something for the wife

Post by **Chris_C** » 08 Aug 2006 05:49 pm

Dave, I called into halfords yesterday, needed some speaker box carpet (maplins is LOTS cheaper

)

Found they now do some really cool pink accesories and LED bits, incase you feel a yearning from the last two cars!

Micks car isn't rice yet, it's still in good taste! No vinyls yet either

Post by **d3k4y0** » 08 Aug 2006 06:21 pm

Chris_C wrote: Micks car isn't rice yet, it's still a work in progress!

fixed!

Post by **jtbo** » 08 Aug 2006 06:59 pm

Is this something he has been hiding from us?

Reconstructed from spy photos:

Post by **redline** » 08 Aug 2006 07:22 pm

apart from the wheels its all thanks to ebay
( gear lever gaiters ,gear knob, handbrake cover , clear side repeaters, steering wheel ,amp,k+n and peco back box)

ebay purchases from the 300 (head unit shuttle and 6x9's )

.the wheels were greatly discounted by a friend from £400.00 plus down to £120.00 and before anyone asks , No I cant get anymore (sorry )

total spent on the car so far is £288 including the alloys which is £12 less than I have made on the 300 parts I have sold from the redline lol

Post by **340GLT** » 08 Aug 2006 09:06 pm

Chris_C wrote: Micks car isn't rice yet, it's still in good taste! No vinyls yet either

I would take a look at the first pic of the wheels i spy vauxhall written down the doors!!!! Vinyls i would say again.......
Adam

Post by **redline** » 08 Aug 2006 10:49 pm

340GLT wrote: I would take a look at the first pic of the wheels i spy vauxhall written down the doors!!!! Vinyls i would say again.......
Adam

sorry to confuse you Adam ,

the first pictures were not actually of my car , just the alloys I was buying,

the later pictures are of the calibra in all its glory ,

still no graphics ,

possibly getting the windows tinted although a lot of people have said it will spoil the contrast of the green bodywork against the cream leather,

I think it will look nice with tints and the impact when I open the windows will be more impressive lol

Post by **redline** » 04 Sep 2006 08:36 am

calibra aint very well at the moment , blew the head gasket on the way back from Oxford , lots of white smoke ,
had to laugh when some posh horsey type woman in a golf estate flashed me ( with her headlights !!! ), I pulled over and she wound down the window to say , "excuse me , I think you have blown a TURBO or something " still , should be getting it back this week

Post by **petefarrell360** » 04 Sep 2006 02:23 pm

Oh dear.......... that's the price you pay. Hope it's not too expensive. Nessy's head gasket appears to have gone, however, it still soldiers on, nearly unaffected!
Pete

Post by **foggyjames** » 05 Sep 2006 03:03 am

I dunno, you would buy a car equipped with an Ecotec engine

Get them to take it out, and put a nice XE (or 'red top', as the chavs call it).

Gotta love how when a 300 is a) owned by Hugh, and b) breaks, it still doesn't break properly

cheers

James

Post by **5lab** » 05 Sep 2006 11:38 am

petefarrell360 wrote:Oh dear.......... that's the price you pay. Hope it's not too expensive. Nessy's head gasket appears to have gone, however, it still soldiers on, nearly unaffected!
Pete

that bloody hg is fine :p

Post by **petefarrell360** » 05 Sep 2006 07:02 pm

LOL, well Foggy can start putting the mayonaise in tubs and selling it to a supermarket chain soon!
Pete

Post by **5lab** » 05 Sep 2006 07:22 pm

which might be more to due to the fact he'd not changed the oil or coolant until a month ago - it'd been standing in there 2 years! hardly a surprise some moisture had made its way in..

Post by **foggyjames** » 05 Sep 2006 08:43 pm

You don't get that kinda mayo from a touch of condensation. It's also using about a litre of coolant per 500 miles. No obvious loss of power, but a HG failure isn't always total...might well just be an oil>water passage breakdown.

I'll leave Andy to put the final nail is this argument's coffin

cheers

James

Post by **pettaw** » 05 Sep 2006 08:48 pm

the mayo is fairly extreme. There's just too much IMO for it to be cool running, old oil/contamination etc.

Trouble is the picture isn't altogether clear. There's a lot of water loss, yes, but there's also a leaky radiator. Also there's a lot of oil loss but there's large enough oil leaks to pepper the driveway with all sorts after only a couple of hours standing

I've suggested that HG failure is a distinct possibility but all the other problems need fixing first before the head comes off, and fairly quickly, before the large leaks become massive leaks and James can't top up fast enough

Post by **d3k4y0** » 06 Sep 2006 12:04 am

pettaw wrote:before the large leaks become massive leaks and James can't top up fast enough

would that mean a blue can to match the green one?