Custom center console
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Did you get a drift charm in the end?Link works cheers bud
Nope not yet, i am defiantly going to get one tho when i have some moneys tho
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Let me know what you end up gettingNope not yet, i am defiantly going to get one tho when i have some moneys tho
Its so hard to pick something different... think i want a drift pigLet me know what you end up getting
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Haha nice. He does make custom stuff if you askIts so hard to pick something different... think i want a drift pig
Yeah i messaged him last night but hes not got back to me yet...
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He will do, takes him awhile to reply. If need be say that you know Simon Perkins and he should reply, I've told him that a couple of people might be message him
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Just a little update...
Sadly my car has been broken into earlier this week and they have taken my sub and sat nav.
Waiting for police to turn up and do some finger print searching.
Screwed up my passenger door, now I got two screwed up doors.
Looks like I need to re-enforce both door pillars so they can't bend it open.
Also looked like they tried taking the car, but thanks to the trust steering wheel lock, they got no where with it.
Great start of the day I must say.....
Sadly my car has been broken into earlier this week and they have taken my sub and sat nav.
Waiting for police to turn up and do some finger print searching.
Screwed up my passenger door, now I got two screwed up doors.
Looks like I need to re-enforce both door pillars so they can't bend it open.
Also looked like they tried taking the car, but thanks to the trust steering wheel lock, they got no where with it.
Great start of the day I must say.....
Gutted for you mateJust a little update...
Sadly my car has been broken into earlier this week and they have taken my sub and sat nav.
Waiting for police to turn up and do some finger print searching.
Screwed up my passenger door, now I got two screwed up doors.
Looks like I need to re-enforce both door pillars so they can't bend it open.
Also looked like they tried taking the car, but thanks to the trust steering wheel lock, they got no where with it.
Great start of the day I must say.....
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Yeah it sucks but what can I do...Gutted for you mate
Just a little update...
Sadly my car has been broken into earlier this week and they have taken my sub and sat nav....
Great start of the day I must say.....
Dude that sucks
I hope the police find something useful (alot of these horrid folk that break into cars...do it often and are on record
statistically) my brothers old Cavalier met that fate...the car was about to be scrapped anyway but that's not the point <_< they screwed up the door by bending it at the pillar to get in...and take nothing...
I guess if you get a new door, or just bend it back, you should be able to weld some kind of sheet metal or perhaps tube/box stuff to the reverse/interior...may affect the asthetics though
Hope your day gets better
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Yeah the outside looks ok, apart from the paint being cracked up.Dude that sucks
I hope the police find something useful (alot of these horrid folk that break into cars...do it often and are on record
my brothers old Cavalier met that fate...the car was about to be scrapped anyway but that's not the point <_< they screwed up the door by bending it at the pillar to get in...and take nothing...
I guess if you get a new door, or just bend it back, you should be able to weld some kind of sheet metal or perhaps tube/box stuff to the reverse/interior...may affect the asthetics though
Hope your day gets better
On the inside you can see it all bent up. but I was thinking if the door could be taken apart then re-enforced so if someone tries this again, they shouldn't get far with it.
I'm trying to remember what the inside of my K10's doors looked like ^_^
there may only be space for a thin-ish piece to reinforce it with...you'll be adding weight too so making sure your hinges can take it would be a good idea...although
I guess you wouldn't have to go all the way up?...just something across the section where the window starts to prevent it from being able to bend there?...
...just doing it the old fashioned (less damaging way) by breaking a window was out of the question for them?
ETA: looking at pics of your K10 (lovely BTW, makes me miss mine) you have the black trim on your pillar...you could hide something more solid there...and it won't necessarily look out of place..
It all comes down to paranoia + effort VS the actual likelihood this will happen again?
there may only be space for a thin-ish piece to reinforce it with...you'll be adding weight too so making sure your hinges can take it would be a good idea...although
I guess you wouldn't have to go all the way up?...just something across the section where the window starts to prevent it from being able to bend there?...
...just doing it the old fashioned (less damaging way) by breaking a window was out of the question for them?
ETA: looking at pics of your K10 (lovely BTW, makes me miss mine) you have the black trim on your pillar...you could hide something more solid there...and it won't necessarily look out of place..
It all comes down to paranoia + effort VS the actual likelihood this will happen again?
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They bent it at the black trim thats the part I would like to re-enforce but didn't think about the hinges and if they would cope with the extra weight. Thanks for pointing that outI'm trying to remember what the inside of my K10's doors looked like ^_^
there may only be space for a thin-ish piece to reinforce it with...you'll be adding weight too so making sure your hinges can take it would be a good idea...although
I guess you wouldn't have to go all the way up?...just something across the section where the window starts to prevent it from being able to bend there?...
...just doing it the old fashioned (less damaging way) by breaking a window was out of the question for them?
ETA: looking at pics of your K10 (lovely BTW, makes me miss mine) you have the black trim on your pillar...you could hide something more solid there...and it won't necessarily look out of place..
It all comes down to paranoia + effort VS the actual likelihood this will happen again?
and thanks for the comments about the car well this is the second time this has happened now, once to the drivers door and now the passengers They bent it at the black trim thats the part I would like to re-enforce but didn't think about the hinges and if they would cope with the extra weight. Thanks for pointing that out
You probably wouldn't have to put too much extra on there to make it not worth the hassle to a potential vandal but it would be worth making sure there's not gonna be future issues (weakening from rust etc)
...I guess if this is the second time then...Hmmm... might just be worth it
it could be easy enough to simply change the black pillar trim for a black painted metal plate...?
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I was thinking of something a bit longer than just the black pillar, something like a thick square tube (in red on picture below)You probably wouldn't have to put too much extra on there to make it not worth the hassle to a potential vandal but it would be worth making sure there's not gonna be future issues (weakening from rust etc)
...I guess if this is the second time then...Hmmm... might just be worth it
it could be easy enough to simply change the black pillar trim for a black painted metal plate...?
Crappy picture but you get the idea, red being the extra support and green the area that was bent
first mod realy is a alarm for k10's
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Yeah thinking more and more about that now
but still think the door pillars need strengthening
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Just a little update...
Sadly my car has been broken into earlier this week and they have taken my sub and sat nav.
Waiting for police to turn up and do some finger print searching.
Screwed up my passenger door, now I got two screwed up doors.
Looks like I need to re-enforce both door pillars so they can't bend it open.
Also looked like they tried taking the car, but thanks to the trust steering wheel lock, they got no where with it.
Great start of the day I must say.....
Good that at least the cops are supposed to be coming, i know of two occasions where they couldn't be bothered to any proper checking. Fingers crossed they get something
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Well the cops turned up and scanned the car for prints but they found out the people that did it had glove and they couldn't do anything. So now the car has all that finger print crap all over it no sound system no more =[ sadly wont be getting a new one till I've moved from that area in-case the people come back for seconds. If I catch them... god knows what I'd do
no sound system no more =[ sadly wont be getting a new one till I've moved from that area in-case the people come back for seconds. If I catch them... god knows what I'd do
I was thinking of something a bit longer than just the black pillar, something like a thick square tube (in red on picture below)
Crappy picture but you get the idea, red being the extra support and green the area that was bent
Yeah, that could work
...alarm sounds like a good idea too ^_^
Such a cool looking K10! That sucks about it getting broken into though , scumbags!
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Cheers mate, was looking at your build before you commented on this, and I must say it would have been awesome if you turned your K11 into a road car but still a sick car
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Haha I've been so low on money I haven't had a chance to do anything and the alarm set me back a lot!!Whats happening with the centre console sdperkins, im wanting something similar for mine
Lots of plans over the summer so hoping things will get a move on Got a couple of mock ups but still designing atmThanksCheers mate, was looking at your build before you commented on this, and I must say it would have been awesome if you turned your K11 into a road car but still a sick car
yeah it would look pretty cool! Going to stick with my K10 for the road though
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You got a K10? Is it up on here?Thanks
Yeah.. Not up here yet but will put up pictures of it eventually
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Let me know when you do, would be nice to see what you do to itYeah.. Not up here yet but will put up pictures of it eventually
Yeah no problem
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Just a thought I'm playing with but would anyone be interested if I was to sell my alloys with the stretched tyres? I would be looking for £350 for the lot, haven't had them long, no damage to them and the wobble nuts would come with them. Would be maybe looking to do this over the summer but still playing around with the idea.
Omg you got wind deflectors? Where did you get them from and how much did it cost you?!
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Yeah... depends if you got 2 or 4 door version.
2 door
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wind-Defl...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20d1f3a0a6
4 door
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wind-Defl...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20d1f3a0ce
hope this helps
2 door
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wind-Defl...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20d1f3a0a6
4 door
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wind-Defl...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20d1f3a0ce
hope this helps
Ohh brilliant thanks, & your exhaust, it's not just the back ox is it?
You should keep those wheels, they work well with the arch work you've done. I'm no sticker fan (probably 'cos I'm old) but it does work on your car, I think the monotone stickers in the front and rear windows compliment the colour scheme of the car.
Your centre console looks well made too. Years ago you could buy ready made consoles in car accessory shops, they were similar in design, two shaped pieces of wood (ply in those days) with a bit of trim to make them look a bit special!
Your centre console looks well made too. Years ago you could buy ready made consoles in car accessory shops, they were similar in design, two shaped pieces of wood (ply in those days) with a bit of trim to make them look a bit special!
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Cheers dude. Wish I could do more to the car but low on money, got loads of plans but can't make it any more than that just yet. The wheels ain't to bad but I'm not a huge fan of them any more and the offset is to much. I'm after something with a little bit more tuck so the car can sit lower but still look nice. Before I made that center console I was looking for something to buy but didn't come across anything, looking into making something a bit better soon I hope
