SteveM

quote me happy have ALWAYS quoted me you have to be joking.....

errrmmmmm no... fine line between looking good and looking like you have ram raided halfords in my opinion but i am sure plenty will like

have never used any of the affiliate insurance companys on here but they are certainly worth a try from my personal experience Admiral are GREAT the first year you insure with them but be prepared to move the next year... this year Aviva seemed to come out best. unfortunately you do have to do the rounds every year

Heading off to the Black Forest area for Easter in the Z fully intended to book hotels before we go but with things happening recently (wife had to have reconstructive knee surgery) booking hotels kinda went out of my mind..... So.... Does anyone have any recommendations for towns / hotels in the area? We are aiming to get to cochem in the Mosel valley for the first night and know a couple of places to stay there

Actually we loved it, fun to drive due to it being MR and pretty nippy, it's just time for a change. Some good suggestions: - a R33 is certainly an option we'd been looking at. - M3 is certainly an option. - My dad was looking at a nice impreza, personally I think AWD will be a bit boring after a MR car. Same with an Evo. - A porsche boxter could be an idea, bit slow though aren't they? Boxter 3.2s 0 - 62 mph 5.9 seconds Top speed 162 mph Cylinders 6 Valves 24 v Engine power 252 bhp Engine torque 225 lbs/ft BMW M3 E46 0 - 62 mph 5.2 seconds Top speed 155 mph Cylinders 6 Valves 24 v Engine power 343 bhp Engine torque 269 lbs/ft

how about shadow chrome? ok they are not rays that i have overlayed but they look very similar.. it was just to get an idea

like orange perhaps?

if you fancy a V8 you can pick up an early Monaro for around 7k now.... or forget the V8 and get an E46 M3

track day fun for 7k.... MX5 Westfield Porsche boxter S2000

TVR at any end of the market will be hard to find a reliable car.. track day only... if i could fit in one i would be considering a caterham? Hmmm just looked and they may be a little over budget...

not sure the shape of the rays would suit diamond cutting unless you were just going to diamond cut the rim and not the spokes

unsure what direction to go at the moment if im honest. i have a genuine Nismo bumper that i had intended to get sprayed and had certain plans for the paint BUT if there is a good quality black FRP lip at a good price then i might prefer to fit that and sell the nismo as i do prefer the shape of the uprev bumper.... if im honest i would want to see the fit and finish before i made any decisions so best either put me down as a tentative or just leave me out of it for now.

Donate blood and have done so for years and am on the organ donor list Have always said if I'm in a big time accident I'm in big trouble as when I give blood it comes out of me at record speed! Only time I couldn't give blood was after I had been to Bangkok

To be fair I don't think that it's got anything to do with green headed monsters in this case but I do agree with Tarmac when he says its business

Beg borrow steal richmillions front lip and copy that!!!!!

Nice... Now borrow his carbon front lip and make a copy!!!!

So RT...... The one you have coming is for an early car, you fancy seeing if you can set up the changes needed to make it fit a later one?

There is always a market for copies Steve... Some will prefer to pay for the real thing but for others cheaper copies will do.

Pre facelift Post facelift

One in the pic is for the pre facelift

Bumpers are different... The grille openings at the front are different widths and the lower lip on the facelift has a dip

in fact i would seriously consider fitting a lip like that to my facelift bumper rather than spray and fit my Nismo bumper i have... i prefer the shape of the newer bumper (300th post )