BigTartanJudge

You can get adapters made to be as low as 12 mm thick. Or 15 mm or 20mm. Offsets will therefore be et 26 / et 23 / et 18 respectively. Yes the et 23 / et 18 wil lstick out past the arches but they fill fit and there won't be fitment problems. As have said in the past numerous times, I ran et 15 Borbet B's before on my last rado and they were fine. Yes maybe never handled as well as the PERFECT OEM rado offset of et 35-38 but I would have said et 26 was a good compromise. It's all up to the individual fitting the wheels really at the end of the day, Cheers

IMO, personally I wouldn't use a paint-stripper gun, as they tend to put out a bit too hot temp (from 500-800 deg cent. !!), which potentially can damage / crack the glass.

Helped a mate do it, he runs a tinting business. He uses a wallpaperstripper, NOT the industrial-spec ones, they will damage the glass. A cheap £15 one from machine-mart will be fine and some soapy water. Use a PLASTIC ice-scraper and don't use it too hard against the glass to avoid scratches. Cheers and HTH

Ex-Honda owner here BTW, so know a bit about this. It will depend on what year the Prelude is mate and if they are standard OEM Prelude wheels. If aftermarket wheels offset could be different. Prelude up to 1991 was 4x100PCD, offset et35-38mm (spot on for rado) but centre-bore is 56mm, so they would fit if you had the centre-bore machined by 1.1mm (not difficult, machine-shops will do it for £30-£50 for set of 4 wheels). From 1992 onwards the stud-pattern became 4x114.3PCD, offset et38 (still ok) but centre-bore was 64mm (would need spigot rings (bout £15 for set of 4). Now 4x114.3 PCD WILL be ok but you would need custom adapters made (not available off-the-shelf) to change the stud-pattern to 4x100PCD (about £120-£150 for a set). Cheers and HTH

Thanks scarlett, Oh yeah, and it's my birthday tomorrow as well, what a lovely present all this s***e has turned out to be.......

I have come to the conclusion I am / my car is surrounded by clowns.........and I am destined never to get my rado finished or have any good luck with it ever again. Went up to the bodyshop to have a chat with them and replace a few bits (blanking plate on charger till new twin-inlets arrive, new parcel-shelf supports with 6x4 MB Quarts - the old ones were broken by the force of the impact and strangely had no OEM Nokia speakers in them when I removed them, total fiddly pain of a job BTW, and put in front leather doorcards, rear ones need repaired as glue lost it's properties, and leather all coming loose round edges - that's tonight's job after the dishes). BTW I had to replace the parcel-shelf supports at my own cost / outta my pocket because the bodyshop didn't inspect car and notice they were damaged.........just like the fact that the active spoiler no longer works now either automatically or via the switch, hopefully this just a connection or fuse though, otherwise more expense for me as bodyshop never included it in their estimate......... THEN, on removing the car cover the bodyshop had covered it with, I noticed a heap of scratches all over the bonnet (obviously been grit or dirt under cover and wind been blowing it accross the surface - lovely nice scratches), so they are going to have to respray that as well, at their cost THEN i open the boot to find the rear corners of the boot-floor where the new rear-panel has been fitted are full of water, because they bloody haven't replaced the rear window seal or the tail-lights ! So much standing water in fact, that they are going to have to cut-out panel again through welds, weld-it back in, prep, seal and paint it again, due to rust visible along the welds through the sealer............!!!!!!!!!! Then I ask then BTW where is my parcel-shelf, oh they said was it in car when you dropped it off ? Uh, yes now find it ! Sorry, we don't know where it is......can't remember seeing it !!!! It took me AGES to find an immaculate un-cut black parcel-shelf as well ! So going to have find and pay for another one outta my pocket as well !! I ask you...I have had just about enough of this now..............grrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!

Powerflex or similar bushes, new VR6 top-mounts, ARB's front and rear, front and rear strut braces, that should be about it seeing as you already have coilovers.

Yup, to date cost to his insurers for my hire-car is £4188.20..........and I've done nearly 2000 miles in it !

Hmmmmn, things going from bad to worse at moment. Have found a source for a new genuine VAG late rear bumper that will fit my rado, however there are not that many left. Told the bodyshop about this 4 weeks ago and expected them to go ahead and order it, then paint and fit it, no issues. I went in last week to find the that proprietor had been off on holiday for three weeks and hadn't bothered to order it before he went away.........Then he called me yesterday to say they weren't willing to purchase it, because: A) They don't have an account with this supplier B) The supplier is not on their "approved dealer network" C) They won't order because the part has to be couriered up from England and may be "damaged in transit" My response: 1) Your an insurance-approved bodyshop, get an account with them, it's not hard, you'll even save money 2) The supplier ONLY supplies GENUINE VAG OEM parts, direct from VW, so what's the difference ? 3) If the rear bumper was coming from VW UK (if they bloody had one...), it would be coming from Milton-Keynes, so would be at as much risk of getting damaged in transit then as would be in this case. If the bumper was damaged by the courier in transit, thy can claim of standard RHA insurance for the cost of the part I'm so pissed off, I'm bloody paying through the nose for insurance as it is, so in the event of a potential claim, such as has occured I get my rado repaired with BRAND-NEW GENUINE OEM parts. I don't want any second-hand parts used to repair my rado, where would be the point in that ?? The bodyshop is still going to get the full £500 from the insurers for a new genuine part whether they use new / second-hand bumper, so why should they profit and I lose out ? I'm already having to pay my £450 XS before I get my car back and then wait potentially up to 1 year to claim it back.....I simply don't have another spare £450 to shell out to purchase a part which is the LAST PART required to finish repairing my car which is available to the bodyshop for £40 CHEAPER than VAG were charging for it when they idiotically took the original parts order and then turned round 8 weeks later and told us it was obsolete. Have totally lost the plot yesterday / today with the bodyshop and my insurance company, I have told the insurers to get onto the bodyshop and insist them to buy the part quick-smart and finish the repairs to my rado they are being PAID AND INSTRUCTED to do. Really annoyed at the moment, and car now been in bodyshop for just under 3 months......... Oh yeah, and the total loser that crashed into my rado STILL is denying liability / being involved in the accident, FFS the police have his DNA matched to blood from the road and inside his car as well as an eye-witness (me) and a positive ID (by me from the gimps mug-shot)..........How can he possibly still deny liability ?? arrrrrgggggggghhh............!

Hertz is a car-rental company it's HIC, previously know as Herts Insurance Consultants.......see martinb above

It's Falken BTW and they are OK but not great, just a budget tyre, not remould tho.

Take it you mean Herts Insurance Consultants (HIC) and Corrado 2.9 VR6 ? Does seem odd quotes tho.....

Hmmmn, surely that pic not really work-safe ??

My mate recently bought an M plate burgundy 2 owner Audi A6 Avant 2.8V6 Auto with 85000 miles on it..........for £300. Needed 2 front wings, front indicator and front bumper all bought for £150, total cost £450. Effortless cruiser and load-lugger for a bargain price !

Agreed vdubjb, all those makes above are really only the brands I would consider, as well as DLS and Audiobahn.

If it's to remove paint then just use Nitromors or B&Q's own paint-stripper, bumper will be fine. Bumper will still need to be sanded down with the grades though after once stripper done it's work and residue cleaned off etc. to provide good surface / key.

The rear window is not bonded in, just uses normal seals. Bodyshop had to remove my seals to get the glass out when doing latest work and went back in no bother using same seals.

Autonational Rescue, underwritten by Lloyd's Equity Red Star, best recovery company I have ever used, over AA, RAC and Greenflag. Very understanding about lowered car issues / providing extending bed truck etc. total superservice, anywhere in UK, roadside, home, onward destination, courtesy car, free accomodation etc, never had to wait more than 45 minutes for attendance at roadside etc. £60 per year, job done.

Looking really good mike, just think the centre nut bits would have looked better left silver (just to break-up the colour-codedness of the centres and to contrast with the badges), or painted chrome effect like on the e36 328I sport wheels, think they came as chrome-effect standard ? Anyways, looking mint and yup, bring her down a bit ! ;-)

I should never have sold those Borbets..........:-( Looks good mate, nice one.

Why don't you / when are you going to give-up and buy a newer car ?............

Those Borbet's would look pants on a C IMO. Defo go for the G60 BBS rims, always a winner especially when rado is well-lowered sitting on them !

The standard In-Pro Angel-Eyes are also projector headlights, and agreed these new In-Pro's are way over-priced, when all you have to do is black-tint the background and tint the projector lens to get the same results. They cost 329 euro's plus 60 euro's shipping to UK which is 389 euro's = £263 !! Buy yourself set of normal angel eyes for £180-£200 and a tin of tint spray and black paint = same as these new lights and save yourself £70+......... Oh and new VAG headlights are £85 each AFAIK so cheaper even than angel-eyes. Cheers

They look like Borbet C's off a Vauxhall Vectra IIRC ?

_Monkey, I'm not sure they made the G60 back then pal, think VW started production in 1989 tho ? ;-) But seriously, nice pistons at a good price !