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Post by Worcester_spoon » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:11 pm

... would you go to all the trouble of professionally stripping and refurbing a set of 108s (which we all know is a PITA), only to paint them, YELLOW! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:34 pm

Oh dear, that does seem like money wasted. :o

If they were Phoenix Yellow there might have been a market for them - albeit a small one!
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Post by Andrew Sheldon » Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:42 am

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Post by baconJazz » Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:23 am

Worcester_spoon wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:11 pm ... would you go to all the trouble of professionally stripping and refurbing a set of 108s (which we all know is a PITA), only to paint them, YELLOW! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

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Post by buzyg » Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:30 am

Oh dear oh dear. Tis a very bad thing they did there. :cry:
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Post by MKZ4000 » Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:44 am

Crazy :(
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Post by ph001 » Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:09 am

Once you get the tyres on it will just look like a set of 4 wasps :rofl:
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Post by firebobby » Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:01 pm

Fitting those is nearly as bad as fitting a stumpy aerial :wink:
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Post by IRD » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:13 pm

I knew there was something else I needed to add when I fitted that stubby. :wink:

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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:30 pm

Yes, they would look stunning on a red Z4! :rofl: :wink:

Maybe a lime green wrap for the roof would enhance it even more! :lol:
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Post by firebobby » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:45 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:30 pm Yes, they would look stunning on a red Z4! :rofl: :wink:

Maybe a lime green wrap for the roof would enhance it even more! :lol:
Go on, you know you want them :poke: :rofl:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:51 pm

firebobby wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:45 pm Go on, you know you want them :poke: :rofl:
Because they would look great on a Montego Blue Z4 obviously! :headbang:

I know I really don't want them. :P
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Post by kis » Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:13 am

Mr Tidy wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:30 pm Yes, they would look stunning on a red Z4! :rofl: :wink:

Maybe a lime green wrap for the roof would enhance it even more! :lol:
Come now, you wouldn’t just do it half arsed with a wrap.... you’d get it painted professionally! 8)
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