Ricey

It was fairly epic but a word of warning...........once you've bought her a car for a pressie where do you go from there!! Story of my life.........peaked too soon

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40562 Similar sitation a few months ago with some advice about insurance claims.......if you can get his insurance details to claim from directly then I would take that route - notify your own though.

If you go through insurance make sure you nominate your own bodyshop otherwise it'll probaby get shipped off to some losers like Howard Basford to bodge. Good luck

Well done Anders.....he who dares wins. Even more well done for ignoring everything I say........its usually for the best

I was desperately racing to take the pics with the sun on it (I think the metallic really catches in the sun) but as you can see I missed it by about 30 mins Thats a very good point - in fact thats slightly worrying because when I first lifted it up it was an inch off the glass......how the hell did it get up there?!?!?

This is the way to do it!! Couple of years back though.........ignore my condescending voice Bagged up the MX5 and stashed it at bodelwyddan castle a few days earlier - the 'present' was a night in the hotel at the castle (which was god awful and therefore made the real present even better). http://s1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb411/ricey001/?action=view&current=MOV00157.mp4 What made it even better was when we drove into the car park she pointed at it and said 'THATS how I want my MX5 to look'

Haha! Funny you should say that.....I noticed i'd left the hose in shot on one of my pics - its the latest fashion

Got to give a +1 on this to be honest mate......you are a bit of legend for trying. Might be worth cracking the wd40 out and having another crack in the morning.

do you even know where the diff is on your car? I don't even know what a diff does....don't they limit their slipping sometimes?

Accidentally posted twice! Doh - so I'll edit this post with a few details of the car 2003 UK GT pack 27000 miles Current rubber is abysmal - RE040's on the front (just legal) and Maxxis on the back (sadly loads of tread) OEM aerial swapped for S2000 Stubby 2 owners (lived in Newcastle for 6 or its 7 years apparently)

NOOOOO I can't buy any more......well this week anyway! Tax disc holder and stubby were the order of the day this week. Looking at my pics the seats look quite dire actually - they look a lot better in the flesh.....just that little inch long but of scuffing on the driver bloster.

Very nice mate - just spent the better part of the day doing ours!

I've always enjoyed cleaning cars since being a nipper but without actually having any understanding of what detailing actually was until I joined here.........I was an acolyte of Hellfords cleaning range. Gonna have a crack at doing the Lancer next week. Need to do the MX5 before I cover it up until we sell it in the spring too. I'm catching you up with the cleaning products Mart!

Aye - all cars with air con do it I think. Something to do with the condenser purging the moisture its filters from the car ......but I'm quite happy to be corrected on that

Anders!!! You and your crazy meddling?!?! You sure you've not accidentally tried to install a volvo diff

Welcome mate Spend a little bit more if you can - its worth it in the long run. Keep an eye on the forum for sale if you don't go for this one - you can check the history on a forum car much easier than you can elsewhere due to the handy 'advanced search' function! The clutch feels VERY heavy when compared to a more suburban run around........I think a few people have swapped them out for Exedy clutches which are light (I believe). Luckily the engine is very versatile so driving round town is actually a fairly relaxing event. Good luck!!

I did.....like a semi retarded zombie I limped around the car *edit - AGAIN* with my sodden drying cloth! Thanks for the comments all.

Well after nearly a month since Carla got the Zed I've finally got back from holiday, recovered from the jet lag, dragged my ass through a week in work and spent some quality time with the Zed and £200 of cleaning bits I've amassed over the last 2 months!!! Piccies as requested (only crappy mobile pics I'm afraid - I'll take some 'arty' stuff in the future) and in case anyones interested I've listed the products used below; -Dodo Juice shampoo -Dodo juice clay lube -Claybar (can't remember which make) -Dodo juice Orange Crush Wax -Gliptone leather cleaner -Gliptone leather conditioner -Gliptone regular use cleaner (not used this time but it will become the regular cleaner) -Simonez interior plastic cleaner -Simonez tyre black -RainX water repellant -Autosol metal cleaner -Meguiars Gritguard wash bucket -Lambs wool wash mitt -Meguiars water magnet drying towel -About 300,000 microfibre cloths! (in fairness most of these were free from ebay and a couple of posh ones from Envy Valeting) -1 dishcloth was sacrificed for the engine bay. This is the first time I've used 'proper' detailing kit. Prior to joining the forum I always prided myself in being good at valeting - using sponges, buckets that I also used for weeding , leathers to dry and water blades.........the difference in the finish (ok it took me 4 hours as opposed to 2) is mahusive! The Dodo Juice wax is AWESOME.....so much so that after spending all afternoon cleaning it I actually stumbled back out to the car and sprayed it with the hosepipe & took some piccies just because I know some of you are a bit weird like me and like to see the bubbling or the water on the paint work.......then I had to dry it again......so tired.....so so tired......here's pics.......must sleep now....zzzzzzzzzz These are just after washing - note no 'pooling' of water; This is the finished article - washed, dried, clayed, waxed, windows treated with RainX The seats are very good anyway considering the car is 7 years old anyway but they did improve with the glyptone (in fact the passenger seat didn't really need doing it looks brand new) Paintwork close up after waxing As always any comments welcome and also thanks to everyone for demanding some piccies - I know its only a standard car but you all still harped on for pics which was most encouraging in my darkest hours when microfibres were low and my brew had run out

I've got a spare dictionary if its any use anders?

Spot on mate. Carla is allergic to animals so I adopted her a meerkat for her at the zoo - she loved it......then she went and got 5 degus and itched a lot but still it was thoughtful at the time!

Riceys Missus here! I'll give you an honest list..... (I will ignore the comments he made earlier, will deal with him later I will put him out in the ) Depends what time of missus you have, Girlie, into cars, loves clothes, shoes, handbags, jewellery, etc etc. (meeee) 1) - Jewellery, but not any, look at 'links of London' or 'Tiffanys', (if budget can stretch) If not try http://www.swarovski.com Getting something engraved is always good. like inside of a silver ring, etc. 2) - Radley purse and bag. (Cheshire Oaks outlet villiage have a store with really good discount, I bought a purse from there the other day £28.00 from £45!!) 3) - Shopping spree!! 4) - Concert tickets, or as Paul rightly said about me earlier, I love going the theatre in London, always a good treat, gets you away too. 5) - Always good to though in a few dvd's / cd's or a good book to read. I'll give it a rest now, hope this helps. I LOVE XMAS! I know what I'm getting Paul.............more cleaning products so he can spruce my Zed up!

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=35662 Apparently not the first time this has been discussed!

1 good reason springs instantly to mind.........its a 3.5 litre V6 engine producing 287 bph and 274 ft-lb or torque coupled to a growling twin exit zorst

Have his hand off mate!!!!! I'm having to shell £190 for a new Lancer mirror because not a sod sells them for the new model apart from Mitsi.