Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 11:33 pm, by: Daniel Trivuncevic(Madm0nk)
WELL!..where do i begin..
i for a long time have had the soarer, infact it was the first car i ever drove, and to this day is basiclaly the only car i drive!
Passed my L's in it, Got my red P's, got my greens and going for my full licence next week!..
never a fine, lots of pull overs, but never a fine!
i have loved the car since basically minute one, HOWEVER, i did share the car with my sister for a period of time, and it was torture, because all this damage just kept appearing on the car , whether they be scratches, or big FAT dents in the rear quarter they were still there!..
only on one un-faithful night, i lost control in the car (one and ONLY time..you learn so much from these situations) and smacked the car up a gutter and sign.. but due to many key figures here on the forums (Neil and Jeff) i was able to have all the damaged repaired VERY swiftly!
however it didnt answer any of the problems such as COMPLETELY FLUCKED rear quarter, scracthes all over the rear bumper (sister couldnt reverse), scratches all over the front bumper (seems she couldn go forwards either), and just all those marks and imperfections you find when you wash it so much!..
BUT NOW, i finally (after 3 years of trying) have managed to get some funds together, and have, well, a LOT of work done to the girl!..
she may have looked like this at one point to me!
and even with the car like this, i loved it every little bit, ofcourse it was much more painful to wash the car, and find a completley crushed rear quarter but those are the breaks!...
3 weeks back i had dropped her off to, well get her groove back!..and i dropped in on her a week earlier to see how she was coming along, and my draw hit the ground to see what she looked like! I mean i was totally blown away!..for example she looked LIKE THIS..
well i mean, it coudl only get better from here i suppose !! i left, a lil gob smacked to see the car that way, but i just had to keep reminding myself it was only going to get better!..
and just this friday, i was picking her up, and again i was gobsmacked, but this time for all the right reasons!..i almost felt a tear build up when i see her, full form, immaculate paint (most of the car).. it was just..GREAT!..
i drove her for the first time in 3 weeks, felt so good!..
NOW ive left her with Steve at Mischief Motorsports, to get the Phantom Kit (as seen on Simon Triantfillou's GANSTA) soarer, soon to be completly finished and back to me...HOORAY! HOORAY! haha..
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 11:36 pm, by: Daniel Trivuncevic(Madm0nk)
Forgot to mention, the initial rear quarter work, and respray was done by the team at Gartmore Smash Repairs, 11 Gartmore Ave Bankstown, extremly friendly bunch out there, and were very precise about their work.. would recommend them to anyone, as they came recommended by Duy on the forums here..
they are very good with price, and back it up with quality work!
haha Vinh, I've replied to you on like 3 other posts regarding your car haha..
yes i did see yours there, and i knew it looked familiar i just for the life of me COULD NOT remember who's it was..
heard your putting your spoiler back on, me and steve both had a bitch about it haha!!..
HOPEFULLY this thursday morning, (on the train in work gear, drive it back to campbelltown for a 12pm start!)..if not friday, and straight away back home to install all this new audio gear i bought, and fit my new door trim ($80 and it was IMMACULATE!!!)
haha, mate, im not lettin her ANYWHERE near it anymore!! haha
Ben Socratous DieHard SA Iv'e started to put my interior back together!!!
Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 12:23 am, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Hahaha Daniel, you stalker. I knew Steve would bitch to someone about me putting the spoiler back on! I'm just not a fan of smooth Soarer asses though. If the spoiler doesn't work, I'll just take it off
you'll find im always working weekends, except for the month of september so i find it incredibly hard to get time to go to cruises and meetings, but ill try my best!
Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 02:49 pm, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Haha. How'd that happen Duy?
Daniel, I have no idea when I'll be getting my car back. Hopefully some time next week. My front bar won't be coming in til this Friday so I can only speculate when I'll be getting my car back.
Eastgardens, Bankstown.. IF i go for it thursday, will be in the early mornin, as i need to get back to work by 12!.. and for friday well, lets just say im gunning for a thursday finsih! haha
Monday, September 18, 2006 - 08:30 am, by: Dominik Bloemhard(Dominik)
Yep, Gartmore did a great job on the rear end of my Cedric too. Will be taking it back when I am ready to paint the front and install my kit.
Daniel i saw your car there in the preliminary stages and thought to myself "I hope the owner doesnt come in and see his car like that, it looks in a very sorry state!" But it looks like it all turned out good in the end!
Thanks to Duy (and his brother) for recommending the place...
One thing though.. DO NOT take the courtesy car from them. Perhaps its a ploy to make you happy to pick up your car from them, but an '85 camry that has trouble starting in the mornings, does not go above 40km/h and not a single straight panel on it just didnt do it for me. I took it back after 2 days! Haha
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