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[FakeFBI]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

 

yes its a prius with a nicer interior and exterior

i thoght it was based of yaris because it has about the same length as a parked yaris beside it

[XGoodGuyFitz]

1 minute ago, Sarra said:

6 foot, on each side? Or just widebody one side and call it good?

 

The totaled Prius looked just as much like ass as it did on the factory showroom. Only difference was the missing windows covered with plastic, and the aerodynamically superior crumpled body panels.

nah dude 3 feet on each side. ill never tip over. 

[PandaCopyRight]

4 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

idk which parts of europe this isnt allowed in, but the volvo if it has turbo theroreticlly can be retuned, since turbos usually are tuned down for road use so you dont do drift in snow, (totally not my dad rip donuts in a parking lot with 2012 impreza)

as long as it is readable by the inspection places, doesnt throw up any CELs and passes emissions its fully legal(and in some places dont hit a power % over stock)

3 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

i thoght it was based of yaris because it has about the same length as a parked yaris beside it

the yaris we get is quite a bit shorter than the ct200h

[Sarra]

14 minutes ago, xXFitzXx said:

nah dude 3 feet on each side. ill never tip over. 

Toyota Prius, Robinson Reliant edition?

[PandaCopyRight]

7 minutes ago, Sarra said:

Toyota Prius, Robinson Reliant edition?

this?

[Sarra]

4 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

this?

Oof, I got it wrong... Reliant Robin. XD

 

 

Source: https://www.carolenash.com/news/classic-car-news/detail/examining-the-history-of-the-reliant-robin

 

 

[TVwazhere]

15 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

this?

*banned for extremely graphic and disturbing images*

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

*banned for extremely graphic and disturbing images*

FINALLY

[Xaiux]

1 hour ago, FakeFBI said:

idk which parts of europe this isnt allowed in, but the volvo if it has turbo theroreticlly can be retuned, since turbos usually are tuned down for road use so you dont do drift in snow, (totally not my dad rip donuts in a parking lot with 2012 impreza)

Drifting in snow is easy with any car as long as it isn't FWD, I've done it before. And any engine can be retuned + I'm in Canada not Europe. The C30 can have a AWD system added to it though relatively easily

[Bitter]

13 hours ago, Spotty said:

Tried again today, still no luck. Can't really rotate it that far, only a little room to rotate either way before it bangs up against metal. This is as far clockwise as it would go.

 

 

Thanks for the tips though.

Hard oil pan to drop? They're easy to push from the inside out.

[FakeFBI]

22 minutes ago, Xaiux said:

Drifting in snow is easy with any car as long as it isn't FWD, I've done it before. And any engine can be retuned + I'm in Canada not Europe. The C30 can have a AWD system added to it though relatively easily

one we were at a red light on a stormy snowstorm, on our left turns green, a wrx wagon comes in hot with turbo spewing awd just kick in baby

EDIT: the angle was insane he was going 50 mph through the turn

[FakeFBI]

22 minutes ago, Benji said:

I'd vouch for having such morons permanently getting their driver's licences revoked.

he didnt do onpurpose he literally broke traction  and gassed it snow flew over our car

[PandaCopyRight]

1 hour ago, Xaiux said:

Drifting in snow is easy with any car as long as it isn't FWD, I've done it before. And any engine can be retuned + I'm in Canada not Europe. The C30 can have a AWD system added to it though relatively easily

C30 basically just needs the rear floor swap from a V50/S40 with the AWD bits

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, PandaCopyRight said:

C30 basically just needs the rear floor swap from a V50/S40 with the AWD bits

Nothing major then

[Xaiux]

Just now, iDeFecZx said:

Nothing major then

As far as these things go it's pretty easy, most parts just bolt into place

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, Xaiux said:

As far as these things go it's pretty easy, most parts just bolt into place

Im fairly certain a floor from a completely different model doesnt "just bolt into place"

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, iDeFecZx said:

Im fairly certain a floor from a completely different model doesnt "just bolt into place"

Y'aren't using enough bolts then

[iDeFecZx]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Y'aren't using enough bolts then

I prefer cable ties

Makes it nice and adjustable on the tracking ramps

[Xaiux]

1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

Im fairly certain a floor from a completely different model doesnt "just bolt into place"

This shows what you have to do for the conversion.

[iDeFecZx]

2 minutes ago, Xaiux said:

This shows what you have to do for the conversion.

So its a case of mounting the rear end, not swapping a floor

[FakeFBI]

5 hours ago, Benji said:

Aha? Going through a tight turn in bad conditions at 50mp/h is not "not doing it on purpose".

america has some slightly big intersections, and it was 11pm so no one was there but us

[Sarra]

2 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

america has some slightly big intersections, and it was 11pm so no one was there but us

I think we have intersections that are larger than some small countries...

 

I, once, did a 90° turn in my WRX going a bit over 50MPH. Why? I had no brakes. Pedal to the floor, top of second gear to slow down, nothing worked.

 

Didn't hit anything, didn't wreck it, and managed to limp it home and got it fixed.

 

Approaching a T intersection, with a straight up vertical face of a hillside screaming at me at over 50MPH probably took a good 10 years off the end of my life.

[That_Random_Guy]

In typical That_Random_Guy fashion. i got a damaged hood in the mail 

$700..... the camera really doesnt do that first pic justice.... that dent is literately a 1ft x 2ft coving most of the cowl... on the bright side the mustang should run monday.

[bcredeur97]

6 hours ago, That_Random_Guy said:

In typical That_Random_Guy fashion. i got a damaged hood in the mail 

$700..... the camera really doesnt do that first pic justice.... that dent is literately a 1ft x 2ft coving most of the cowl... on the bright side the mustang should run monday.

Hope the package was insured 

[Beerzerker]

That just bites man.

Since I posted about my project alot has changed and the work goes on - Slowly but better than not at all.
The body I had was in too bad of shape to be reused based on a condition vs cost to repair basis. It could have been fixed but it needed additional work on top of that to make it "Right" and was cheaper to just find another body, so I did.

For example I would have needed to change it from all drum brake to front discs yet many of these had discs from the factory so just getting a body that already had it was one reason, another was it has features the old one didn't including "Hideaway Headlights" which was an option some came with and is a desirable feature.

This is the old body:
   

 

And this is the "New" one:

 

Looks much worse than it actually is, more solid where it counts than the old body is and overall will be cheaper to get done so that's how the project is going.
More later as work progresses.