First shots are how it came with the (ugly) gold wheels, then the afters once I painted the rims....and the box of bits going in this weekend... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Compressor, spray gun, thinners, sand paper, paint and a bit of effort (talent optional).....I really couldn't live with the gold....
Tyres on, unfortunately. Just masked them out, I will do a proper job when I change to dot rated tyres but for now these are not gold, and that makes all the difference for me.... I took my time masking them up so there is no sign of the gold but I will still do them properly later, might go a slightly lighter shade of grey...
That's almost a classsic song there Bro. http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=lighter+shade+of+pale+song&rlz=1R2ADBF_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=pdcgS4aFJJTasgP0jsCbBQ&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA4QqwQwAA#hl=en&source=hp&q=lighter+shade+of+pale+song&rlz=1R2ADBF_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=pdcgS4aFJJTasgP0jsCbBQ&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA4QqwQwAA&qvid=lighter+shade+of+pale+song&vid=4446623136388980082
Thanks mate!! Yep, me and a friend are doing the major, I will try to take some photos along the way, he thinks its going to be a 4 hour job, I'm thinking it might take a bit longer than that. Doing every fluid (ie, gear fluid, coolant, engine oil, break fluid) every filter, all belts and a full detail. Should be good to go after all that.
Fantastic!! Nothing like working on your own cars! If you can do it, of course. Have fun, I know you will. I fitted new strut bar bushes to Nicoles Statesman today. ****s wouldnt cover it under warranty. Apparently bushes have to be "cracked or split" to be covered under warranty. Not worn out like Nicole's bush......... es.
LOL!! She reads this, you know that right?? Yep, I love working on my own cars, something I have always done, probably why I have 120sqm garage... Did the statesman fail a road worthy or was it knocking? Most warranties don't cover wear and tear, failure of the part is another story...
Lol, yeah right. Very good sir! I errrrrr, dont love working on my cars. But I love working on everyone else's cars! No no, I swapped Nicole's Statesmans wheels out with my ute wheels to make the Gold Coast wedding road trip. Better off wearing out $100 17" tyres on my ute than $250 19" tyres on Nicoles' Statesman. And if you know the IRS setup on the Commies, they are ****ed and notorious for wearing inner edges of rear tyres. Anywho, when I did the swap late October, I tightend the wheel nuts on her car and noticed some movement in the front wheels. Bushes worn. Just changed another mates same bushes out in a VX Commie a few months ago. I thought they were covered under warranty, but apparently not. Booked it in last week, they looked at em and told me that. Was news to me. I told my brother who said the service manager there was just "being a poor ****". Im mates with him too and he didnt look after me there. Also had a p/steering leak that was supposed to be fixed. They removed and "inspected the hose and hose clamps". Could not fault it, so they put it back together and charged me $144 for the trouble. I said dude, WARRANTY................nope, that was "testing and adjusting" which isnt covered by warranty. What a crock of ****! I can buy the hose for $20 and do it myself, if I knew that crap, I would have done that myself. Today, while changing them bushes out, I looked underneath the p/steering resivior again and it was leaking again. HAS to be a ****ed hose. Pulled in there and told Brendan, he said bring it back. I said dude, dont charge me another $144 and NOT fix it. If they do, I may as well go and get the hose and do it myself. POOR ****S MATE!!!!!
Its OK mate, private joke of a diner we had at GP time earlier this year and relates to his old avatar. Was the first time I really got to meet him. Was a great night.
(note to self).............. Bite your tongue, ssshhh don't say anything, you can do it! (tm 360C) Oh, I have to help. Post 170 was mine. And to save you it was all to do with a moustache. Had to be there.