exhijet now suzuki carry project

took some pictures with a friend,s 1.6 charade   








i put a rising sun flag inside   



 

One of my friends has just bough himself an Mira Avanzato TR-XX R

Is it a proper 1.6 charade Gti or is it an engine swap job?

Looking good

looking very nice, love the wheels but it should have the Italian flag inside   

nice i love the avanzatos , got any pictures of it?
the charade is a swap indeed   

the italian flag..?
i dont think so   

its still a japanese car.
it says daihatsu hijet on my papers.
just because its built in itlay doesnt make it italian.

if that was the case loads of cars would not be japanese/german/french because they where not build in that specific country.

the below cars were produced in the netherlands
Mitsubishi Carisma
Volvo S40 / V40
Mitsubishi Space Star
Smart ForFour
Mitsubishi Colt
Mitsubishi Outlander

that doesnt mean you drive a dutch car if you drive a carisma.

but i would like to know more about the japanese-italian deal,
so if somebody knows more about it or has got a link with some helpfull info i would realy like to read more about it.

Doesn't it drive like a Italian (racing) car. :-)

  yeah it does.




to be honest ..  
i have never in my life driven a car/van with such dangerous road-handling qualities   

but i love it to death  

Out of all the crazy cars I driven over the years, this on is my favourite so far!

awsome   

Need a set of those wheels for my Hijet!!!!

From what I can gather Piaggio built Hijets under licence, I was told that it was due to limits that foreign car manufactures could export into Europe, Toyota, Honda and Nissan to name few were up to there import limits so built plants in the UK to get more of their vehicles on to European roads,
Why O why they didn't build the to Japanese Spec and quality I do not know, they were based on the 7th generation Hijets yet the 9th generation Hijets were available from 1999
onto your other point
Honda built cars in the UK their Chassis plates say Honda Motor Co
Toyota built cars in the UK their chassis plates say Toyota Motor Co
Hijets built in Italy, their chassis plates say Piaggio Motor Co, Why? I have no idea,
out of intrest what does you chassis plate say?

Surely that is because Honda and Toyota own their own plants here therefore they are actually the manufacturers.
Because of the joint venture deal with Daihatsu / Piaggio the Hijets were built by a company other than Daihatsu (ie Piaggio) so the plates are just telling the truth about who actually made the vehicles.

Nice Hijet project . Were did u get that exhaust?

thanx , igot it from "marktplaats.nl"
it was a second hand custom made charade exhaust, cost me 20 euros and a bit of welding   

i will make a short clip of the sound soon, it sounds like a v8   

so many cool lowered hijets suddenly appearing. Love the Charades. I've got the last model and always bang on to people how it was one of the best small cars ever made. So much room inside. i'd love a gtti but they command pretty good money now, i'd also love a turbo diesel but needle and haystack comes to mind.

fitted some classic mini fender flares   








i had to cut a piece of the door hinge for them to fit


i have to paint and do the final touches but i realy like them  

Nice fender flares, now yo can fit some cool wide banded steelies under it  

love the mini flares, that's something i've got in mind for mine.

I've just got back from the Netherlands, spent a week near Tilburg, its such a nice place compared to the greyness of England!

thanx    i used 2 sets of rear arches because the front ones didn,t look verry good.

I've used Opel (Vauxhaul) Combo rear arches for my Porter. It needs allot of cutting and welding to make it fit. I wasn't sure if the Mini arches were big enough, so I bought these.  

   i have started with the wheels.
pfff polishing it is a real shitty job   

finished one now
three to go   

and yes they are 4x108
and yes thet do fit after a litle adjusting  
been driving for 2 weeks now without any problems

looking awsome mate thats a very clean and tidy van you have there
did you do any shock modifications on the front or just change springs, if they are standard shocks are you having any bump issues????

thanx, i did use shorter springs yes.
it does have some issues with being a bit bouncy   
i drive it slowly when i am on a pothole filled brickroad     

me and my friends are going to try and fit coilovers from a different car soon.
i will post it when we did it.

do you think its bouncy becaus it is botteming out or the spring rating is to high???

i just googled "" botteming out ""

       
try it.. i dare you










i get a lot of pictures from ugly ass tities     

but to answer your quustion .. ithink its because the spring doesnt do anything anymore.
they are apex lowering springs from a different car whiich we cut a bit off to.
so theres barrely any spring left

I like the polished rim. Looks great!!!

i finished the wheels   
in time i will buy some nicer looking tyres
and i have to put the loweringsprings back on the front
i had to switch them for the MOT, that why it sits a litle wierd now   

last week i put on a new waterpump and thermostat.
i used the info from here how i should put the coolant in en delock any airpockets.
the result was verry good    (thanx to anyone who put that info on the site)
then i put my loweringsprings back on the front to.
it drives verry shittie but who cares it looks so much better with lowering   

That is one nice looking van