Dan23

i just did mine with a sander with normal house old sand paper like grade 60 iirc, then used wet and dry to remove all the score marks, and in total about 10 hours work spread over a week

paint them then lacquer them, best you can do really. and trying to put anything over the nuts to protect them when doing them up isnt really going to work, becasue the socket fits snug on the bolt for max grip, putting somthing on to protect the nut would just get pushed to the end of the socket. just try not to have a habit of taking the wheels nuts on and off alot lol

before and after (is about 4 weeks old, ill put a newer one up tomorrow )

always buy privately IMO, dealers can wipe their hands off you just as easy as a privet seller as my cousin has found out. if the car is sold as seen then if you drive it half a mile down the road and it blows up, your problem, alot of dealers will help you out as they dont want the bad press etc. my cousin bought a mondeo, got half way home and the auto box messed up and it was stuck in third gear, then the immob packed up and in the end he sold a car he paid £900 for 2 weeks later for £100 for parts. the dealer gave it all the big one he'd give him back his money, then started ignoring his called etc. he got in contact with trading standards and the only thing they suggested was take him to small claims, but he wouldnt be guaranteed his money back and if he lost he'd have to pay the fees. so in the respect dont ever think buying from a trader gives you more security as it will be down to the dealer and his/hers desertion. like wise with a warranty, they half the time are not worth the paper they are printed on. ok, some dealers are good, and they can offer you things like 14 days free warranty and if anything happens in that time they will foot bills etc to convince you the car is good, but you pay a price for this. when it comes to privet sellers, you get far more bang for your buck. ok you dont get warranties with privet sellers but you go in knowing what you are looking at, if you go in blind thats when you get caught out. but what would cost you say £3k at a dealer will most likely cost you £1500 or less privately. you pay for for stuff you probably wont use from a dealer, like the warranty stuff, and like i said most of it you pay for and in the T&C most of it is void as soon as you leave the forecort or they say its only valid if you bring the car to us and service the car at our prices etc etc. privet all the time for me thank you, it wins hands down, more for your money and just as safe as buying from a dealer

hoping to be there rich

i have to say Rich your 5 is ubba

use copper grease mate

i was actually being sarcastic mate haha hard to see it in text form tho

but in reality as a faff owner you know it wouldnt start with stock parts, you'd go ah uprate this cos of more power, up rate that cos of more power, before you know it you're spending Car = £1500 New clutch £1100 Lower arms + Fig8's = £600 Full service with all new leads £350 Cambelt £300? Front brakes + Back brakes £600 Total = £4150

but then why not buy one for that kind of money thats had all that work already done???

that sounds really cool, were abouts in London is it mate?

simple answer, dont fuck about Mikey and start saving for a clutch just in case lol

afaik Adam you can use the logo with the clubs permission, but not to profit off the only person who did not make the logo but has permission to use it to make money is Mook i believe has anyone else seen his estimated delivery times? 33-35 days, whats he doing selling the bits then finding a car in that colour to steal them from

only site i know that does it is rare rims http://www.rarerims.co.uk/virtual/

yep i have p6000 on the front of my MR2, any confidence i have when driving goes right out the window, totally shite tyres for wet roads, pretty good in the dry tho

the guy who bought my first celica, was kinds the same, i picked him up for the train station, drove him back to mine, go out and handed me over the asking price they are the best type of sales, no pissing about of haggling

cant relly be classed as a mod can it? surely its one of them type of things you can get away with

there is at least 30 celicas round my way, about 80% of them gen 7s and half of them dont even realise 1 there is a club dedicated to them and two there was 6 models prior to theres. think the same goes for most of the 6s and 5s tbh lol with the exception they know there is either 1 or 2 newer shape models up than theirs lol i never take for granted a fellow celica driver (when i had my celica) was in the same mid frame as me with being careful of others cars. to prove a point the guy who lives about 4 doors up for me has a 140 and he is a total knob head lol

can always try we buy any car, they apparently are pretty good with offers on newer cars but in all fairness i think £3,400 is a pretty good offer for your car as the market has gone bad and has hit performance cars pretty bad. but be prepared for them to come down, nip pick everything on your car to try and drop the price

lovely pic Matt, the photographer who took them has some serious skill

is this a new method to teach the kids how to count?

why not leave it, as they clearly are stupid enough to start writing their name on your car, maybe they'll be stupid enough to write where they live too so you can go kick their heads in try buying a dumby camera and leaving it in the car with a little sign saying you are being recorded, should put people off doing it

anyone else think that white suit was way to big for him

i was thinking the exact same thing

break it and buy a mk1 mr2 like me haha, iv made more money breaking my celica then i ever would have selling it