What have you done to your car today?

veryverydarkblue said:
2nd thing i've done today: collected my fully refurbed MV2s from First Aid Wheels.
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Ooh, shiney! I remember recommending them to you - I hope they did a good job.

They refurbed the MV2s on my last car and after three years they were still perfect. The place had humble beginnings but these days you regularly see Bentleys and McLarens in there.
 
MrPT said:
veryverydarkblue said:
2nd thing i've done today: collected my fully refurbed MV2s from First Aid Wheels.
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Ooh, shiney! I remember recommending them to you - I hope they did a good job.

They refurbed the MV2s on my last car and after three years they were still perfect. The place had humble beginnings but these days you regularly see Bentleys and McLarens in there.
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Thanks for the rec. The wheels are perfect now - the finish is flawless, definitely better than a previous attempt they'd been subjected to. The inner rims were not exactly circular any more so that was also good to know and fix. Great bang for the buck improvement all in all. Will definitely be sending a few more people their way
 
Give her a good seein to this afternoon.
 

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Got a new private plate for the car. The badge on the plate is actually Black and Silver, not the pink it looks like!

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I sorned the car three weeks ago and only today got around to putting it onto a maintenance charger for the next five months.
 
Washed it and driven it with gear knob in sport and sport + pressed........by ek these 35i's are fun :driving:
And the over run burble will never get old :D

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Doddsy said:
Replaced the Near side Tail Lamp as LEDs have given up and also an Oil and filter change and a quick wipe underneath 😂
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Doddsy, where did you get the replacement tail light? My RHS rear is on the way out too!
 
gurkin1234 said:
Doddsy said:
Replaced the Near side Tail Lamp as LEDs have given up and also an Oil and filter change and a quick wipe underneath 😂
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Doddsy, where did you get the replacement tail light? My RHS rear is on the way out too!
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Main Dealer Lloyd’s BMW of Newcastle
 
For the second time in as many months, someone decided to change lanes without looking and drove into the side of me, only this time from the drivers' side. Luckily no major damage, in fact hardly any scratches! The first incident a few months ago required me replacing a rear wing; this one just needs a small ding popped out of the front wing. Wheels took a battering but I had just bought a set of 107s yesterday which will be going on soon; need to t-cut some of the worst rubber marks on the wing but it'll come up fine. Got very,very lucky; even the wing mirror survived without any damage which is impressive given it was first point of contact. At least the guy was really apologetic; but no harm done.
 
parabolica said:
For the second time in as many months, someone decided to change lanes without looking and drove into the side of me, only this time from the drivers' side. Luckily no major damage, in fact hardly any scratches! The first incident a few months ago required me replacing a rear wing; this one just needs a small ding popped out of the front wing. Wheels took a battering but I had just bought a set of 107s yesterday which will be going on soon; need to t-cut some of the worst rubber marks on the wing but it'll come up fine. Got very,very lucky; even the wing mirror survived without any damage which is impressive given it was first point of contact. At least the guy was really apologetic; but no harm done.
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Glad its all ok, that really is some bad luck you've been having!
 
Replaced the dipped beam bulbs with night breakers, replaced the fog light bulbs with LED bulbs and adjusted the headlights up a bit. Just took it out for a test drive in the dark and now I can see where I'm going :D
 
...And then I made a start on splitting my original set of 108s.

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I had assumed that these were in original condition as they aren’t the worst diamond lipped 108s I’ve seen, however it turns out they were refurbished by Lepsons in April 2015, so they had only been on the road for 2.5 years since they were done :o.

Proves that an expensive refurb is no guarantee of a long lasting finish, not even on the centres!

Thankfully a carefully positioned heat gun helped all of the bolts to come out with any drama. These will be going to City Wheels later this week when I pick up my refurbished 224s.

Chris
 
rally-chris said:
...And then I made a start on splitting my original set of 108s.

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I had assumed that these were in original condition as they aren’t the worst diamond lipped 108s I’ve seen, however it turns out they were refurbished by Lepsons in April 2015, so they had only been on the road for 2.5 years since they were done :o.

Proves that an expensive refurb is no guarantee of a long lasting finish, not even on the centres!

Thankfully a carefully positioned heat gun helped all of the bolts to come out with any drama. These will be going to City Wheels later this week when I pick up my refurbished 224s.

Chris
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lookin fwd to seeing them :thumbsup:
 
I fitted a fruity car cables iPhone cable last week, it doesn’t work and I emailed Rory a few times over the last week and no response :x . I had no problems with the one I fitted to my old E46 Coupe a few years ago. Oh well time look for a different cable.
 
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