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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Grantus Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 10 at 08:26
Originally posted by Tee3 Tee3 wrote:


Currently having a couple of "issues" with my new tyres getting very friendly with the rear trailing arms due to excessive sidewall bulge. Wink
Nothing a grinder and some sparks wont cure though...



I've never seen tyre rubber spark as you grind away bulges...Shocked

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Blue 88 MV Caravelle CL Manual


Was White, now Blue 91 MV Single cab Manual (Pritsche)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote T3di Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Apr 10 at 12:21
mine on the day I picked it up in Hamburg.




(and later that evening, a spot in the woods for the night, about 15 minutes before finding out it had no curtains) Pinch




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MALAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Apr 10 at 20:38
My super clean and original 70k 2 owner BusD...


2001 T4 800 Special
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MALAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 10 at 20:31
Originally posted by shapey shapey wrote:






I love the look of this bus Thumbs Up
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote doomdub Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Apr 10 at 09:16
The DOOMDUB (Pre smoked indicators/rear lenses & wind deflectors):


1.9TD T4 1000SWB "I don't hate people, I just seem to feel better when they're not around"
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shapey Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Apr 10 at 09:23
Originally posted by MALAM MALAM wrote:


I love the look of this bus Thumbs Up

cheers!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MALAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Apr 10 at 22:36
Originally posted by shapey shapey wrote:

Originally posted by MALAM MALAM wrote:


I love the look of this bus Thumbs Up

cheers!


No worries Tongue

Is yours fitted with a 70mm AVO kit?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Baxter Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Apr 10 at 23:10
Brickwerks shop van.
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote O===vw===O Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Apr 10 at 00:16
me 88 mag mult
 
life moves pretty fast,if you dont park the T4 and take a look around once in a while,you could miss it!

03 2.5tdi 88 with decat, egr blank, big injectors, stan intercooler, remap apparently 130bhp
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TheDudeAbides Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Apr 10 at 18:57




Might get round to painting it one day!
It once had a high top which i bin'd when i found a donor roof! so it can now take its place in the tin top thread!
For Fun:
1984 T3 TinTop 'bilbo conversion'
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2008 T5 T30
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Hi.  This is my first post and this is my 1989 tintop.


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Here's my Bluestar. Love this van, comes with alpine TV system, just had a slim line base box and amp fitted inbetween the drivers seat and the seat behind, lowerd all round on 19'' original merc AMG rims and I've just had the windows tinted allround since the photo.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote denis9 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 May 10 at 19:09
and another pic. I will get some pics now I've had the widows blacked, looks way cooler IMO. Also fitted a Porsche 924 steering wheel but had to do a lot of mods to the colum as it kept dropping out of the bearing and wobling all over the place.


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nice bluestar, hows your teeth on them 19's? Shocked
            
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Litttle bit lumpy but thank god for soft seats!!!


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I agree, they give a lovely drive don't they.
            
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Thinking of changing the wheels but not to sure what to go for. 18's but what to go for. Black Porsche speedsters maybe?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote denis9 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 May 10 at 20:39
Actualy not sure if i have the name of them right? Or is it sport something???
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There you go porsche 996 sport classics any body got any??
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote booted Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 10 at 11:21

Just painted the plastics satin black and the bumpers body colour i think its an inprovement
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