CaiosG60 PWR

Will do mate, just need to get some centre caps and clean it. :wink:

Its all sorted now. Wheels have been picked up and I have a different set from somewhere else fitted, which are mint. Ended up loosing a bit through fee’s but I'm happy its sorted and cant be arsed with a continuing argument about the fee’s now.

Thanks, Im happy its sorted. Your above advice was spot on. Also checked the offsets today and he'd lied about them too. Totally wrong for my car.

Well got my money back now minus £25 in fees. But bugger that now, just happy to have sorted it. Lesson learned, don’t buy wheels off eBay without seeing loads of pictures first. Obvious really but after years of no trouble I got too trusting. Shame there’s always one, eh!

You can put pretty high amounts through using your debit card if you have the balance to cover it. The bank may phone for confirmation though.

“I cannot refund the shipping cost of £100 as this is a separate item, When you purchased the wheels you paid for me to ship them to you which i have done. You are adding confusion to this by requesting that i refund you for shipping when it is clear i have been very fair with you. The wheels are considerably more valuable than what you purchased them for and although the value is irrelivant i do not consider your argument valid for condition... as they have NEVER been buckled or severly damaged. You seem to have the idea that i am trying to pull the wool over your eyes, if this where the case i simply would not have given you your money back! The wheels where not in as bad condition as you have made out, although when you declared to me you where unhappy, i did not for a moment hesitate to offer you your money back, does this action strike you as unfair? I think you need to review you buying style, you purchased these USED wheels from an auction, it clearly states they are used, did you expect new wheels and tyres? I am a fair ebay trader and would not intentionally mislead anyone! hence your refund. I also want this recorded as you have requested a full £700 refund? this strikes me as very strange considering i have refunded the £600 already for the wheels.. Why did you do this? I will not be refunding the £100 shipping cost as i believe your principals are wrong and you are acting in a non ethical manor.” What a fucking prick!!!

He's from N Ireland and looking at his eBay history a body builder so a big posse would probably be in order. lol Hopefully he'll see sense and/or the paypal dispute will work out.

I do still have them and £580 back but its not my style really to hold them for ransom. I hope it can be sorted without resulting to that. *EDIT even though it tempting.

A few reasons really Lippy. I have some 19" fitted with 30 profile tyres which aren’t helping the handling of the car really. Need 18" with 35 or 40 profile. The 19" I have are a little tired too. Lastly a couple of my tyres have had it and there no point in spending on new 19" rubber when there not really appropriate for the car. Ive tracked down some mint Spiders to pick up tomorrow but I could have got them last week if it wasnt for this wanker.

Im pissed! :( :x

To true but its the principle of it now. The adverts a blatant lie and the guys relisted them without much change. Although the changes he’s made show he knows he’s in the wrong. The next person who buys them will have the same problem. I just don’t see how it should cost him nothing but the eBay listing fee and cost me £120 and a lost week of TVR motoring! (Knackered tyres on my 19’s prevent me from driving it until new wheels and tyres sourced)

Sweet colour!

I definitely don’t! Thing is the wheels cost £600 and then £100 shipping. The guy told me he would refund me. I then said I would look after the wheels and he could get them picked up here by another buyer or courier. But when I checked my paypal account he had sent me a payment of £600, which paypal took £20 from. So Ive had £580 back and he’s refusing to refund the postage. Now thats not on is it? This is the first time Ive ever "been had" buying or selling over eBay. I think Id become to trusting. :roll:

Ive bought these wheels off eBay for my TVR which arrived a couple of days ago. This is the ad: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0103777494 Now have a look at the pictures and tell me if the ad is at all accurate? Are these wheels "All in very good condition with NO major scratches or bumps"? Also the ad says "Very good condition Eagle F1 tyres fitted", what I got was 3 Eagle F1s and a Toyo thats the wrong size. Only one of Eagle F1 is "very good".

Yeah I am actually, well trying. :lol: I had some race driving tuition in preparation for doing my ARDS test and my instructor told me to practice it on the road. Locked up the rears of an Exige dropping down a gear at the end of the hanger straight at Silverstone, must have been doing over 130mph++. 8) :lol: I can see why its an important technique to get right on the track. At the moment Im doing it mostly because it sounds so great in the Cerbera! Not really done much hard breaking or slowing down yet because my front discs where absolutely ragged!! Quite surprised how good the brakes are now Ive got some new discs, still feeling the limits of them but I think the going to be incredible. Have to agree there, the wet is stupid scary! 8) Even when the sun goes in and there some moister in the air, I swear its tractions effected by even that slight condition change. :lol: :wink:

Ive had my Cerbera a couple of months now. Starting to get a bit more used to the savage personality of the car! Still have to take it to a track to get a proper feel for the car though. I reckon a track day with tuition is essential for a new TVR owner. Even going in a straight line on the powers hairy! There just so fast and mental powerful its to dangerous to get anywhere near the limits on the road. Ive unfortunately had some big bills already, clutch, master cylinder, slave cylinder and front disks. So far Im putting it down to initial post purchase problems, well hopefully it be okay for a bit now. Another thing with the maintenance on them is that a slight squeak or funny feeling from the car is to scary to ignore. Any geometry problems or wobbles really show in a car that so tight and powerful. Have I said powerful, dangerous, fast and mental enough yet? By the way John at Brentacre sorted me out with a brilliant price on my insurance, even though its not a VAG.

Back on the road! :D

Defo, need a race on PGR3 too.

Personally I wouldn’t touch a Speed6 engine. Even the bloke that designed it (Al Melling) says that TVR messed up his design and produced an engine that will blow its head apart over and over again. Something to do with the cam alignment and the angle of the valves being wrong. The AJP8 (4.2 and 4.5) have a very good reputation, for a TVR engine. :lol: Some of the early 4.2 engines have a badly cast crank in them which have been known to snap. But this was sorted about mid 1998. Some 4.5 engines are now on 100K plus without ever having a rebuild. Yeah mate, been a busy Xbox360 weekend! Ben, get an Xbox360 mate!!! Started trying to fix it myself but gave up as it was impossible on axle stands and its been taken to a garage on a wagon. Big TVR style bill on the way......... :roll:

Clutch pedal pressure gone again! Slave cylinder seals gone, great. :cry: Gearbox off tomorrow. :roll:

I wouldnt put it past PhatVR6!

your cars only plastic anyway :lol: Done mine today, followed instructions spot on. Cold water in the second bucket makes quite a difference. Got a synthetic chamois too, forgot just how good it is to chamois after cleaning makes a HUGE difference. Not sure about the fibreglass thing, tar and rubber from the rear wheels definitely sticks to it like a bastard.

Wicked, ben16v told me about the mitt two buckets thing. Works a treat! Wheels first from now on! Thanks!

"Its on nooow!" :lol: There one on the 25th & 26th this month. Oswestry to Abersoch 25th, around Anglesey then back 26th.

Steering wheels are around £500 new judging by a receipt in my history. My rear demister button needs a tap for the light around it to come on. You got one of those? How did you indicators work? They work weird as standard on Cerberas.