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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
What is the underside of the mini painted in? Looks awesome under there too! |
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Happy to upload it to YouTube when it's running. In regards to the wrap, you can't really see the headers so I went for practicality. If they were visible then I would have had them ceramic coated. |
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
So I got creative with my dash. I enlarged the hole to fit the Honda cluster and made a surround out of acrylic to go over it. Of course it had to be carbon fibre wrapped to match the existing dash. I also wrapped the cluster fascia and added some chrome rings around the dials. What do you think?     
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| Author: | nixphotopix [ Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Mad! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | timmy201 [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
That's a very neat way to get the gauges in! |
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| Author: | Mearcat [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Well done on the dash - that really is a nice neat way of retrofitting the dials. Where did you source the chrome rings from? |
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Mearcat wrote: Well done on the dash - that really is a nice neat way of retrofitting the dials. Where did you source the chrome rings from? EBay. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301365044555 |
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| Author: | Maelgwn [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Just loving your work and the build thread, keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing in the flesh one day! |
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| Author: | shnitzee [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Dash looks incredible; like factory finish. |
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Thanks guys for he feedback. Looking forward to getting on the road soon. |
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| Author: | Mr Anderson [ Thu Jun 30, 2016 6:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Looks brilliant, keep up the great work! |
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
A few more adjustments. Brake booster moved to the left to give the dizzy some more clearance. Much better now.   After taking the exhaust off to fix one of the studs, I learnt why I should have went for the ceramic coating. Bloody fibre glass wrap. Itchy fingers. Note to self.....never again. So, ceramic coating done. Looks great but won't be really seen when the front grille goes on.  And with some playing around with the Autronic ECU it now runs. I still have to sort out a few things like the noisy IAC valve you can hear before the engine starts and in fact over the top of the engine. Some ECU settings will fix that when I work it out. https://vimeo.com/174102013 Now to get everything else sorted like bleeding the brakes & clutch and hoping for the best. Also still need to tidy up the wiring and put the dash back in. Relocate the subwoofer and amp now that I have added a second fuel tank. Set up the suspension and wheel alignment and the list goes on. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Awesome stuff! I'll have to come round next week when its finished so you can take me for a spin so i get some motivation back! 
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| Author: | Dutchy1978 [ Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
Let's not get carried away. Still a while away although I will be pushing hard now that it is running. |
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dutchy's Vtec - Round Nose, standard length |
It looks tidy. Sound quiet! Super impressed! |
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