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New car looks good mate Cant see the cults in the classifieds? How much are you looking for?

Looks nice, and a good choice for your first car.. at any age!

Personally I think it's far more chav to paint your calipers red and think it looks good because it's a bit like brembo's.. they're not brembo's.. they're standard calipers with a coat of hammerite, and anyone who knows about cars will know that's all it is. So why pretend? you're fooling no one. Far more creative I think to not try and imitate a brand 'because that's the cool thing to do', but find your own look/colour combo to suit the car. As for multifits, chrome and overspray.. If you have one or all three of those issues, the colour of your calipers is frankly the last of your worries. But Yes, I agree it has to all work as a style. Essentially the issue is when it's done cheaply, or not thought out properly, but any colour can work.. Or do you think this looks chav, just because it's orange...

Good info here: http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?/topic/48860-definitive-coilover-thread/

6 exhaust cans would look better; more symmetry. I hope that's your plan?

Welcome. Those wheels look a bit like Borbet T's - like it.

Looks good. What size wheels/tyres do you have fitted?

I booked yodel to send an exhaust a couple of weeks ago. Their collection times are 7am til 7pm so you have to wait in all day. Twice I booked collection, but they didn't show up either day! Text me at 18:50 the second time and said ' we've attempted collection, please call to rebook' I was furious to say the least. Re-booked with Citilink who collected promptly (between 9 and 5:30, so at least a little better) and delivered the next day without incident. I will never use Yodel again. Absolutely useless! I've also had problems when receiving parcels from them too.

TDI's have bigger brakes (same size as fitted to the sport iirc) so I think generally the minimum size that fits is 14", without any work or modifications at least.

Just to clear up some myths and misinformation here.. You can still insure a cat d car and invariably it's not a required disclosure that the insurer needs to know about when you take the policy out. It's up to you to ensure that the car is safe, legal, roadworthy etc and the insurers will just assume on good faith (fundamental insurance principal) that this is the case. A cat D can be returned to the road immediately with a new mot assuming its roadworthy etc. It is not illegal and you wouldn't be fined etc. Also, an insurer will still pay out and whilst they all have their own way of reaching a market value for previous write offs, generally on and older car like this you're looking at salvage (not the same as 'scrap' weigh in) value and trade value. That's not a hard and fast rule though, I've known insurers to write off brand new cars before just because of parts delays (increases car hire costs etc) so clearly each car SHOULD be valued on its own merits. Always worth disputing with the insurer and FSA etc if you don't feel it to be fair, the insurer must be able to document and support their position and clearly even a cat D car isn't worthless which is what an insurer would be saying by not paying out. I've worked in the insurance industry for nearly 10 years now and I believe all of this information to be accurate but of course always check with your own insurer if in doubt. Regarding the original point of this thread though - yes it's very dishonest and I disagree with the way that he has withheld information that he is clearly aware of.

did you find the centre caps?

where are you? i might be interested..

hey i MIGHT be interested.. poss come and look at it this weekend? i think you live just round the corner from my old house looking at your photos.. is that kenmore crescent i see?

I just watched it again to check lol (too much free time). So what the scientist guy says is that they are too heavily sedated to wake when they die, even in limbo, they will have to wait for the sedative to wear off, which in limbo (because your so many levels down) would feel like decades. The 'danger' is that if you're down there that long then you would loose your mind and go insane because you loose your grasp on reality. I also checked the bit about leonardos wife and kid being in the dreams and it is what i said, each 'member' of the dream contributes to it, although the general look and feel of it are determined by the architect.

Ok i've seen it a few times so I can help a bit.. 1) I dont know about this one, good point? My guess would be that anyone in the dream bring charachteristics of their subconcious with them into the dream and in leonardo's case, thats his wife and kids etc? 2) they are the next level down, so presumably this is why they were not affected? 3) Ok, each time they go down a level, the time feels longer, so 1 minute in level 1 is 1 day in level 2, 1 week in level 3, 1 year in level 4, etc etc (not those exact figures but you get the idea?) so in limbo, you only need to be down there a matter of seconds or minutes and it will feel like a lifetime, thus why the oriental bloke aged so much. Also they did say in the film that killing yourself in limbo would wake you up because thats how leonardo and his wife escaped limbo the first time? the reason they went to limbo when they died is because they had taken such a strong sedative to make them sleep deeply enough to go down 3/4 dream levels that instead of waking when they died, they went into limbo. So.. when they woke up, the oriental bloke hadnt aged because although it felt like he was down their for years, it was actually only a few minutes in reality, so his subconcious made him age in limbo, but IRL he hadnt. 4) I don't recall him dieing, but I would guess because he only had to go down 1 level, he would not have taken such a strong sedative and thus WOULD have woken up when he died? Hopefully some of this makes sense and helps explain things a bit..

So I was browsing the bay, and found these : speedlines If I still had my arosa I wuld be very interested !! Excellent price as well imo..

"IV LOOKED ON AUTOTRADER AND THEY ARE PRICED AROUND £3000-£3500 BUT MINE HAS LOWER MILAGE" Cant be a rover/mg then at that price.. unless.. could it be that he's full of ****?

I dont know anything about these cars but surely if it's UK spec it would be RHD ?

Nothing wrong with the 16v's as long as they've been looked after/maintained but that goes for any engine really. Just make sure pedal box and cambelt are done. As for picking up a rear ended tdi, unlikely imo. They're quite rare as it is.

I used an old bank card to scrape/lever mine off and then a combination of polish and cleaning products to get the glue and residue off. Just be careful and take your time whatever you use.

kitten?

looks mint as always. leave the tints imo.. as you said, it's a black car so it pulls them off nicely!

avon zv3's are awesome.. about £65 per corner but worth every penny imo.. great in the wet and dry and wear well.

lol ok ta, yeah it's still on the borbets so it's obviously good stuff, i'll have to get some! So have you got that manifold fitted yet?