Cupra sold, Progress thread - Z3M - Custom 3 piece BBS

[Tim_GTi]

Sucks about the wheel man, I know how you feel. I've scraped 3 out of 4 of my Monos, all within a week, 2 different incidenses. Not pleased to say the least!

Liking the updates.

[shantybeater]

Cheers mate, yeah i'm really gutted I spend the whole time parking a mile from the kerb so I'm amazed I did it really! At least they are one piece I guess!

[alexperkins]

i hate kerbing wheels did it once on the GTI wheels but managed to level it out.

[shantybeater]

Yeah I wish I had the knowhow and patience lol, ended up resorting to a bodyshop:



Havent updated in a while, i've been busy dealing with little niggles/fixes that have bugged me since I bought it e.g.
- replaced light dimmer switch,
- painting back boxes which were peeling,
- sanding/priming and yet to paint stone chips,
- peeling engine bay foils which arent fitted quite yet
- a roof leak which took a bit of detective work,
- and tatty rubber seals for the aerial replaced with nice new ones

I also drove all the way to birmingham burning £60 just in fuel to pick up some genuine AC Schnitzer hoops (rare as fooook)...dont ask me how much they cost me though!



Here they are against the old ebay versions:









The quality difference is immense, they were a £1k+ mod new afterall!

and not so exciting but some stone protectors:

[Tim_GTi]

Looking good dude. Can't believe they cost 1k new. Did you get them for a decent price?

The stone protectors don't looks so great, but they serve a purpose! Much like my Hannibal Lecter-esque full frontal bra

[shantybeater]

Yeah I do agree but my arches have got a battering, they seem to magnetise crap!! You got any pics of the bra?? cant be worse than alex's pink one only joking mate haha

I got them for a reasonable price, lets put it this way they will sell for more so its worthwhile

[Tim_GTi]

Haha, yeh check it out:


Makes my car look like a retard, but I'm not paying for the front end to be sprayed for the third time, due to long motorway journeys!

[shantybeater]

haha it really does look like it has downed syndrome!! does a job though like you said

[alexperkins]

cant be worse than alex's pink one only joking mate haha

its not pink lol

[Tim_GTi]

haha it really does look like it has downed syndrome!! does a job though like you said

Yep, I get so many weird looks when maxing relaxing down the M5

[alexperkins]

lol know what you mean tim. its a price worth paying!

I got another bloody stone chip on the way to the MOT earlier...bloody joke!

[shantybeater]

picking up my new shoes on friday

[Tim_GTi]

Intense!

What's the spec?

[alexperkins]

In james own words

19's custom 3 piece only 8.5's at the mo but the backs will be going 12"ish, i'm just hoping 19's arent a bit too big

[Tim_GTi]

In james own words

19's custom 3 piece only 8.5's at the mo but the backs will be going 12"ish, i'm just hoping 19's arent a bit too big

I don't quite know how to react to 12s on rear, in a good way