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Not another one (EK9 content)
- Thread starter Turkish
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Some p**n for you Gally.
Replaced the front ant rear "H" badges (complete pig of a job as they really didn't want to come off) Japanese badge tape clearly superior to the German and French stuff I've dealt with in the past. I didn't bother taking pictures of the rear but it was in the same shape as the front so really letting the car down.
Here's a before, pink/faded badge and plenty of built up s**t and stained paintwork around the edge built up over its 12 year life.
After, deep red and all the paint around the badge nice and clean again.
A bit of a comparison of the new and old.
Replaced the front ant rear "H" badges (complete pig of a job as they really didn't want to come off) Japanese badge tape clearly superior to the German and French stuff I've dealt with in the past. I didn't bother taking pictures of the rear but it was in the same shape as the front so really letting the car down.
Here's a before, pink/faded badge and plenty of built up s**t and stained paintwork around the edge built up over its 12 year life.
After, deep red and all the paint around the badge nice and clean again.
A bit of a comparison of the new and old.
Vast improvement.
I'll grab a few. The back badge is in poor nick and the front one came with the new front grille.
Looking forward to seeing it freshened up.
Hope to see more pics with the new stickers et al. Any smaller bits to go on?
No more bits to go on at the moment, my Mac needs retiring and the 27" i7 that'll be replacing it will wipe me out for a while so unfortunately aside from a service and detail it'll be a while before much work happens on it. I'm pretty set on tucking it away for the winter too so will have to find myself a £200 ish s**tter to run while it's hidden in the garage.
Good man! I feel mine being garaged over the winter this year. We had some serious weather up here last winter.
The car has been in Reading ans Sussex since it left the factory so it got a wake up call last winter!
Mine's never seen a British road in the winter so no associated salt/grit damage on either the underside or running gear. Can't bring myself to subject it to it regardless of whether I underseal it or not as lets face it it's not just the bodywork that ends up in a state running through winter.
This car is awesome in the flesh 
Far better. Not sure how long it'll be until the Rotards invade your thread.
Fresh set of plates always help a cars looks no end IMO, mine are new anyway as the car used to be on a cherished plate prior to me buying it. I've got some pressed Japanese plates to throw on so depending what I'm upto at the weekend if the weather behaves I'll try and drag the car somewhere switch them over and take a few shots to keep you happy
Who's doesn't? I've done about 1500 miles since picking it up and feeling guilty about using it as a daily
I should hope so as mine's not seen salt/grit in it's life as yet. Hence why I'm not going to subject it to a British winter undersealed or otherwise, everything ends up crusty/scabby when you drive it year round even if you're vigilant with cleaning arches and the underside of the car.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Awesome stuff.
I never realised how bad the fake wheel stickers were before that pic.
I never realised how bad the fake wheel stickers were before that pic.
Oh trust me it's even worse than that, each letter was seperate so I had to gently ease a razorblade under the edge of each one (Rays Engineering-Volk racing wheel) to remove them. 1.5 hours I was faffing about removing them and cleaning up the spokes before refitting the OEM ones, FML.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
I don't have any Tardis
Don't own a heatgun and as my hair is a No 1 all over I don't own a hair dryer either.
Razor Blade was fine, if I'd piled in trying to remove them in 5 minutes I'd see your point but I think it's fairly apparent from the length of time I took removing them that I was careful not to mark the wheels.
Once off the residue was removed with bug and tar remover then SRP applied prior to the new stickers going on.
E90 M3
Looking back at the comparison, I can't believe how much better the genuine one's look. I also can't believe that I didn't realise they were fake one's when Jason had the car!
Good shout on keeping it garaged over winter, I don't think he even took it out in the rain, lol!
Good shout on keeping it garaged over winter, I don't think he even took it out in the rain, lol!
