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Old 30 June 2011 | 09:37 PM
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I have a 4 door uk classic which i use for track days it has a host of goodies on it which includes here goes a deep breath roll cage,cobra seats,removerable steering wheel, apexi ecu,apexi turbo timer,5 point sable seat belts,prodrive 18" wheels,225/40.18 toyo 888,tarox 6pots,330 front disc,seibon carbon fibre bonnet,crystle head lights,very large front mount,racing alloy rad,full cilocone hoses,vf35,550 injectors,billet fuel rails,braided parrell fuel pipes,zero sport induction pipe,kn large cone filter,rcm catch cane returning to the sump,full decat exhaust,tubular manifold,white line front and rear antiroll bars with sollid drop links,front white line H brace,brenbo 2pot rear brakes,carbon v6 spoiler,low milage sti jdm engine maped by the one and only neil at slowboy running around 330bhp and torque,curso cross brace,tein super street,i have removed the ac relocated the batterie to the boot at the moment i have the dash out ready to put a facelift dash in with centre pod for a set of defi and tein edef i have spent a small fortune.Now here is my dilemnia the car has no damage but is red and i want a white one so to get it painted will cost me 800 to 1000 or do i buy as i neraly have on here a couple of time a type r shell and swap it all over ??? what do you all think ??? i m ust have forgot a couple of bits im sure
Old 30 June 2011 | 09:44 PM
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Swap it all over.....type r bug will always be there till you have done it so go out buy a white type r and the put all your good bits on and put the removed parts back on the red one and sell it on to get some of the money back that you bought the type r for
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sounds like a right **** about for little gain to me
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Stick all the stuff and more into a newage white shell........much more rigid out of the box IIRC

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Old 01 July 2011 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Stick all the stuff and more into a newage white shell........much more rigid out of the box IIRC

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Do all the bits fit a newage???
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suspension and some other bits won't fit.......won't look as good either

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suspension and some other bits won't fit.......won't look as good either

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looks like a type r then
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Update I have just secured a good type r shell I pick it up next Sunday I suppose I'll be skint from then on

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