__Andy__

ha, it is but got most of the ag stuff silly cheap from a company closing down so thought i may aswell stock up while i had the chance. plus i can get pretty much the full ag range at cost price through work. good times :D ...

more pics plus a cheeky one of my almost complete cleaning kit....

well ive been a bit busy of late, since the last update the front end has been painted again as the bonnet microblistered and i got a heaving stonechip on the o/s wing this is all now sorted. the car will be going in soon to have the rest of it painted as shiny new alpine white paint doesnt quite match 17 year old oxidised alpine white paint. would love to of kept the car in its original paint as its so straight and tidy but it only needs a quick blowover to freshen it up so this will be done v soon, im umming and arring about putting my audi handled doors on at the same time but i really like the look of the original/rear passat handles so i may just stay with those instead, decisions decisions. im currently building a set of wheels which i picked up recently, however they wont be going on the car till summer next year. :) so here's what ive been up to recently, all the grey trim is pretty much been removed from the car, ive been thinking about this since i bought the car back in january. the only reason i didnt do this sooner is because i got the grey leather recaro's in feb, i got round to putting them in maybe 2 months ago and soon decided that the grey wasnt going to cut it. the recaros are now gone and have made the effort to change all trim over to black, i just have the dashboard and front cards left to do. there are some rather special seats going in but no pics yet. changing it all to black has made a huge difference to the car and other then the moonroof it is the best change ive done to date. heres some pics, trim and carpets being removed, carpets cleaned with my mums wetvac hoover aka 'lethal bissel'.bootwell and all internals cleaned/polished and waxed. even found an old 50p under the carpet which was deffinately weighing the car down :lol: . i can honestly say that 'lethal bissel' (wetvac hoover) is simply awesome at cleaning carpets and upholstrey, my carpets were in good condition when i put them in the garage a year ago and they came out looking a bit manky but the bissel has made them look new again, along with the mats and the boot carpets. the hoover was circa £250 but it honestly is worth the money if you need to get carpets etc clean. other developments, the nuovolla has now gone to a new home. was sad to see it go after 3 years of hard work but it is being used for something special and who knows maybe some of you in the future will have some parts that were made using the nuovolla as a plug/mould 8) im slowly getting round to clearing out all the parts that came off it but theres still so much to put up for sale so watch this space! the bordeaux is now sporting some sebrings and tbh is looking good as a factory standard valver, still havent cleaned it or taken a spanner to it yet but hopefully the work will start soon, anyway enough rambling. pics:

good to meet you again today karl, shocking about the hassle with stealth but i hope its all resolved very soon. cheers again for the seats, they in already and my word has it made a difference to the car. :) look forward to seeing the when its up and running again, cheers, Andy

looks good, paint looks fresh.. would want to know why its got an early front bumper and the reason for the early fogs... just be sure to see a good service history..

mine is on standard shocks iirc, although it may be on lowering springs, does look tidy though.. will get the pics asap.

ill get some pics of my bordeaux on sebrings, its completely original bar the exhaust. its a 91 early valver in bordeaux, so going by walesy am i wrong in thinking its bordeaux? and maybe another colour?

looks a belter already michael, look forward to seeing what happens with this..

i meant valeo, oops..

get a hella one from gsf :D , and stop using euro's, lol not that im biased.

congrats on the baby michael, hope all is well your end...

also replied to your post on e38, if you want to replace the header tank then here you go: get yourself down to your local stealership and get the following: mk4 header tank, part no: 1j0 121 403 b tank plug: 1j0 973 202 tank cap: 3b0 121 321 all for a princely sum of no more then £22 iirc.

let it cool down and have a look under the oil filler cap, if its all gunked up with a brown mayonnaise like residue then youve got water mixing with your oil... which means head gasket failure! (bad times) on the good side, it can be fixed, just depends how much you want to spend... i hope its not a head gasket and purely an airlock.

no probs ill look into it dude, no worries on calling me back, still waiting on pics of this storm. and apologies again for disturbing you in france..

sounds good tom, you'll have to have a drive down and show me this... plus can sort you out a great price on some ebc pads :D

abt sportline's, 17'' 5x100 7.5j et38.. perfect! also a brand spanking new set for sale on this very forum lol :D

collinite 915 gets my vote, i applied 2 coats of back in february and the car is still beading nicely. 2-3 coats in winter will be more then suffcient, elite do a kit which includes some microfibres and the wax for circa £25//

agreed, im just hoping its come up lighter in the pictures... phone call has been made, await response lol. i must be mad

strawberry%20Milk_Shakes.jpg[/attachment:2uayu8vo] Do it! lol, that made me chuckle, id deff be up for it, its just a shame its more pink then red :?

hmmm, doesnt go well with the yellow, but i reckon some of if not most of that interior wouldnt look to bad in my alpine, what you reckon guys??

glad to see this getting underway stu.. look forward to the progress..

youve been a busy man tom, top work hats off for the effort. has changed a lot since the last time i saw it all of 6 weeks or so ago. will have to pop up soon

well finally managed to get the non-sunroof shell stripped and ready for collection only for the buyer to pull out, bad times but i geuss it was more work for him then he originally thought. however there is another buyer and as long as the sale comes through then it will be used for something special 8) . good times: oil pump,windage tray, oil switches and oil change have all been done on the alpine now and my word has it made a difference, the engine was very noisy and tappety before because of the lack of oil being pumped around the cylinder head but now its so quiet. there will hopefully be some more big jobs taking place this month but not saying anything untill its all done :D as soon as the shell has gone then bordeaux will come home and ill get it up and running to be used as a daily beater, i sold the nasty alloys from it, put some sebrings on and put the grill back to standard. the plan has and will always be to keep this as a standard tidy daily valver however ive become more addicted to the sound of a vr thanks to chris, so maybe in the not too distant future the bordeaux will make way for a vr, we shall see!

hi pete, good to meet you to and thanks for the kind words on the alpine, your vr looked very tidy a real shame about the scrots that keyed it. i hope the guys can sort you out with a good quote on getting that sorted. no probs on the battery, any other bits you need just let me know and i can sort them out for you at very good prices :clap:

i should be able to get you some tom, and if i can then they will be cheap too! give me a shout.