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Sucks about the wheel man, I know how you feel. I've scraped 3 out of 4 of my Monos, all within a week, 2 different incidenses. Not pleased to say the least!

Liking the updates.

Cheers mate, yeah i'm really gutted I spend the whole time parking a mile from the kerb so I'm amazed I did it really! At least they are one piece I guess!

i hate kerbing wheels did it once on the GTI wheels but managed to level it out.

Yeah I wish I had the knowhow and patience lol, ended up resorting to a bodyshop:



Havent updated in a while, i've been busy dealing with little niggles/fixes that have bugged me since I bought it e.g.
- replaced light dimmer switch,
- painting back boxes which were peeling,
- sanding/priming and yet to paint stone chips,
- peeling engine bay foils which arent fitted quite yet
- a roof leak which took a bit of detective work,
- and tatty rubber seals for the aerial replaced with nice new ones

I also drove all the way to birmingham burning £60 just in fuel to pick up some genuine AC Schnitzer hoops (rare as fooook)...dont ask me how much they cost me though!



Here they are against the old ebay versions:









The quality difference is immense, they were a £1k+ mod new afterall!

and not so exciting but some stone protectors:

Looking good dude. Can't believe they cost 1k new. Did you get them for a decent price?

The stone protectors don't looks so great, but they serve a purpose! Much like my Hannibal Lecter-esque full frontal bra

Yeah I do agree but my arches have got a battering, they seem to magnetise crap!! You got any pics of the bra?? cant be worse than alex's pink one only joking mate haha

I got them for a reasonable price, lets put it this way they will sell for more so its worthwhile

Haha, yeh check it out:


Makes my car look like a retard, but I'm not paying for the front end to be sprayed for the third time, due to long motorway journeys!

haha it really does look like it has downed syndrome!! does a job though like you said

shantybeater wrote:cant be worse than alex's pink one only joking mate haha

its not pink lol

shantybeater wrote:haha it really does look like it has downed syndrome!! does a job though like you said

Yep, I get so many weird looks when maxing relaxing down the M5

lol know what you mean tim. its a price worth paying!

I got another bloody stone chip on the way to the MOT earlier...bloody joke!

picking up my new shoes on friday

Intense!

What's the spec?

In james own words

19's custom 3 piece only 8.5's at the mo but the backs will be going 12"ish, i'm just hoping 19's arent a bit too big

alexperkins wrote:In james own words

19's custom 3 piece only 8.5's at the mo but the backs will be going 12"ish, i'm just hoping 19's arent a bit too big

I don't quite know how to react to 12s on rear, in a good way