SteveW

Well after originally painting some parts of the dash board as an update to the interior I was left with what kind of looked half finished Here is what it looked like after round 1 of painting: The cubby door looked a bit stupid...... Well that has now been painted and the update looks 10 times better. Only bad thing is now the button looks stupid so must do something with that. Nearly there tho, thinking some Di Noc Carbon wrap on the button. Sunlight pics (apologies for focus, done on IPhone)

Its a right joke!! Looks like adrian flux are coming up trumps though knocked neraly £100 off sky's quote and lots of extra benefits.

Thats just what I thought mate!!! Another way they screw us over!

Hmmm another interesting thing I have just found out about insurance. I am currently insured through Sky Insurance and the policy is underwritten by markerstudy. I rang another broker for a quote and they asked who my current policy was underwritten by and when I said markerstudy they said they were unable to quote because they only use marker study. I asked the reason why and they said that markerstudy have recently said to them that they are not allowed to quote against a quote supplied from another broker using them as the underwriter because they don't want to be quoting against a quote from themselves, i.e. they don't want to give a cheaper quote if they have alrweady given you a renewal price from another broker. That seems very anti-competition to me

Wow!! I've sparked a right debate and agree with everything mentioned above. Statistics are useless if employed incorrectly or correlations used for statistical significance. Correlation doesn't identify causality and any company that thinks it does is a joke. Hi Chris (Marzman) I didn't get a second car in the end, it made more financial sense for me, when I actually crunched the numbers, to use the money I'd saved to pay off the existing zed loan so now the zed is all mine and not partly owned by the bank. I've spoken to Livingston Warman as recommended and had a pretty reasonible quote, the no fault 'incident' made no difference to my quote Additionally I've got a couple of other brokers to try so we'll see how I get on. The renewal quote from Sky came yesterday coming in at £837 which is about what I was expecting to pay this year but it seems they've taken off my Third party insurance to drive any other car and my modifications are no longer listed on the policy. Need to give them a call I think. Cheers

Well its that time of year again that we all love. Normally it doesn't bother me but this year I am steaming Basically last year someone drove into the back of me and caused about £300 of damage. She paid me the money to get the car fixed, job done no problem. Well so I thought.............. One of the conditions of my policy was you had to inform the insurance company within 24 hours of any kind of incident or accident even if not at fault. No problem so I did. Well now all my quotes are £400 - 500 pound higher if I declare this incident on this years policy That is just an absolute joke!!! If I take the incident off I get a reasonible quote put the non-fault incident on, and boom jumps by £400-£500. Wish I had kept my mouth shut and not informed the insurance company! Bloody scadalous!

I the sound of a bunged K1 its just a shame it don't sound like that with the bungs out

I've done quite a few trackdays with my K1 mate. My set up is: Standard Cats Japspeed Y pipe K1 exhaust. Based upon static tests at Cadwell, Oulton and Mallory With the bungs in at 3/4 revs I get 93.5 - 94.0 Db (Based on 4 trackdays) With the bungs out at 3/4 revs I got 103.7 Db (Based on 1 trackday) After the one day at Oulton I always leave the bungs in, my ears were bleeding far too much and I had a beast of a headache! You will have aboslutely no issues with a bunged K1 unless you have HFC's or de-cats at which point I can't help regarding noise level conformance.

Im in the same boat. I always service all my cars myself as i just do not trust garages and i know noone will treat my car with the same care as i do. Im just worried that those not in the know will frown on lack of garage stamp in service book. Get yourself an ink stamp of ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Personalised-Rubber-Stamps-New-Black-Ink-Self-Inking-/230634162479?pt=UK_BOI_Office_Office_Supplies_Stationery_ET&var=&hash=item7b68289bbe

I used to have one on my Celica Gt4 every oil change there were one or two particles stuck to it. However, on some cars usually newer ones there is a right tree of metallic shards attached to it

I do all my servicing myself. That way I know its been done properly with the fluids I want and to the standards I want. You also know then that some idiot hasn't taken your car our for a 'test flight' sorry road test. However, I do use a few garages who I trust after having good experience with them.

No problem, I might even do a little how to guide. Rubbing down is to commence this evening

Yes I have a v v v annoying squeaking noise coming from somewhere in the dash at the passenger side I can't work out it is that's squeaking so figure I must have a mouse lol. I also have one coming from somewhere in the back Well onto business cubby door was removed tonight intend to start the mammoth rub down tomorrow night Hopefully I'll retain my skin this time.... Will post up pictures when it's done as the final product. Cheers

Thanks folks, that was the look I was going for subtle but a more modern interior. I've also done it with pearlescent paint so when the sun shines on it all the pearl sparkles and it looks uber Yes mate, I hate that feeling, you just never can be too careful. Only thing you can do is mention it to the garage you use, a few years back when I had some really expensive rims on my Celica GT4 I used to get all my tyres from Wheelbase in Manchester. Worth the trip because in my experience they always looked after my wheels. Thanks mate, to get from the textured finish to the gloss takes loads of rubbing down! It took hours to rub down initially, I even rubbed all the skin off three fingers whilst doing it. They were sore as hell for days, Thanks mate, no these are the stock ones which I have rubbed down and painted. I've learnt so much about painting doing this, its cost me a fair bit in paint with mistakes and rubbing paint or laquer too thin and having to start again. Plus a lot of time and skin but well happy with the result. Now if I could only get rid of the mouse hiding in my dashboard

Pictures added Think the cubby door needs painting though...

Well I just treated myself to a new set of boots and a 4 wheel Hunter Hawkeye alignment. The car feels ten times better to drive now. It always does after being realigned!! The geometry was so far out! Will post up some pics when I'm on my laptop. Some settings were so far out they were off the scale!! Lol So 4 new Falken FK452's and alignment for £645 pretty reasonable I think and no hassles. Also have just finished something I've been working on for quite a while ;-) to be fitted tomorrow morning.!

Hi mate someone was selling an Invidia N1 recently may still be for sale: see here viewtopic.php?f=32&t=49805&hilit=invidia The K1 is a copy of the N1 effectively

I used 3 x 3mm numberplate sticky pads (as mentioned above) form eBay, 1 on each end and one in the middle because of the curve - never moved since I put it on ianphampton - It makes illustration pics so much better when you have an invisible friend to hold the tools Thank you

Hi mate, just wondering what you used to stick yours on to your front bumper? I prefer a real plate over the sticker. Cheers Steve

Thats what I'm looking to do when I get my new front bumper, I don't want to be putting holes in it!

Glad I could help mate and glad you got it sorted Yes I agree centering the window is a massive PITA!

Personally I prefer the pre-face lift interior. Well except for the heater controls the face lift ones are shiny I'm just not a fan of the massive silver bit around the gear stick. However, I have nearly finished 'modding' my interior pics will be posted sooon

1. Roscopervis 2. Lincolnbaggie 3. SteveW 4. 5. Hi, thats a really good price , I've got lots of bills at the moment including: Front Bumper Skirts Insurance Tyres So I may not have enough when this goes through depending when the above happens but at that price its such a bargain I'm putting my name down. Thanks Steve

Thanks very much Need lots of bits for my car at the moment and got the insurance due next month too so I'm currently juggling funds. Need 4 new tyres, a new bumper a new undertray, insurance ...... never ending. At least the tax aint due til Decemeber

Thanks folks. Whilst the carbon one does look cool I'm not sure how it would stand up to the battering mine keeps getting on the 'local' country roads I have near me Alex sent you a PM. Thank you