SR_Neale

When using the textured paint the more coats you put on the thicker it will get.

You can buy textured paint for any decent paint supply shop and fleabay. I would flat them down with 800 wet and dry then use the texture paint after a coat of plastic adhesions promoter. I wouldn't use any type of thinners or brake fluid as it will damage the plastic. I also have some early one in good condition if all else fails.

We bought the kids 2 cats last year and I haven't seen a bird since and we used to get a pair of robins that would use our garage to nest but not anymore.

Triming the bush for 4 days you must be very hairy down there.

I work with about 6 other fitters but you just get to know what makes do it which way. If not you have to work it out. There are no forums for that type of thing.

Not quite. When a car has an accident its my job to remove all MET (mechanical/electrical/trim) that needs to come off which could be as little as a headlight or in some cases the whole interior or all the exterior trim etc etc. Then the car moves onto the hairy arsed panel beaters they will bang out dents to replace new panels. Depending on type of body shop they will also do the filler work but some have prepers who will do the filler work,prime and flat work, then into a booth where the painter works their magic. Then its off for a flat and polish. Next up for a valet before coming back to me to bolt everything back on. Then back to happy customer.

ha ha ha good point m8

 

maybe i should rephrase to 'when there is less ice & rain' ;)

Ah the 15 day window.

thanks m8

 

seats....they will be being tackled once the warmer weather arrives, too bloody cold to be wrestling with then on a driveway

I do like it when the weather gets better you can get so much done over that 5 or 6 days lol.

time goes so fast when outside of work but then sloooooows down during work hours

 

i constantly run out of time on the weekends & juggling refurbing my house along with 2 rado's i could do with 6 months off work lol

 

hopefully you can get some testing done soon

 

new job, congratulations - a good one i hope :)

Back to playing with cars all day long as a strip fitter. Nice and close to home too so result all round.

Nice one on the mot. Hows the seats coming lol?

intermittent faults - you gotta hate them!

 

our rado's somehow fixing said intermittent faults however I do love! lol

 

typical that you had no noise on the last journey. i have always found my VR has a funny habit of something stopping working for a while & then just as i get round to having a look why it bloody works again!

 

latest example being - heated seat drivers side in the VR - ever since i have had it it has always had times when the relay would jib out & buzz like crazy. a few weeks ago i started hunting for a relay or a fix. discussed on this forum in a thread & wouldn't you know ever since the buzzing hasn't happened again. toasty bum in cold weather i will not moan at but who knows why it has started behaving

 

did you manage to find anything over the weekend m8?

I haven't had a chance yet. The in laws were round for mothers day so that meant tidy everything up. Also starting a new job next Monday so having to sort all that out as well. I need a 48 hour day and I still wouldn't have enough time. I may have found away of replicating it by pulling away on steap slopes.

you have a PM

thanks

Hello mate I replied to your pm. Just wanted to check you received it.

Tbh it was all starting to add up a bit cost wise. Can you not get a replacement for the wheel that's damaged? What make are they?

Will give the mounts a good check over tomorrow luckily it came with original mount so if it is that causing the problem I can get it sorted. I was worried that it might have been the gear box. fingers crossed for dodgy mount. cheers guys.

you gotta love this new fandangled technology eh

 

quite who's idea it was to put the send button so close to they keyboard I have no clue lol

 

if as you say the noise goes when coasting could it be engine mount maybe

 

I have heard someone mention whilst stationary get a friend to press the accelerator whilst you watch the engine under the hood for any movement

 

I think in the VR for example if the front engine mount is gone you can see the inlet mani lifting & lowering - which could possibly make a knock with each up & down

I will give that a go first as quite a simple test. I belive the previous owner had the front mount changed to solid one by jmr before I bought her. but worth having a look anyway. The problem i have is that it only makes noise on the move so very difficult to pinpoint problem when sitting on a ramp and it only happens every now and then. Took her out today and no noise what so ever. Strange.

lol which one?

 

the 1st or 2nd ;)

bloody new phone posted my reply before i had a chance to finish writing. the noise is only there when moving under load if i lift off the accelerator and coast at same speed the noise goes.

Does it happen if you rev the motor with it stationary? Or does it only happen, under load, when the car is actually moving?

Exactly that.

Unless you get the center bored out lol

Why not ask him for a pic with them on his polo I bet he ain't got any.

I always thought the polo bss's off a polo were split rims. They look mint so should be fairly easy to sell.

Probably best to ebay them and start again but 16's shouldn't need arch work. Have you spoken to the seller as they were mis advertised?

Are they 17s?

You may need some arch work doing but you wont know until you offer them up. Mine is on 17s and I've set it up to have a 2 1/2 finger gap to avoid rubbing but I'm guessing your set up is fixed. What I would do is jack the rear up on the rear beam and test fit with something behind the wheel to give the 20mm gap and as the car is jacked up by the rear beam the ride height should be close to how it will sit on the road. Also you will possibly need to check the centre bore size and factor that in when ordering the adapters.