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My E85 Project Thread - Project Nutella

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My E85 Project Thread - Project Nutella

Post by Machine monkey » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:59 pm

Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!

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Post by Machine monkey » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:00 pm

Good work I am looking forward to seeing it finished.
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!

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Post by LBZ4 » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:07 pm

Machine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
Haha im just way too impatient i only keep cars for about a year after ive finished the project and then sell up and move on haha :) Good effort on building your own booth though ! helllllllll

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Post by Machine monkey » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:08 pm

Yeah I do all the work myself if I can to save cash! I am an impatient guy to it's extremely difficult!! :cry:
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Post by kis » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:48 am

LBZ4 wrote: haha screw you all for making me roughly think about what ive spent haha
Well I never asked about price :P
Marlon wrote: I guess I'm just used to forum projects similar to this lasting for months if not years, and more often than not never showing a finished result :)
Machine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as MM and the 'usual projects' that Marlon speaks of :(
There is a certain appeal of flooding a project with sufficient funds to just see it through to compeletion in a very short space of time. However this is, obviously, fund dependant! Something which I can't always justify to my wife :roll: this is for my on the side modifications, let alone speaking of the whole hog type of transformation your Zed has gone through Lewis!!
Then there is (well for me at least) a certain pleasure working on the car in spare time/weekends. The fun you have working on something yourself. Going through the struggles, sometimes extremely frustrating! But then the reward when it's complete! :D
Also much like washing the car, (for examples sake) I feel you in yourself can do a much better job than any Tom, Dick or Harry. So same for me with the more technical and general modification aspects. Of course there is always aspects that require more specialist attention, but the bits you can do, yourself, makes the car truely feel like yours... well that's my justification for taking so long with everything anyway!! :lol:
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Post by Marlon » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:57 am

Machine Monkey & kis - I wasn't referring to either of your projects for what its worth :wink:
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Post by Machine monkey » Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:08 am

Marlon wrote:Machine Monkey & kis - I wasn't referring to either of your projects for what its worth :wink:
I fully got that Marlon. I just got me thinking i do fall in to the camp of projects dragging on. My car has been in bits for 4 months now.
And our v8 supra project isn't finished either. But we need to get them both running working and finished by spring as we need to pack up and move all of or machines spray booth and workshop in the summer.

Kis i get what your saying I have 100% made or fitted bled cried and sweated smiled and laughed with my car.
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Post by LBZ4 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 2:38 pm

kis wrote:
LBZ4 wrote: haha screw you all for making me roughly think about what ive spent haha
Well I never asked about price :P
Marlon wrote: I guess I'm just used to forum projects similar to this lasting for months if not years, and more often than not never showing a finished result :)
Machine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as MM and the 'usual projects' that Marlon speaks of :(
There is a certain appeal of flooding a project with sufficient funds to just see it through to compeletion in a very short space of time. However this is, obviously, fund dependant! Something which I can't always justify to my wife :roll: this is for my on the side modifications, let alone speaking of the whole hog type of transformation your Zed has gone through Lewis!!
Then there is (well for me at least) a certain pleasure working on the car in spare time/weekends. The fun you have working on something yourself. Going through the struggles, sometimes extremely frustrating! But then the reward when it's complete! :D
Also much like washing the car, (for examples sake) I feel you in yourself can do a much better job than any Tom, Dick or Harry. So same for me with the more technical and general modification aspects. Of course there is always aspects that require more specialist attention, but the bits you can do, yourself, makes the car truely feel like yours... well that's my justification for taking so long with everything anyway!! :lol:
Yeah I totally get you guys spending time on it and working it over time :) the truth is it takes me a while to think of all the ideas to put into a project but knowing i couldn't do it myself I wouldn't have any option haha...:rofl:

HOWEVER .... here you go have some new updates

side skirts fitted and custom extensions added :)
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Post by Buckz » Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:30 pm

looking good! taking it to any shows this year? :) I usually end up going to 6-8/year.

players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
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Post by Machine monkey » Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:39 pm

Mine are the same but different :rofl:
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And found this while i was looking. Ok for a diy job :oops:
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Looking great cant wait to see it finished :thumbsup:
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Post by LBZ4 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:48 pm

Buckz wrote:looking good! taking it to any shows this year? :) I usually end up going to 6-8/year.

players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
im heading to the states from june to early july - but if i can a make the ones youve listed and get accepted indoors for them then i will indeed go :)

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Post by kis » Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:44 pm

Any plans for coming to Zedfest? Would love to actually see the real thing! 8)
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Post by synthedup » Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:57 pm

LBZ4 wrote:
Buckz wrote:looking good! taking it to any shows this year? :) I usually end up going to 6-8/year.

players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
im heading to the states from june to early july - but if i can a make the ones youve listed and get accepted indoors for them then i will indeed go :)

I'm only 45 minutes from you Lewis so will pop over when its done for a nosey :) Will make me jealous though lol :driving:

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Post by jarhead » Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:41 pm

[quote="Machine monkey"]Mine are the same but different :rofl:

Where did you guys get your skirts from? I'm looking at getting some myself
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Post by Machine monkey » Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:53 pm

jarhead wrote:
Machine monkey wrote:Mine are the same but different :rofl:

Where did you guys get your skirts from? I'm looking at getting some myself
I made them buddy sorry I haven't text you back I will do it now.
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