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[Alex]

at least petrol is a few P cheaper

wont be for long no doubt

[aceraf]

That's got nothing to do with him...that's down to crude oil price going down, and ultimately suppliers lowering forecourt prices. I can't recall any cuts in fuel duty???

[Alex]

That's got nothing to do with him

i relise that but we have to look at the good things happening at the moment

[aceraf]

When your car drinks as much as mine you can't see it as a good thing untill it comes down alot

[Alex]

lol 4 pot wins again

[aceraf]

lol 4 pot wins again

Not really as your car won't make the sound mine does, and that's worth all the extra juice it drinks

[Alex]

lol 4 pot wins again

Not really as your car won't make the sound mine does, and that's worth all the extra juice it drinks

your rite there

[aceraf]

Made a very poor attempt at recording the exhaust note.



I know it's crap, think i need someone else to record whilst i'm driving...would help if i switch the bass off in the background aswell

It's only the last few seconds where the exhaust 'STARTS' to kick in...you get a bit of a bark low down, and when you're over 3500rpm then it starts to sing.

[aceraf]

Oh, and my £35 IS front lip is now fitted.

Colour it came in (dolphin Grey)...


getting sprayed (gloss black)...


Fitted...

[aceraf]

Todays mod...

Seen as i was going to have the rocked off anyway, thought i'd smarten it up a bit....went okay till i attempted to flat the raised sections by hand. Ended up flatting around the edges slightly, I had a sander, and should've used that for all of it, but hey, first time i sprayed one of these, so live and learn.

I'll put another coat over the top again tomorrow (masking off the raised section).

Primer


First coat of Gloss Black


2nd coat of gloss black


Having flatted the raised sections




Finished article.

[aceraf]

Fitted...

[aceraf]

Gave the car a quick wash and wax aswell. The wheels hadn't been cleaned for about 2months and were caked in brake dust...took ages to get clean.

[Alex]

comming along nicely, that inlet manifold need doing too now

i need an is lip for mine

[aceraf]

comming along nicely, that inlet manifold need doing too now

i need an is lip for mine

Yeah, wasn't sure whether to polish it or spray it,....will probably spray it and sand the raised sections...may get done next weekend if i have time.

Good to have the IS lip on again..just didn't look the same without it.

[Alex]

comming along nicely, that inlet manifold need doing too now

i need an is lip for mine

Yeah, wasn't sure whether to polish it or spray it,....will probably spray it and sand the raised sections...may get done next weekend if i have time.

Good to have the IS lip on again..just didn't look the same without it.

I cannot belive an IS owner would replace it with a crap SE spoiler even if it was ripped of they should still have put the proper one back on

[aceraf]

comming along nicely, that inlet manifold need doing too now

i need an is lip for mine

Yeah, wasn't sure whether to polish it or spray it,....will probably spray it and sand the raised sections...may get done next weekend if i have time.

Good to have the IS lip on again..just didn't look the same without it.

I cannot belive an IS owner would replace it with a crap SE spoiler even if it was ripped of they should still have put the proper one back on

Do you mean on mine?

I replaced it with the SE spoiler as I was going to fit the tech 2 kit, but never got round to it.

[Alex]

Yeah, wasn't sure whether to polish it or spray it,....will probably spray it and sand the raised sections...may get done next weekend if i have time.

Good to have the IS lip on again..just didn't look the same without it.

I cannot belive an IS owner would replace it with a crap SE spoiler even if it was ripped of they should still have put the proper one back on

Do you mean on mine?

I replaced it with the SE spoiler as I was going to fit the tech 2 kit, but never got round to it.

no lol on mine somehow mines been ripped or taken off and someone put an se spoiler on it

[aceraf]

no lol on mine somehow mines been ripped or taken off and someone put an se spoiler on it

Alot of them didn't come with an IS lip!

[Alex]

no lol on mine somehow mines been ripped or taken off and someone put an se spoiler on it

Alot of them didn't come with an IS lip!

really ?? how come, from what ive read they came as standard with sports seats tech 1 wheel etc

[aceraf]

no lol on mine somehow mines been ripped or taken off and someone put an se spoiler on it

Alot of them didn't come with an IS lip!

really ?? how come, from what ive read they came as standard with sports seats tech 1 wheel etc

Dont' know, but i've seen a few IS's that don't have the IS lip. There's a very good condition blue IS 1 street away from me, and that doesn't have an IS lip.

[Alex]

Alot of them didn't come with an IS lip!

really ?? how come, from what ive read they came as standard with sports seats tech 1 wheel etc

Dont' know, but i've seen a few IS's that don't have the IS lip. There's a very good condition blue IS 1 street away from me, and that doesn't have an IS lip.

surely its because they get ripped of easily

[aceraf]

I've seen a few without the lip so i doubt they've all had them nicked.

[Alex]

i dont mean nicked but ripped of by fesants and crap, prehaps poverty spec 318is's never had them as mine is poverty spec, it dont even have front fogs

[aceraf]

Could be.

[georob]

Car's looking good!!

[aceraf]

A few camera phone pics...

[ImysE30]

Cars looking good Ace

[Nuvolari]

Realy nice touring!

[aceraf]

Well, even though the car will be for sale soon, the toys don't stop coming...
my latest addition is a full black leather interior, purchased for a very good price and in much better condition that i'd thought from the pics i'd seen off them.

Got them home, and gave them a good clean and condition with Gliptone products (awesome stuff by the way!).

The pics aren't great as i'd just applied the conditioner when i took them so it shows in some of the pics.

The front are very good apart from the piping being slight cracked and the rears have a few scratches in them, but they're not too bad. The pics make them look worse than they are as the flash pics up all the creases in the leather and makes them look white.

[dips346]

the interior should have been mine ....lol

[cliffybabe]

i like the carpet

[JamOnIt]

Im sure he has an off-cut for your car cliffy

[aceraf]

the interior should have been mine ....lol

They turned out better than they looked in the pics.

i like the carpet

Not to my taste either but good enough for the attic as it's only used to store my car parts really

[aj_mckay]

Ace, what are those wipers like on the E30? The ones on your touring... Recommend them?

[aceraf]

Ace, what are those wipers like on the E30? The ones on your touring... Recommend them?

They're the new flat style wipers, they are alot better than normal one's as there is constant contact with the windscreen so they wipe smear free.

However you can get some that are too stiff and straight and that means that the passenger side wiper won't make contact with the windscreen on the very edge of the screen (near the tax disc) but is fine for the rest of the screen.

If you apply some RainX to the windscreen then it will help alot and mean that you only need a single wipe to get a perfectly clean screen.