What have you done to your ride recently?

[clutch-monkey]

braided brake lines. not sure if the rears are the right length but the fronts seem okay.

[zique]

what car are those braided lines on?

I just ordered some braided brake lines and silicon radiator hose kit for my skyline from Oz.The ones here are double the price for the kit!

[clutch-monkey]

mini clubman, whole kit and caboodle was $40 shipped form the UK.
even if it's the wrong length it doesn't matter - i can just use all the fittings and get a local place to cut some lengths of braided brake line for me for $10 a corner.

[drakkie]

Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13

...from 15 km/h.

It's almost standard to measure the stopping distance from 100 km/h...

[csl177]

Originally Posted by Kitdy

If that's your garage, it's fantastic.

Those old Porsche racing posters are fantastic. Where did you get them?

Have fun at Rennsport!

I wish! No, it's the race shop that preps my cars. Nice collection of posters worth in total what some of the cars are...

[clutch-monkey]

lowered it, then rolled the guards with a shovel handle (will do it properly after the race tomorrow, no time)

[Matra et Alpine]

Further to the damage to the doors my mates decided it needed addressing.

So as homage to the SaveTheRing campaign they covered all the dents with numerous "Save the DING" stickers

As if that wasn't enough then the competitor to whose Beemer I'd attached a vinyl of a 24" rampant rabbit dildo got his revenge in HIS homage to SaveTheRing. Check out the Touch My Ring and petersring.org pm the wings along with his wind up on the hairdresser car with the hairdryer engine

[csl177]

You don't want to just Google images of "petersring", I can tell you.

That hairdryer decal is the shit... what no pics of the giant rabbit dildo?

[Matra et Alpine]

yeah but search for petersring.org and you see one of my responses to mate who did the stickers.
Click on the "lolz" link at the bottom to see Clark doing one of his famous "pissed as a newt dances"

Fair call, so here's the dildo ......

[clutch-monkey]

making my own RS door panels, bugger paying $200+ for them online

measuring it up, making sure the fittings fit the holes..


10 bucks worth of vinyl and some spray adhesive..



.. and so far, so good! $30 total expenditure, and i've got materials for both doors.


all i'm missing is how to make the cloth strap door pulls, like so;




any tips or ideas welcome..

[csl177]

^^^ Check with an upholstery or truck/trailer supply store for seatbelt webbing, it's available in just about any color by the foot.
Of course, that's about all you'll need.

Webbing for Purses, Bags, Backpacks, Leashes and More!

RS straps were red, but the example above looks great in viper green!

EDIT: Nice job on the door cards BTW, but why wood? Aluminum or compressed paper sheet as used by the factory is lighter.

[pimento]

Or failing that, a cheap tie down strap. A motorcycle accessories place would probably have something suitable.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by csl177

^^^ Check with an upholstery or truck/trailer supply store for seatbelt webbing, it's available in just about any color by the foot.
Of course, that's about all you'll need.

Webbing for Purses, Bags, Backpacks, Leashes and More!

RS straps were red, but the example above looks great in viper green!

cheers i'll check that out - i'd normally have help from my uncle but he's away. but seatbelt webbing sounds like a winner! just need a metal grommet in it to fix onto the mechanism and i'm all done.

Originally Posted by csl177

EDIT: Nice job on the door cards BTW, but why wood? Aluminum or compressed paper sheet as used by the factory is lighter.

it's a thin sheet of plywood, weighs nothing compared to the original (MDF?) ones. but mainly because it's what i had lying around and this is a strictly budget stop gap for a couple of years.
i'm also told aluminium ones rattle? if nothing else i have a good template for when i redo it later..

[csl177]

pimento's idea is on it, too... next time you see a trailer with straps the color ya want, snip a foot or so off. No one will notice.

Aluminum can't rattle with vinyl wrapped around it but Luan plywood is light enough, and I can appreciate low cost.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by csl177

pimento's idea is on it, too... next time you see a trailer with straps the color ya want, snip a foot or so off. No one will notice.

Aluminum can't rattle with vinyl wrapped around it but Luan plywood is light enough, and I can appreciate low cost.

yeah it's not a plank of solid pine or anything! haha. just a thin sheet of plywood.
so far the budget is aiming to get under $50 for the entire thing. next weekend i'll tackle the strap with these suggestions in mind