e30 pics, ...update, Bootlid finally fitted, next up bonnet.

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Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:53 pm

Got some new bumpers today from Sanchez, very good nick, but were covered in 20 years of crap, so gave em a good clean then got the mer on em and they have come up a treat :D

Should be fitted by Friday :D

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Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:16 pm

Friday :?: You lazy sod jamos :) I,m fitting the rear Chrome Bumper to my Touring, which
may well involve an Angle Grinder, Drill and some dodgy measuring, bet mines on before yours.( Weather pemitting ) :wink:
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Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:20 pm

Well its snowing now Rob, you going out there now? :lol:

Will look much better with those bumpers Jay. 8) You got pics of that interior fitted yet?
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Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:31 pm

I havnt yet ollie will take some when i do the bumpers and give the car a bit of a clean, Rob, Fridays my next day off :D plus its snowing here too and only just finished cleaning them when it started, bad thing is though we are supposed to be having more snow Friday :(

p.s. Rob, you butcher :wink: just get a normal bumper :D
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:35 pm

actually fitted them today, bit of a pain in the ass but glad its now done, heres a couple of pics.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:38 pm

:cool:, looking good
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:45 pm

The_Diddler wrote::cool:, looking good
cheers mate. now for the next jobs :D
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:59 pm

1000 times better, just needs shadow lining too :)
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:03 pm

Alex wrote:1000 times better, just needs shadow lining too :)
na the chrome is staying put :D
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:04 pm

just wondering if clear indicators would look better now, what ya reckon?
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:06 pm

jaymos wrote:just wondering if clear indicators would look better now, what ya reckon?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :nono:

Shadowline trim to replace the chrome would finish it off as Alex suggested :D :D
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jaymos wrote:just wondering if clear indicators would look better now, what ya reckon?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :nono:

Shadowline trim to replace the chrome would finish it off as Alex suggested :D :D
ye think youre right about the lenses, but ive only recently got a replacement chrome trim, so they are stayin, i like chrome :D
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:15 pm

jaymos wrote:just wondering if clear indicators would look better now, what ya reckon?
i must admit clear indicators look miles better, they work well on white cars

fronts look good but you MUST buy chrome bulbs ive been meaning to change mine for ages as they look crap

here is a pic of mine when i first fitted them about a year ago

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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:18 pm

i like that alex, think you have swayed me back to clears lol, why chrome bulbs? what are they?
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:19 pm

Looks miles Better Jay. 8) Get some bumper restorer on that black plastic.

BTW, Alex's car is an ugly turd so I wouldn't take stylggn advice from it. :P
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:21 pm

jaymos wrote:i like that alex, think you have swayed me back to clears lol, why chrome bulbs? what are they?
rather than orange bulbs there chrome that flash orange, if you look in my sig and at the pics you can see the orange reflection from the bulbs which looks council.

also needs White mirrors :D
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:23 pm

lol ollie i quite like the clears on a white car, dont like em on other colours, just looked at the chrome bulbs, deffo a better option than the orange ones.
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Alex wrote:rather than orange bulbs there chrome that flash orange, if you look in my sig and at the pics you can see the orange reflection from the bulbs which looks council.
Clear lenses = Council and :gay:
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Alex wrote:rather than orange bulbs there chrome that flash orange, if you look in my sig and at the pics you can see the orange reflection from the bulbs which looks council.
Clear lenses = Council and :gay:
Black leather with Red piping is :gay: and council :P
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:26 pm

Right got myself some colourcoded mirrors and a new bootlid with a white spoiler (thanks to tedswagon, top bloke), fitted the mirrors as soon as i got em, still need to fit the boot lid as it needs a good clean, plus im not sure i like the white spoiler. think i may swap it for my black one, decisions, decisions. Heres a few pics of my progress. :D

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and a couple from a couple of weeks ago at my mates unit.

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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:38 pm

That is looking great. Why are more doors growing on me so much. :o:
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:40 pm

Because ollie they are the best lol :D
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:17 pm

Jaymos, the car looks really great. I think the colour coded mirrors and bumpers make it.

I have a black heck spoiler on my car - same as yours and I don't think I would change it.

Saying that I think the colour coded heck is cool. Someone with a white one should put a photo on here - lets have a vote!
Leave it as it is (black) or colour coded??
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:23 pm

Just noticed - why does your car not have a rear number plate suround? It's a face lift (newer than mine) and I've one?
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:25 pm

Tedswagon wrote:Just noticed - why does your car not have a rear number plate suround? It's a face lift (newer than mine) and I've one?
It needs one.

Oh and black heck ftw.
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:12 pm

Tedswagon wrote:Just noticed - why does your car not have a rear number plate suround? It's a face lift (newer than mine) and I've one?
I took it off as it was very dirty, gonna give it a good clean, I like it though without. As for the spoiler I quite like the white, but it seems to crack very easy, think I prefer the black tbh, just a shame the black one has faded really.
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:53 pm

My black one has faded as well, only on one side thoug??

Stick the white one in the for sale section and your boot will have been free - that'll please her in doors
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Tedswagon wrote:My black one has faded as well, only on one side thoug??

Stick the white one in the for sale section and your boot will have been free - that'll please her in doors
ye mate same with mine, just on the one side, have you tried repairing yours? good idea to sell the white one, im sure she will be happy with that, tbh though she doesnt mind me buying stuff for it, shes more upset by tha fact that she thinks i love the car more than her lol :mad:
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jaymos wrote:
Tedswagon wrote:My black one has faded as well, only on one side thoug??

Stick the white one in the for sale section and your boot will have been free - that'll please her in doors
ye mate same with mine, just on the one side, have you tried repairing yours? good idea to sell the white one, im sure she will be happy with that, tbh though she doesnt mind me buying stuff for it, shes more upset by tha fact that she thinks i love the car more than her lol :mad:
Don't mind her she'll soon find something else to distract her and leave you and your car alone lol
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Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:18 pm

Finally fitted the new bootlid toaday, had to give it a good clean and touch up of the spoiler, it came up a treat. Its now an is. winkeye

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Next job is to give the engine bay a clean, i think it deserves it after 22 years 8O plus need a new bonnet, its pretty rusty around the hinges and the foam is non existant :D

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