SteveW

Got tracking details so we'll see what happens . . .

ordered, fingers crossed Excellent find!

Wow!! Vvvv cool!! I want an SC! I suppose though I should finish 1 project at a time though.....

I'm at 72k hoping it lasts a good while yet!

When you turn the fans to windscreen air con comes on automatically.

Suppose at the end of the day its a lottery if its not OEM. Hence why I bought shine parts due to the good reports. When I test fitted it the bumper is pretty close, the only areas where its not really right is around the lights. The gaps by the wings are because the wings have the recessed fitting that protrudes and would sit in the bolt hole in the bumper which obviously doesn't exist as its not been drilled for any holes. The bumper was that close in person I would consider fitting it myself. I'm not going to though! The skirts are a bit further away but only really seem to need openeing up a bit so they fit snuggly around the sills. We'll see how the quotes come back this weekend.

To be fair I was expecting about 250 for the bumper and 150 - 200 for each skirt but not £1000. Then about £100 a panel for the stone chips sorting. I'll keep looking around and try some more places, there are loads around. Thanks for the number of the guys in Leeds and Manchester. I'm off down to see a couple more bodyshops this weekend that are a bit more local so we'll see what they come back with. Thanks again.

Here is an update of the test fit I did last week, only just got round to putting the pictures together and uploading.

Hopefully a quick question folks. Ive been asking round the local area for at body shops for quotes for fitting my Shine front bumper and side skirts as well as painting the bonnet and wings because they are covered in stone chips. I was hoping to try a few local places before travelling a long way to somewhere like Falcon in Middlesborough so been asking at places that people I know have been and got good results. However the few places I've asked at have given me quotes of: £1000 for the bumper and sides painting and fitting and £800 for the bonnet and wings doing That just sounds ridiculously expensive to me? Discuss. Steve

I'd buy a proper brake line spanner about £4 from halfords mate. One of my nuts rounded using a normal spanner luckily the brake line spanner was still able to undo it. Otherwise it would have been a nightmare.

Looks good fella

Sorry Dave, He's said the lowest he can accept is £120. If he changes his mind I'll let you know. Cheers Steve

Wow!!! I wish I could afford somewhere like that Congratulations mate I hope you enjoy living there, love that house!

Not yet mate, was having a good look at them today and how you said yours were mounted so think I'll be copying when I get it all fitted Really considering making the trip to falcon its just how to transport the bloody bumper as it won't fit in the zed. Could always tape it on lol

Well bit of an update on this one. I'll post some pics up tomorrow. I test fitted the bumper and skirts tonight and they seem to me to be pretty much spot on. The bumper I think needs a very small amount of material around the light removing and the skirts possibly need opening up a bit as they are very tight to get around the sills. I'm now far more Amused and realise its prob the body shop who couldn't be bothered to do FRP!

Definitely sounds like air, mine went the same when I fitted the HEL lines. My first attempt at bleeding didn't get all the air out so I had to do them again.

What rpm does your car idle at? I typically see 28-30psi at 700ish rpm. 15 is rather low. The only car I've known to be lower than that was one where pressure was being read at the top of the engine and that was 12. Not sure what pressure drop you see on the zed from pump to top of the heads?

Cheers Lexx. Never even heard of them before! Lol

Cheers CS, PM replied to

Yeah Mike I agree, it does seem a little weird, when I arrived I was expecting to see holes for the mounting points in the bumper to show it had been fitted but there wasn't anything it had just been rubbed down. Cheers mate, The place I took it is a place with a good reputation round here but maybe they just like doing OEM stuff and aren't fans of doing firbreglass. The owner said to me that they normally turn people with fibreglass parts away because of issues they have seen in the past but because he knew me (old Judo Sensei) and I told him they weren't cheap fibreglass ebay tat i.e. Shine parts they were willing to try. When you say CS do you mean Cougar Store? Didn't know they did body work. Where are they based? I looked on the website but it doesn't have an address. Thanks

Bit of an update on this one. Basically I went to collect the car and parts last night and I expected much worse than when I got there based upon what the body shop had said on the phone. The skirts-basic problem with these is that air trapped between the gel coat and fibreglass has expanded during curing of the primer and there are about 15-20 'pin prick' type defects in the surface around the edges/corners etc. Is this normal? Did a bit of googling and it seems to suggest it is and the defects need to be gouged out and filled in then repainted. They did say they didn't feel the passenger skirt would fit as it was out of line when they offered it up. They hadn't tried the driver one. The front bumper they hadn't actually tried to fit either. They had rubbed it down ready for priming and noticed that the front section where the number plate sits again isn't a smooth radius but wavey and would need a mountain of filler to smooth. They also said it would be likely to suffer from the bubbling seen on the skirts due to trapped air. Not sure what to do now! Wish I lived near RT-Performance I would just go there! I'm thinking maybe I should offer up the bumper and drivers side skirt to see how well they would fit before doing anything else. Maybe the body shop didn't have much experience with FRP or have lots and didn't actually want to do the work. Luckily they haven't charged me anything.

Sent you a PM Mate.

Hi mate, I have indeed contacted the seller. Just awaiting a response.

Sadly the body shop said the bumper would need to be completely reshaped to fit. Involving cutting a relaying new fibreglass. However there was another issue with the parts as a whole. When they put them in the oven to cure the primer at a low temp, because they were fibreglass, the air in the material swelled and burst through the surface wrecking the primer so it couldn't be painted. They tried reprepping the parts a couple of times but the same thing happened. This wasn't at the right temperature to bake the paint, they said they baked it at about half the normal temperature. The parts are from Shine Auto just gutted now. Really wanted these to fit as loved the look of the Amuse kit for years.

Hi Dave Just spoke to my mate and he says the lowest he can go is £120 collected. Let me know what you think. No they aren't my diff kits on eBay so not sure what they are. Cheers Steve