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Its almost as if the timing is fate !

forgot to mention i was quoted £200 each for continentals and £125 each for the other ones (I think they were Barums or something similar sounding)

Typical, got home late last night and got out the car only to hear a nasty hiss from my back tyre. Quickly took it off and put on the trusty spacesaver before it went totally flat as didnt want the rim digging into the tyre overnight Took it in to be looked at on my lunchbreak and got told that as the puncture is on the edge of the rim of tyre (a few mm from where it touches the road, it cant be fixed The tyre was a Maxis and was probably 3/5 of the way throught its life so Im guessing I need to change both rear tyres now at the same time? I have Continentals on the front of some variety. The guy at the garage recommended another brand which he said were "b line continentals" think the name began with a "B". Does this sound right about not being repairable? Its not a huge hole.. just had a small sharp wood splinter in it Any recommendations? I do 8000ish miles/yr and drive sensibly 75% of the time Could also be the excuse im looking for to upgrade the alloys.. it seems that usually you get the tyres silly cheap if you buy at the same time as the alloys (or am i missing something) ?

It was 5 if I remember rightly

Nope not those :-( the forgestars are very similar tho :-)

hmmm close call.. http://www.forgestar.com/blog/?p=1112 these are very similar

A while back I saw some alloys on a picture of a zed and I saved the photo but now cant find it.. I have attached a picture of a similar alloys... the ones I saw were the same kind of black but with the spokes being closer together... any ideas ?

looking at 20mm all round to start with and may move up to 25mm on the back

Haha predictive text strikes again

Drove past me about 5 mins ago. I was parked up and flashed as you went past. Window had too much rain on it for me to catch the plate. Looked fairly stock but again hard to tell through the rain covered windows lol

Gotta buy some first lol :-) Keep missing the forum bargains :-(

I'm with sky insurance, guess how much they wanted for me adding them? ....... ........ Nothing, zero pounds, not a sausage, not a bean ! Big thumbs up to an insurance company that isn't just out to rob my money

If its a set of 4 in tip top condition Im interested

Can anyone recommend somewhere to get a thin number plate made up? When I say thin I mean in terms of the thickness of the plastic. Also I need some thin tape for sticking it to the plastic holder on the front bumper. Also its a plate with the centre space removed between the 3 blocks of letters so limits my choice as some plate makers won't do that. My current plate is quite thick and the sticky pads I've used cause it to stick out from the holder and you can see the pads behind it :-( also it doesn't curve with the shape of the holder :-( Any recommendations would be appriciated

Well got the zed back and have had mixed results. The quality of the spray job on the back bumper is top notch but there is a noticeable colour difference between the back bumper and the rear arch panels. The boot lid matched pretty well however. Im pretty sure this is not the fault of the guys at RS and more that the paintwork is almost 7 years old. I think there may also have been some work done to at least one of the arches previous to me getting the car. It is going back in though in 3 weeks time to get the new paintwork blended into the old so that the difference is not noticeable. I've no doubts that after this it will be fine and Andy there seems like a top bloke (I think he was trying to save me money by seeing what result could be had by not doing the blend) Anyway, I got a geat deal on the work so far plus a great price for the additional blending when it goes back in so im sure all will be groovy after its next visit. The guys also touched up loads of other little annoying bits on the paintwork for me Will keep you posted after the next visit but a thumbs up for RS so far Has anyone else had any experience of noticeable differences between old and new paint?

Luckily its just for 2 days while she's having a spray job on the rear bumper Nervous as Hell though waiting to see how good a job they do! Place called rs bodyworx and they come highly recommended so hopefully all will be well :-) Wish me luck !

Thats just a little bit of information I could have used earlier my bad This looks promising, although a bit of a trek... http://www.driftworks.com/forum/driftin ... chool.html

forgot to mention, i wouldnt be wanting to use my car

Can anyone recommend a company that provides drift and/or race lessons? Myself and a friend are looking for somewhere we can go once or twice a month to spend a day at a time learning to drift and/or drive fast round a track We both live down in Poole, Dorset so somewhere down south would be ideal

are you sure its not a trunk monkey?

What if I get a yellow respray done and a black stripe down the middle?

...and replacing with the Autobots logo Should I do it?

Yeah that would be Rob. Ah coolies :-)

Are you around the poole area a lot? as I keep seeing a sunset covertable around with a nice set of alloys :-)

How much extra do you guys find it costs on your insurance to declare spacers?