olethalb's white R-line bora - schmidts + air ride fitted.

couple of pics taken by others @ westside show and shine

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i repainted my inlet and part polished it, also made a small carbon fibre cover

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sweeeeeet bora, just seen it on E38

got a link to the thread please???

Perfect looking car , and it's so cleannnnn .


But I think that the quality of the paint job may be better ...
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I like you job man !

thanks chap, the pic you have highlighted above was just after 2 good coats of lacquer so hadn't had a chance to settle down - it's much better now.

got a pic taken last night - a decent one at last courtesy of claretbadger [Y]

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where did you get boltheads shorted down?

a mate of mine is an engineer fuddy.

Firstly - what an awesome looking motor mate and credit to you for the build.

Secondly - i've just realised that i havent posted yet on this thread, but have read through it more than twice

thanks for your kind words venturbo

right these have been waiting for me to collect them for over a week so i went out and picked them up last night, i offered one up and it's spot on. i'm really looking forward to getting these fitted up now he did one and wasn't happy with it so he had another bash and produced two spot on skirts - all cut to length and square.

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Olly

i quickly held a skirt up in the light with one hand and took a pic with the other - then the batteries died on my camera [:@]

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Olly

well i took the day off work today with the aim of getting started on my skirts, after gathering all the materials and gas for the welder i started off.

i managed to get the drivers side skirt seam welded on along the side and underneath, also ground the welds down got a bit of filler on the sides and seam sealed underneath. before i finished sanding down the filler it stareted to rain so threw some primer on there and packed up.

i'm happy with the look so far even though it's rough and in mustard yellow primer, can't wait to see it all painted in white.

well hopefully they'll be done in time for no-rice and my photobucket account should be reactivated 8.11 so i can post some pics.

Olly

ooh, pics are back on....just a few in no particular order

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Olly

Very subtle but effective and tidy job

thanks venturbo.

well i flatted and white primed the drivers side so should be ready for paint in the morning, looks much better in white - i can start to see what it'll look like completed.

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Olly

i agree,,,, looks better in white

got a couple of quick pics when i got home from no-rice

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Olly

wow lov em mate gotta say i really wish i had done my bora skirts like this very effective and subtle

thanks ant

gave the interior a quick clean and treated the leather, also took a few daylight pics - it's far from clean but chances are it won't be scrubbed up mint for a while yet due to the weather.

it's booked in to get a few little paint jobs done in the next few weeks.

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Olly

well the early nights and rain has stopped and real progress of late but i've got a few little bits done, got my Forge DV 'tuning' kit through and fitted a new yellow spring with a shim and it drives much smoother and dumps better although quieter.

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then i painted my rear cluster surrounds to match the car - not sure i'm set on it now it's done so they may go gloss black in the future

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another marmite mod is my boost gauge, i had a cheapy one in there so i got another cheap ish 30psi gauge with a red needle and blue back light but the face was white and i didn't like it so i retrimmed the face in matching urban camo and stitched the -20 / 0 /10,20 and 30 psi marks with some yellow and red thread. again not entirely sure on it, i may ditch the whole camo pillars and pod and do something else but it'll do for now.

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Olly

i just got these to replace my worn mats, a little darker than expected

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they weren't as bad as i thought, they don't look far off compared to my original vw mats

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i wasn't keen on fitting the twist type clips for the new mats as i had the popper type fitted by vw already in place, so i swapped the clips from the old mats into the new ones

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got a quick night time pic, i'm happy with them - the holed mat was letting it down but looks like i'll have to get the .:R pedals now!

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Olly

the max power feature has just come out today too and looks good in the pics too imo.

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Olly

Well done mate thats one for the keep then
Max Power is a better mag than PVW and for them to spot yours before PVW is bonus

thanks wiggy. i've come close to a feature before with other cars but never actually got it sorted. i'm happy the bora has made it in though.

Olly

Congratulations! That's quite a nice ride there!