Eurdoba Vario-Different SE TDi

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Well folks, i got a text message earlier saying that my car was mentioned in a thread on this forum so came in for a noesy and think it was from the fintona car show thread in NI

here goes with my heap which bare in mind is a daily driver and gets driven EVERYWHERE

Spec List

Engine
1.9TDi – 90bhp
K&N Panel Filter
Engine cover painted yellow with black cow print
¼ mile in 19.5secs @ 75mph (yes I dragged it to prove it’s gutless)

Brakes
Factory discs
Ferodo Pads

Suspension
Jamex Xtreme coil over kit
Dropped 80mm

Wheels & Tyres
15” 1000 Miglia Wheels from early 90’s (uber rare & retro)
Painted same yellow as car with silver lips
Custom Perspex centre caps airbrushed
Toyo Proxes 195/45/15 tyres

Interior
Dark smoke tints from B pillar back
Parrott CK3000 Bluetooth Kit
Wooden bead seat covers
Nintendo Game Boy yellow for retro gamage
Rear view mirror painted yellow with black cow print
Endless supply of Rockstar Energy Drink

Exterior
Front grill badges painted in satin matte black
OEM Fog lamps with yellow Lamin-X
Rear wiper removed
Wind deflectors
Cow effect roof vinyl
Smoked side repeaters
Silver vision front indicator bulbs
Rear ¼ windows in Motorsport sleg stickerage
Colour matched BMX for retro trickage
De-badged all round to confuse the masses

ICE
Kenwood KDC-W6041U head unit
Alpine SPR-17S 17cm 300 Watts Component Speakers
Pioneer Carrozzeria co-axe rear speakers
12” Pioneer TS-W307D2 dual voice coil sub
Kenwood KAC-6203 2ch amp
iPod nano linked to the CD player

Driver Spec
Name – Graham
Age - 26
Job – Freelance Photographer
Prev car – Nissan 200sx s14a, Megane coupe, Ford Ka
Next car – whatever an impulse says

Thanks To:
www.reallymeanounds.com | www.ebay.co.uk
Chris at GingaPaint for the airbrushing www.gingapaint.com
Mark Kane at Comber Valet: 07715 021 699
John at Peden Conceptz: 07876394569
The Iceman, Bangor for audio equipment: 02891 461 899
BCS Paint Removal Specialists for shot blasting the wheels: 07989 741 561
Fiona at SignLines of Comber for mass vinyl help: 02890 449 050
James at Carnology for tinting: 07763670381
Neil at Rockvale Graphics for the gimp cow: 028 9264 8505
Chris at Autowindscreens & Motorspares for the coil overs: 028 9146 0004
Iain Bishop Motorsport for mechanical expertise & geometry set up: 07711368550
Stevie L for fitting the Coilovers at short notice
Tom at Rockstar Energy
Finkle for a lot of the ideas and inspiration
Anyone who helped with the car or indeed bullied me into making a unique car, even more unique
All the readers of MM who laugh when I turn up to a shoot in this car
Most importantly, The Bushmills Distillery, for the rest of the inspiration!

 

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Folks, checking in from Norn Iron for what is a rather long thread dedicated to what started out as a daily work horse doing 18k miles a year into a phunky daily work cow doing 18k a year:

Bought this 1.9 TDi in January 2008 mainly as I like practical cars and economy, I wanted a car that would stand out so the yellow certainly fitted the bill and with my photography equipment and motorsport following an estate was just perfect for me

Bought it, washed, polished and took these

CD player added

Tinted from the B Pillars back myself with medium smoke

 

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I then de-badged all round and done S in grill matte black

since this I have added a new CD player and awesome components, matte blacked the TDi in the grill and made the dot of the "I" yellow, added a lot more stickers to the rear 1/4 windows which I plan to have filled with motorsport / car related stickers by Christmas oh and I bolted a tow bar on too for those times when I could find one useful lol

thoughts and comments appreciated, and I know it'd look better with dish and lowering but following the Irish rallies and driving round forest roads makes this potion not do-able

 

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Some cow done this on me lol

Moooooooooo

She was Friesian and hungry so stopped off for some silage

 

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The bug has finally bitten; its jaws are locked so here goes with creating the "Eurdoba Vario-Different"

Bought these the other night, 15" 1000 Miglia's, 7" wide, ET28, and look great, uber rare & slightly retro, they are getting blasted then treated to some fresh yellow & silver paint, Yellow spokes & Silver dishes

Then coilovers in New Year, once the coils are in the wheels will be going on, is it wrong that I am excited?

Work Cow

Wheels blasted and ready for primer

 

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Wheels now have silver lippage and a crack welded shut thankfully

Also left the template in to get flat centre pieces made up for Ginga to whackey airbrush hehe

We now have some "as close to the yellow of the car" paint added to the spokes

The image courtesy of Nokia is pish for colour representation but it will have to do, they were a complete ***** to mask off so will be rough looking I think once complete but hopefully not

They are full of runs and not a great finish (rattle cans just don't cut it but cheaper than buying paint lol) SO will be scouring and cutting them tomorrow before a final two coats of colour are added then all being well ready for some lacquer!

And a quick shop as to what they will look like on with some coils added YE HA

Centre caps collected today, perfect fit and didn't break the bank either so wont be long till Ginga has his evil ways with them and we have came up with something ridiculously daft

Yes the are Perspex HAHA

 

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One centre cap airbrushed, three more to go, Chris has done an amazingly outstanding job as per usual, his work just gets better and better

Oh and for anyone that doesn't recognise these two cartoon characters:

You were born too late too appreciate the finer things in life, life before Mobile Phones & Satellite Television

Folks the centre caps complete and the wheels will be complete the week after Christmas

 

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Small update, wheel & centre cap to show how they will look, wheels are as good as completed so just need the coils which will be here next week all going to plan so lets go disco

Wheels complete, the silver is just sitting drying as I type so just waiting on the coils arriving with Chris then get them lashed in

 

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Coilovers collected and getting fitted tomorrow afternoon

And the backs of wheels done in satin matte black

I sold the graphite alloys so was able to put 4 new 195/45/15 Toyo's on as I think the lower profile would work much better

Up to Lisburn to get new tyres, happy days, perfect job and onto Steve’s to get the coilovers fitted. With the right tools and a mechanic who knows what he is at it was a very quick and easy task, this is the front end complete

then we done the rear and had them on the floor but it was way too low for a daily driver so raised it a good bit until I get a sump guard made up and pull the plastic engine tray off from the underside

Then realised one wheel was flat, oh no, panic stations so took it back to the tyre depot and they put a new valve into it, came home, fitted the wheel and in the last 3 hours of sitting in drive and slipping about the local area it's still inflated so hopefully it was just a faulty valve

 

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Few crap pictures

Rear view mirror painted yellow with some vinyl added for same effect as roof

Next up, remove rear wiper and bung up the hole

Old skool funk

Rear view mirror

New logo for the Eurdoba Vario Different which is a Gimp Cow

 

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Right folks the car as good as complete, still not had a chance to get it lower as yet but it’ll be done soon

 

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After saying a couple of nights ago that I had done all I wanted and that the car was finished I have another small update on the build so far, whoops:

12" Pioneer TS-W307D2 (1200w) sub bought and place into a small box

Then the Kenwood KAC-6203 2ch (600w) amp screwed to the side of box

Have one of these on order for the sub box to fill the hole from a previous terminal cup

Raleigh Burner BMX is stripped ready to be shot blasted to remove paint & rust before it goes back to it's original white & blue to be hung in my bedroom as a retro heritage piece

Have a black Mongoose BMX now to use on the car at shows etc and to ride come the better weather & BBQ’s etc which will have the forks and bars done yellow with some yellow vinyl on the frame

 

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The car is booked in for Wednesday 18th Feb to get the coilovers wound down more, with the front getting screwed down the most, then alignment / camber is all getting done, so by lunch time Wednesday the car should be as good as completed once and for all.

Finally got the sub and amp into the car and it really compliments the Alpine Type R components up front and sounds truly magnificent, I'd forgot just how much difference a sub makes.

Once I got the sub all hooked up and in place I gave the boot a good Hoover and dosed the whole thing sub box and all, in Satin Matte Black aerosol to take the faded black look off it and she is like new again, got to love the old school valeting tricks

"Audioshack" was back in the day when I started driving and the mate done installs as a hobby, such good memories it had to go onto this box

Found a rear number plate holder in the mates garage so just had to have it, removed the dealer logo and got this vinyl cut and stuck on there

 

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Finally the best picture I have of the car

Got my local valeter to give the car a good buff and wax today, and then as I was doing a planned panoramic photo shoot of a famous graffiti piece in Belfast I seized the opportunity as one would

Comments good, bad or indifferent welcome
If someone doesn’t like it give me a reason as I am keen to know what doesn’t work

Many thanks for looking and “keep ‘er lit”!

G

 

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Well she is parked up in Ian Bishops workshop now for some pampering, it's long overdue an oil change so the treacle will come out and be replaced along with the filter and then she is going as low as possible without ruining the function of the suspension components (too low means it will drive like a bag and i do too many miles to drive a bag) then the camber / alignment getting set and hey presto she is complete

 

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Well folks HUGE thanks to Ian Bishops Motorsport, Ballygowan : 07711368550

Left the car out to him to get:
ride height set all round
camber / alignment set
oil & filter change

have to say the man is a perfectionist, and found a few other minor problems when working on the car so he also rectified them, the car now drives great and Ian charges the same as most garages, the difference is he has many years experience being very fussy whilst serving his time at prodrive subaru and this reflects in his work on normal cars which is what he has just set up his new garage to do.

Image of the car which is now down a lot more at the front, still very drivable but just need to have caution with bumps and especially back roads

Also got yellow cow pattern to go onto the mongoose BMX yellow pedals & tyres will be coming for it too lol

cheers

 

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Nice picture of the "moooooooo"ngoose BMX, i have yellow pedals in the post for it so all's phunky!

 

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Very small update on the build (more so the BMX)

Got the Gimp Cow logo made up for the front of the "MOO"ngoose and also the yellow pedals are now on te he

 

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Gave the heap a wee spring clean last week, coat of wax, full inside valet etc so took this today after another wee bath and tyre slicking

 

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HAHA i've lost the plot