MrBlonde's 172 cup

[MrBlonde]

1800!! Wow. Seems a lot . Could buy another cup for that lol

Tell me about it mate,im going to get a price from a couple of other places and see what they say.
Its not worth spending that much on car not worth a lot more than the price they gave me!.For just a little bit of paint bubble/rust no bigger than a biscuit.

 

[Mbeau]

I would have thought for not much more you could get a full respray?

 

[MrBlonde]

I would have thought for not much more you could get a full respray?

Yeah i think it is mate,going to get a price off a couple more bodyshops & see what they say.

 

[MrBlonde]

Not much to report really,just had a tinker day at Marks @Dr Jekyll work on Saturday & took a few photos of the day and progress on Marks RB,which is going to look amazing once done!.

 

[MrBlonde]

Went for a little drive today,just to explore the roads where im moving to & of course got a few photos of the Cup while its clean,great road from Haverhill to Great Bardfield if anyone wants a Weekend blast on some nice twisty back roads.

 

[MrBlonde]

Map of the route,nice pubs on route to and tea rooms for tea and cake!

 

[cliocollins]

Love the photos mate. Looks so clean!

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[MrBlonde]

Love the photos mate. Looks so clean!

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Thanks mate,its pretty clean.But its my daily so not perfect,just a good clean example i guess.Will have body work done once ive finished my move to the new place,ready for next summer!

 

[mossyv6]

That is lovely matey

 

[MrBlonde]

Finally got a set of Michelin PS3's Fitted today.Going for a drive tomorrow to bed them in,hopefully should be a big improvement over the yoko s-drives.

 

[182_steve]

Never had any issues with mine, great tyres!

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

You’ll have no issues. Great rubber.

 

[MrBlonde]

You’ll have no issues. Great rubber.

Seem good so far mate,not been in the wet tho yet.Will on the way home later tho,Be so much better for when i go to Scotland & Wales next year.Once moved going to do all the brakes again,may look into brembo calipers

 

[Jekyll]

But then you'll be undecided on colours again!!

 

[-Rob]

Michelins are great, better in the rain than the dry I found. PS3's are predominantly a rain tyre over performance. The ideal winter tyre I found.

Cup is looking very clean ??

 

[MrBlonde]

But then you'll be undecided on colours again!!

Haha Silver with standard but then if brembos hmmm not sure then.

Yes mate pretty good in the wet today even tho i was just driving normal.Would be nice to get the Yokos for summer,but then would need another set of Turinis or just swap them over on the Turinis i have now @-Rob

 

[-Rob]

Haha Silver with standard but then if brembos hmmm not sure then.

Yes mate pretty good in the wet today even tho i was just driving normal.Would be nice to get the Yokos for summer,but then would need another set of Turinis or just swap them over on the Turinis i have now @-Rob

Would make sense to find a cheap/decent set of Turinis and have a summer set.

 

[MrBlonde]

Yep but would also need or want to refurb them to.I think i will repaint mine next year when the weather gets better,@-Rob

 

[J9owy]

Looks perfect, so tidy.

 

[MrBlonde]

Looks perfect, so tidy.

Thanks mate,i try to keep on top of it

 

[-Simon]

Such a nice Cup mate. Turinis look so good in silver. Need to get them together at some point for some photos.

 

[Charles Gates Racing CGR]

Such a nice Cup mate. Turinis look so good in silver. Need to get them together at some point for some photos.

Looks awesome mate ?? Just sold my cup back to France! A guy flew from Paris for it!

 

[MrBlonde]

Such a nice Cup mate. Turinis look so good in silver. Need to get them together at some point for some photos.

Yep def mate,once ive moved in Jan & the cup has been in the bodyshop we can sort something soon.

 

[MrBlonde]

Just picked up a set of Goodridge Braided brake hoses thanks to @Mbeau & rears are brand new.Just need to get some TYP 200 fluid,hopefully this should be a good improvement upgrade over the original hoses.

 

[MrBlonde]

Next up on the Cup is to freshen up the xenon headlights.First time using a DA Polisher Thanks to @Dr Jekyll
There in pretty good shape at the moment but can do with a proper freshen up.One quick question what pads do people recommend please?.they dont need a full proper job just a decent buff.

 

[-Rob]

Pad wise I wouldn't go for anything too aggressive, probably a medium pad and a light polish then a softer pad to finish the headlights up. Some good updates to this, look forward to seeing the finished results on the lights.

 

[MrBlonde]

Pad wise I wouldn't go for anything too aggressive, probably a medium pad and a light polish then a softer pad to finish the headlights up. Some good updates to this, look forward to seeing the finished results on the lights.

Thanks mate,Cup is still on the back burner at the moment as in the process of moving soon & Christmas.But still buying thinking of things to do on it.Would you know what colour pads they would be?.been told so far from a detailer to use the 3M Green pad.

 

[MrBlonde]

New Cleaning kit to the collection!?

 

[MrBlonde]

So first go on the new toy!,pretty happy with it,shame the roads are still shitty.

 

[MrBlonde]

The Cups new Home.

 

[Chris_Beer]

What's the plan @MrBlonde ?

 

[MrBlonde]

What's the plan @MrBlonde ?

Not sure yet mate as all House House House at the mo,if i keep it i will get a pair of corbeau clubsports,take the back seats out (as getting a dog) then board/carpet the back,if thats what you meant on the plan?

 

[Chris_Beer]

Not sure yet mate as all House House House at the mo,if i keep it i will get a pair of corbeau clubsports,take the back seats out (as getting a dog) then board/carpet the back,if thats what you meant on the plan?

Yeah sounds good !

Wondered if it was coming off the road or something?

 

[MrBlonde]

Yeah sounds good !

Wondered if it was coming off the road or something?

No mate,just moved house and the photo is of its new parking place.

 

[Clio_fool]

If you sell it you're not invited to the Wales trip you're organising for us?

 

[Cookson]

Cups should have had the xenon projectors from the start. They look sooooo much better than the halogen crap.

 

[MrBlonde]

Cups should have had the xenon projectors from the start. They look sooooo much better than the halogen crap.

Yeah im not sure why they dont have them as standard,i just need to give them a buff soon to bring them up.

 

[MrBlonde]

Brake Upgrade Day!.

Good to clean up all the calipers while im at it to.Good job i did as one of the front slider pins was seized,prob from my error last time from maybe using copper grease.

 

[MrBlonde]

Managed to give the cup a decent clean today and while out,i spotted a cool spot for some photos by accident.Only 10mins up the road from where i have moved to,loads of cool locations around here for photos,need to explore.

 

[MrBlonde]

Ive not edited any of them,just loaded straight up.