Stutopia

Fair play, if the oil's up there, it's Scotland's. Not quite sure how extracting the oil fits in with the relatively high profile green policies that Salmond has been peddling, but he's not the first politician to be a hypocrite, he won't be the last either. What I don't understand why Wales, England & NI don't get to vote too. The vote is to dissolve the union, it's all our union as much as it is Scotland's.

I was really pleased with a plastidip spray, at first, but it's ultra fragile. I'm trying black satin spray next. From this To this

Awesome tekkers!

Is it not a long exposure shot and some one wanders through with a bright torch?

Defo zmanalex he just got me some similar type seal for the wing mirror surround, excellent service too.

I had a nismo badge taken off the back from the previous owner for precisely this reason, but the nissan ones were coming off too when it was in for something else. I wouldn't hold it against anyone if they were falsely advertising though!

Does anyone else think that the rolling news coverage of things like this, be it bomb terrorism or lunatic gunmen, just encourages these people? I'm not saying there should be censorship of press, but if the news media (be it print or video), simply covered the story but without video, without the endless repeats of footage and photos and eye witness accounts and never made public the name of the perpetrator and never trawled through his/her life details and whatever twisted motivation they dreamed up for something this horrific, doing it in the first place might seem pointless to some of them? If it stopped 1% of attacks it would be worth it. Blowing something or someone up is a sure fire way of (a) getting famous and (B )publicising some nutter cause. If they were never named and never talked about in detail the point of a "terror" attack would be minimised dramatically. That nut who dressed up as Batman and shot people in the cinema did all that for attention, why not take it away. Everyone knows, don't feed the trolls. Just saying...

Having been strutless for a few days now I would certainly guess there's no way they could help pop it from closed. The sheer weight of the tailgate stunned me, but does explain why the boot never stayed open before! My rather fetching broomhandle prop gets some admiring looks at the golf course. Everyone wants a fully detachable, lightweight, eco friendly, solid wood boot strut now.

Blackpool.

Anyone used this company, Pure Detail in Preston? My paint is a bit shabby but not yet ready for a full re-spray, they seem to offer a pretty full job over 2-3 days from £400. Essentially a paint correction and 3 stage polish with other bits and pieces in between. Full details here: http://www.puredetail.co.uk/correct-refine-and-shine-detail/ Is this the right ball park price for this type service? Never had it done before.

Middle one's really cool. Nice balls all round TBF, usually located towards the base of the knob...

Sounds interesting. Who flocked it?

I got an Evo-R burn titanium from Steve @ Redline, well pleased, much more comfortable than the OEM in IMHO. The Nismo CF is pretty damn tasty though. GL.

I would just be happy with 5 minutes Twice? That includes the cigarette afterwards, too. ...and a pizza.

Superb, the paint looks incredible. I hope I can get my grey to look like that eventually.

24 hrs with Kim Bauer would be even better.

Beautiful motor, so many curvy lines, love it. Great work.

I wish I'd taken a photo of the lumps of plastic that were left on the table afterwards, loads of the stuff, and it's dense and thick. As Watshot points out the grill is offset from the speaker, so this isn't a silver bullett. When I had the card out and saw this, I did toy with some sort of bracket for the speaker to align it better, but decided against it. I gave her 20 minutes of a variety of styles of tunes yesterday, from some breaks (High Contrast) and grime (Dizzee) to Oldies (You Only Live Twice soundtrack) and some Yazz Flute (Bullitt title track). I am Steve McQueen. All were better, that means clearer for me not simply louder, and there was more sound. Vocals do benefit. I moved my fade back 1 notch after this, but will continue to adjust as I listen. I was very pleased, it definitely makes a difference IMHO, but having said that listening is a very subjective thing I've learnt. I've seen people swear they don't here the difference between an all in one home stereo Sanyo special, and a £5k separates system. Also some will always argue that you hear what you want, so you want it to be better after a mod/upgrade and convince yourself it is. I don't subscribe to that personally, I've seen people spend a grand on a home audio upgrade and freely admit they've gone backwards. If you're half interested in this, give it half a try. Without fully committing, all you need to do is take the grills out for a few days and leave the hole. Takes about 30 minutes for an amateur like me. You could probably get them out without removing the card, but I'm certain this will leave some marks on the grill and/or surround. It'll look tatty obviously, but gives you a chance to listen before hacking things up. If you don't notice any difference, just pop the full grill back in. When you feel the weight and see the volume of plastic in the grill, purely from a physics point of view, it simply must impede the movement of air. I'm off to Goodison today so will have a chance to listen for an extended period and report back. I'd love to hear what other people think if they go fully blown or just leave the grills out for a few days. One last thing to bear in mind, we're on about sound in a car. It is a fundamentally flawed place to listen to music. Beyond the engine noise, tyre roar, wind roar and exhaust note there are thousands of plastic and metal components which all want to resonate at different frequencies. To top it off the shape and size of the cabin is far from optimal with no natural baffles from the windscreen to the boot latch! Perfection is not achievable, but we can strive for it.

I noticed a couple of scuff marks really close to the grills, but to be honest it was a toss up between white and red (in keeping with my gaiter) but I wasn't sure I could match the reds, so went contrast. Thanks for the +ve comments, it's my first proper mod. Gaiter & knob were all I've been brave enough to do myself.

Awesome Beckinsale shout. I'm changinging mine!

So glad you said that, it's exactly the look I've been working towards!

Hunter S. Thompson - always wanted to meet him, then he shot himself, felt like I had really missed out on something special even though it was unlikely to happen. Johnny Depp now. If we're being a bit saucy, then I wouldn't mind a coffee with Christina Hendricks.

My uprated SGS struts were only on a matter of hours before this happened. Working beautifully up until then. Closed boot, horrible noise of powerful discharge, opened boot and so relieved to see only damage was a small scratch to the taillight housing. Spoke to SGS, kindly replaced the pair (not just the broken plastic bit on the end). Not had a chance to re-fit yet Before you ask, I didn't fit them incorrectly. Mechanic fitted them when it was in for other bits. Looked solid when I picked her up.

Bit of a downer, I can only get one day off work, making it a maximum 3 and a bit day trip. The bit being getting from here to Glasgow on the Thursday night and starting the fun bit Friday AM, super early. Had to cut out Edinburgh (no biggie I lived there for years) and basically Blackpool to Glasgow is going to be a motorway sprint in both directions now, instead of a cruise back through the borders. http://goo.gl/maps/BsQMz

Great photos, praying for some sunshiiiiine like this, even if it's cold I just hope it's clear. VIK, I'm all over the hoon thread, thanks! PS - what's a hoon?