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Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:55 pm
by nath2905
looks in good condition :)

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:08 pm
by JG22-VXR
took the gsi bumper apart today, noticed one of the side mounting was missing, soo i made one and then i fitted it too car see if was good, and it was soo started rubbing it down ready to paint, also rubbed down nova alloys and they will get primer if i got time 2mra. going to start some wiring soon aswell, going to wire the fogs in, subwoofer to on/off switch and also guna put the fan on a on/off switch, will update with photos soon :)

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:21 pm
by JG22-VXR
Right got loads to update... ill start with the bad news, i refurbed the nova alloys they looking nice and very close too caliper aswell thou and they are buckled soo badly that im going to scrap them and after having enough of buckled alloys deciding on to do some anthracite steelies next, heres alloys anyway...

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Next sold body kit and on with stadard front for now and got some gsi skirts
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Also removed 4-1 manifold and put in 4-2-1 and got some performance HT leads (blue vacuum pipes will be swapped for black ones)
and also got some front and rear lowering springs, only pic of fronts thou...
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finally starting wiring for fogs, taking them from headlight to a separate switch on centre console, and also now painted the gsi front bumper & skirts, will have more pics of them weekend...

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Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:36 pm
by matty101
sounds really good mate, cant wait to see the pics

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:54 pm
by nath2905
should be good m8 :)

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:39 pm
by JG22-VXR
few more pics of bumpers n skirts, quite good result from a rattle can lol, will get more pics when on car at end of week...
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Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:07 pm
by M4RSH4LL
look sweet :P

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:16 pm
by JG22-VXR
thanks mate, guna put it all together soon, guna have to get rid of my nova alloys thou :( dont know what to replace them with thou, was thinkin banded steelies or cav slabs or cesaro's maybe... hmmm haha

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:30 pm
by M4RSH4LL
cesros ;) or http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... n/75927246 (in belfast now tho what a set of alloys :P )

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:48 am
by JG22-VXR
yeah, there dead smart, but £350 is well out my price range lol, well i dont have one atm thanks to overdrawn bank accounts :meh:

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:47 pm
by nath2905
that should be nice mate dont think i seen a gold 1 with a kit on :) :thumbs:

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:52 pm
by JG22-VXR
cheers guys, well over weekend i have done the wiring for the fogs, then i fitted the bumper n skirts and today i change over the suspension and its now lowered i think 80mm at back at 60mm at front, it looks loads better now, just need to stick arches back on. ill try get some pics but lost my camera :( next on my list is defiantly a better phone, been 2 months without a camera phone now :meh: lol

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:49 pm
by PRICER
how did you put your arches on?

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:10 pm
by JG22-VXR
PRICER wrote:how did you put your arches on?
ive used p40 fiberglass filler, holds quite well, but makes quite a mess, i myt still buy new ones with all the clips or orginal gsi on would be even better

Re: Brocade :)

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:05 pm
by JG22-VXR
okay heres some pics of it now, just need to do arches now...
The back lowered
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Front lowered
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And now few pics of gsi front end :)
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