seanl82

Ummmm, its in Ohio mate. Would cost just as much to ship it! (Slight exaggeration but you get my point.)

Thanks for your efforts in running with this Pete, and big thanks go to the other Peter for his efforts and time manufacturing this. I'd be very interested if a separate backbox was available. Like I said in earlier posts, most owners have passed the stage of wanting upswept letterbox style backboxes, or big cherry bombs nowadays! (Cant say I was EVER interested in either), and therefore as we are all of a slightly more "mature" nature, originality seems to be the thing most want. As a lot of the old standard exhaust systems have already been replaced with S/S items, a backbox replacement would be more desirable than having to fork out for an entire system, so imo would sell very well indeed. :thumbleft:

There lies the issue. If its succumbed to the dreaded tin-worm, its gonna cost a LOT of money to put right. Everything else is just consumable items like filters, fluids, disks and pads etc. These are all easy to sort and replace and although stack up, won't be anywhere near as much as cutting out old metal, welding in new, and repainting.

Oh dear, picking up a set of 17" RX228s on Saturday. The Damping has been set pretty Stiff on my Coilovers and its not a great ride on 15s, so this should be............interesting.

Its a shame your thinking of selling up mate, is the blower included in the sale???:twisted:

Swap the red with the yellow iirc Pete. One is permanent live, one is ignition.

I had a similar experience after fitting new discs and pads on the rear. Scuffing sound when braking, but nothing when off the brakes. Turned out it was a brand new warped disc. It was quite obvious when I found it, the friction disc where it joins the hub right in the corner had split over about half the disc. If you put your head as flat against the wheel arch and rotate the disc, use a point of reference and see if its obviously warped.

Interested in B pillars if your selling them separately?

I've just taken mine off, and I find that the swage line a bit further up actually hits far more often than the rubbing strip tbh. I can't help with what to use, but don't use any other adhesive, or sealant as the chopper who owned the car before me did. I've had to scrape it off and taken even more paint with it. Luckily I'm having a respray over winter so its not a massive issue for me, but you may see yourself or others off further down the line if you don't do it properly.

Lots of very good temporary or semi permanent trim dressings on the market. The best (and most expensive) are G-Technic C4, and Carpro Dlux which will last well over a year of daily use. Auto Finesse Revive, Einzett Gummi Pflege is excellent on rubber seals too, and I use Carpro Perl. I use Perl because its highly diluteable so can be used on exterior, interior, tyres, engine bay, etc etc to whichever effect you want to achieve from high gloss to satin finishes for interior. Its a great price and it goes a long way when you dilute it. You can also use a hot air gun to restore it back to original, although sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just be very careful about how long you keep it concentrated on one area as it'll lift your paintwork! Boiled Linseed oil and Peanut butter work, but are very messy and very often streak with rain water. IIRC, the centre cap badges are 55 mm mate.

Welcome! Looks a nice clean example, congrats on your purchase!

All in your bedroom with the various set of wheels you have there too! What you need to do is put the four wheels on the corners of your bed, sit up with your steering wheel and make brum brum noises! :awesome:

Love the Number Plate, I really need one now! Both sets of your seats are fantastic mate, not sure which I'd prefer to be honest. The Recaros are, well.... Recaros, and retain some originality, yet the R32 seats look amazing and are finished really well. I'm not big on aftermarket steering wheels though tbh, although again this looks like a nice addition and will sit well with the Recaros mate.

Thats an excellent example there! Personally I think its going a bit too far and not really my cuppa with regard to the interior retrim but gotta hand it to him, he's done things properly.

Apparently its because more car thefts are now committed after house break ins, so the thieves know which car is yours automatically if its parked on the drive! Just a case of pressing a button if they're not sure nowadays though! :shrug:

Its fine Rob, I've not reached the age to try and hide it yet! I'm 31 mate, but I've only been driving 6 years. I had to attend a driver awareness course, and have 3 points, both for speeding! :bonk: Its a 4k limited policy, but I've no agreed value. I'm insured with ClassicLine btw which were around half the price of any other classic policy I found. My car is parked on the drive, in a relatively good postcode I think.

Yeah I pay £235 with 4k, but I don't have R32 goodness mate......:(

There are short term policies available, but if you were to do that 10 times, it would work out more expensive in the long run than to just insure it on an annual classic policy with very limited mileage to bring it right down. 2k miles on a classic policy could be had for less than £200 PA I reckon.

The handbrake will sit over to the drivers side slightly due to usage. Over time with it being pulled up, it naturally gets pulled to the side slightly as well. You may be able to push it a bit to centralise it, but be careful as it will weaken the spot welds on the base plate.

Pagid discs and pads less than £60 to your door from CP4L mate.

Almost bought a nugget valver as my first, but when I went to look at it, it had been really poorly blown over and was sat rotting in a farm courtyard. The advertising pics were obviously from a couple of years previous, and it was a very nice example. It was owned by a forum member up in Scotland before they sold it to the guy advertising. Shows the importance of up to date pictures when looking for one.

Man up and pull harder! :lol: Its a bit of a nightmare getting it off tbh. Release the tab then give it a wiggle whilst pulling. It'll come off eventually, but perseverance is required. Its the only way to do it without breaking the cover trim off, which the chump who owned my car before me decided would be easier.

Alot of the quoted prices which are being posted are showing as £20 ??? Is anyone else finding this?

Just took it off and as its quite small with just two screws, Royal Mail 2nd class plus the packet, call it £3 mate.

Very kind words James, thankyou. :thumbleft: Its pointless going to waste if people want things. I have been looking on ebay for a few months now for an interior relatively local to shamelessly butcher and salvage my leather though! In any event, there have been ones too far away that have not sold at 99p start price! Its a crying shame, but obviously it would cost too much to courier an entire cloth interior thats isn't worth alot, so at least by stripping it down anyone who needs something specific like me can get hold of it.