YEAH... are you mates with Pete cochran?!?! Small bloody world, i went to uni with him! iv still not sorted my computer out so its taken a while to reply. but yes, i am indeed friends with pete, or "rubber sheet pete" as i like to call him, own's a very lovley g60 raddo'. he used to ride ...

81GTi wrote:

wow

where had this been, the bottom of a lake?

"YEAH" - did you ever get the hard roller on your rear lights? not as of yet, i actually forgot about it if im honest. after reading tempest's response about the roller il probably still give it a try, but a very carefull one at that. and when/if i do il get a pic up. i still quite like t...

yes it is wrong

but by all means, buy it if you want.

just restore it to original

that looks lush, thats what id of loved to have done rather than carbing my 8v. all done at a pretty decent price too.

valvers on bike carbs just look perfect...

cleaning, paah!

Also, where the hell have you been? I wanted to see your engine at Cosford :crying: Alex where have i been? pretty much in a deep, black pit of dispair.... no money, no internet, etc... combined with having to get a replacement head for my golf, fitting it and getting it running (on a tiiiiiiight b...

so i finally got my rocco' back and running on the road again after sticking dual dellorto 40's on it. it had taken me ages to get it together again due to a serious lack of money and spare time/ bad weather. on the way to edition 38 it overheated (as in boiled over out of the water tank) and i had ...

yeah that was me!nice motor you got there, had a peek earlier in the day at it. i was glad i made it there tbh. she over-heated on the way up friday evening in traffic before the m40 and at that point thought it was all over. after a bit of cooling down (hour) she came through. id liked to of got a...

manox wrote: Anyway, managed to get her to Edition 38 which i was happy about,

im pretty sure i got a thumbs up from you on the sunday, i was parked under a tree with a black caddy and a lupo nearish to the exit.

i was sat in my rocco' rolling ciggies for the trip home...

your car was looking good!

ah good work. im ok for striping tape but i may have a go at my lights with a hard paint roller, to bring out the lines.

obviously testing it out first with water based paints before i ruin the lights.....

LIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

flippin' awesome, was it just paint on the raised areas? did you use one of those "hard" paint rollers or was it more involved?

yesterday (wednesday) i spotted a very lush looking red gt2 on i think a j plate. it was on the m4 just after 7.00 am going westbound somewhere between junction 11 and 12.

looked mint

spotted x2 today. first was a red mk2 with black body kit reg-c*** vw, think it may of been a personal plate, in the carpark for wantage scrapyard. looked very tidy. second was a black mk2 gt2 (i think) on a k plate in a block of flats carpark in newbury. again, looked pretty tidy even if it had a b...

have a look here for wheel banding...

http://www.bandedsteels.com

not used them myself but came across it elsewhere. bit of info on banding/arch rolling for those interested...