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Looked very good yesterday Marky, certainly a head turner

What a cracking day! Great to meet more members, and could our pitch be any better? We had loads of room for cars on the gravel, perfect size bit of grass to pitch the event shelters (which are 4m x 4m each!), all right by the track - perfect for watching the drifting and time attack. Great work by Fuggles and team in organising the show We too had to shirk off a bit early as it was just too hot to handle. Should have stayed now though as got back for the dismal second half of the match! Heres some piccies: The stand in all its glory A rare chance to see just how metallic the custard cars are:

+1 - I saw Adrians being fitted (as I pilfered his Nismo ) and the quality was top notch. Sounds was great too, as said above, its loud but not just noisy as the K1 is. Well done on stepping up to a quality exhaust

Master list of names on our side should be kept on the meeting schduler Martin (Orange link in the top right for those that dont know)

Well the other side of the road to that according to Google maps, but close enough

TBH guys, Ian is right, unfortunately, you just have to PM and wait. We should have the team around most of the time, but if we're not here you just have to wait. The first thing we usually do when coming online is to check if posts/threads are waiting for approval. We should have somethig in the pipeline to solve this though

We'll sell it to a +1

Most people start feeding out from about 3pm in drips and drabs usually, but depends on what goes on with the footie I guess!

I seem to remember reading that he said he might be off and that he was going to have to hold off on what he was doing until he got back.

Sounds like a different one to me. Doesnt supprise me with Nissan

Everyone turns eventually Never quite said I'd turned Haven't driven one tho so you never know. That'll be the decider

That's easily arranged

Everyone turns eventually

That IMO is what they were getting at. But any sprayer/bodyshop worth their salt should prep the car properly as they dont know whats on the paint, so should strip it all back regardless

Voted to leave the lip and paint the spokes black. As per other thread, take it somewhere good to get them done. Wont be cheap as they will powercoat the wheel and re-do the polished lip before re-laquering the lot. Dont get them to mask and wet paint it, I learnt my lesson with that, finish isnt anywhere near as durable. Spit & Polish or Lepsons will do the job properly, but wont be the cheapest - do it once, do it right

You will be fine powercoating them, but you will have to take them to a decent wheel place. They will PC the wheel first, then diamond turn/cut the lip again, before laquering the whole wheel and baking it on. That way you dont need to mask it. Wont be able to use a cheap wheen place though, will likely have to send them away to someone decent, like Spit and Polish or Lepsons. IIRC my old Rotas got sent to Lepsons (via MyAlloys in Basingstoke) to be done when I needed the polished lip, and thats exactly what they did to it. Beleive me you will see the difference they make doing it properly, the laquer was about half an inch thick on them and pretty indestructable! Way better than OEM! Infact Lepsons and Spit and Polish look like they may be down the road for you, thats good luck!

As the others have said, check the tyre pressures - 35psi when cold. Some like them a little harder too, upto 37psi. If tyre pressures are fine, its your right foots fault I had no discernible difference in MPG changing my tyres from PS2s to Falkens on the 350z.

If you want a sanity check before buying them, just pop the specs up here and we'll double check them

Yup Nissan will tell you. IIRC last time I had mine done the oil made up some £40 or so of the price.

Sponge or foam applicator pads are best to apply it. You should have gotten some before and after beading shots, show how well it works

They are the Nismo wheels Looks very nice, loads of pics on the US forums if people are interested

AFAIK, silicone is not bad for paint, and the only things it is used for is in polish (maybe wax), as (a) it helps it spread and ( it helps hide swirls/RIDs. The reason many detailers say stay away from polish with silicone is for the swirl hiding effect, as you think you may have corrected the swirls, only to find they come back when the silicone finally gets washed away. True detailers will use silicone free polish so they can know the swirls have really gone. For the amateur at home without all the proper kit, and especially when applying it by hand - polish containing silicone (like Megs SRP) will give you a better finish. A bit of a read, but this answers your question - direct form the Megs site (See below quote). http://www.meguiars.com/faq/index.cfm?faqCat=General%20Questions&faqQuestionID=19&section=_19

With a new car, they need the insurance certificate to tax the car. As you dont normally have cover start until the day you pick up the car (as it cancels cover on you previous car), they dont send out the cover note until that day usually. Now 99.9% of insurers will get a cover note to a dealership either by fax or email, but for some reason More Than have decided thats not for them, so the car wont have been able to be taxed

Wait til you see our setup Darren, it will look great (pitch allowing)