SteveM

bike first..... didnt even register that the car was the same blue as the bike untill i wheeled the bike out next to it.

i dunno.... i quite like the blue of mine for some reason

i just went at mine with a dab of T cut and they came up a treat

when you can drive it with the side windows down too... makes it sound even better!!!!!!!!! bit more wind blast but well worth it!

enjoy!

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http://www.kaizermotor.co.uk/ wont go far wrong from what i hear or http://www.abbeymotorsport.co.uk/site_flash/index.php both are traders on here

Dave... every time i see your avatar with the gloves it puts me in mind of the shocker! i think you should change it..... thats better

have you driven both the hardtop and the soft top? at least go and have a test and see if you like either more than the other. if the did a GTR soft top!!!!! now thats a car i would save up for!!!!! there have been a few mock ups done....

for me my decision to get a roadster (my first ever ragtop car) was based on what i was going to use it for.... its a weekend toy that come out when the weathers nice or we have a nice place to drive to for the day / weekend / long weekend abroad. on that basis i decided to go for the ragtop as it was only going to get used when the weather was good anyway so i might as well make the most of the weather and get the roof down while using it. if it was going to be a daily driver i might think differently... that said after buying and enjoying the roadster we went out and bought another soft top for the misses to use everyday (BMW 1 series) as she loves a bit of roof top driving. i cant see us being without a soft top in the stable from now on. as for the difference in handling...... good luck noticing any difference on the road. the 350 is a very solid soft top with no noticable scuttle shake and can certainly handle all you are going to throw at it on the public highways. if i was going to regularly track the car i would prob get a coupe but more for the safety aspect rather than the handling as i wouldnt much fancy rolling a roadster in asnswer to your questions is it a lot noisier? roof up.. yes you do hear more wind noise than you do in a coupe but with the roof down its a lot noiser in a very good way!!!!! Do you lose any of the already small boot space with it being a convertible? yes you do. the roadster has a small boot but you can get a suprising amount of stuff in it and it also has some very useful storage space inside the cabin behind the passenger seat (wine bottles fit in there perfectly!) Any other drawbacks to having a convertible than a coupe? if left to stand for a long time over winter you can get moisture problems but i keep some of the moisture crystals in the car to stop this. the roof CAN be tempramental and will only go down when its above between 5 to 10 degrees. obviously there are motors in the roof as well as many moving parts all of which could fail Are the hoods usually in good condition or is there anything I should look out for that's a common fault? depends how well they have been looked after. look for the stitching coming aprt on the rear seam. look on the inside above your head there is a metal rail with some tags on it which has also been a known failing point. as the seller what they treated the roof with. if you get a comprehensive cleaning and treating regime (usually Autoglym) followed byt them telling you the places to treat with silicone lube then its safe to say its been well looked after any of the above help?

correct me if i am wrong but that cars not a facelift.......

Im afraid you are going to have to wait till the carbon ones are done then because at the moment we only have fibreglass ones being made in the UK. any pics of the fibreglas facelift ones fitted?

yep spacers up front should see you right.....

have you got any pics of the actual units for the facelift cars fitted rather than the original one borrowed from richmillions car? FRP if you dont have the carbon ready. would be interested to see the finished fitment

i had a AC control unit fail on mine.. got a replacement but it tunrned out to be from a DE car. it ran the system but was all over the place with the controls not turning the right thing on and the dials not working correctly. swapped it out for a unit from a newer car with the same part numbers as the original and presto.. works great

i believe so.... its the fact that the older control box is trying to talk to a newer control panel. the wiring into the unit isnt much different but the electronics in the switchgear is....

same part different number and so didnt work

Is that just the white box behind the contols? yep

you have to make sure that the AC control unit is matched to the AC controls as they are not interchangable..... there are several part numbers for the same parts

you need to change the AC control unit

if they have brembo written on them then yes... lol

if you look at your calipers it will have brembo written on them...

from my experience wheels, tyres and brakes are not the places you want to be scrimping on.... keep an eye out for some good quality second hand wheels and tyres.. quite a few pop up on here. i would certainly prefer to spend my money on good second hand alloys than questionalble new ones.....

its the flux capacitor