Dave

And so glad it was you that bought Ruby mate, love seeing her being looked after! That's gonna look ace with the rocker cover etc!

Yes she has a cat back Powerflow at the moment. Always wanted to get the stainless manifold for her too. Looking forward to seeing and hearing this john!

lol Hate this time of year! Car stays clean for all of 5 mins! Thats some dirty biatches right there! lol Lucky ofr me the decks nicely tucked up in the garage for winter. Washed Roxy my typeR every 2nd day this week though, which is peeing me off! Just get ocd about them being dirty! Alex, thats the dirtiest Ive seen your deck lmao!

They're trying to enforce more and more laws on the motorists because lets face it, some folk, not even with a modified car, but on the breadline, will opt to buy a couple of tyres if desperately needed that are say 65's instead of 70's, or 55's instead of 60's, if they're cheap enough for them. To start charging folk for this is bloody stupid, but I can believe this new law exists. The reason is that I heard a while back that they are actually looking to make it illegal in this country to modify any car. All cars must be as they left the factory, no modifications (that weren't carried out by the dealership under warranty/call back issues) at all. Even down to head units! This is what the whinging greenies who hate cars and anything motorized in general are trying to push through, and I believe that one day, not in the immediate future though, this will go ahead. Totally pisses me off! I mean, I'm all for saving the planet etc, but what good does it actually do reducing the uk's carbon footprint when a hell of a lot of other countries don't give a shit! Look at the likes of India, the cars dont even have any kind of mot type test and most are bloody death traps, most probably put out far too many emissions due to never being serviced, and their roads are chock-ablock with cars! Then there's the Americans......if a car doesn't have a big thumping V8 or V6, and get 6 miles to the gallon, they don't drive em! lol ok, thats a slight exagerartion but you get the picture. It's always the good old uk who has to confirm to crap and make everyones lives more miserable. Like I say, im all for saving the planet, but ffs, it's going to go bang eventually! Doesnt matter what we do here in this country, the planet will one day be no more. So the government, and more importantly, the EU, try everything they can to punish the motorist! we're easy targets, always have been, and great for policing stats. I found out from someone I once knew who was a copper that when a police officer charges a motorist for any offence, doesnt matter what it is, even if it doesn't go through court or does and gets thrown out, it goes down as a crime solved. Sane with parking tickets, if they're issued by police traffic wardens (which thankfully they're arent many of now) it goes down as crime solved. Then when they publish the yearly statistics, it looks like crime has gone down in the country, and that they're doing a great job. Bollocks! So as for tyre stretching, it's not something I would ever do to any car I own, as I don't actually like the stretched tyre look. All it does is leave your rims, which cost a hella lot more than a tyre, exposed to damage from kerbs etc. Cambered cars, again, not something I would ever do. Some cars i do like the look of with the "stance", as long as it's subtle. Hate mega stanced cars as I personally think, like that pic above, look totally stupid. Not heard of anyone around here being done for this new law, so hopefully it won't be used much.

Bloody hell John you've been busy! Ruby, Rosy and their youngest fan! Both look spotless mate, amazingly clean! Miss ya Rubes x

Wouldnt leave ya wallet there for long tho................im skint this week! lol

height adjustable too! Never seen one of those in an M before either mate! Bet it set you back a fair bit eh! Looks sweet, liking that!

Hi Khizer and welcome. Stunning mb6, love the style you have going on there. Looks in really good condition for an R plate too. Nice plans in store for it, we have had a few turbo'd MB6's in the club now, be interesting to see what figures you get with it mate.

See! Wood is where its at! Wood is cool,...............unless of course its a log, and its on your fire, and the fires lit. Then it be hot it would (or wood!)

Thats what i like to see, proper metal repairs! thats the only way to be rid of the rust, to cut it all out completely. Top job mate, and you got a nice finish in the paint too with just cans! well impressed! Like this wee civic, so reminds me of my first civic M, a blue MA8. Still miss that car to this day! I'd done some of the mods youve done too, with the later rear lights and the clear side indicators, and fully colour coded the bumpers. Was a cracking car and sometimes wish I'd kept it!

c'mon c'mon, you slacking? wheres this next mod! chop chop get to it! lol

yup, i'm the same mate, love wood trim in car. Not sure why a lot of folk don't like it and revert to either all black or some other trim, maybe because they think it makes it look old? But I love it, and it always distinguished base model cars and top of the range ones back in the day with the wood trim deemed as "luxury" or "executive". I just feel it gives the car a much more upmarket feel rather than just black plastic or fake carbon look everywhere.

This is simply epic mate!!! all that wiring I'd be like waaaaaaahhhhh! Looks amazing man! Wondering what the other mod is now! haha!

Lol no, replying using my tablet and the fcker keeps changing what I write! Lol

The key is to sand it down using rough sandpaper mate to get rid of any slight imperfections, then use various finer grades till is nice and smooth and almost free from the sanding marks. Then start with the polishing kit. Saves a lot of time trying to get a decent smooth finish on it, and makes polishing it a lot easier. Will also give you a much deeper, mirror like finish to it

lol ahh, cin that case yeah, everyone can use it mate

Unfortunately, you can't lacquer polished metal mate. The surface needs to have either primer or base colour on it for thelacquer to adhear to. One way may be to get it anodized? Not sure if they do a clear anodize though. Best bet is to get the metal polishing kit for your electric drill or grinder mate. It's still a lot of work, although easier. And the finish you get is highly polished, and lasts a lot longer. I did ruby's with the metal polishing kit on my drill, and it's not been touched since I done it. Still looks the same as far as I'm aware. Or.................you can have it chrome plated (costly) or if I ever get my business up and running, you can have it chrome painted. Still costly, though not as dear as the plating. Looks amazing, and you can lay on high temp primer as far as I know, so shouldnt get any issues with heat.

I thought you were asking if it was only staff who can remove the topic? If its not one that's needed?

remove it? Yes mate, only admins/mods. The best answer can be used by the original poster though, so open to anyone who posts a question.

Thats the very bulbs mate!

lmfao! you is da man!!!!

DD is going to deffo be some kind of metal flake blue, or something similar to that "hot rod" paint on the site you gave me. And deffo want to get into this airbrushing too. Many many plans and ideas!

Oh yes! She just looks amazing, and is driving really nice. So time to spoil her a bit with the new plugs and discs and getting her tracking all set up properly. Will need to get her booked in for a service soon too.

Yeah, I think the "bilux" is the night breaker mate. Mind you, they also have nightbreaker 2's out now, not sure if theres much difference. just know the Osrams give out a far superior light to the standard bulbs and without blinding oncoming traffic. Really good bulbs!

infact, scrub that! Best bet is to download our manual and look at the exploded diagram of the heating system, that will give you a better idea of what parts may be at fault mate