Nubbin's 18"

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nubbin

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6,809 posts

285 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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I'm off to TMS this afternoon to get my 18" wheels fitted. I can't wait to see how it changes the look of the car. Perhaps I should do a 'before and after' shot.

Also, my Zaino brothers polish has finally arrived from the States. Used it yesterday, and it's good stuff - very shiny, no powder/residue, and not too difficult to apply. It looks like a show car again, and the shine is definitely better than Mer, my previous favourite. It would look astonishing on a darker coloured car. But it was $35.99, for 3 products, then the Exise slapped on another £18! Still, a lot cheaper than Zymol.

d_drinks

1,426 posts

276 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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B4 and after shots sound good to me Let us know when and where they're posted

loadofcods

58 posts

278 months

Thursday 21st March 2002
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You can order Zaino from Germany off this site
www.viper-lifestyle.de/zainoengl.htm
No credit cards though, but saves the hassle of customs etc.

flasher

9,238 posts

291 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Come on Nubbin, let's see what it looks like.....

nubbin

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6,809 posts

285 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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I'll post something at lunchtime - it was dark by the time I got home last night, so no photos yet!

The car loks fantastic now. The ride is a bit more jiggly, as expected, and I think I'll put the 16" back for winter, but otherwise grip anf handling are even better than before.

Flash - guess what? Armourfend have released their kit for the Tamora - it's about £300 for the bits, and £60 to have one of their fitters out and £50 an hour to fit. About £500 in all, plus the respray needed for those cars already on the road. How frustrating is that?!

I met a pleasant chap at TMS yesterday, over from Germany to spec his Tamora - he was waiting for me to arrive to check out the colour - looks like another Grigio Alloy car will be running around in June.

BTW - I was nipping down the A607 into Melton, and on a long straight there was a tractor coming in the opposite direction, towing a big slurry tank. So, I expected the first car to pull round him to overtake, and I slowed down, just in case the next car decided to follow blind around the tracto - which of course it did!. By this time I was doing about 65, and thought - if there's another car (I couldn't see one by looking under the tractor) surely he won't risk pulling out? But, the capacity of the human species to astound with it's blind, raging stupidity, continues to amaze! From nowhere, tucked right up behind the tractor, a pale coloured car pulled right out, no more than 100 yards in front of me. Anchors aweigh!! I locked the rear wheels, the car got a bit sideways, and I started to decide which hedge to dive into! I really was preparing for a head-on shunt, and if the tractor hadn't pulled into a field, allowing the complete c**t of a driver to swerve round him I would probably be dead now. I have never witnessed such idiocy in all my life!

Graham

16,369 posts

291 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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you were a lot luckier than a mate of mine yesterday then.

driving home with his brother in a Jago Geep, some old biddy pulled out blind from behind a tractor and bang..

ripped the front suspension off the Geep and rolled them 4 times and ripped the engine out of the other car...

nice.. all ok though.... good job the Geep has a roll bar mmm think i'll get one for the Chim...

Anto

125 posts

289 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Also, my Zaino brothers polish has finally arrived from the States.


Nubbin,
Which Zaino products did you get?

Anto


nubbin

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6,809 posts

285 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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I got the cleaner, polish-Lok pre polishing thing, and the Z1 polish. Very shiny indeed!!

Anto

125 posts

289 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Cheers Nubbin,
I might get some for the new beast.

Anto

nubbin

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6,809 posts

285 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Ted, I've sent my before and after shots to news@pistonheads.com. I know you're busy, so have oyu receved them? if so can you most them on this thread for the masses to view? Thankyou.

flasher

9,238 posts

291 months

Friday 22nd March 2002
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Come on Ted, get yer finger out!!!!

Mine are going on tomorrow at 10 am

Nubbin, are you pleased with them? Send me some piccies I think Ted's gone for a

only kidding Ted!!

PetrolTed

34,443 posts

310 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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Sorry guys. Wasn't following this thread and I was knee deep in emails.

However:



PetrolTed

34,443 posts

310 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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nubbin

Original Poster:

6,809 posts

285 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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Thanks, Ted.

richb

52,749 posts

291 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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So have TVR finally conceded that their wheels look better with the TVR logo in the centre instead of brass discs? Or is that an addition to the 18"'s?

p.s. nice pictures of a really nice car, they taken with ordinary kit or profesional gear?

>> Edited by richb on Tuesday 26th March 12:22

apache

39,731 posts

291 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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nubbin,
what you go and do that for......now I want one, badly

bertie

8,566 posts

291 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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Is it just the perspective of the photos or do the 18" wheels jack up the back end?

Maybe paint the diff red and put a spotlight on it a la Mk2 Escort?

leatheradams

3,166 posts

280 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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Looks like the shadow is making the car looked jacked up.

d_drinks

1,426 posts

276 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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I can hear nubbin sharpening the knifes now !!

18" wheels jack up the back end, Maybe paint the diff red and put a spotlight on it a la Mk2 Escort? not sure that's the way to make friends and influence people !!

nubbin

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6,809 posts

285 months

Tuesday 26th March 2002
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The front wheel is in a bit of a hole on the track where the lower snap is taken - it's all perspective, really.

The centre caps are stick-on items, just like the horrible gold ones. They're a fiver each, and look much better, I reckon.

apache - dig deep and find that cash - you know it makes, err, absolutely no sense at all!!

Richb - it's amazing what an idiot can produce with a half decent camera, isn't it? I use a Fuji Finepix 6900 that I bought this year. It gives cracking results, although the autofocus is a bit slow. But for static shots like these, it's hard to beat at the price - the highest setting produces images of 6million pixels, and file size of EACH photo is 17-18Mb!!

Glad you like the car, by the way. I saw a Ferrari 360 Modena in the same colour yesterday, in a rundown area of Sheffield (doesn't narrow it down much!). I realised later, it's Prince Naseem Hamed's car.

>> Edited by nubbin on Tuesday 26th March 17:54