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Excuse my ignorance, but are these the same sizes as the Rays off my GT? Trying to get an idea of rubber costs. Ta.

RTbiscuit, the main man on all things dipped, painted, vinyled and Jaaaaag, amongst other things. I think he retired from the door trim dipping business but I could be wrong, defo worth a PM. The quality of the job he's done on mine is spot on.

Can't you just pick up a cheap rental whilst it's being repaired? If it was me and I was happy with the initially agreed price, I'd get the seller to fix it and make sure the finish, lines and colour match were spot on. Good luck with it either way though mate.

Disgusting, sorry to see that. I take it your cam doesn't have smart power and picked anything up whilst parked?

Get working on them vinyl skills, any colour you want then!

I don't know much about the Megane but the cam belt went on my Clio at that mileage. Is it due? Is it cheap? Could be a chain for all I know, but worth a Gareth Keenan style invetigation.

Had mine done by a tech so I can't offer much advice, but they did find this useful.

Capitalism working nicely and it works even better when essential economic sectors are privatised and de-regulated. What could be more responsible than a bonus lead top management tier of a big bank or energy firm or water company or supermarket being allowed free reign of its respective sector under the illusion of competition and consumer choice as the best form of regulation?

Looks nothing like my scorpion. Just out of interest, are all scorpions slash tips?

I get 70meg on my iPhone5 Sent from the Jaaaaaag at the golf club YAAAARRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPP Yeah but you live in a proper place, not Blackpool! Just out of interest, which carrier is that Dave? Three emailed me the other day to say their switching my iPhone 5 deal to 4G, free! But no idea of their rollout plan or speeds.

After my HFCs went on I took her for a rare drive with the stereo off to hear the new sound. I noticed there's a high pitched whine from the rear which matches exactly to engine RPM, upto about 3k then exhaust covers it up. It's tricky to investigate single handed as you can't hear it at idle, but the other day she was cold and idling at over 1k and I got a chance to have a listen. Seems to be coming from rear left speaker only, whose cable coincidentally runs alongside the reverse cam signal and video leads I popped in recently. Given the match to engine revs, the rev cam install and it being one speaker only, I'm assuming it's alternator whine, interfering with speaker cable. I changed the grounding point for the cam, with no improvement. I really don't want to have to upgrade the cam wires to shielded, as routing them was a PITA. Lesson learned for future though. Anyone had similar and solved? Is it possible to shield the cables with something like aluminium foil or tape? Is there something else it might be? Any ideas would be appreciated. Ta.

Nice one! I get about 10 down and 3 up on my 3G phone. Where on earth are you?

Looks good and glad you're pleased with results. I like your badges. Got a link by any chance?

Sounds cool. I'm in Brum for the next 5 weeks for work. I'll do some painstaking research on the drinking establishments and eateries, every night if I have to.

What's the winter tyre of choice round here? I've read good stuff on the Alpinas PA4s, Goodyear Ultragrip 8s, Continental Winter Contacts and surprisingly (to me) the Nokian WR A3s. What I fear in winter isn't so much the crisp snow, it's that slushy, icy build up crap that sometimes appears in patches/pools and leads to a sort of wintery aquaplane.

Thanks mate, I`m very pleased with them and relatively good value as well. They`re not the sturdiest things I've ever seen, but stood up fine so far and clear even the most aggressive speed bumps! http://www.aerokit.e...?product_id=110 Not so sure about the purported aero gains and seconds per lap claimed in the description

Totally understand that, I was the same until I saw these from RT. They're so much better than my stock ones were, the finish is superb and solid. However, I won't be going with any more CF, in or out. I've just found a place nearby who do special things with interiors , just need some time to go see them and get some price ideas.

Eibach ARBs and/or humpy bonnet would be tempting.

I never ran AC all the time until I came here, but as per SMD above, it takes care of steam and smells. It fogs like a mother if the re-circ is on.

Nice one, I'll check it out.

Not shown up for a good while now, including the forces of the trackday. Must be fixed FOREVER!

Thanks mate. No pictures with the door shut, but given their location, you can barely see them. I'll see what I can do tomorrow. Just the plain black offering from plastidip. It needs something on top of it though, like lacquer or similar, as it's too soft on its own in a high traffic area like the door pulls. Mine quickly marked, so I've replaced them. I'm actually having a bash at wrapping my spare door pulls tomorrow in hexis cf. Never done it before, wanted to try, I'm quite sure it'll be a PITA. Never noticed I don't have a full pic on the build! I'm a bit of a tart though, you can see some here on page 7. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/36073-show-off-your-gunmetal-350z/page__st__120

This is the shadow chrome I was after, you'll recognise it from Beamers all over. The reason he gave me a big price was it was a multi coat and colour, paint only finish, to get it as per BMW quality. These are some BMW wheels he happened to have in and he offered up to the car. I very nearly went for these and had the wheels off him too. Another, darker, take on shadow chrome here. There are many variations. But then I got over shadow chrome and got into Formula Silver. But then I had a cobalt phase Followed by a bronze phase, I really liked this, but was worried it might end up gold and look like a wannabe scooby. Then I flirted with red, but once I got about half way through mocking up the pic, I decided I didn't like it, so not a great job on this pic. Part of me wishes I was brave enough to go for the cobalt, I think that would rule, but I think I'm getting too Danny Glover, too old for that @*!#.

I wanted shadow chrome, the price I got was mental. Maybe you can get a good one?

Good work, look much better. They a tight fit? You don't want them vibrating/resonating.