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Hi Dan, welcome to the club BOSE - Better Of with Something Else. Take a look in the ICE and for sale sections and you'll see BOSE units for sale and install guides for single DIN units. Similar story for the window motor. Some come up for sale on here ocassionally, and we do have traders that can help source bits. Then introduce yourself, show us pics and let us know where you're based. Chances are there's someone nearby that might be able to help....

:lol: Quality! Not sure Martin would parallel park quite that easily though!!

Welcome to the club Take it easy out there at the mo - it's a skating rink with a ton and a half of metal and 280 odd bhp going through the rear wheels!

So speaks the master!

Great news Andrew, pleased there is solid progress, and long may that progress continue. As has been said, everyone will understand the business taking a back seat - no need to apologise!

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Good idea...... Nismo v2 front bumper, Amuse side skirts Summit strut brace, NISMO radiator cap, NISMO oil filler cap, polished plenum chamber, Injen CAI, Carbon fibre engine cover, Carbon fibre air diversion plate Amp rack, power cap, fuse block and JL amps JL W7 sub And a new single DIN Alpine headunit

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Nice one bud

Yeah, I didnt get the heat resistance part either, I just assumed that its more for track focused cars or something like that where they can get hot. Saying that when I had my wheels last refurbished, the lady I spoke to was telling me about horror stories of putting the wrong products on your wheels. She had one chap with a teg that had just had the wheels newly done, pegged it home and sprayed something on them straight away (like Wicked wheels or whatever its called). His lovely new shiney white wheels were ruined as they were boiling hot and the stuff baked on. I guess that some wheels do get pretty hot as when he brought them back to be done again, she said they had to wait for them to cool down before they could remove them! Sounded a bit dodgy to me, but they did a puka job of my wheels I see. For application of a product, I completely agree. It's only a few products (a lot of Poorboys stuff actually) that can be applied in anything other than 'cool' conditions. Trying to use any of the sealants on baking hot surfaces will cause problems I would think. My point was that if a sealant works on a paint surface, it is probably more than capable of standing up to road wheel temperatures.

Similar to Chris really Mark. I use jetSEAL 109 on mine, and it's been great. I have also used AG Extra Gloss Protection, and that also does a very good job. Both products require time to 'bond' to the surface and make cleaning a lot easier. Just make sure you have given them a proper clean and you do cover all of the wheel. Wheels really don't tend to get THAT hot, so I can't see why heat resistance is an issue myself. It's not a wax, it's a sealant, and the bonnet on a hot summers day is barely touchable, wheels almost always are. HTH.

Sarnie's argument is the one I used with Nissan, as the previous owner of mine had missed a service by 9 days or something silly. So I asked them whether they would've done anything to the wheels in that 9 day period that would have prevented it. You can guess the answer.....

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight= Here's the thread. dollop1 is the username.

I'd be surprised if that wasn't in your mini detailing shop you carry in your boot Wayne! It is good, and great for the paintwork as well IMO.

If it's the tyre of choice for Elise drivers, it can't be all bad. For a prospective buyer I've had these on an Elise, the Zed and the Volvo and find them predictable, good on wear and MUCH quieter than most other tyres. A bargain here, I justhave nowhere to store them!

is it alright on normal wheels like the rays? i haven't used it on my Zed yet, but used to use it on my old car. I wouldn't use it myself. The Rays don't have a great reputation (as per all Jap wheels) for being very resilient, especially in the winter. I would spend the time in putting a really good sealant on them when new or after a thorough 'off the car' clean, and then your life will be a lot easier if wiping them down. I used to use a range of wheel cleaners on my OZ Superlegerra's, including the one OZ recommended. After 2 years there was no paint left on them at all.....

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Looks like a bit more than a Sunday afternoon in the garage! Good luck Alex

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Just caught up with this, great list of mods and it definitely looks better after!

If you get rid of the BOSE, you will lose the standard Bluetooth hands free. The bulk of the electrickery is in the head unit. With an Alpine unit (and some others) you can get the steering wheel controls to work, but will need to use the Alpine hands free set up.