Dave

I've just had an accident! That look fanfeckintastic mate!!! An amazing improvement on what was already a sorted mb6, just looks so right now. Epic combo that! [smitten.gif] [smitten.gif]

lol I will do! Might eve put some Gangsta music on it!!!

Paul! Get bloody pics up or else! LOL just kidding, wouldnt really hit you with the big ban stick..................but I'll box yer lugs!

Loving them wheels in any colour, good choice! They'll deffo look good on the M. Might need a slight bit of camber, but nothing major.

Top job on making your own winglets Dave, they look perfect mate!

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Cheers for that mate! yeah, Ruby is slowly getting back to her former glory. New rocker cover just arrived, ready for customizing! Wiring is all sorted now, with new head unit in.

lol I need to pay attention!

Bloody hell! Thats a bit extreme! Never knew postage to Ireland was so expensive mate!

Aaron got meisters on adams old mb6? I didnt know that! Will go have a look now! Sent from my HTC One V using Tapatalk 2

Man i cant wait to see this Dave! Amazing build! Sent from my HTC One V using Tapatalk 2

Lmao! Sent from my HTC One V using Tapatalk 2

lmao........I think thats funny as hell when he points that crooked wee finger and goes "youre fired!" . You'd think he would straighten it when trying to be authorotive! lmao

This looks tops mate, really sweet looking MB! The drop is bang on the money, the wheels suit it so well. Did you say the colour is atlantic blue? Looks very similar to Orleans blue, might be worth checking the colour code in the door jamb Loving the mods on this, and your old vtis looked mint!

correct! yeah, will be going for only a small drop in height, more for asthetics. she should look good!

lol Ta mate. I actually have a sore finger due to Ruby yesterday. Fitting the new stereo, she spat the cigar lighter right out onto the centre console! I must have accidentaly pushed it in when fitting the radio. Didnt realise it was hot, so picked it up and my finger went right in the hot bit!!! Was bloody painful, and even running it under the tap I could smell the smell of burnt flesh! Not too bad today, and now got no finger print! lol

Exactly. Will soon have her looking tickety Boo! Been speaking to Jerrick at MeisterR to confirm a few things, so will be getting them ordered pretty soon

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yeah mate, you defo need to keep tubs! Dawn loved your deck, so theres another reason to keep it! plus its mint! lol yup, and my drives back to looking how it should too!

lol, good point, i'll get that updated!!! your becca was a stunning one mate, id have bought her!

yeah, the sound is brilliant mate! Unfortunately, during tiding up, I must have pressed the cigar lighter in, and when it was ready it shot out of the lighter socket and landed on the gear surround. I was like " wtf was that???" Spotted the lighter, went to pick it up, and my finger went right in the hot bit!!! One hell of a nasty burn on the finger tip of my index finger. Bloody hurting like hell now!! Plus side is, I now have no finger print on that finger! So can do illegal stuff and almost leave no finger prints! haha! System looks good though, and being Pioneer, keeps the OEM goodness!

So, been busy today! managed to sort out her wiring, so it's now safe and back as it should be. Still going to get the connector changed and got one on the way. So with the offending stereo out, it was time to fill that space! Had to go to halfords to get a new iso harness, as the old one was deemed beyond repair, and while i was in had a wee look at the stereos! wasn't looking for a new one as i had the pioneer mp3 one sitting waiting to go in, but well, you know what it's like! lol boys and their toys! lmao ended up buying a new pioneer, with usb, DAB radio, cd/mp3 player and tidy display (can customize the colour) so got it all nicely fitted, and sounds and looks sweet! heres the pics! old unit with no name (now residing in the wheely bin!) and the new pioneer......luverly!

lol Yup, pity it was covered in dirt by the time we got home yesterday lmao. Just been out washing her and getting her back to her former clean self! Well chuffed with the bumper though, looks superb!

Well, as you all know I couldn't live without Ruby, and regretted the sale since day one. So, I bought her back. Took a bit of persuading, but her current owner gave in in the end. So sitting behind the wheel, it felt like coming home! Was so nice to be back in her, and could picture dawn sitting there with a big grin when I hit Vtec. Thats where the first problem raised it's head! Under acceleration, it pulled hard to the left. Back off the loud pedal, it went back to the right. Was like WTF????? so got her home, and started checking the front suspension. Turns out the n/s/f tyre had been changed, and the one fitted was barely legal, with a small cut in the side wall too. I changed the wheel, and instantly, the pulling was gone. I asked him about this (her other owner) and he said that one of the goodyears I had fitted just before the sale had developed a bulge? So he'd got that fitted instead. Bit strange to say the least, but hey ho, on we go. I took her out for a spin, and noticed that on bumpy roads (cobbles etc) she sounds like every single bit of trim is hanging off in the boot. Really sounds shocking, like you're sitting in biscuit tin with some plastic bits rattling around. So that needs looking into. Was always nice and quiet before, even on the bumpiest roads. So had a look at rear suspension, as Mike told me he'd fitted new stuff (MGZS arb and Changed the shocks/springs) so wanted to see how it had been fitted. Spotted the MGZS arb, but wrapped with black insulation tape! Looks bloody awful! So need to take that off and get it properly powder coated before refitting. Then I noticed, the suspension is all the same as before????? Standard Ruby suspension. Bit miffed, as he said " you'll notice a big difference in the handling now!" Yeah, on first drive it pulled all over the place on an illegal tyre, then find out all thats been done is the arb??? I wouldnt have even trusted it in a straight line, let alone canning it into bends! So going to get the whole suspension off her, as I don't trust it. Not sure what's been done and what hasn't. Also noticed on the wee drive over to Pauls last night, the new stereo, which was switched off, kept coming on then going off again! This was going to be one of my first jobs, changing this! It's some wierd dvd player type thing, with no manufacturers name anywhere on it! Looks cheap as hell, and is also annoying to operate. He told me the Alpine head unit kept cutting out, again can't say owt because maybe it did with him. Just know it worked perfect for me even on the day I sold her. And it was a quality bit of kit too, so wish he'd just left it in there. So, today I go to remove the dvd unit, as I'm worried it could cause a fire. Pulls it out, and oh yes, my pet hate! Rubys radio harness has been butchered to fuck! I hate when fucking retards do this! Why do it??? she had the honda to iso connector harness fitted, all they had to do was fit the radio! One side of the original harness has had the plug completely cut off, and is wired all to feck. the other one, which has the most wires on it, has had a few wires cut and bodged onto the other side. End result, no power to the Pioneer unit I'm fitting back in! Looking at the wiring, I have no idea what the hells been done, or why. No wonder the dvd unit was going on and off itself! So been in touch with 1000rpm in the forum to see if he can get a new harness up to me. So fucking annoyed to find this! If people don't know how to do jobs on a car, leave it the fuck alone and get someone who does. Not a happy bunny! Knew I should never have sold her in the first place! She deffo aint been getting looked after! Kinda guessed that by the posts between her owner and his mates, always arguing the toss over who was the fastest. So plans are, Stage 1: get her wiring sorted, get a set of Meister R suspension on her and replace all bushes, replace two front tyres with new GoodYears, get wheels changed back to white and sort out the rattles etc coming from the rear (well, pretty much all over the interior! lol). Stage 2: Get the VTiS sideskirts I still have, plus her rear lip and front lip, all resprayed and refitted. Also going to change the front grill (has been sprayed black, not a bad job done but not to my taste tbh) Oh, and that unkown dvd player. Fecked it straight in the wheely bin!