theheff

Got the time all booked off from work.

You telling me you dont have a few cans before the drive outs?

Been practising the drinking tonight. Im quite good at it. I will continue to practise to keep me at a suitable level.

I had a 231 rx8 and really enjoye owning it. Always wanted an r3 but couldnt afford it. I ended up selling mine as 16 mpg was killing me financially. When i bought the zed i also looked at rx8 prodrive edition but it was more to insure. The ze though is a better car on every front imo. The back seats in the 8 were handy though.

Few more by me crappy pictures. Number plate holder removed New sticker. Not sure about this???

Hotel booked guys. Tiiiiidddddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! 1. glrnet+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 2. buster+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17/th & 18th 3. Keyser +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th & 18th 4. Wasso +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 5. Will370z +1 18th 19th. Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 6. Paddy78 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 7. octet + 1 - 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 8. SMD+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 9. atkin666+1 18th&19tg hotel booked 17th,18th& 19th 10. Ebized +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 11. madmarky 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 12. Humpy +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 13. Missniki +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th &18th 14. Darren-b +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 15. Ken 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 16. The Bounty Bar Kid 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th & 18th 17. jetset+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 18th 18. Chris S+1 18th & 19th no accommodation 19. Bockaaarck + 1 18th & 19th - Hotel booked 17th &18th 20. 350Chris + 1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 21. HaydnH, 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 22. AK350Z+1,18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th, 19th 23. DaveParkin+1,18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th, 19th 24. Theheff +1, 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th

New key ring

1. glrnet+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 2. buster+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17/th & 18th 3. Keyser +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th & 18th 4. Wasso +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 5. Will370z +1 18th 19th. Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 6. Paddy78 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 7. octet + 1 - 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 8. SMD+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 9. atkin666+1 18th&19tg hotel booked 17th,18th& 19th 10. Ebized +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 11. madmarky 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 12. Humpy +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 13. Missniki +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th &18th 14. Darren-b +1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 15. Ken 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 16. The Bounty Bar Kid 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th & 18th 17. jetset+1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 18th 18. Chris S+1 18th & 19th no accommodation 19. Bockaaarck + 1 18th & 19th - Hotel booked 17th &18th 20. 350Chris + 1 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 21. HaydnH, 18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th & 19th 22. AK350Z+1,18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th, 19th 23. DaveParkin+1,18th & 19th Hotel booked 17th, 18th, 19th 24. Theheff +1, 18th & 19th cant book hotel till tomorrow afternoon will be 17th, 18th & 19th though

So a japanese cement truck is your answer to the problem. Wonder what the postage is on that?

34E's

Old hat

Lip is on. Not particularly impressed with the method used but it looks good.

Was gonna say ill talk to you more tomorrow. You seem to know a hell of a lot more about this than i do. I can do criminal @*!#, just know nothing about civil stuff. Massivly complicated area.

Well the bumper comes off, so i could just take them the bunper. i wish id have manned up in the cold and done this myself. Has cutting the bumper not compromised the structural integrity of it. And with the lip. Cutting it will weaken it. Would it not be that the only way they could remedy would be to replace the parts. If not any repair they did to the bumper would surely not be as strong as before and therefore prevent the lip being refitted. If the lip didnt need replacing?

I need the car though and to be honest with there attitude and quality of their work I don't want them touching it anymore. I need to draft a letter then? post it recorded special delivery?

They managed to get the lip to fit the car properly by bonding it and clamping it over night. Looks ok now from what it was. I just wish I'd have done it myself. I gave the bloke £20 quid as I've had a @*!# morning. Getting home off of a night shift to find my bed saturated with dirty water from the building work upstairs, and was in no mood for a row. I think I'm going to claim through them for a new bumper, the damage to the lip and painting the bumper. Probably looking at about a grand all in. If taken photos of what they've done and written a statement which I've date stamped. I need to get something from ep racing in regard to the fitting and not needing to cut anything to fit it. Also hopefully from rt stating that its not standard practice to be cutting people's cars without express permission from the owner.

was reading the details and all i could think of was the buzz lightyear advert from toystory

theyve got the car still. the gap between lip and bumper was about 2mm. they are trying to hold it together with a clamp and see if the sealant will hold tight. if it is then no buggy. just my cut bumper to deal with. would you ever use winscrean sealant to hold a front lip on? is it suitable?

cheers mate, ive drafted a statement and im going to get the photos printed and date stamped at work tonight incase i need them. whats annoyed me the most is the fact that twice they tried giving me the car back with a massive gap. i was told i shouldn't drive the car until it was set, so why try and give it back, why not try clamping the lip to the bumper over night and seeing if the holds. i had to suggest that to them how some people get by in business is beyond me. i want to start my own business soon and wouldne dream of leaving someones stuff in a state that i wouldnt like to get it back in if it were mine.

how would you go about proving it though. its my word against theres at court. if they deny it then where do you stand. there is no written order for the work. i suppose i could demand a reciept but would they provide one if i refuse to pay? i called nissan earlier and they said a new bumper is around £410 i have no idea what painting would cost, plus i think they've cut into the lip in a way they shouldn't have to trim it. see picture 2. ill email ep racing and ask them wether they have ever had to trim a bumper before. also rt performace, i suppose if i have something written from another bodyshop stating that it is bad practice to cut someones car up with out asking. from a legal point of view, me asking them to fit a lip to the car doesnt mean they fit it at all costs, surely common sense dictates that if it doesnt fit they should speak to me before proceeding? i dont have to specify "dont hack my car up if it doesnt fit" do i?

i took my car and my ep racing carbon front lip to the bodyshop today. went to pick it up and it looked like this at one end. the other end fit flush. they have also cut, yes i said cut the bumper where it hooks over the wheel arch and curves under the car. apparently me telling them that rtperformance advised loosening the 10 bolts holding the bumper to the under tray loosened everything enough to be able to get the lip on, fell on deaf ears. they have also used black windscreen sealant to fit the lip to the car and filled the gaps in with that. is that up to the task? now im not saying that carbon fibre is easy to work with but surely they shouldnt have a, needed to cut my bumper to fit it and b, done so without my permission. when i challenged this their reply was "well you wanted it fitted so i fitted it" "i couldnt have got it on without doing that" they also seemed mightily pi**ed off that i had challenged what they had done. i left them to sort it and there was still a gap where the lip meets the bumper. the gap disappered when you pushed the lip in so it is possible to fit it properly. i have left it with them. they are going to clamp it and leave it over night as the windscreen sealant will apparently set and hold it in. i wish id have manned up with the cold and done this myself now. what should/can i do about this?

guys, this isnt another who does it or what colour question. ive enquired with a few companies about having my wheels refurbed. some do same day service, others want the wheels for 3 days. ive also been told about wheels being acid dipped before being fully painted and the companies that do that see mt imply that the other companies only do the face of the wheel. are there differnet methods and ways of doing it? also would acid dipping be ok on the zeds wheels? is it worth paying extra for these companies or do the drive in ones do a good enough job. cheers Paul

thats a good strong point you have there, but cut your finger nails

car is currently in the bodyshop having the lip fitted. should be picking it up in an hour or so. needs to be washed then ill get some pictures if theres enough daylight. if not probs tomorrow morning. also have this to go on. free sticker, yay. plus a few stickers from RT still to come.

Im useless on photoshop. Plus ill have to get some decent photos first. Maybe clean it a bit aswell.