About time I say hi... From NSW

by **hippyjoe2004** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:25 pm

Hey guys, been lurking around for a while, finally decided to actually make an introduction.

I'm Cameron, 22 from Dapto.

Previously the content owner of a Lancer until I lost a fight with a truck... Leading me to shop around and finally settle on a car that has not disappointed me yet - a black 05 3.0r liberty.

She's running well, certain parts of the interior trim need replacing because they just can't be cleaned, but otherwise looking good.
No photos just yet... Needs a wash first (again) - commuting to Miranda every day builds up dust way too fast!

Almost entirely stock at the moment, but I'm hoping to change that. On the cards are -
- getting the tint fixed (whoever did it missed about a 3mm strip on the bottom of the passenger window, also some bubbles on the rear windscreen)
- quads! I love the look of these, and if they make the car sound better, bonus!
- smoking the tail (and head?) lights. Love the stealth look I've seen around.
- LED interior lights and assorted cosmetic mods (map lights on when door open, clear lenses for courtesy lights, maybe some more)
- aaand I'm looking to lower it at some point too and throw some wheels on there.

So, a bit of a shopping list, add that to the fact I know very little about car modifying (the extent of my work on the lancer consisted of installing a head unit with an incorrect wiring diagram (to this day not sure how I got it working), watching in horror as my girlfriends dad took a grinder to the parcel shelf because he decided to give me his 6x9s and they didn't fit the stock holes, and pulling out the dash cluster to put in some blue LEDs.
Yep, I was a hectic little 18/19 year old.
Point is, none of that was particularly knowledge-intensive, so I'll be trying to learn as I go, and any tips you guys have would be great.

Look forward to seeing you all around.

-Cameron

by **SH30RB** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:29 pm

Welcome to the family

by **Shadow110** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:54 pm

Welcome!

by **hippyjoe2004** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:26 pm

Ah, bugger. Is there a reason that's shown up as a wall of text instead of the nicely paragraph-ed thing I wrote? :sad:

by **SH30RB** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:33 pm

what happened? what did you try to do?

by **hippyjoe2004** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:27 pm

Nothing! I just came back in to view the replies and it had broken.

Edit - scratch all that. It looks fine on the computer. Tapatalk is just broken.

by **JKeep2.5i** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:42 am

welcome another Wollongong member looking forward to some pictures

by **hks180** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:13 pm

Welcome mate !! enjoy .!!

by **garbo41610** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:27 am

Welcome.

In all my years in car audio I can safely say, I have never used an angle grinder for anything LOL.

by **libsti** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:54 am

welcome to the forum mate

by **hippyjoe2004** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:33 pm

garbo41610 wrote:Welcome.

In all my years in car audio I can safely say, I have never used an angle grinder for anything LOL.

Yes well there's uh... No life experience like seeing sparks flying up into your first car. Ha.

by **essbeecee** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:34 pm

welcome mate! I'm new here too.

by **Rome_BRZ** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:49 pm

Welcome!! What do you do in Miranda?

by **moggy** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:37 pm

Welcome to the forum.... :yahoo:

Bob.

by **hippyjoe2004** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:59 am

Rome_STI wrote:Welcome!! What do you do in Miranda?

I'm on a 3 month crash course in department management at the big red hand. Riveting stuff.