Not telling yet Oswald!

Okay not updated for a while

5 x mods coming up

2 x performance
2 x styling
1 x ICE

1st mod is ICE upgrade from this:


To this



LOTS MORE MODS TO FOLLOW!

very nice, but I bet the Alpine sounds better

Surprisingly about the same buddy, the last DVD head unit i had was rubbish for sound but this one is quite similar to the alpine.

Right just ordered another MOD and picking it up tomorrow. so its now:

1 x ICE mod done
2 x handling/styling mods (recieved one and picking up other on friday)
1 x performance mod (got it but need to fit it for under the bonnet)
1 x performance/styling mod (ordering it on the 22nd)
1 x styling mod (in transit just now)

Happy days, lot of money spent but i would have had coilovers if the wife hadnt crashed the car, 250 excess had to be paid

For what I'm glad is that you have 1.5 engine and I'm hungered to hear some fresh and realistic ideas how to increase performance

Update us!

Looks good Steve

Got my wheel caps, primed and ready to get painted. I am going to paint them sparkle green the same as the car and then when summer comes the whole wheels are going a dark colour. Not quite black but certainly dark.

Caps as they were

As they are now primed


More pics of them painted and fitted to follow

3 x thin layers of cheap and nasty undercoat
2 x normal coats of 11r metallic sparkle green from fordprobestore
2 thick coats of lacquer, 1 cheap and nasty, then went out and bought an expensive more hardwearing one

Not the best of jobs, i could have sanded down the one in the top left more but as said in the above post they are only going on temporarily before i fe-furb and paint the alloys a darker nicer colour.

looking good stevo

great idea and im sure that it will look the dogz

may join the mg forum also and bag some cheap mgf alloys

see you on there lol

reason i havent posted pics of the caps is cos it looks shite. It still looks better than if it said MG. But. . . . .

does the mg bit come off them or is it moulded together?

they look like they are supposed to come out but they are tighter than a Scotsmans wallet.

if its glued on then warm in a sink of boiling water

and it cant be any worse than my spraying lol

As i said at the top it was just a temporary as i am spraying the entire wheels black or gunmetal grey. They look silly just now but when they are all sprayed i could put a nice wee decal in the middle. Thats where i cant decide!

If you're painting with rattle cans, can I recommend Peugeot Graphite - looks lovely it does

Marc sir, as always great advice

Nice colour.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2757 ... 709901.jpg

Nice colour - and it goes on nice, can almost get away without a clearcoat probably not advisable on alloys, but it does make any touch ups nice and easy

clear coat? Is that lacquer?

clear coat is the colour steve, its a mix of black and white to make a clear colour

then you put that on top of your paint for a shine


try it man get some black and white paint and it'll go clear!

I bought some clear coat today Along with a tub of elbow grease

shut it ya tumche's, never heard lacquer getting referred to as clear coat.

i've never heard of the club shutting down either

Okey dokey

1 x ICE mod done
1 x handling mod done
1 x handling/styling mod (to be finished lowering)
1 x performance mod (got it but need to fit it for under the bonnet P&P TB)
1 x performance/styling mod done
1 x styling mod done
1x styling mod (Richbrook steering wheel)


Just a back box but its all i needed to replace. Sebring back box from Ziggys and Keiflings.

From this



To this



Also fitted a rear whiteline ARB upper strut brace (2 point)

Looking good mate.

By the last one do you mean a whiteline ARB and an upper strut brace? Is that an ultra racing strut brace? It doesn't look like a whiteline.

sorry an upper rear ultra racing ARB. The bottom one is not fitted yet and its a cusco.

does look good Steve, liking the new back box too

Nice work fluffy! Backbox looks great!

well done steven

love them mods

1 x ICE mod done
1 x handling mod done
1 x handling/styling mod (to be finished lowering)
1 x performance mod (got it but need to fit it for under the bonnet P&P TB)
1 x performance/styling mod done
1 x styling mod done
1x styling mod (Richbrook steering wheel)

which is next then

Thanks for the comments! Howie i need your expertise to get her cleaned up!

Probably lower her this week sometime. Just 40 mm on the front and 30 mm on the back. Sticking with standard shocks at the moment as i dont want to spend too much on her. Maybe the steering wheel in the next fortnight, i have it ready to fit but have had difficulties.

The back box looks totally out of place cos the car is absolutely filthy in and out but the tips sparkle in the sun

I HATE THAT DAMNED TOW BAR. I WANT RID OF IT.