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    04-26-2012 05:39 PM #1
    Hows things guys?

    Thought id stick up a few pictures of the b3 saloon i finished building a month or so ago.

    Heres how i got it last november, it had been parked up on a back street for 5/6 years.


    When i got it home and how it washed up



    How it sat at a show here in Ireland last month






    Interior, half leather half Alcantara Ford Sierra Cosworth front seats and rear seat trimmed to match.




    Mint original carpet


    Made a mk4 flick key for it


    2ltr 16v ABF with a 2001 vw Bora/Jetta tdi gearbox for a higher top end




    Hope you guys like it, all c&c's welcome.

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    04-26-2012 05:47 PM #2
    omg.

    The interior.. THE INTERIOR.

    The shots inside the warehouse with the reflection of the UV floodlights makes me want to remove my tint.

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    04-26-2012 05:49 PM #3
    Its hard to tint the windows when theres an interior like that in it

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    04-26-2012 06:24 PM #4
    Brilliant, just brilliant! Not too shabby for a month's work.
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    04-26-2012 09:37 PM #5
    Awesome
    White B3, sedan, freakin' sweet seats, whatever else.
    Also, quite the before/after - good workd done.

    Simply put, white B3s make me
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    04-26-2012 09:54 PM #6
    that car makes my pants tight! very nicely done.

  7. 04-27-2012 09:47 AM #7
    Wow!!!!! I can't say much else, that is beautiful! What are your wheel specs?

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    04-27-2012 11:05 AM #8
    WOW I thinkeveryone has said it!!! very nice. love the 16v still in it! very SICK build!
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    04-27-2012 11:55 AM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by 91B3DUB View Post
    WOW I thinkeveryone has said it!!! very nice. love the 16v still in it! very SICK build!
    The 16v is an ABF swap....chances are it was a 1.8 8v

    Looks amazing

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    04-27-2012 01:34 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by jaesiv View Post
    Wow!!!!! I can't say much else, that is beautiful! What are your wheel specs?
    There 15inch 4x100 BBS RM 012's ET33, 6 and a half inch barrels all round rears have a 2 and a half inch dish / fronts have a 2inch dish. So fronts 8.5inch wide and rears are 9inch wide. Had to use camber shims to tuck the rear wheels under the arches. Pictures dont show the camber but its running 3degrees negative camber on the rears to tuck the RM's under the arches.


    Quote Originally Posted by the awesome View Post
    The 16v is an ABF swap....chances are it was a 1.8 8v

    Looks amazing
    It was a 1.6 carb when i got it and i bought a rusty mk3 gti for the abf conversion.

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