Bank Holiday Project

[seanp]

Have you suffered from the dreaded corrosion of the wheels? We\'re still getting ours routinely replaced under warranty, including the bling chromed ones; I\'m thinking of going for a LapTab Flash Chrome finish after warranty\'s up, as seen here on RX8OC.

[Hayward North]

Have you suffered from the dreaded corrosion of the wheels? We\'re still getting ours routinely replaced under warranty, including the bling chromed ones; I\'m thinking of going for a LapTab Flash Chrome finish after warranty\'s up, as seen here on RX8OC.

I havent sufferd corrosion but i have a bodyshop attached to the car sales department so it wont be a problem.
That said i do like the LapTab finish, would sort my yerning for a shineyer wheel as i love the clean look of the rx8 wheels

[Hayward North]

This is how it looked at the end of today.

[Hayward North]

Oh and a set of these landed on my desk.

[johnf]

I see Lap-Tab mentioned above.

I took my wheels to them for advice - crap - perhaps other ppl have had good service but I thought both their customer service and advice sucked.

Took my Re three piece in asking what could be done, they couldn\'t tell if the outer rim was polished or chromed [these are specialist ppl mind] and all they wanted to do with them was powder coat them silver

\'I don\'t want that\'
\'Well that\'s all we can offer\'

I\'d been in a year or so ago with the car to be told I\'d have to take the tyres off and split the rims myself, which I did.

Since then they have a posh new reception with the obligatory bird fronting but I\'ll never go back.

Perhaps I went on a bad day.

I did bump into one of their workers outside who said try a magnet to see it they\'re chromed - not an offer from his company who just weren\'t interested.

John

[Hayward North]

Ah, good job iv decided against changing my wheels or colour of em, decided that the standard RX8 alloys suit me down to the ground, if they tarnish then ill just refurb them in our paint shop for free , maybe just change the colour to a gun metal grey insted of silver.

Thanx for the info though.

[Hayward North]

This is how she looks with lights and a flat and polish but no vallet as of yet.

Crappy picture i know but i was in a rush, will post final picture when i give it a vallet.

[gmogle]

Very very nice mate !! Really liking that a lot !!!

Rear wing removed next ;-)

[Hayward North]

Very very nice mate !! Really liking that a lot !!!

Rear wing removed next ;-)

Thanx

Think you may be right with the removal of the wing, cant make my mind up.

Guess when i vallet her i will take pics with and without the wind and post em up

[seanp]

^^^^ johnf: Thanks for the heads-up on Lap-tab. Though a few \'8 owners appear to have had a service, and the results look stunning (IMO), I am a bit skeptical because they offer a \'turn-around in one day\' or \'while-you-wait\' service; whereas other places have quoted 3-4 days minimum... I\'d probably rather the latter and have the finish done properly?

^^^^ Steve -- car\'s looking great, especially the wheels Gunmetal would look good IMO, maybe you could offer a service to out-of-warranty \'8 owners too?

[D2BBA]

Looking good fella!

Really like the look of the front bumper, starting to really come together without being in yer face!

Keep up the good work:)

Chris

[Hayward North]

Looking good fella!

Really like the look of the front bumper, starting to really come together without being in yer face!

Keep up the good work:)

Chris

Thnx M8.

Sounds kinda stange when i say this but i am trying to keep it subtle

BTW m8 i have a kinda hard to find tomi steering wheel if your interested, it has tomi embossed on the grip, covers about 1/4 of the wheel.

Pm me if ya interested.

[Hayward North]

Well its all finished and polished.
Very happy with the final result