madmatt
Well-known member
I'm so JDM, I've got this thread to prove it...
Sorry Ben, couldn't resist
Hi All,
I've been talking about it for a while so figured I might as well pull my finger out and get some pics in
I've always loved the Japanese Car scene and (even though the Twingo is obviously NOT Japanese) I've decided to style and mod my car to reflect this
I have a feeling this will get on your nerves and attract all the usual "Jap Crap" comments but to hell with it!
Modifying is an expression of your personality, so each to their own!
ANYWAYS!
Some of the first things I did to my car were:
Fitting a different horn!
I believe this horn's off a Laguna (not sure what age) but it had basically the same connection as the original horn (see below) but both horns are considerably bigger and is twin tone, oposed to the crappy single tone horn (shockingly, a LOW tone: highest pitched "LOW" tone I've ever heard).
The connector on the new horn was upside down when compared to the Twingo's, so I hot knifed a locating lug off the connector on the new horn and fitted it.
It's definetly better sounding than the Original!
Next up was removing the OE Airbox, Resonator and Breather feed.
I replaced the OE Airbox with a HKS Super Powerflow 200mm Mushroom Filter, Silicone hoses and an aluminium straight pipe with breather take off (pics tomorrow).
As I removed the breather feed from the OE Pipe, I decided to fit a Catch Tank as a bit of engine bay tartery and for a nice bit of Jap metal
I found a lovely polished aluminium Cusco Catch tank, perfect for the job
It was a fairly comprehensive kit with brackets and one of the hoses and 2 Jubilee Clamps.
I just put a straight link section in the OE Breather pipe from the back of the block and attached it to the Clear Hose you can see. The reinforced hose goes back to the Induction kit
Next up was a TRS Orange Towing Strap
(the marks on the bumper are just bugs, not stone chips)
This was actually more of a PIG to mount than I first hoped.
I had to drill through the front cross support to bolt a high tensile steel bolt through.
I then had to cut out part of the plastic support structure of the bumper to clear the strap and then pull it through.
I've also fitted HKS badges front and back (pictures tomorrow)
M
Sorry Ben, couldn't resist
Hi All,
I've been talking about it for a while so figured I might as well pull my finger out and get some pics in
I've always loved the Japanese Car scene and (even though the Twingo is obviously NOT Japanese) I've decided to style and mod my car to reflect this
I have a feeling this will get on your nerves and attract all the usual "Jap Crap" comments but to hell with it!
Modifying is an expression of your personality, so each to their own!
ANYWAYS!
Some of the first things I did to my car were:
Fitting a different horn!
I believe this horn's off a Laguna (not sure what age) but it had basically the same connection as the original horn (see below) but both horns are considerably bigger and is twin tone, oposed to the crappy single tone horn (shockingly, a LOW tone: highest pitched "LOW" tone I've ever heard).
The connector on the new horn was upside down when compared to the Twingo's, so I hot knifed a locating lug off the connector on the new horn and fitted it.
It's definetly better sounding than the Original!
Next up was removing the OE Airbox, Resonator and Breather feed.
I replaced the OE Airbox with a HKS Super Powerflow 200mm Mushroom Filter, Silicone hoses and an aluminium straight pipe with breather take off (pics tomorrow).
As I removed the breather feed from the OE Pipe, I decided to fit a Catch Tank as a bit of engine bay tartery and for a nice bit of Jap metal
I found a lovely polished aluminium Cusco Catch tank, perfect for the job
It was a fairly comprehensive kit with brackets and one of the hoses and 2 Jubilee Clamps.
I just put a straight link section in the OE Breather pipe from the back of the block and attached it to the Clear Hose you can see. The reinforced hose goes back to the Induction kit
Next up was a TRS Orange Towing Strap
(the marks on the bumper are just bugs, not stone chips
)This was actually more of a PIG to mount than I first hoped.
I had to drill through the front cross support to bolt a high tensile steel bolt through.
I then had to cut out part of the plastic support structure of the bumper to clear the strap and then pull it through.
I've also fitted HKS badges front and back (pictures tomorrow)
M
