Kyle T
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Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Gav
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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Haha what Kyle?
My car is actually filthy now so the sticker is really ironic!
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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Corr Gav please kill yourself
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BeetleGav
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Sorry I shal get on with that immediately. Any preferred method?
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willay
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Location: Roydon, Essex
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Slow and painful please
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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Those 3.0i Wing Badges need binning...
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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Ino I need to take them off but I like people knowing I have the 3.0 and not any smaller engine
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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They should know that when you speed past them whilst giving the internationally recognised wanker signal.
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BeetleGav
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Haha I had a nice play with an r8 spider earlier. He clearly wasn't playing because he let me go past boring
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Noticed the other day when I heard the car running at idle from outside that it sounded a bit odd. The yellow oil can had been coming on when I switch the engine off for a while, but that doesn't mean it's low, it just needs a small top up to get to max again.
Made some space and brought the car partly into the garage as the weather is crap.
While I was there I decided to check the anti-freeze before the cold sets in. I hadn't checked this in at least 6 months and sure enough it also needed a top up. All better now:
Luckily I had some of both products so that was a nice easy job.
Next I decided to get to the bottom of my dull rear light problem. At few people in work had mentioned it although I had no bulb out signal. Theres 2 bulbs which create a circlular rear light. As you can see, the inner bulb wasn't functioning properly. I changed all the bulbs over and it's now fixed. Must have been crap bulbs.
Thats it for now.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Next on the list will be another coat of fabric dye on the roof. Haven't been able to do it recently as weekend overtime takes priority
I also need another clear 3rd brake light as mines properly buggered now and a drivers side brake duct for the front bumper.
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
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ahh better check my fluids, haven't checked them since I bought it, other than giving it a litre of oil since the service 4k ish ago.
you finished the roof yet?
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
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answered my roof question
my brake light has a crack, I just hope it doesn't fall apart
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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It will, give it time mine has cracked at both edges. Still works, just looks shite.
Pretty shitty design really. The shock from closing the boot causes it.
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Kyle T
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Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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quote: Originally posted by BeetleGav
Haha I had a nice play with an r8 spider earlier. He clearly wasn't playing because he let me go past boring
My old boss had a V10 R8 as a courtesy car for a few days, made me look and feel like I was going into reverse
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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decided to swap my centre brake light out this evening. It's been looking shoddy for a while now. It's a common problem.
Got a red one off the z4 forum for 15 quid, but when it turned up it had a small crack right down the middle. Not noticeable really, but I messaged the guy and he refunded me the monies. Result!
Got it fitted this evening and whilst it's not as nice as the clear one, at least it isn't falling apart!
Here's the clear one I bought last year. Not what you'd expect for a 50 quid BMW OEM part.
Didn't bother getting a pic of the brake light I put in as its the same as the original one.
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BeetleGav
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I like red
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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If the oil light keeps coming on it could be because the level sensor is fucked. Very common on BM's and my dads 339 and my E36 do too!
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Generation
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Saw a white one of these today with a red roof, thought of you xx
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Ben G
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I bet that looked fantastic
Jambo, think the rocker gasket is perished. Looks like it's seen better days. There was a black oily substance around that area.
Gave my roof another 2 coats of dye this evening. It was dark when I finished, so here's some pics of me washing it:
Quite like the red 3rd brake light. Looks nice with the orange-less rear lights in:
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Generation
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It looked like it had seen better days tbh.
Was a faded red, on a very dirty white car
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Gary
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Bit scene imo
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BarnshaW
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far too scene for my liking
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MatthewR
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Looks brilliant IMO
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kennySRi
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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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Roof colour is looking really nice there
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