Project: FTO Black Hole

[technikhaus]

Only took about two years
Picked it up on Monday, but only got around to giving it a nice clean today

[Kace]

Enjoy the Mivec - if you're like me you will go for a drive every evening for the next year or so just to hear it kick in !!

[goz_83]

And if you're like me. Your missus will have to drag you out of it every evening too.

[Chris_Heilong]

Great colour
Is that Pedo bear in the back window?

[technikhaus]

Love the mivec
and yea that's a pedo bear sticker

[goz_83]

Not a very appropriate name for a child's character. Can visualise some big pedo bear in a supermarket, saying hello to the kids. Only it's not a bear, it's just some big fat, hairy, greasy, smelly auld fella with gin on the breath.

[technikhaus]

So a bit of a change coming up for this FTO Soon

My Dad picked this up for me



I also ordered these...






And one of these :p

[technikhaus]

So I've changed this to my Build thread, Hope you guys don't mind

So, the Indicators have arrived














Just waiting on the Fog lights, then It can go into the shop to be fitted/painted

[technikhaus]

How it should look fitted.





Love this view of the bar:

[goz_83]

Have you considered having the registration block removed and blended into the bumper? I think they're ugly looking yokes that push the registration plate out like a cyst on the nose of a beautiflul woman. I had mine tucked below and it sits in at the grill, which looks much better. Still plenty of room for my cold air feed to go beside it.

[technikhaus]

I've thought about it, but it doesn't really bother me all to much.
Although I may ask the shop what they think, and see how much it would cost.
It's just that I'm pushing money as it is

[goz_83]

Its a little shaving and filling. They probably wont add anything onto the cost. The guys that did mine didn't charge any extra for doing that, but then I was getting lots done. On such a nice bumper and considering the cost already for getting it and spraying it....well it would be a shame for a big white blate to be sticking out. Tuck it away...you might even avoid some toll road bills

[technikhaus]

How far is yours back?
looks quite nice...

[goz_83]

You know you can get amber bulbs that are chromed? They would look much better in the clear front repeater.

[goz_83]

How far is yours back?
looks quite nice...

Its secured to the grill, so a good 3 inches i guess

[technikhaus]

Oooh, so the block is gone completely?

[goz_83]

Here is another snap before the fly eyes were taken off.



All the before pics are on my "price of perfection" thread.

[goz_83]

Oooh, so the block is gone completely?

Completely removed. Thats why its easier to do.

[technikhaus]

Hmm... tempting...
I may have to double check that they can legally be that far back here, and I may do that :p

[goz_83]

Yeah, do check. As long asthe plate is a certain size and the font is legal and the plate can be seen from a certain side angle (and straight on of course) it's generally legal. I know the laws can be different in some countries in relation to this, but it's a fair rule of thumb to say that if you can read the plate from side and head on views...its legal.

Also, you have the benefit of a grill that has a bigger mouth, so the plate could be lower, which would not obscure a downward viewing angle.

[technikhaus]

Fog lights FINALLY arrived!





How the ring looks powered on:



How it looks sitting in the bumper, with the indicator:



Plenty of room around it



And some people came to visit me while I was in the shed:





Taking the car in on Monday

[goz_83]

I really like the look of the lights, but aren't they a bit small?

[technikhaus]

They should look all right I think, once they are centred, and are on the car, you won't really notice that they are so big unless you are right up close

[goz_83]

It's notin a bit of fibreglass won't sort out. lookin forward to seeing it finished. Its 4am here, and I am going to give my radiator brackets another coat ofpaint before i hit the hay.

[technikhaus]

Yea it should look half decent, or it will at least look better than my current Pre-facelift lights anyway

and you should go to bed already :p