Opinions Needed!

[Nik da Greek]

Right then. I got my beloved Ruby (that\'s the car, yeah!) back from having loads of work done this week. Unfortunately, the work hasn\'t, erm, worked, so she\'s got to go back because she\'s still pretty horrible to drive, with between two and no working turbos at random. To be fair, this isn\'t about that, and the guy who did the work is putting it right, so this isn\'t a moan thread or anything. What it did mean, though, is that I had no option but to faff with the cosmetics, since I still can\'t drive her.

For anyone who remembers three months back when she went in for work, my wheel lacquer went through also, so I had to send them back to Abbey Motorsport, who\'d done the refurbishing. To be fair to them, they re-did them from goodwill, without too much grumbling, though it was very annoying nonetheless! This is what they looked like when they went away;

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This is what they look like when they came back;

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The thing is, I can\'t resist a fiddle (f\'narr) and I got some LeMans (bikes) style reflective rim tape because I thought they might be too dour in just plain anthracite, and even though there\'s a red gasket thing, I wasn\'t sure it\'d be sufficient to key into the bodywork. Thing is, having done one side to try it out, I honestly can\'t make up my mind whether I prefer all gunmetal or with the red pinstripe. my family and friends I\'ve canvassed are exactly 50-50 split, so it\'s up to you guys and girls to have the deciding votes! So, does the pinstripe stay or go? You decide!

With;

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And without, again;

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P.S, If my new Border wings don\'t just make you wet with excitement, you\'ve no soul! I know they work for me!

[gsb876]

Without the red bit for sure, very moody without

[Nik da Greek]

Also, inspired by Jono\'s really quite excellent Audi R8 styleee LED sidelights, I had a bash at some of my own. I certainly don\'t have the talent to plagiarise his idea of replacing the whole sidelight assy with a vent and mounting the LEDs in there, but I\'m quite pleased with the result. Mostly because you literally can\'t see them till their on, and then they burn your eyes out. Probably rather far from road legal, but hey, who cares!

Spot the lights;

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Aha, there they are

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And at night...brilliant, literally!

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[davyv]

Ihave the same wings in cf, they look great.

[Nik da Greek]

Ihave the same wings in cf, they look great.

Dang! I feel all inadequate now ! Can\'t imagine how much the carbon ones must be. I got these FRP secondhand from Martin at Speedline, but my mate has some on his R33 GTR Skyline that he imported new himself, at a cost of around £800. I think he said he was after the carbon ones, but they were literally double the price. That\'s a lot!

But what about the wheel tape?

[Dan Norton]

I like it all....keep the lot!

[Nik da Greek]

Thanks, Dan, that keeps the nice 50/50 split intact!

Come on, guys, help me out here! 95 views on this thread and only two people with an opinion? Surely this can\'t really be MRC can it? Where\'s all the posts telling me I\'m a style-free fashion victim! I need the abuse, I\'m not capable of making my own decisions! I can\'t drive the bl**dy thing around with two red and two black wheels on it forever (actually, I can\'t drive it at all just now, but that\'s besides the point....)

[Kevin]

Wheels without red trim = :Thumbs-up
Audi R8 Led style lights = :spank

[RedRummy]

Its in danger of getting a bit busy...  keep it simple..

Loving the front wings...  

personally I\'d only keep the wheel trim if you lost the shopping list...

Its looking damn fine though...

[ENVYD]

get rid of the tape mate! also the door stack i think is a no no and will look so nice,
 
also get the wing painted black like mine! that will look mint to as you have other black parts to your car!
 

[Carl]

So have you reduced the cooling to the oil coolers?
If so considering that 1/3rd of all cooling is done by the oil that is not good.
Of course you may not have blocked them.
Regards
Carl

[karl_tate]

i would say keep the red tape as it looks cool but get rid of the shopping list (have told you before lol)

also doing the spoiler black like steven has would look cool. nice pic btw steven

[BlitzBoy]

cool wings, hmm the red tape, with or without it looks good both ways

[Nik da Greek]

That\'s more like it. Fair and frank opinions, that\'s what we want!

The door stacks are probably coming off, in fact, one of the HKS stickers has already gone, cos I\'ve only got a boost gauge by HKS left now and I dont believe in putting logos on when you dont have the parts fitted. I\'ve only taken the one off cos frankly I got bored peeling off tiny fragments of reeeeeally sticky sticker lol! Thanks, Karl, I think that\'s the third or fourth time you\'ve told me off about the shopping list, I get the idea, dude !

Envyd. I\'m quite liking the two-tone effect, but I think I\'d want to get the roof done to match, and I can\'t afford that just now. Maybe one for the future. I\'m halfway through prepping sideskirts that should\'ve gone on when the wings did, but were too badly damaged, so they\'ll have to be my painting budget for now.

Carl, no mate, I\'m not a totally mechanically insensitve baboon ! The LED bars are only about 5mm thick if that, and they\'re mounted right at the extreme edge of the vent, so shouldn\'t affect airflow to the coolers at all. In fact, I\'m hoping that the wing vents should help pull a bit more air through for cooling, in a sort of venturi type thing, it looks like that\'s what they\'re designed to do, anyway.

Still a fairly even split on the rim tape, then, bugger! Maybe I will just have to drive around with one side done and one not! The missus hates it, though, which I guess may prove the deciding factor in the end....

[RemarkLima]

I say no to the red tape, the wheels look lush just as is. You\'ve got enough red in the area from the callipers IMHO.

I\'ve never understood shopping lists myself, seems like free advertising... May as well stick what toothpaste you use, and your favorite brand of condoms there too :p