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I've slept on the idea of a self refurb, i've come to the conclusion that it'll probably cost me close to £20quid a wheel in supplies, and seeing as City Powder Coating in Birmingham charge £20quid a wheel, it's probably best I let them do it. After looking closely at the wheels, they're not as...

Nice one mate that's really good of you, I might take you up on that. Tbh it might just be better to get them coated in Brum, i'm just not sure if the lips are damaged too much to do anything with. That's the conclusion i'm starting to come to.

That was what I was thinking do one at a time using the spare, it's just that i'm a bit worried about the cost of materials in relation to city powder coating in Birmingham. If I'm spending near £50quid on paint etc, then it might be worth just saving £80quid and taking them for coating, i'd...

No unfortunately I don't have any spare wheels. :dapprove: A dog walking mate has a set of cheap aftermarket wheels he had fitted to a Renault 19 16V, pretty sure they're 15s but I can't remember exactly what size they are or whether they'll fit, or even if they have road worthy tyres.

Haha, boredom's what's up with me, I spend most of the week taking photos of morons, so the car's something to do so I don't go mad. Plus i'm about to spray the rear diamond, which is the last badge to be 'anthracited' (Rover stone grey) and I know once they're all done, i'll want to do...

Wow, there's some proper hard work gone into those Rob, they look amazing! I think the best thing to do is take some photos of them tomorrow so you can all see what state they're in, the raised lips the standard 172s have are quite bad on mine, so some repair work needs to be done and I could...

Ok then, I might not be there bang on 9, dog walking and all that, but i'll aim to be there no later than 11. It won't bother me if I miss out on free food and drink, I just don't want to dick them about by being too late.

Fair enough mate, i'll show up whenever's best tbh, I don't want to miss out on Bacon butties. If you'd rather we were all there for 9, then that's when i'll show up. (What's the latest I can show up and still get a bacon buttie?) ;)

So what's the deal with this Don, do we all have to show up at Dawns crack so they can compile a running order, or can I show up around 11/12 like the lazy f*cker I am?

Right then, looks like i've got some research to do. I know they're not going to look perfect, or as good as a full refurb and powder coating, but tbh i'd just settle for them looking better than they are now. If I start on the spare then I can get all the f*ck ups out the way before I tackle...

What I want is Rover Stone Grey alloys to match my badges and bullets, how much would I have to sand them, untill the coating's gone, or just so the primer has a rough surface to cling to?

Now bare with me on this. My standard 172 alloys are curbed and dented to f*ck and would need a full refurb to make them look even half decent, which I just simply can't afford seeing as the belts are due this year, amongst other things. I know I might have to get the old flame suit out for...

If it's pissing it down and the auto wipers aren't clearing it away......then they're working perfectly. ;)

There's a Clio with an Audi TT engine knocking about on here somewhere.

My anthra' badges look fecking awesome! :cool: Not bad considering I had no clue what I was doing. :D

Nope f*ck 'em, carry on as you are mate. :approve: Getting annoyed about any forum is just mental, thery're a mirror for society they're full of all types of people good and bad, just like life. I think sometimes people forget that computers have an off switch.

Weren't you blamed for ruining the forum a couple of months ago Gally?

Now you know why the Skoda spitter's so popular, £12 > £120. Renault take the piss charging that much for a piece of plastic that'll snap the first time a stone hits it.

I'm not sure the paint would stay on a Skoda splitter very long, they're more like rubber than plastic. When you came to screw the thing in all the lacquer would crack and fall off because you have to bend it alot to screw it into place. That and the fact that it's floppy and bendy to begin...

Buy a cup splitter from Renault for £120quid. Then go to Halfords and get some rattle cans, plastic primer, your cars paint and lacquer (clear coat). It's not hard to do, i've just painted my bullets and badges with zero knowledge of what I was doing.

Figured out if I blip the throttle before turning the engine off. the bizarre morning start up problem goes away, don't know why but it seems to be working so far. :S

Mines been doing this for a couple of weeks now, I took it to a Renaut specialists but they coudn't find anything wrong on diognostics, they checked battery earth, starter motor, crank sensor, engine fuses, relays, but they're all fine. I'm leaving it with them over night this week because it...

It was an alright pub tbh, it's certainly big enough to allow everyone to sit together, even if the meets get bigger & start to grow in popularity. If we could have the meets on the second Monday of each month then we'll miss Tuesday & Thursday quiz night, and we won't have to put up with...

That's some noise it makes, it'll do for me. :approve:

I'm looking forward to seeing it tbh, plus I might be able to persuade you to do the whole car that colour. :approve:

Took my bullets off and sprayed them Rover stone grey, only the rear diamond to go then all the badges will have been sprayed 'anthrasite'.

Do you have two of them? I need one in Iceburg Silver aswell, I was going to ring today but forgot it's a bank holiday.

Well if there's only 6 of us, at least we can all get £5quid dinners at 2 for £10. :D

What happens when it gets all scuffed up and you need a new one? Pot rivets aren't easy to remove iirc.

Hello Olivia, there's a fair few members in Warwickshie/West Mids, i'm in Coventry. Get yourself in the West Mids section and join up, you'll get regular messages about upcoming events and meets. There's a regular meet happening every month starting tomorrow, check the calender for the next...