eldavo69 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Should I be worried when I open the envelope next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Depends whether it's the one from me, or the collection from Caravanner's Daily with the offer of free back-issues for the last seven years. More a van-load than an envelope :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Booster will be gutted he's missed that particular offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Get Mook to post it to a P-O box, or he'll have your address! and once he's got it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 He's already offered me a 1M and some squeezy mayonnaise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Fear what will drop through your letter box, and make sure the kid(s?) don't get there first, or they may be scarred for life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Car is wearing the freshly refurbed 16" forged CS wheels with Pilot Sport Cup tyres. They're £1000 a set, hopeless in the cold/wet and they don't make them in 16s anymore. Started looking around at some tyres to replace them and keep the Cups for trackdays, warm runs out. My friend Greg has a tyre place not far from Milo so swapping them over isn't a problem. Rears are 245/45/16 and choice is somewhat limited. An N-spec tyre is £130 from Camskill so it would be about £500 for a full set of new boots. The Turbo S runs 8" fronts and 9" rears (although turbos came with 8" & 8.5" rears too). I looked on eBay and the like for Boxster/Cayman 17" wheel + tyre sets as it really opens up the tyre choice and price. Unfortunately lots of these sets have 7" fronts and 8" rears,some are even smaller with 6/6.5 fronts - frustrating. My luck was in though as I found a set of 17" 996 Carrera 2 wheels and matching Bridgestone tyres on Gumtree locally. 8j fronts and 8.5j rears - in black gloss too. Tyres are all 6-7mm and he wanted £350 bargain!!! Popped up this morning to take a look, all in good condition with no kerbing but the black paint job wasn't powdercoated but a (very good admittedly) DIY job. After a bit of sucking air through teeth we settled on £290 and a cup of tea whilst he showed me the 25k mile 930 turbo that lived inside the garage with his Ducati. The Boxster lived outside in the snow. Given that the 944 is such a practical hatch I can fit the other wheels in the back for track use when necessary too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 17" 996 Carrera Superb price at 350 - you meanie for beating him down to 290! Normally I hate big wheels on cars, but 17s look pathetic on the 996, its GOT to be on those lovely smooth 18" Turbos! Quite possibly several 996 owners have upgraded which leaves bargain priced 17" sets around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Haha, he invited me to make an offer; I said £280 and he countered with £290 lol. If he'd said £350 or nowt I'd have still bought them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Fair enough! I hope he isn't reading this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Firstly, a non-update in that the car isn't back with me yet. I was told Monday/Tuesday then Thursday and now definitely Friday . . . or Saturday. The guy towing it back has a garage too and now the snow has cleared he's been swamped with work, grrr. At least my car is tucked up at the bodyshop still nice and safe. I finally managed to get the bridge spoiler pieces off after drilling out 3 of the screws and hacksawing/dremelling another 3/4. Less than a dozen bolts and screws took about 3 hours and a lot of patience. Pieces are now being prepped and painted gloss black ready for reassembly with new stainless bolts and then a hatch transplant. Collected my carbon fibre door cards from the Citylink depot though: But as seems to be the case at the moment, they're not right! I'm either missing something in that I need to remove an outer protective layer or else the lacquering and vac forming really has been done by a myopic child and is as bad as it looks! A phone call is going in to the supplier in the morning for more info and I hope I'm missing something but I fear not. Bloody cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yup, that looks shït. I suspect they'll be going back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Glad I paid on my MasterCard. I might drop them down to the composites place doing the parts for George's Atom and get a quote for them to make them. The fact that I may happen to have some bits for them to take a mould off would be recompense for my inconvenience I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 They do indeed look to be of very poor quality, you would expect the weave to be straight for a start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Been to see the people who're doing the carbon bits for George this morning as they're a work of art. They could make the door cards for a comparable cost but they'd be perfect. Only problem is it'd be another £100 per side for the moulds to be made. In order to be cost effective I'd really need a few other people to come in with me on a group buy otherwise nice to have becomes too expensive to have. In the meantime I may get the GRP cards instead - these would also be easier to take a mould from and also half the cost! It was also pointed out that the carbon cards I had weren't lacquered just resin so they'd go yellow when exposed to UV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Hello darkness my old friend: Battery completely flat, I couldn't even open the rear hatch. Clambered over to put the Ctek on and within 2 seconds the hatch opened. Re-routed the Ctek wiring through the hatch and popped the bonnet. Alarm went off Found the switch and remembered the code to turn it off and now left it sat charging up. It's very very dusty inside and every nook and cranny will need hoovering before I start putting the dash back. Also the captive bolts for the lights haven't been put back in the bumper after spraying it so ill have to remove it again unless I can get up behind it somehow. Project is back on, enthusiasm levels topped up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Is the purple buggy your 3rd car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Not sure it'll pass an MOT with masking tape holding the windscreen in. Or is that for easy removal when you next bend it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 That 1wd purple jeep gets driven hard too! Milo, see earlier; screen is in place until the new new one is ready to fit A complete sense of déjà vu as the dyed carpets come out now that I have a full set of proper black ones. While the car was away I had refurbed the light prisms on the gauge cluster and fitted some dodgy Chinese LED bulbs. The clusters are notoriously dim due to the light prisms degrading, but I'm very happy with how it's turned out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 How did you tow it home with no seats, steering wheel, power etc?! Winched it onto a flatbed?! In a straight line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 It did have a seat and steering wheel in it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Ahhhh that makes sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I love your attention to detail, the led revamp is a lovely touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks Chris. There are 3 (knackered old yellow) bulbs that illuminate the clusters. They go in the back and each bulb has a clear plastic prism underneath the cluster that directs the light out through a plastic bar at the bottom of the gauges. The prism has a silver coating on it to reflect the light but it breaks down as looks scuffed and scratched. It doesn't look too bad in the picture but when illuminated it was translucent: I cleaned the silvering off each prism with acetone free nail varnish remover until i was left with this: I then carefully folded tin foil around each prism and held it down with plenty of masking tape. Changed the crappy bulbs for some big long SMD LED ones and job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 The devil is in the detail. Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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