Annoyingly scraped the nearside of the van on the low wall on the side of our driveway. First damage done by me in over eight years and typically it goes back in a couple of months. Was over cautious avoiding the car of the nurse visiting our son. Notified insurance, unlikely any repair is necessary. Some days you just know something is going to go wrong.
What have you done to your car today?
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Quick question (that didn't seem worthy of its own thread):
Who do people use to get reg plates made?
Just bought a personalised plate direct from the DVLA (I was cursed with 4 initials, so it's nothing overly expensive), but having never done this before, I was unsure of the process.
I now understand *how* to apply the new reg to the new car, but just need recommendations on where to get the actual plates made up.
Who do people use to get reg plates made?
Just bought a personalised plate direct from the DVLA (I was cursed with 4 initials, so it's nothing overly expensive), but having never done this before, I was unsure of the process.
I now understand *how* to apply the new reg to the new car, but just need recommendations on where to get the actual plates made up.
You can get them made anywhere, and to be legal they have to have the correct markings, correct font and everything, otherwise it's classed as a show plate. Most dealers will print plates at competitive prices, always nice to have a dealer label underneath anyway instead of some random .com address.
Quality should be the same across the board for all legal plates.
Halfords etc will also print plates as well as loads of places on ebay.
Quality should be the same across the board for all legal plates.
Halfords etc will also print plates as well as loads of places on ebay.
You can buy them online, or go into your local Halfords or Motor Factors with the relevant paperwork and they'll make them up while you wait.
Search for @Diddums x threads, he made one recently asking the question
Whichever place is cheapest, lol. Unless you're going for 4D 4K ULTRACHAVHD plates.
I used these guys:
Lush Plates | eBay UK Stores
Lush plates bringing you premium desginer number plates at low costs!
ebay.us
They said I need to send them a photo of the V5, but the plates arrived before I even had a chance so it's all just arse covering. Can't complain about the quality, was pretty impressed for the price. Just remember to peel off the protective film, or you risk thinking they're crap quality which I definitely didn't do no sir not me.
Much appreciatedI used these guys:
Lush Plates | eBay UK Stores
Lush plates bringing you premium desginer number plates at low costs!ebay.us
They said I need to send them a photo of the V5, but the plates arrived before I even had a chance so it's all just arse covering. Can't complain about the quality, was pretty impressed for the price. Just remember to peel off the protective film, or you risk thinking they're crap quality which I definitely didn't do no sir not me.
its just the light, its not really like what it looks in the pic above.
the car was a used approved BMW purchased March this year.
the front disks are genuine BMW and in excellent condition, these are the rear in the pic, they still have lots of life left in them, but not in as good condition as the fronts, running your finger across the disk, there is no corrosion, no pitting or lipping around the edge.
Its just gone through a BMW inspection on a service with no notifications on the disks. However, it did get a notification on the rear pads which will need replacing soon
Thanks all, i will look at the advice about the wire, cleanup and possibly high heat silver
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Was the rubber pre-installed on the box or did you have to do it? I hated fitting mine haha. Like the polished intake tube. Have you considered the Steeda throttle body spacer? Easy job to do and I do think I saw better MPG.I went from this:
To this:
Yeah I only did it cause I had the intake off to swap. I did think it made it slightly smoother and 1-2mpg better off. I actually can't remember if I still have it or if I sold it. Might be in the shed. Lol
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looks better with that chrome pipe intake @Rilot
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