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Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:44 pm

I had every intention of giving mine a good scrub and quick blast over with some polish but then Tim turned up,kettle went on and that was that :roll:
Still time to pop up to the jetwash I suppose :mad:
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:50 pm

The money shot!! Looks really nice Paul :cool:

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Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:56 pm

eko wrote:I had every intention of giving mine a good scrub and quick blast over with some polish but then Tim turned up,kettle went on and that was that :roll:
Still time to pop up to the jetwash I suppose :mad:
I haven't seen Tim in ages actually!
Dezzy wrote:The money shot!! Looks really nice Paul :cool:

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Cheers buddy :D Centre caps will be staying off until the show, then the brand new ones will be going on 8)
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:15 pm

looks like a million dollar car :cool:

I really really love it!!
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:30 pm

cro320 wrote:looks like a million dollar car :cool:

I really really love it!!
+1 :)
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:25 pm

It's still got its fair share of scratches and dinks though :( Which don't actually show up in many photos actually!

Cheers guys 8)
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:46 pm

Great work and pics :D Looks very very nice :cool:

will look forward to your pics from the show
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:19 am

You're great with a camera - but you don't need to be a pro photographer to make that machine look good, its awesome. I love that you've kept the sleeper badge but made it look the business, and it looks so clean!

Uber cool 8)
I'll check with the manager
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:21 pm

I love it, never noticed the badge either :cool:
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:26 pm

I had an epic fail... It rained heavily on the way to the show. Absolutely fine i thought :D i could see that the car was basically staying dry becuase the water was beading off so well. I got to the show and the bonnet had got back to black off the grills ALL up the bonnet. Epic epic streaking everywhere :( 10 mins with detailing spray and a cloth and i manged to get it off 8)

The car however had alot of attention during the day.

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Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:42 pm

Nice job :cool:
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:53 pm

That look's the t1ts :cool:
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:59 pm

Cheers guys 8) The curbing on the wheels let the centre caps down now though :(
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:32 pm

Good day out was that Paul,we all enjoyed it :cool:
That old dude was well into your car lol even though he was in his mid 60`s probably?
Think he was a bit of a `316i` fan :D
Ryan loved the drifting.Was a bit worried it might have been a bit much for him but in his own words it was `orlright` :chuckle:
Any pics you have that you think I might want could you send them over when you get a minute?

Oh and poor representation of the E30,only yours and Kitch`s there :mad:
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:52 pm

Just got your email mate,awesome pics!
thank you :D
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:54 pm

eko wrote:Just got your email mate,awesome pics!
thank you :D

Get then posted on your thread 8)
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:13 am

Pics are of my kids mate but this ones worthy of posting up :D
My car was tucked away in the car park cause I was too lazy to set off at 7am.

First drift session for him....
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Cook318IS wrote:
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how freaking nice is that ? awesome work , I have just found a new desktop pic ! :D
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:16 am

Quality pic!


Your chariot wasn't clean enough was it?

It takes a special kind of bufty to get a red E30 to look like that
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:41 am

Dezzy wrote:Quality pic!


Your chariot wasn't clean enough was it?

It takes a special kind of bufty to get a red E30 to look like that
Yes it was clean enough just didnt bother adding my name to the showing list in time although was offered a place on the stand a couple of days ago couldnt be arsed with the 7am set off time.

Only pic of my car from today(mates phone pic)
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:55 am

eko wrote:
Dezzy wrote:Quality pic!


Your chariot wasn't clean enough was it?

It takes a special kind of bufty to get a red E30 to look like that
Yes it was clean enough just didnt bother adding my name to the showing list in time although was offered a place on the stand a couple of days ago couldnt be arsed with the 7am set off time.

Only pic of my car from today(mates phone pic)
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Only joking mate.

Your motor always look's top notch. :cool:
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:09 pm

well done Paul some great pics there :cool: . i will have to make it to next one :)
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:30 pm

Cheers guys :)

Eko, that bloke who was uber into it came back again just before i left lol! I heard that somebody was asking after me becuase they really wanted to chat about the car - I wonder if it was him?
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:31 pm

Had a photoshoot last night with a phoenix yellow DC2 Honda Integra. While they were sorting out the coilovers i grabbed another cheeky pic while its still clean :D

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Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:11 pm

It got dynoed again today - 222bhp. Im rather chuffed with that! Its not been running too well ever since i put in NGK spark plugs. you could hear that it was struggling on idle and generally didn't feel quick. Changed back to bosch super 4's yesterday. idles spot on again and has a lot more punch. I don't care whoever says NGK plugs are better than bosch, this certainly runs better on bosch.

I've also got a big front and rear brake kit with a better master cylinder waiting to go on.
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:17 pm

222 brake,result mate :D
Gutted I didnt make it to this as ive been itching to get mine on the rollers for aages now.
Had a disasterous week really though and little has gone right for me so probably best I didnt turn up :mad:

Well done mate :cool:
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:21 pm

Nice figures there Paul 8)
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:30 pm

Cheers lads,

It's a shame you couldn't make it eko :( Would of been interesting to see how yours does against mine. I hope stuffs not too bad?

I must admit though, it does make me wonder what it would go like with a new exhaust and a remap. I'm still on m52 manifolds and with an m20 system!
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:37 pm

Cook318IS wrote:Cheers lads,

It's a shame you couldn't make it eko :( Would of been interesting to see how yours does against mine. I hope stuffs not too bad?

I must admit though, it does make me wonder what it would go like with a new exhaust and a remap. I'm still on m52 manifolds and with an m20 system!
Well got chopped up on the slip road onto the dually the other day by some dithering old cnut...ended up on the grass at 65 smacking my front wheel along the way...then the stupid cnut had the audasity to blame me for overtaking up a slip road :x
My car aint running so well of late either and I fitted a set of new NGK`s last week ready to go on the rollers today....looks like theyll be coming back out!
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:41 pm

Savage :l Is the wheel ok?

The plugs thing is weird. As soon as i put NGK's in I could hear that the engine was hunting slightly - like almost miss firing. I presumed it would be an air leak because its waaay to co-incidental that brand new NGK's (that everybody on here rave about) would cause that issue. Couldn't find any air leaks, changed the plugs back to bosch and its fine again!
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:48 pm

Wheel is repairable.
Ill put my old plugs back in tomorrow if I remember.Mine is noticably different though since fitting the NGKs and im not only saying that because you have,youve just confirmed what was already in my head.
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:10 pm

At least the wheel isn't a write off, infact you could of damaged the car! Weird about the plugs eh!

Me and Monkey parked down the side of the dyno so we didn't get boxed in!

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Mine looks uber clean there too which is good considering it hasn't been washed in a wee while :D
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Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:35 pm

nice one mate
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Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:47 pm

She's looking great as always! 222hp on a standard engine? I'd be happy to get that with an m50 manifold. What stoppers have you got going on her?
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Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:12 pm

It was 203bhp standard, 213bhp with m50 manifold, 222 with bbtb. 540i setup up front (can't remember what size discs), and custom rear setup (294mm discs seems to ring a bell).
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