Rubbadubdub's Red Mk1 Driver

P0jy said

Hi there

How have you got that yellow tint in the headlamps?

Is it yellow bulbs?

Love the interior and car…its stunning


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Thanks everyone

They are yellow caps which fit over the bulbs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Yellow-cap-for-H4-car-light-bulb-french-style-set-of-2-caps-oldtimer/281200187831?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36383%26meid%3D5bdfa13414cb4561911193facaf46825%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D280717340043

So finally got round to building up the RS, very satisfying job! The first one;







And then the second one all done, these are the rears all done 





Seeing how shiney the rears were i decided i wasnt happy with the front dishes, so stupidly decided to sand them back down to remove the pitting



Here is one done, they arent perfect but look alot better than before, now i just had the painstakingly long task of polishing them again, which i should be able to finish this evening and get some pictures

Rubbadubdub said

P0jy said

Hi there

How have you got that yellow tint in the headlamps?

Is it yellow bulbs?

Love the interior and car…its stunning


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks everyone

They are yellow caps which fit over the bulbs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Yellow-cap-for-H4-car-light-bulb-french-style-set-of-2-caps-oldtimer/281200187831?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36383%26meid%3D5bdfa13414cb4561911193facaf46825%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D280717340043

Thank you

Wow your RS are amazing!, I thought mine were nice. You can't beat grey centres with a polished dish!..

Rubbadubdub said

So finally got round to building up the RS, very satisfying job! The first one;







And then the second one all done, these are the rears all done 





Seeing how shiney the rears were i decided i wasnt happy with the front dishes, so stupidly decided to sand them back down to remove the pitting



Here is one done, they arent perfect but look alot better than before, now i just had the painstakingly long task of polishing them again, which i should be able to finish this evening and get some pictures

Wow they look amazing. Real wheel envy.

Okay I have to admit it, I'm as jealous as hell when I look at those wheels!       

Now I have a picture in my head of those on mine.  

Thanks Everyone Last night i finished polishing one of the lips. Heres a progress picture to show the After and Before



And finished, all built up,



Just one more to go now, just hope i have some fingertips left to do the last one! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Very cool mucker

Thanks Mate.

Got the last one finished and build up over the weekend. tyres have been ordered so should be on in no time

Yep there do me very nicely!    

Small Update on this, been busy the past few weeks (but not with the car unfortunately).

Firstly, found some pictures before i brought the car on my phone;







any way, to present day now, got the tyres fitted to my BBS, unfortunately i had a leak in two of the wheels and the rears tyres had far too much stretch (my poor research).

the size were 165/45 all round (going on 7J and 7.5j).

These are the front, perfect amount of stretch in my eyes;



And these are the rears;



i could get my finger between the lip and the tyre 

So for the rears i will opt for 185/45/15 and that should hopefully look alright.



i thought i would still try them on for size though the rear wheel fitment, car will need to come down a bit to make the fitment perfect.





and the fronts, you can see this one had lost alot of air by the time i put it on 



Also picked up these for a pretty penny for my recaros, slightly different colour to my seats thought which is annoying so might have a go at dying them, unless people have any suggestions?

Just read the lot, brillant work and photos

Given me some inspiration to sort mine out (again)!

Let us know how the nankangs perform - I don't reckon there as bad as some people seem to think.

Oooffffhhhh, they are some nice wheels. Love the fishnet recaro headrests too  

Matt

Small picture dump, no updates, still lazy and nothing changed on the car!  My neighbour made me a model of my car a while back



Haven't used my camera for a long time so decided to go for a drive last week for some photos, only edited one so far but it came out nice i think

Wow your car looks fantastic but I think the model just beats it by a small margin! 😂

But seriously both look fantastic, you must be chuffed with both. ☺️👍🏼

Wow that was nice of your neighbour  

Great photos, as usual  

Matt