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Oh I couldn't see them either but I thought that was just as I'm using phone :s

there you go Matt For what it's worth, I'd leave the arches I thought the wheels looked perfect

there you go Matt

That's true, straighten front end properly has to be next

Old plate covered on carbon vinyl with bracket and new plate attached. Chrome indicator bulbs back and front, led sidelights, smoke side indicators, new headlight bulbs, aero blade wipers, wheel/tyres changed, carbon gear knob, stubby aerial, tweeters and service parts so far. MOT today passed no advisory oh yes happy day. Bumper & bonnet still wonky. After 25yrs incident free I caught rear wheel arch of work mini bus on post in the car park - now I'm aka Bandicoot!!

Very nice

Aye it is ;). Had an idea, cover old plate in carbon vinyl and stick it back under the new bracket :). I have seen just one MB Civic in Liverpool - seem to have newer cars around here. Long drive back tomorrow but looking forward to my comfy bed

Liverpool, have friends there, Scotland is so very tempting, but only long dead ancestors there. Here is the pic this afternoon after my Ebay purchase of number plate holder arrived. Planned on putting it right hand side but no give in the bracket and the bumper isn't flat there. Im thinking maybe sand down and either spray gunmetal where old plate was or carbon fibre vinyl it, which might look better.

Lmao prefer driving to sitting on bonnet Lowered catch and raised bumper with few extra washers earlier, slight improvement, changed blue led sidelights for white, dont want to upset plod. (Shame though they looked good) On my 12 days release for good behaviour, all set for few days in Liverpool, staying with friends whilst checking out a few houses, planning on moving North

Thanks for the advice. Back to work tomorrow 4x12hrs then 12 days off Will take a look then. I have found that sitting on the bonnet works well

Garage I used to use gone bust so went to one more local. O/s light ok, n/s was going to the moon he said lol. Anyway job done and he didn't charge, just said take a business card. I know where I'm going for the MOT in couple months time. Apparently blue led side lights aren't legal. How I wish the bulbs were easier to get at!!

Thanks for the encouragement - think I detect a nice wee Scots accent there Was out polishing earlier, bonnet is pretty crap, scratched and paint so thin it's almost gone. Considering a Pirates Black one. Booked in for headlight adjustment soon so hope not to annoy anyone at night. As its been cat C three times I think the front end has most likely seen a lot of action lol, the rubber stops appear to be set as low as they'll go.

Very nice Naz, you could eat your dinner off that!

Osram Nightbreaker bulbs on dipped with blue led sidelights (blue not showing in pic). Think I'll go get them adjusted tomorrow, looking like they'll make huge difference to night driving @Dave

Lol love technology They're only 15" but seem to sit wide. Got them via eBay Fox Lionharts £60. Ordered clear side indicators but wrong ones turned up, so exchanging for black crystal as they only had those in stock to fit, think they'll look ok. LED front indicator bulbs on the way, square front no. plate and adjustable bracket. Think I've become teenager again

Thought I'd upload these shots too just to prove I can park straight @UnicyclingTom Quite pleased how it sits on the Fox Lionharts I think they look better than the Rotas.

Thanks Dave. I kept them so can clean them up and put back. Bought new dremel like toy today and had another go at the grill. I then spent over 2 hrs taking front bumper, metal thing and headlights out. Got new bulbs in and led sidelights. Bumper looks bit straighter but bonnet still doesn't sit right. Wondering if lowering the catch would help. The waste paper bin provided enough mesh for two grills so I've kept the remainder. I love a bargain Think a lip/splitter in gunmetal is next on list

Grill finished, grand total £3.99 plus some paint I already had Hardest part was hacksawing the plastic grill, mesh was easy enough with scissors and dog nail clippers

Today I've taken arch liners out of front wings, the rubber strips from the rear arches - jet washed the car thoroughly, took the liners did them too and drenched myself Got the front grill off and in process of meshing it. I bought a waste paper bin from The Range @ £3.99 and destroyed it for the mesh, sprayed it black after cutting it to size and the surround in gunmetal to match inside of lights and wheels. Put a few layers of lacquer on headlights as they were not great. Osram Nightbreaker bulbs and LED sidelight bulbs to go in. Then followed by couple of bottles of Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale

Tweeters in, window runners oiled (siliconed). Why do simple jobs always end up taking longer than complicated ones? One headlight had enough sticky stuff to sink battleship, and today drivers door inner handle fell off because plastic thing wasn't behind it holding it to the rod. What would I do without cable ties? I bet when I finally get round to doing headlights and take bumper off it ends up having to be reattached with duct tape

Ok thank you

Finally have a few days off, so set about the lights again. First did black but I didn't like that too much - now they're gunmetal same as the wheels, I think it might suit silver car better, although I do like the black on dark cars. Tomorrow I may do the tweeters and if I can get the door cards off this time, need to find out & cure why windows are slow.

It's nowhere near me, got no money left for another either so I'm glad it's nowhere near me just thought might be of interest if anyone's looking for one.

Hmm tried link not working but the car is still listed 1999 1.6 SE skirts etc looks really nice half leather too. £375 or best offer.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331795471709?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D331795471709%26_rdc%3D1 Hope link works just found this on eBay think it's probably worth asking price just for its parts!