Get him drunk and make him lose them to you in a Poker game

Car looks nice though. Sits nice on those coilies

don't see him giving it up that easy lol

But thanks for the kind comment,it's appreciated

So over the last couple of days I've replaced all the interior light bulbs with led's

Also changed sidelights and number plate lights to led.

Got it machine polished by a mate

And collected the wheel centres back from the same guy and had them acid dipped as he said he would prefer a blank canvas so to speak as they had been painted a few times over the years and was a bit thick

I've dropped them back off with him now and hopefully it won't take him to long to paint them as I'm looking forward to building them back up and getting them on the car

Edited 6 May, 201610 yr by dsmithmobile

I see the vrs has been moved on :(

Anymore updates on this?

So the cats out of the bag so to speak lol,yes the octavia has gone to a new home but it was going to happen eventually

But currently no updates on the porsche,still waiting on the wheel centres as he's not the fastest worker but to be fair I'm still part way through polishing the lips so need to get a move on and then decide what tires and what sizes I'm going to use but will update once there's some progress

Sad to hear the Octy was sold today, glad to hear the buyer was keen to do it up. And oh my God the replacement, my man I am looking forward to seeing where this one goes lol

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Sad to hear the Octy was sold today, glad to hear the buyer was keen to do it up. And oh my God the replacement, my man I am looking forward to seeing where this one goes lol

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I hadn't thought much about selling or breaking it,it was on the cards but didn't know when it would happen,I received a pm initially and it went from there,hope he has fun with it like I did

And thanks for the comment on the new project too

So on Thursday I received my wheel centres back from my mate,was a bit of a shock to see him at the front door with them in his hands as I half expected him to take weeks to do them lol

Here's the centres after receiving them

So as I had them back I knew that I had to get cracking at the weekend so had to clean up 160 bolts for the rims using a little wire brush attachment for the dremmel which was a tedious task lol

then had to sand out some kerbing marks left on the lips by the missus and then flat and re polish the lips,didn't go to town on them as I'm not really into polishing and after the long job of cleaning the bolts then I was losing interest so gave them a light flat ting and then just stuck a polishing head in the drill and whacked on loads of autosol and got them buffed up,they have come out ok for me,there still marked and pitted but it's no show car,just wanted to get them built up

Here they are

Just need to order some tires now and get them on the car then I can see how they sit and measure up for spacers

Well the tires turned up yesterday so got the wife to drop the tires and wheels off with my mate and he put them on and balanced them up for me and then put them on the car after work. So took it up the road and got a couple of pics

Rears ended up been slightly stretched which wasn't the plan but I've bought them now so they will have to do,need to space them a bit too.

Looks awesome!

Car looks great and I love the wheels.

My only issue with them (in an OCD type way) is that they don't come as directional pairs to allow the curve to point in the same way on both sides of the car

Awesome. They suit it perfectly  :clap: 

Nice. Great thread so far. Keep it coming.

looks much better already, good work

Thanks for the comments guys it's appreciated

Winning!

I'll confess I'm a little jealous !!! I've always loved these cars and you've got the stance looking exactly as I would have it, can't wait to see this progress

Sorry to be a pain (you always get one) - I love your car but the wheels don't do it for me I'm afraid.

 

Ignore me - It's your car do what you like!

Sorry to be a pain (you always get one) - I love your car but the wheels don't do it for me I'm afraid.

Ignore me - It's your car do what you like!

That's fine Rob,I can take criticism without getting defensive,so it's all good

Hows the porsche going Dan? Any updates?

Edited 1 November, 20169 yr by SNH

Alright Si,

Not really been up to much with it really,just enjoying it

Had it serviced a few months back and it sailed through it mot without any advisories which was good

Fitted some larger spacers and illuminated sill plates and that's about it

Here's a few pics

Going to hopefully get the console and seat backs painted over winter.

Still looking good.

I do keep my eye out for you when I'm up your way in the lorry delivering.

Cheers bud and your chances of spotting it will be slim as it rarely ventures out as I'm in my van all week so it gets occasional weekend use and that's all,it's another drive ornament like the octy was lol