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Thanks Luke, I went for what I thought was the best looking colour rather than being authentic and trying to factory match paint colour. I think some owners try to get the colour close to the silver of the stainless steel, but to each their own! 8)
#10556 'Ol Stainless' running surprisingly well,Audi A5 2.0T Quattro smug as usual,Wenault Slaguna stationary for the mo',the R.V.Enterprise clocking the U.K.miles up,new fleet addition-Jessica the Daewoo Matiz,silly but 55mpg....!
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My rear fascia is still rover gun metal from when I first painted it years ago, no fatties have sat on the rear one so its lasted quite well lol. I agree it's a good colour choice and readilly available off the shelf.
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bjbrownie Wrote:Thanks Luke, I went for what I thought was the best looking colour rather than being authentic and trying to factory match paint colour. I think some owners try to get the colour close to the silver of the stainless steel, but to each their own! 8)
I must admit, I went for the Alfa Romeo 651A as kindly advised by Mike Ward. It looks brilliant, and the key to this is to use a matte finish plastic primer, otherwise it can look a bit tacky, I agree. It's the super glossy finish that I'm not a fan of.
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JamesRGUK Wrote:My rear fascia is still rover gun metal from when I first painted it years ago, no fatties have sat on the rear one so its lasted quite well lol. I agree it's a good colour choice and readilly available off the shelf.
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lol
I still have no idea what goes through peoples minds.
"Can I sit in the car please?" "No, if you go in, I've got queues of people, sorry".
"Can't I
just sit on the bonnet then??" *facepalm*
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I let them sit on the sill….it makes a better photo anyway……I have something chunky placed on the seat…that stops em.
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Skoda Yetil 4X4.
Toyota Vitz 4X4 1999 (the smallest 4X4 by far!.
1970 Jago Jeep.
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Chris P Wrote:I let them sit on the sill….it makes a better photo anyway……I have something chunky placed on the seat…that stops em.
Great idea. Might have to use that one in the future (I didn't mean to say that, honest..)
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Errr, because most of us cant afford to replace anything that 'may' get broken because of it, plus wear and tear. (Before any one comments I'm not having a go at the hire trade) yourself and others charge (not all the time I know) for use of the vehicles therefore you factor in wear and tear and replacement parts. 99.9% of people would respect the vehicle but there is always the odd one who wont, I remember a recent comment from Luke and Brian I think about people trying to steal parts from the BTTF cars for example.
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After my BTTF car had done a year or so's occasional work, the seats were well worn! I had to replace them before I sold it and it had still only done about 1300 miles from new then.
Chris Parnham
Ex RHD Auto's etc.etc
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Skoda Yetil 4X4.
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1970 Jago Jeep.
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Yup, I'll just stick to enjoying it myself thanks. I let the occasional fan in when there's only one or two around but otherwise, not happening. Of course, and D owner can jump right in, they know the score from owning one.
