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is smart repair ok for noticeable areas such as the bonnet...i always thought it was only suitable for bumpers and lower down areas? proper smart repair is for anywhere, just find a good one with good reviews, they fill and repaint the sratch and then blend it in. never had one done myself, but i'm contemplating it for the damage i have on my wheel arch, to be honest you just getting it to a good standard to sell. you shouldn't need to spend £500 to sort it out. this si the smae thing dealerships use to get cars ready before selling on second hand.

love the esprit setup or the ings

top notch effort i need a little more as well for another job,

i got my invidia second hand it had most of the fixings, but for piece of mind i got new gaskets and fixings. not sure of all the sizes as i went to a company to have a new flexi joint added and they threw them all in for free as the mechanic was a legend. they didn't have time to do the welding so gave me everything i needed and i only paid for the flexi

i know its only 5 bhp but it means a lot to me the earlier ones were 276 not 271 bhp as for differences, in standard form the 296 is higher top end but lower torque. in non standard form its easier to get more out of the older engine and you can get even more torque. go have a look a the abbey dyno thread, lots of dynos of both 276 and 296 engines showing torque curves and power gains.

get a smart paint repair done, it will easily be half that, under £100 probably

I still don't know how you managed to lock your keys in. And secondly all those people who leave a spare In the car, you do realise your making the imobiliser a pointless part of the car.

Great advantage of it is if I don't like it or the IT department don't want it it just peels off. I can't see them having a problem, knowing them I'll end up being asked to do all he school laptops I some shape way or form. Lol

Ok so it was the most enthralling Easter sunday for me so i decided to tidy up my laptop, it was looking a little tatty and it was my work laptop so i thought i'd give it a new image. this was partly bordom and tidying up but also its always on show and should give my students ideas on what they can do themselves. So this was my laptop in its original form, spent alot of time in my workshop and gets very tatty first job was to skin the top of the laptop in a base colour so i used some white. not to bad a job but its a pig to get all the air out, not as nice to lay as DI-NOC. normally easy in small scale vinyl but laying large sections is a git. I'd already picked out my designs and spent some time doing the drawings so the first job was to stick down layer 1 the black next step was the silver and then the Red last step was to put in all the little bits of detail so my laptop is easily identifiable (easy enough any way ) Total time taken: 9 hours layers and parts used: 8 reason it took so long was that the drawing wouldn't fit straight on to the lap top in one cut as the cuter i have isn't wide enough, so each layer is actually 2-3 parts with 3 layers in total. gives you a good idea of what the cutter can do. not bad for some stickers

looks lovely in red

cracking job can't wait to do mine

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33157&hilit=rim+protector viewtopic.php?f=61&t=32898 2nd link is the direct link to shires original post

Bogof Rich i dont have the stretched look.............if anything my tyres are plus-sized on the rims to protect it from kerb damage instead (295/30/19 on 19X9.5 wheels instead of 10.5) but i could do with more protection from the kerbs on race tracks. As you go round a corner quickly the tyres roll inwards and exposing the rims edges to the kerbs secondly i could use different colours to make it interesting like in meets etc sorry bennett; you'd have less of a problem if you put tyres on that fit properly, they are way to big. you'll get nasty tyre roll on those. for cruising maybe but i wouldn't want to go on the track with that setup. IMHO of course Pimm as for ideas i like them too, but the company which was discussed last time didn't do 18" or above. i'll try and find the thread and link on here.

we discussed these on another thread different brand though

must admit i prefer the smooth finish

some very nice kit

locksmith job, or smash the little side window on passenger side, but you'll need a hammer and nail to get through that.

so true i lik ethe fact i get honesty on this forum

think you miss spelt that

i'm up for a welcome home party zed stylee

yes

what ever you like alot of people have a colour scheme they are working to. mine is white, red and black, so wheels black, bolts and centre caps and calipers red, decals white.

RT Thanks all. no worries

google helps but just to help

happy to help, i use a 7 year vinyl (top of the range) biggest trick with doing calipers and decals is to spray a coat of laquer over the top of the decal once its fitted. makes it look as good as new for a very long time.