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I notice mine is missing on the drivers side, back of the wheel is covered is grease which is a right biatch to get off! oh well, getting is sorted tomorrow :)
Here's a pic of mine....after a clean!!!
Amazingly tho, the grease hasn't made it thru to the front of the wheel and on to the...
Sh*t me thats low!
Although its not to my test, but at the end of the day, Your cash, Your car!
Opinions are like ar5e holes....everybodys got one! lol
Side pic's?? :)
Testing the water....How much will it cost to refurb all four wheels (172 mk2 alloys - quite badly kurbed in places thanks to the previous owner) and change the colour to matt black?
I've tried getting a quote from www.lab-tab.co.uk but they haven't got back to me. :mad: Can anyone recommend...
Good pic's Lee, annoyed i couldn't make this one! uni exams on the way and spent all day revising!! :(
Seems like you all had a good day, glad the weather was half decent for ya.
Had that light come on, on my old 16v dynam, turned out to be the spark plugs in the end. :S It also threw the car into safe mode, i.e can't go over 2krpm.
Cos the lights on, doesn't it mean that the ecu has registered a fault and the only way to clear is to take it to a garage and diagnostics...
Great pics there Rich, seems like a good day! Shame on the silver 172, gives us all a bad name imo. lol at the Merc tho, thats what ya call body roll! :)
Spot on guys, just checked the passenger side and theres a massive clip. I'll be sorting that out ASAP then. :)
Vinny, yeah i'm surprised it never made thru the front :S
Cheers for the advice guys, managed to get a low enough jack :)
Anyway heres some pics!
And the finished article!
Applied with a tiny winy brush :)
Doesn't do it justice there, cameras not that good on close ups.
Car just needs a fecking good clean now, but run out of time...lol
Whilst in the process of painting my calipers, i thought it would be a good idea to clean the arches and wheel inners, as they haven't been cleaned in the cars 4.5yrs of motoring. First removed drivers side wheel to find this on the back :S
The wheel caked in a really heavy grease/oil...
I live in a one-bed ground floor flat, my baby is parked a foot from my bedroom window on the drive :)
I'm not sad or anything, honest!
Moving (hopefully) in a couple months, new house comes with a drive, which is a bonus! :D
Going to have a bash a painting my brake calipers to day, obivously going to need to jack the car up, wheres the best place to jack it up, has anyone got any pics of jacking points front and rear? Also can anyone recommend a low jack, since the clios on apex springs.
Ta,
Dan
:)