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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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I found these wire wraps at an electrical store and thought i had the perfect idea for them....
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp0.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp5.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/adventuresco/xb/cp7.jpg

still can't figure out how to post a damn pic here....
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:53 PM
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looks good but you rally need to paint that head cover....
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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looks good..where u get em?
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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too much...

when you do the hood prop rod...
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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sorry to say this but that puke green color is really tacky

would have looked a LOT better if you used black

...or maybe just left it alone
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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^^ yeah not the hood prop rod.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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puke green is better than black IMO. you have to make it stand out.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:20 PM
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ok hood prop will go out. got it at an electrical supply store. had tons of colors... red black yellow purple chrome....

gonna go with a carbon fiber engine cover just waiting for cash cost a total of 12 bucks for the tubing
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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Here's what I got when I tried to see the pics:

The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information.

Access to this site will be restored within an hour. Please try again later.
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--Maybe you should put them up on imageshack or something.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:48 PM
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I got the same thing.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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thats cause i cant figure out how to post pics and am running them off that site and have exceeded the bandwidth, so... how ya post pics?
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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try it now
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Photobucket
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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Nope, still not working for me.

Go to http://imageshack.us/ and upload the pics there. On the main page, click the "choose" button and then find the picture on your computer. Then click the "upload" button. It will take you to another page that has the URL for the pic. It even gives a few differently formatted URLs. You want the one that says "Hotlink for forums (1)"

like this one:
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Yea, or you can use Photobucket.
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Looks like a good start. Bust out some paint and clean that
engine compartment!
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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http://www.svc.com/sleeving.html
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 12:47 AM
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Yea, or you can use Photobucket.
photobucket used to be good...until they started limiting size and it takes forever on that site
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:11 AM
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The green is hot on the Camo but you need to do the eng. cover,upper airbox,strutbar ends and fusebox lids in Camo to coordinate the whole look.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:44 AM
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i did that but blue but after i didnt like it



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