Andy

+1 on Boris!! The guys a legend at football as well!!

Nice one guys!! Looks like you had a good day out!! Quality pictures as well

I'll be round in an hour Have the car clean and ready for me will you!

No there won't be a split on the stand. I assume it will just be for things like convoys, meeting points etc.

Thanks fot the input guys!! With regards to the trimming, I am starting to doubt myself now!!! Any suggestions on colours/finishes etc i think would be gratefully received! As you might tell from my reply to Lexx, I did debate it a while and came up with the black being the most suitable choice but I am prepared to listen to other ideas!! I do have a good friend who is an excellant trimmer so I could get him to do a very good job but I wanted to at least try the trimming myself first! tbh, I want as much of this car to be done by me as possible and at the moment it's only the paint job that hasn't been! As far as speakers go, I am obviously running the two Focal 11" woofers in the boot and am running 3 way Utopias up front. 6", 4" and tweeter in each door. I would love to try the tweeters in each location but due to time constraints in the next few months, I need to get these doors built as soon as possible so really need to choose a location before I can actually listen to the system! Not ideal I agree but something I have to live with!

Laugh it up Sarnie!! It's only a matter of time before the Congestion Charge spreads across the country!!!

I've already text him and pm'd him. He said I have to come round and take his car off you as you can't be trusted with it!!

Sounds good mate! Thanks for the help! I can probably get my hands on an RTA. Couldn't tell you how good it will be but it would probably do as a start point!! I'm just currently debating where to mount my tweeters, either lower down in the doors, in the standard location next to the wing mirror or maybe up by the A-Pillar. Any suggestions?

Ok ok, I agree, she does look ok with a pearl necklace

Where the hell did you get that smilie from!

Nice username!

Cheers chaps!!! Lexx - I partially agree about the colour etc of trim. I did debate it a fair while but in the end I wanted it to look fairly subtle but classy and thought the black offset the blue bottle and chrome magnets on the woofers nicely whilst also matching my new seats! H5 - I haven't got it setup just yet. Have had a couple of niggling problems such as an RCA going which needs to be replaced and the controller for my Epicenter also needs re-soldering due to a bad connection!! I'm also currently building my door builds which might take me a couple of weeks or so!!! Once it is all done though, I would really love to have a professional or someone that knows what they are doing set it up for me!! I have a certain level of control with the system as it also has an EQS in there and i'm running the whole system actively!

Very nice indeed! Had the same rims on my last car as well

Very true - if you were to 'hurt' the people going after your car you would most likely face far worse consequences than if they stole your pride and joy and drove it 130 mph through housing estates or ram raiding shops. My dad caught a bloke trying to nick the radio out of his car, my dad hit him repeatedly with the car door (he was half in) and called the police. The bloke got let off, not even a telling off. My dad was interviewed and was told he was very lucky but was not going to be prosecuted this time but they would be 'watching' him. Was just about to comment about the potential consequences of fighting back. It is a sad world we live in when people such as your father get in trouble for defending what they have worked to get.

whats a donkey punching session? taken from urban dictionary. Haven't heard that one before!

Breathe dude!!

Not good at all. Luckily for me, my Z is garaged every night and has two cars in front of the garage as well so would be a fair amount of commotion in order to get to it *touches wood*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7240309.stm Looks like it could start to cost a lot more to take the Z to London!

Cheers Shopping either gets delivered or goes in my Corsa

Thought I would pop a few work in progress pictures up of the boot build in my Z. Almost there now Firstly I fabricated an MDF frame to fit the components that were being fitted, mainly two Focal 11" woofers and my NOS bottle. You can also see where the amps are sitting. I then stretched fleece like material over the frame to make the flowing shapes. Stapled it in place underneath. I then needed to make sure the NOS had a secure and tight location for it to sit so I wrapped the bottle in clingfilm and foil and made a fibreglass cast of it to get the perfect shape. After a test fit..... ...the resin came out!!! This made the fleece go solid and make a solid base to work on. Added some fibreglass matting to the underside of the build to strengthen it and to leave the top, viewable layer as smooth as possible. Then the NOS cradle had to be added in. This was trimmed down to fit and then glued in place for the time being. Once in place this was glassfibred in place and I used some P40 to fill in any small gaps around it. Test fitted the woofers as well Once I was happy with the way everything was fitting together, I covered the whole thing with a sponge like lining which would give me a bit of room for movement when trimming and give the final touch a softer sponge like feel Once that was done, I started the trimming with some black leather look-a-like material. Had to do it in a few pieces as the material wouldn't stretch as much as I was hoping but still came out ok I think. Once I was happy with that, the woofers and NOS went in! I then trimmed the side panels and strut bar cover and reinstalled the lot! For the other side of the strut bar, I simply made an MDF cover for the other 3 Genesis amps and trimmed this in the same way and slotted it in! The (almost) finished project build!! Hope you've enjoyed my little presentation. Any questions?