First Post, First Car, First Project. What could go wrong eh? (mk2 1.2 16v)

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

fitted front plate would look good

 

[Loz H]

How d'you mean?

 

[Brad.shepp]

How d'you mean?

I think he means a 3/4 front plate.

 

[Loz H]

Mehh, not too fussed for that tbh. aren't they illegal anyway?

 

[Brad.shepp]

Mehh, not too fussed for that tbh. aren't they illegal anyway?

They're for "show use only" tbh I have one, and I think it really tidy's up the front nicely

 

[mylesfreeman]

Does anyone know if the airbags are the same on the 1*2 wheels as they are on the non-sports?

Exactly the same. It's a 10 minute job as well

 

[Loz H]

They're for "show use only" tbh I have one, and I think it really tidy's up the front nicely

Haha show use eh

Exactly the same. It's a 10 minute job as well

Sweet. Im in talks with snappy atm to get a retrimmed wheel so i don't think it matters anymore, the airbags aren't different shades of black are they?

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

I've pressed plates on mine, they're not overly goudy or anything, so i've not had any problems with the local constabulary. Granted, they're all too busy dealing with riots and other civil dissidence

 

[Loz H]

Haha that's a first! Coppers round here love pulling,people over...

Are your plates reflective?

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

Haha that's a first! Coppers round here love pulling,people over...

Are your plates reflective?

Reflective enough! they look very yellow, but under light they do shine. They're perfectly clear and in the right font. I ran them past my dad (ex-copper) and he said they didn't jump out as overly eye-catching to the police. There are many more plates that have illegal fonts or letter styling, so i should be alright. Be interesting to see if they pass MOT...

 

[Loz H]

Haha fair play, they look great imo!

Could always keep your old plates lying around for MOT time?

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

Haha fair play, they look great imo!

Could always keep your old plates lying around for MOT time?

Yeah i have the old ones in teh car still, along with my old spoiler haha. I was going to glue the new ones on, glad i didn't though. It'd be nice if here we had somewhere you could get it checked, like a pre-mot.

 

[Loz H]

Yeah I know what you mean, need someone who works for a garage or something who can give you the yey/ney before you book it in

 

[Loz H]

Little update, one shiny muthafucka:

Treated him to a nice wash after racking up some wet motorway miles. even broke the tyre shine out


Then this little beauty arrived in the post! Wont be long till its shipped off to snappy for a nice re-trim, gonna look shaweet!!

And thats all for now really now, back to GTA....

 

[danbillabong]

WOW car looks awsome dude mine looks a wreck now :/ a filthy wreck GTA has taken over my life

 

[Loz H]

WOW car looks awsome dude mine looks a wreck now :/ a filthy wreck GTA has taken over my life

Cheers dude!

Haha well breakout the shampoo then yeah same same, such a good game!

 

[nixonbradley]

Where did you get the steering wheel from mate? & oh days, how GTA has changed my life and made my lass hate me. haha

 

[Loz H]

Midge on here was selling one so i snapped it up

Yeah for sure, one of the best games i've played all year! got lucky though cuz the misses left for uni on the monday, picked the game up monday night

 

[joshhgee]

How much is your re-trim costing you, if u dont mind me asking

 

[Loz H]

£140 in total. £120 for the wheel, £20 postage & £45 wheel exchange. He refunds the £45 once you send him your old wheel

Currently 4 weeks till he can start mine though

 

[eg-iain]

Hi mate love the look of your car looks great! What size are your lenzo's btw?

 

[Loz H]

Cheers pal!

The lenso's are 15" bud

 

[eg-iain]

Cheers pal!

The lenso's are 15" bud

No worries im thinking of going down the same route but wasn't sure how the 15's would look but yours looks spot on. Mates told me to go for 16"s but its more money on tyres ovb

Anyway whats the next plans for it?

 

[Loz H]

Yeah was thinking 16" but prefered the 15"

Ermmmmm, not sure tbf. Im in the process of getting a retrimmed steering wheel but nothing apart from that

 

[KyleColtherd]

How did you remove the plastic trim round front bumper as a noticed it missing

 

[Loz H]

Pryed the first clip free with a screwdriver then pulled the rest off by hand

 

[eg-iain]

Yeah was thinking 16" but prefered the 15"

Ermmmmm, not sure tbf. Im in the process of getting a retrimmed steering wheel but nothing apart from that

Cool stuff steering wheel will look good man! Yeah i think i've made my mind up on the 15"s now haha

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

I wish I had your reserves of money man! Car is looking amazing as always!

 

[Loz H]

Cool stuff steering wheel will look good man! Yeah i think i've made my mind up on the 15"s now haha

Yeah cant wait sweeeet! when you gettin em?

I wish I had your reserves of money man! Car is looking amazing as always!

Haha 'reserves of money', i wish! I guess im lucky that ive got a decent job behind me that pays well, im still fairly skint :rasp: Cheers though man! nearly on par with yours now taking it to MCM meet this saturday so its gonna get a full wash and shine on friday. cant wait! first ever meet haha

 

[Loz H]

MCM meet was pretty good! Nice to meet afew of the lads off here

There was so many nice cars there, jealous much haha

 

[Loz H]

Been having some issues with condensation so I've got a new pollen filter on order, hoping it will sort it out!

Also, will be adding in a second bootlight soon as the i'm finding one just isn't enough for the amount of s**t in my boot.... damn winter nights

 

[alexr19]

I've been considering that. I think it's got the wiring already hasn't it?

 

[Loz H]

I dunno, i just know theres a blank bit of plastic mirrored onto the otherside where it will go, not sure if theres wiring there. but its only 2 cables anyway so easy job

 

[bennettxo]

car looks great! lovely non sport!

 

[Loz H]

Cheers bro!

 

[bennettxo]

Cheers bro!

no problem man! looking to lower mine but i need to phone my insurance up to see how much it'll cost:boring:

 

[Loz H]

no problem man! looking to lower mine but i need to phone my insurance up to see how much it'll cost:boring:

Yeah man for sure! love MK3's lowered, look proper agressive with spacers

 

[bennettxo]

Yeah man for sure! love MK3's lowered, look proper agressive with spacers

that what i want to do,lower get spacers. but being my first car and being 17 with no job im going to find it hard to fund. But thats if the insurance company dont raise my insurance a ridiculous amount!

 

[Loz H]

that what i want to do,lower get spacers. but being my first car and being 17 with no job im going to find it hard to fund. But thats if the insurance company dont raise my insurance a ridiculous amount!

Yeah its alot harder for younger drivers to do anything to their cars, hopefully youll get a job soon & insurance wont be too strict

 

[bennettxo]

Yeah its alot harder for younger drivers to do anything to their cars, hopefully youll get a job soon & insurance wont be too strict

yea hopefully! i need it lower though haha!