Gave it a quick wash for heading to the Cars & Coffee tomorrow morning.
No doubt but the time I get there it will be dirtier than it was to begin with.
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Good to put another face to a username @Ben PWaved goodbye
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Enjoy @gav525
Nice meeting you @Robert .
no a guy got them on but actually lookd worse when they started geting markd the plastic just started breaking of so ended up riping them of an geting a refurb.AlloyGator Wheel Protection - Stop Kerb Damage - TTW Nottingham
AlloyGator alloy wheel rim protection against kerb scrapes, pothole damage, prevent scratched alloys, wheel damage. The leading rim protection, Nottinghamalloywheel-protection.co.uk
Might help you hide it.
Took delivery! (well the wife did, I'm still away at work here)
Thanks again @Ben P for an easy transaction and thanks to @Robert for rapid delivery!
Sorry to all on here who also messaged Ben about it, was a stressful few minutes for me trying to get enough signal out here to message him and send deposit etc before one of you lot did!
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Change the oil and filter, checked, cleaned and regapped the spark plugs, new front droplink and rolled the left rear arch lip to hopefully stop it catching the rear tyre. And fitting new dip beam xenon and full beam leds. Dip beams require bumper and headlights removal.
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Brilliant, the nighteye ones weren’t great as the bulb sat at an odd angle in the Mazda. Philips ones can be adjusted to sit as close to the angle they tel you.How do you rate the Philips led bulbs? I’m considering swapping a set of halogens with led But unsure whether to go for eBay specials or something branded.
They look like the ones on my S3 or are they different?Fitted RS6 paddles this morning. I’ve been after a set for ages, finally got them yesterday. I think the paddles have only been used once by me, but they’re a nice improvement over the standard ones!
Ideally I’d like a heated RS6/7 wheel, but they are pretty rare.
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They look cool when lit upNope, the same.
Froze my nuts off splicing in new rear section of brake pipe for retest. Wanted to cry when I woke up and seen snow on the ground.
Rounded, rusted solid join to brake hose which was good fun, then the most awkward position to try and flare a steel line ramp would make life so easy.
Plus side, pass and full years ticket! Also, braking force on rear axle was identical to last week after I’d pulled half apart!
Handbrake fail which I didn’t touch at all, magically went from 13 to 36 my suspicions of the last tester may have been correct lol
@quattro Rick
Looks a handy job. When I got mine I’d read too much about how bad steel lines were so went for a solid middle ground on price lol.
Wasn’t actually too bad a job, the awkwardness was only back left jacked up (plus another jack under the diff and a wheel wedged under the sill before I get shouted at) so even for a fairly small person I was asking a bit
This All day longWent into it feeling like I'd screw something up but it was actually quite handy done
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A fully qualified mechanic made such a hash of just bending a premade line into place i though it can’t be that hard. Patience and a bit of attention and it’s not a bad job at all. Done the front right before, and will do the front left shortly to finish them all off.
Much nicer when it’s not on the car dripping fluid over you!