Mondo 300

Some cowboy I found online....

Thanks They totally change the look of the car and, as I've just found out, they're a damn sight easier to clean as well!

I could write a huge long diatribe about the refurb "company" - indeed, I have done in a few places! - but suffice to say that I was explicitly told I should be happy with the lousy finish on my wheels as they were cheaper than other places! If I conducted my business that way, I'd be very poor very quickly......

Quite a significant update to my old Zed... I recently had the alloys refurbished as they were really letting the overall look down. I used a highly recommended local company but, sadly, the end result and their attitude towards me being unhappy about the finish were absolutely disgraceful! The wheels look like they'd been painted in Hammerite and were pretty much ruined! I couldn't justify spending any more money on an old set of wheels so I decided to bite the bullet and just buy some brand new ones instead: A set of Calibre CC-F wheels in gunmetal grey, 8.5x19 fronts and 10x19 rears! I got a set of custom badges made for the centres, to match the OEM badge on the nose panel, and that was all they needed. Quite a sizeable difference to the appearance of the car, and I love 'em! I'm still smarting about the refurb fiasco, but I'm very happy with the wheels I've ended up with because of it...

I can honestly say I've never seen one on the road yet... Bloody impressive looking beast, that!

I can personally vouch for both of these Lee Dent's worked on my Z32 a couple of times now and I trust him implicitly. He's in Shrewsbury, which possibly isn't as far South as you'd like... I've also been down to Powerzed a couple of times and what Jimmer doesn't know about these cars can be written on the back of a stamp... in permanent marker! Either of those two guys would be my recommendation

This place just looks magnificent!

Somebody from God's Country Welcome!

Yeah that's what I've been quoted by the company I've used in the past, Jack @ RoyalSteeringwheels.com. "350Z – perforated sides, nappa top/bottom + silver centre band at 12 o'clock, silver stitching + 2mm thicker" I haven't commited to anything yet but what would you quote for the above out of interest? £145 delivered for that from me. No idea how that compares to Jack's pricing.

And I have it here!

A 2 week turnaround...??

Quote of the year so far!

eBay link. This is the sort of stuff you need for the headlining, Jeff. Lash it on thick on both surfaces, let the solvents evaporate and press it together - you shouldn't have any problems after that

Is that Rent A Ramp place still open in Darlington...?

X-Men: Apocalypse is out in May too, Rob

Deadpool is going to be simply immense, Rob!!

You could say that!

I finally went to see this last night and, I have to say, I was pretty disappointed! I could tell it was a J.J. Abrams film simply from the plot-recycling of the classic SW films: Everyone chasing a droid... On a desert planet... Escaping the stormtroopers in the Falcon... Han Solo in a cantina scene... The main bad guy being all in black... with a helmet... and a funy voice... Having to perform a rescue from the bad guys' base... The parent/child dramatic meeting (on a gangway!)... The X-Wings having to approach through a metal canyon... In the gigantic death-dealing planet! Honestly, what?! I mean, it was an enjoyable film in itself, but I don't think it brought anything overly new to the franchise at all. If I'm brutally honest, I much preferred Revenge Of The Sith. Whilst it had it's flaws, it was a film with originality, whereas The Force Awakens just reminded me of Abrams' takes on the Star Trek franchise (especially Into Darkness). There were some good points: Harrison Ford managed to pull off being an older Han Solo, in my opinion... and Ridley and Boyega did pretty well with their roles (although if Boyega's character had been brainwashed and programmed from infancy to be a stormtrooper, it didn't seem to take long for him to break free of that and start wisecracking a la Fresh Prince Of Bel Air!) I thought Rylo Ken's character was a poor one and not a particularly intimidating villain, and I sure as hell can't figure out which of his parents he takes after cos he looks nothing at all like either of them! Carrie Fisher looked and sounded pretty uncomfortable on screen and even C3PO seemed fairly out of character based on his previous depictions. I didn't like how Luke Skywalker was viewed as being "a myth" when it only been, what, 30 years since the fall of the Empire? And I'm almost positive that Luke's last lightsabre (in ROTJ) was a green one! He lost his father's blue one at the end of Empire and made himself a new one for ROTJ... yet the one that calls to Daisy Ridley is blue... am I meant to believe that the blue 'sabre was somehow recovered from Bespin...? Or will it be revealed that he made himself another blue one after the end of ROTJ...? This has turned into a bit of a rant, hasn't it! Oh well, here's my list of SW films ranked from best to worst: The Empire Strikes Back A New Hope Revenge Of The Sith Return Of The Jedi The Force Awakens Attack Of The Clones The Phantom Menace I'll get back to doing some work now.....

Yet another Hollywood "reboot" because it seems that people are running low on original ideas... I've precisely no interest in this film whatsoever. Edit: having just actually watched that spoof trailer (which was diabolical!), I imagine it'll still be better than the forthcoming film!

I always lean towards having the darker colour on the outside of the seat

I was just thinking that! Are you going back to a Z32 wheel now...?

Can't complain for that!

Did you thoroughly degrease the panels you were putting it on?

You've got a couple of options as I see it: 1: Make a template out of alloy or something similar, then take a mould of that and fill it with expanding foam. 2: Buy a big block of modelling foam and get carving! Neither option is going to be particularly easy or cheap. Plus you need to think how you're going to attach it to the dashboard itself... again, not necessarily an easy task.

Can't say I quite understand what he's asking either... is it for the main gauges or the 3 auxilliary ones in the centre of the dash...?