm

very nice whats the engone spec?
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:51 pm

I think in person or in picture this car is stunning, attention to detail is spot on.. not my thing two tone but this pulls it off really well.
for some reson I did not pick up on the fact you have the full cage fitted. :eek: . nice one.. :D
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:05 pm

Looking great Cam, Not 100% sold on the red dash but apart from that it looks great.

Nice to see it done after seeing the photoshop at Ace a few months ago.
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:43 pm

Thanks Guys, the photos above seem to have suffered a bit of distortion. Once she's cleaned up & polished she will be looking hot again. The car was originally to be used on track & for drifting - hence the bold colour scheme - but I'm not so sure I want to now - she just looks too good :D

The engine is a 325, but will be coming out shortly to be rebuilt to low compression before doing the forced induction.

There are other plans afoot as well, which will require some further modification to the front end, but will keep this quite for now, and will post up some more pics before the santapod show, where hopefully it will be doing it's 1st run.

Just wanted to say thanks to Dips for taking my original photoshops and turning it into reality. I'm sure without his vision & expertise, the car would have turned out differnt :D
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:45 pm

was this originally the white 4 door at aces?

it looks stunning mate, as as they say its good you have dared to be different.
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:02 pm

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She started off like this
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:16 pm

Cam mate that car has come a long way, looks very nice (we didnt expect anything less from dips!), you don't live far from me... i'm in hillingdon... be nice to see your car in the flesh sometime... winkeye winkeye
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Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:48 am

this is lovely!!!

i was toying with the idea of a two tone job on mine but could never bring myself to it!

biggest of respect o you mate it has come far :D
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:31 am

Ajay325 wrote:Cam mate that car has come a long way, looks very nice (we didnt expect anything less from dips!), you don't live far from me... i'm in hillingdon... be nice to see your car in the flesh sometime... winkeye winkeye
Hey Ajay, depending on if the car is still in one piece, I may bring it to the Ace Cafe at the end of the month 8)
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:08 pm

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She started off like this
Personally I think its looked better before, Sorry mate but I aint feeling the two-tone , bit 80's.
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camshaft wrote:Image
She started off like this
Personally I think its looked better before, Sorry mate but I aint feeling the two-tone , bit 80's.
the car was registered in the 80's 8)
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:51 pm

TheTruth wrote:Personally I think its looked better before, Sorry mate but I aint feeling the two-tone , bit 80's.
1986 to be exact. winkeye

Fair enough mate, each to their own. I thought it looked like a shed before the paint job, and the rust patches did nothing to help either imo. :)
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:19 pm

wow thats very red!!
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:25 pm

TheTruth wrote:personally I think its looked better before, Sorry mate but I aint feeling the two-tone , bit 80's.
same here. im not feeling two tones either. all red would have been nicer .its a good looking colour but a bit mis matched with white.to much of a contrast imo. and the red dash? :eek:
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:45 pm

Hi mate,

Not surprised people stop and stare, iwould too.

That looks wicked different from most, your interior is crazy,
Well done .

Cheers Neil.
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:49 pm

:cool: where did you get the angel eyes from? have you got a link?
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:06 pm

hi Snoops, I found the link on one of the threads here - do a search for angle eyes or depo I think. They came from German ebay. I had to get them adjusted correctly by the MOT people last Saturday.
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:12 pm

What a transformation!! I luv the little touches like the smoothed filler car and red lights all round. I like the red and white but together.....erm.....the juries still out on that one.
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:19 pm

i like it :cool:

not keen on the debadged boot as the badge cutout on the tech spoiler stands out a bit now
but if your happy with the car thats what counts fella

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Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:25 pm

chicken wrote:this is lovely!!!

i was toying with the idea of a two tone job on mine but could never bring myself to it!

biggest of respect o you mate it has come far :D
Hi mate, I still wasn't sure right up to the point the car got sprayed. But I gritted my teeth and told Dips to spray it :)

I only really saw the car a couple of days before Gaydon, and I'm glad I'd gone for it. :cool:
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:37 am

not a fan of the interior

but loving the 2 tone :cool:
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:45 am

It's not my cup of tea mate but it's nice to see someone with an E30 doing something different. Good on you. :D
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