Motors Chat - Round 7

YbFocus · 08-02-2015 11:13PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Ahh yes those ones!

God that doesn't sound good

toastedpickles · 08-02-2015 11:14PM

YbFocus wrote: »

God that doesn't sound good

:pac:

They're nice though!

YbFocus · 08-02-2015 11:16PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

:pac:

They're nice though!

Again I'm not overly convinced on the truthfulness of that post :pac:

toastedpickles · 08-02-2015 11:18PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Again I'm not overly convinced on the truthfulness of that post :pac:

Ffs :pac:

Ohh they're lovely! Lads look at yb's alloys! aren't they great! We'l stick them up on the fridge! :pac: :P

Ah no they are nice though, I'd leave them silver, only scoobys can pull off gold i think

ofcork · 08-02-2015 11:25PM

ofcork wrote: »

Any opinion on a saab 95 aero 2.3 its an 08 the brother is looking at.

Just giving this a bump as ive heard the usual saab don't have a great rep and hes coming from a 03 accord.

Noccy_Mondy · 08-02-2015 11:30PM

Wish I could do all my commuting at 8/9 in the evening. A journey that could possibly take up to 2 hours in rush hour took me 40 mins

Bpmull · 08-02-2015 11:41PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Wish I could do all my commuting at 8/9 in the evening. A journey that could possibly take up to 2 hours in rush hour took me 40 mins

Makes the journey so much easier and nicer when the roads are quite. I leave for cork at 5.30 am and am up there before 7.30 with the road fairly quite until you get near cork and even then they are fine. If I left at 7am it would mean sitting at the blocked up dunkettle interchange for 30-45 minutes. It's just not worth it I'm not able for trafic at all I just get sick of it as I'm not use to it I suppose.

08-02-2015 11:57PM

Old diesel wrote: »

God help us - if people get breakdowns negotiating the roundabout there - id hate to think how they got on BEFORE the roundabout was put in.

I assume that's the one by the Courtney lodge your talking about????

Roundabout a massive improvement there imo

Thats the one. Really solved the problem when you were trying to get out from the Dromcollogher side to the main road for the people who know how to use the damn thing. It had a bad start in life when an Integra (local youngfella owned it) plowed straight through it the week after it was built and destroyed all the new signage :rolleyes:

wotzgoingon · 09-02-2015 12:00AM

YbFocus wrote: »

I'm on the phone, once i get back to the laptop I'll be on With them.
They are BBS RC040's if you want to Google them

They look good and expensive as well.

Noccy_Mondy · 09-02-2015 12:07AM

Bpmull wrote:

Makes the journey so much easier and nicer when the roads are quite. I leave for cork at 5.30 am and am up there before 7.30 with the road fairly quite until you get near cork and even then they are fine. If I left at 7am it would mean sitting at the blocked up dunkettle interchange for 30-45 minutes. It's just not worth it I'm not able for trafic at all I just get sick of it as I'm not use to it I suppose.

That's hardly every day is it?

Bpmull · 09-02-2015 12:10AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

That's hardly every day is it?

Ah no just Monday's sorry meant to say that it's not really a commute. I stay up during the week and come home on a Thursday/ Friday depending on lectures. I'll be commuting from April for placement everyday but 30 minutes / 25km each way is nothing really.

toastedpickles · 09-02-2015 12:15AM

I've left the cover off my 900 for the first time since i got it, next weekend I'm gona strip the inside

I think i'm getting to the source of the dampness, also while im here, where can i get silica bags? like big ones

Bpmull · 09-02-2015 12:17AM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I've left the cover off my 900 for the first time since i got it, next weekend I'm gona strip the inside I think i'm getting to the source of the dampness, also while im here, where can i get silica bags? like big ones

I've heard putting a few bowls of rice in can help absorb the moisture but they probably arent as effective as the silica I don't know though.

job seeker · 09-02-2015 12:20AM

Are the gttdi 6 speed golf any good

Noccy_Mondy · 09-02-2015 12:33AM

Bpmull wrote:

I've heard putting a few bowls of rice in can help absorb the moisture but they probably arent as effective as the silica I don't know though.

What's the joke about putting a wet phone into rice? Obvs it's so it'll absorb the moisture, but it's believed the rice will attract Indians which will in turn fix the phone :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 09-02-2015 12:33AM

job seeker wrote:

Are the gttdi 6 speed golf any good

mk4 is it?

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 12:38AM

So here's the RC040's I bought the other day!

Genuine BBS 2 piece.
They needed a little clean but nothing crazy!

I am undecided on the colour, I'd like to try getting them powdercoated gold.
Not the subaru almost yellow but that pale bbs gold.
It'd look well against the blue of my car.

This colour!

I spent like 30 mins on this and the results were serious!
Once I split them and send the centres to be powdercoated the rims will be much easier polished, this was just a free hour to see what could be done!

09-02-2015 12:42AM

YbFocus wrote: »

So here's the RC040's I bought the other day!

Genuine BBS 2 piece.
They needed a little clean but nothing crazy!

I am undecided on the colour, I'd like to try getting them powdercoated gold.
Not the subaru almost yellow but that pale bbs gold.
It'd look well against the blue of my car.

This colour!

I spent like 30 mins on this and the results were serious!
Once I split them and send the centres to be powdercoated the rims will be much easier polished, this was just a free hour to see what could be done!

What colour is the car itself?

Can't say I'm mad about the gold

Very 'in da hood' looking. (thats just my opinion, though, of course)

EDIT: The picture I put here didn't seem to work, so here's a different one...

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The wheels themselves are nice, though.

(and if it helped you get a lady like the one in the picture! I think I'd be painting my wheels, too!)

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 12:52AM

Thanks for the opinion KKV,

As I said I'm not stuck on that colour, just an idea that I am toying with!
I may go for a darker almost black grey either! Or plain silver!

Tough decisions!
Here's the car...

wotzgoingon · 09-02-2015 12:55AM

Any pics online of a bmw, same colour as your car and same alloys and the gold colour just to get an idea of what they would look like.

Noccy_Mondy · 09-02-2015 12:55AM

YbFocus wrote:

Thanks for the opinion KKV, As I said I'm not stuck on that colour, just an idea that I am toying with! I may go for a darker almost black grey either! Or plain silver! Tough decisions! Here's the car...

Ohhh yb

Not gold anyway

Wouldn't do it for me.

09-02-2015 01:00AM

From looking at the pictures, I can see where Gold came from. Looks like it could be a nice contrast against the navy blue. But I don't think I'd be crazy about it myself, in complete honesty.

Would a glossy black work? (and some window tints, to tie it all in?).

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 01:01AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Any pics online of a bmw, same colour as your car and same alloys and the gold colour just to get an idea of what they would look like.

Squint a bit

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ohhh yb

Not gold anyway
Wouldn't do it for me.

I'll have to see, as said I'm looking at millions of pics!

That's in serious contention too!

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 01:02AM

Deleted User wrote: »

From looking at the pictures, I can see where Gold came from. Looks like it could be a nice contrast against the navy blue. But I don't think I'd be crazy about it myself, in complete honesty.

Would a glossy black work? (and some window tints, to tie it all in?).

See above post man

I'm not a fan of tinting windows at all!

Cheensbo · 09-02-2015 01:05AM

I vote the dark centres!!

If the car was oxford green i'd say gold though.

09-02-2015 01:05AM

YbFocus wrote: »

See above post man

I'm not a fan of tinting windows at all!

Yeah I like the black more than the gold. I think the gold requires the fogs to be yellow'ed too (to help it all tie in a bit better).

Can I ask why you're against window tinting? It's generally the first thing I do with a car (not just for appearance, but also for privacy). I do think cars look better with tings most of the time though.

wotzgoingon · 09-02-2015 01:07AM

I think the gold looks good, but have you centre caps for yours? Or did you mention you were getting new ones.

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 01:09AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah I like the black more than the gold. I think the gold requires the fogs to be yellow'ed too (to help it all tie in a bit better).

Can I ask why you're against window tinting? It's generally the first thing I do with a car (not just for appearance, but also for privacy). I do think cars look better with tings most of the time though.

Its very rare I see a car that I think the tinted windows suit!
I like the open look, car has a nice creamy grey interior that really shines.

There's a lovely bright feel inside, I'd hate to take from it!

I'm going to see is there any other possibilities but that pic of the dark grey has me almost won on that colour now!

wotzgoingon · 09-02-2015 01:10AM

Cheensbo wrote: »

I vote the dark centres!!

If the car was oxford green i'd say gold though.

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah I like the black more than the gold. I think the gold requires the fogs to be yellow'ed too (to help it all tie in a bit better).

Can I ask why you're against window tinting? It's generally the first thing I do with a car (not just for appearance, but also for privacy). I do think cars look better with tings most of the time though.

I see what you mean the black looks good but that is a black car Ybfocus car is navy/blue so gold I think would look better.

YbFocus · 09-02-2015 01:14AM

Cheensbo wrote: »

I vote the dark centres!!

If the car was oxford green i'd say gold though.

Another for the darks

I reckon I'll be shunned if I go gold

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I think the gold looks good, but have you centre caps for yours? Or did you mention you were getting new ones.

I have centres but they are graphite like the wheels.
If I go black or gold the silver centres have a lovely contrast so Id be getting a new set

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