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| hemanismyhero |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 4:21:53pm |
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They're not legal either, but you could use a stick on plate like on e-types
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Thought about one of these myself!  |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 5:54:28pm |
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yeah good idea Bob!
i ask as i saw a porsche the other day without a front plate! :S |
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| Liz_Hall |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 6:20:14pm |
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| naughty! I may be wrong though ( I usually am lol!!) |
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 7:26:29pm |
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yeah good idea Bob!
i ask as i saw a porsche the other day without a front plate! :S
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Might have been on trade plates?
If you do move/remove the number plate, check out the bumper first, there's a support strut behind the plate which might look a bit crap without something in front of it. I'm not sure if the bumper would be alright without it or not, but it's part of the bumper plastic so I assume it's there for a reason.
Whilst we're on the subject, I found my old set of plates in the cellar at the weekend. They're the same size etc as the ones on the car but without the GB badging. They're yours if you want them. |
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| hemanismyhero |
Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 7:34:01pm
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| Some of the cars at Japfest 07 had stick on plates! Don't know how legal they are though? |
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| hemanismyhero |
Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 7:34:42pm
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| and another! |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 7:49:15pm |
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George can correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember he had a proper front number in the car 'just in case'. No stick on number plate is legal.
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Number plates must meet the British Standard requirements and we are not aware of any self-adhesive number plates that are able to meet these requirements
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| hemanismyhero |
Posted on: Thursday, March 6th, 2008, 7:55:08pm
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Thats what i do with my car, I keep a legal plate behind the drivers seat!  |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Friday, March 7th, 2008, 9:59:11pm |
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excellent - thanks guys!
So will have to leave it on then i guess  oh well |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 11:44:09am |
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What about if it was a long plate that was fixed to a raised bevel on the lower section of the spoiler?
Moulded in tastefully of course, not just slapped on.
How legal would that be?
Is there any requirement for the plate to be at a specific angle range to the vertical?
Would this be better for airflow into the engine & intercooler than the traditional plate mount?
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 11:50:34am |
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| You could make an inflatable one! Find some pool floatie and paint it yellow and put your rego on it... Where the air valve is run a pipe into the cabin where you can suck the air out of it when not wanted! |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 11:50:36am |
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| To be honest the main cooling, unless you have moved things around, is done via the vent between the bonnet and bumper. As long as that is clear then the number plate could be mounted in the lower recess without causing any real problems. |
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| hemanismyhero |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 11:52:51am |
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anyone know if its ok to remove my front number plate completely? (thinking aerodynamic advantage with it removed)
an internet search prooved fruitless!
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Whats your reason for removing it completely? Are you getting a larger intercooler? |
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| hemanismyhero |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 12:01:45pm |
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| Beat me again Andy! lol |
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| george |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 12:45:29pm |
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[quote by=Andy link=Blah.cgi?b=cr,m=1202139203,s=46 date=1204829355]George can correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember he had a proper front number in the car 'just in case'. No stick on number plate is legal.
Strange as it seems - I have been stopped due to the number plate twice - but not due to it's size!! The Police did not like the angle it was mounted. So I do keep a full size one in the car that I can stick to the inside window when going to jap car shows etc...
I have experimented with slightly taller lettering (stretched upwards to give the effect that it is taller) but it didn't look quite right.
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| hemanismyhero |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 12:59:23pm |
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| Do you drive your car much or is just kept for show etc. now? |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 4:05:47pm |
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Removed mine completely, to allow more air into cooler,and for looks, but have now re-attached it in same place as on George's car. After contacting RTA over here, It is illegal to drive without BOTH plates and demerit points and fine will apply if caught....as annoying as it is, can do without the attention from the old Bill.
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 8th, 2008, 4:16:01pm |
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| You could have slimline plates Sneaza and hinge it at the top of the plate and attach a choke cable to the bottom so you can raise and lower on the go! |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 10:45:40pm |
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yeah Bob_g is in the thinking stage of that idea. Phneumatic maybe or somthing.
Finally got round to removing a seat and dismanteling some of the insides of Reddy - grim stuff!
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:07:07pm |
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Driver side Passenger side Closeup
  
will need to be welded i suppose?
anyone any reconmendations?
and this can't be any help..
any rubbers going for sale anyone?
Pics are actually 2304 x 1536 but had to resize them to be less than the 1.53mb filesize rule imageshack has |
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:13:56pm |
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| Nice to see my mechanic did a good job on the rust repairs last year I'll ask him who does his welding work when I next see him. |
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| bob_g |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:18:27pm |
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Welding is pretty much the only way to fix it properly, but there is functional welding and proper welding - depends what you're aiming for - for a great example of proper welding, see Barry's thread about his car - most functional welding doesn't have pictures taken of it, it just gets put back under the carpet
Simply put, all you have to do is cut away until you get back to good metal, then make a piece to fill the hole you've made, and weld it in.
The hardest part is where several pieces join together, and the cappo steelwork is very thin, and easy to burn through 
I'll be doing the welding on Ron (the new one), so you can pop down if you like & get a feel for the process.
You are lucky in some ways, as it all appears to be in areas that aren't visible, so making the seam perfectly flush isn't as important as it would be otherwise. |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:20:16pm |
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indeed. looks more than a year old but im no rust expert.
its approx 1 handwidth wide - say 5cm?
could you be getting a refund or perhaps i can get him again to look and sort it out at cheaper rate as he did naff job?  just a thought |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:31:09pm |
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| Did you paint the rust convertor on or was that already there? |
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 11:32:28pm |
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could you be getting a refund or perhaps i can get him again to look and sort it out at cheaper rate as he did naff job? just a thought
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I seriously doubt that since it was 4 months ago at mates rates. |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 4:42:00am |
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Did you paint the rust convertor on or was that already there?
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That's what I thought! Rust doesn't go black!
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 9:04:26am |
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| Why would you want to paint something on to CONVERT IT TO RUST...???.....LOL, I know, Ill shut up now. |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 9:28:19am |
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| People could buy it to use on their boss' car or someone else they don't like much! |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 1:15:33pm |
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lol.
yeah i treated it with some hammerite
will do for now but may take up Bob's offer of watching him doing some welding
Bob - you should know, i'm a complete noob with this stuff  When you thinking of doing said welding? |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 8:56:32pm |
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Whoa! Naasty.
chriskiejda, that actually looks as bad as mine, if a tad damper.
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008, 10:36:51pm |
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Whilst we're on the subject, I found my old set of plates in the cellar at the weekend. They're the same size etc as the ones on the car but without the GB badging. They're yours if you want them.
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Do you want these? I'll chuck them if not |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, 9:49:02am |
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oh right,
yeah may come in handy thanks Jaik! |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, 9:50:49am |
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Whoa! Naasty.
chriskiejda, that actually looks as bad as mine, if a tad damper.
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yes, very moist!
although some of it is WD40 in an attempt to drive out the moisture!
have laid several layers of kitchen roll to soak it up so much better now
but still the leak persists!
has anyone a set of rubber roof seals to get rid of i could make use of? |
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| hemanismyhero |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 11:43:29am |
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Chris, you should think about investing in a car cover from Cover Systems! They're fanastic, you don't even get condentsion on your windows with one fitted! Paired with a drybag and you have one nice dry cappo! They also do just roof covers for about £35 if you use car everyday. I haven't seen one, but if its as good as the cover it should be amazing!
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 3:25:56pm |
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yes i think that would be tremendous idea.
need to wait for payday |
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| bob_g |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 6:36:52pm |
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lol.
yeah i treated it with some hammerite
will do for now but may take up Bob's offer of watching him doing some welding
Bob - you should know, i'm a complete noob with this stuff When you thinking of doing said welding?
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Not sure as yet - but I'll drop you a line when I know - I've got a few cars to do some on now, so there's plenty of opportunity |
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| loufred |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 8:20:19pm |
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| can anybody explain why all the cappos rust in the same place on the passenger side? i have the exact problem and waiting to have time to weld it up, but i would like to know what causes it so ensure it doesnt happen again. i recon whoever welded it didnt put anything on it after, bare metal rusts quick! |
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Friday, March 21st, 2008, 3:56:22pm |
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i don't know about other cappos but my roof leaks amove that hole of rust, the water trickles down (the carpet is frequently wet) and gathers in the small shelf-like strenthening beam thingies. or atleast that's the theory i have ..
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| chriskiejda |
| Posted on: Friday, March 21st, 2008, 3:57:30pm |
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| oh yeah, on another note, would you all say £130 is good for full service (exlucing parts etc) for the cappo? |
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Friday, March 21st, 2008, 4:38:23pm |
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| Sounds about right Chris, but it depends what they mean by "full". |
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