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thats a shame, i haven't been for about 15 years, would love to go back sometime but not had the chance. forgot about all the queueing

i use a meguairs claybar kit, i think they are about £18 from halfrauds i also have meg's polish but also have dodo juice lime and prime which would be more for prepping than a proper polish wax wise it depends on the colour and the preference. i have a blade silver and like dodo juice supernatural, topped up with dodo juice redmist. lots of other good products out there. but am slowly swapping to dodo juice as i work my way up the detailing ladder. megs is a good starting point.

Hey Rich you beat me to the rim protector mate It looks really nice as i expected but i may have to go for a different colour now to be different People were asking but no one had tried it,be nice to see a new colour as well It sets off the whole wheel a la CE28N time attack but i'm not a fan of the red lug nut or tommy k centers......to busy and a different shade that makes the gold callipers standout oddly even more:dry: Calipers to be sorted at some point, but i like the centres and lug nuts, they don't come out well in pictures but look a lot better in the flesh. and if we all had the same taste life would be boring I reckon black lug nuts, plain black or CF centers and black callipers with red lettering will look spot on or alternatively as someone mentioned BS callipers might be a brave option too not liking the silver caliper idea, and wondering if black will make them lost in there. the big thing i noticed with the wheels is that with out the lip the wheels look lost in the arches. and wonder if the same will happen to the calipers

got a couple of more things to do then i shall go photo crazy as for what happens when you curb a black wheel, yes its a blindingly obvious as its silver underneath here are some other pics of them fitted on a civic to show the edge

sounds like it needs a good claybar, then a good polish and then some good wax

from another car, but shows the sticky out ness

had lots of positive comments from people already, i did find an article on them on a previous forum i used to be on, i'll see if i can cut and paste it on here to save you all joining up as its a member view only site.

i have, but did it after taking the picture well done for noticing though and thanks for the tip

i saw the same articles from K&N and know what they are saying but for me and my piece of mind i prefer dry filters. that and apexi is one of the best.

although i had the new number plate bracket fitted i ordered new plates all round, and a little tribute to the forum have added the forum web address to the bottom, should help with the advertising, and gets rid of the horrible rear i had with a Citroen logo on. oh these are my show plates for use on private ground

thats the big thing, heard several people in the last month all talk about being f'd off because they had recently curbed their nice wheels. gives me a lot more piece of mind

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will have to take some more tomorrow as its dark now, but these look a lot better than the other rim protectors, there are no gaps and sit well against the wheel, i think the only down point that might put people off is that they stick out a little, compared to a painted lip. but thats something i can live with.

they look like painted lips, well they do to me, i suppose it needs others to see them and comment really. they blend in well from looking face on, they're only really noticeable if you look down the side of the car as they stick out a little. but in order to do there job they have to. a small sacrifice in my eyes,

This has been discussed a couple of times but no one had actually gone out and tried them. i decided that since i was getting my wheels refurbed i didn't want to damage them and i also wanted to add a red lip, and this was the easiest way. other benefits include the fact that 1 wheel had a slight flat spot from the previous owner. so it ticked many boxes. here are my rims pre rim protector so these are what i bought: Alloy gator rim protectors fitting takes a bit of getting used to, first i bought myself an electric pump for the job and also a rubber mallet i used a pair of garden secateurs for cutting as they gave the cleanest egde. the first wheel took a good half an hour, but that was down to getting the technique right. the other 3 were a lot quicker. i reckon it took me about 20 min per wheel after that including jacking, deflating, fitting and re pumping. i think the hardest job is cutting the second edge to make sure it meets well. mine or ok, but it was a pain of a job. here are some fitting pics this is the website for them http://www.alloygator.com/ out of all the versions available i preferred these as they fitted all the way round and not just on a few clips. love or hate the look of them, at the end of the day they should stop my rims from being curbed. yes i have wing mirrors but occasionally crap happens, and these are for those occasions.

ahh thats my secret at the moment will tell all in a bit Looks like one of the plastic rim protectors in red Look a million times better than the standard Rays Rich, lovely job i'm impressed marky, hit the nail on the head in one well spotted. others had noticed something wasn't right but you're the only one to spot it fully. did it deliberately to see if people would notice, will post up properly in a bit

body shop won't touch up, but will charge you by the amount of panels they'll have to do, so if its just the door, they'll spray the door. if its the front wing, door and rear wing, they'll probably spray the whole side of the car. a cheaper option is to look at some of the smart repair companies. they do just the damage and blend it in to the car. its meant to be invicible once done. i've never seen one done, but have heard good things from other people who've used them.

i remember need to go back and take another look

sterling job i think your right with wheel spacers would help and lowered suspension. tint the rear out and jobs a goodun. can understand your reluctance to kit up. and then late ron upgrade the rims and sell on the spacers. people always wont them so they sell easily

not stretched they're standard 225/245 setup

forgot to mention they did them in a day, drove up to beccles for 8am and collected at 6pm all finished. only problem was i had no other transport so they dropped me off in town where i sat in the local cafe with my laptop doing marking from 8.30 till 3 pm and then spent the last 3 hours in a pub with my latest top gear mag. day went surprisingly quickly got shed loads of work done and a gentle relax in the afternoon. i did drink something like 10 cups of tea and 5 pints of orange juice and lemonade. to say i was urinating like a race horse is somewhat of an understatement. i never drink tea, but by god i reckon i could have had a good go at filling an Olympic swimming pool from empty

they're not pink they're anodised red, which happens to come out with a very slight lighter shade of red

have a big gay happy birthday with lots of fun, jelly and cakes

ahh thats my secret at the moment will tell all in a bit

i know there not going to be to everyones taste but i fancied something completely different. always had silver wheels so its new to me, and i didn't think that the gunmetal look would work on the wheels on the silver.