Nicely done mate looks great! Lets see what she looks like in another 10 years

great pictures

But mmmm don´t use the cover car.... specially in windy days

I use this thing time ago and ruin my shiny finish paint

Big congrats on the ten years Howie, I don't think that car could have asked for a better owner!

what a differenc
congratulations on all the work

one question: how can you change plates like that?

o_O

great great great bar!!!

extremely good looking!!!

where we can find one of this???

thanks

really nice car man

My wife bought the new R200 OOT reg plates as my wedding present 8 yrs ago.

They were bought through the DVLA over here, they sell off unused or unregistered plates.
Not exactly sure of all the workings to be honest

As my car was an R-reg, so the swap was fairly simple, you can't buy plates that are newer than the age of the car.





Cheers for the comments.

The strut brace comes from a Japanese Type R 323F / Lantis (sure someone can correct me)

I bought mine from RHRH on this site a few months back, thay are a rare item but do pop up for sale sometimes.

here we just can't buy plates
is a sequence and you get the number that is in

Thought it about time to add some more pics..........................

I have been really enjoying driving my F since the snow has melted, been up and around Zig Zag Hill a few times

So of course she needed a good wash and wax to get her back to being shiny and reflective:







Then tried a different lighting source:



A few pics from the reflector panel:







Then went looking for some different reflection pics:

The front splitter has held up well so far, only a couple of scuffs underneath:





And did get a bit carried away.............................





Thanks for wading through again.

Look's lovely Howie, I do think you should polish the door latches though

Is that just me being a bit OCD ?

If only I had a garage or a barn

Good work again Chap, Now you'll need to enter afew Concours d'Elegance competitions.

sorry Stuz................................next thing on my "to do" list

yep we are both a bit OCD

Cheers Errnee, still plenty to do before I'm happy with her..................have officially "joined the club" and need my rear arches sorting out (before the rust gets worse)

Shiney as ever Howie

Quick question, that boot carpet you've got there, is it a custom one, or did some of the BAs come with nice ones like that? I have something that resembles office carpet... its nasty.

Actually.. another quick question What do you use to get plastics (like the rear reflector) that shiney?

cheers,

the boot carpet is a custom made one,
I made the following company a template to match the floor mats they did for me.

http://www.autostyle.co.uk/

They are not cheap, but I've been pleased with them, the boot mat is now available on the site too I see.

For the rear plastics I use the Meguiar's Plastrx,
it is wonderful, cleans and leaves a good finish and coating. ..........and I sell it too

£60 :O

I'll stick with my office carpet for now, but yours does look like a massive improvement!

Plastrx you say, can you use it on interior plastics as well? Cos I also noticed your plastics in the boot looked, well, new!

Plastrx is a clear plastic cleaner and polish,
for the internal black plastic trim I use the Meg's Supreme Shine spray.

Seems we both have a errrrr. . . .little problem

Howie, that is really stunning, but then every pic I have seen of your car has always been spotless.

Following on from our conversation Howie what more can I say?

Simply stunning mate

I've never seen her looking anything other than astonishingly beautiful

Excellent pics Howie

Shiny as always! Very nice

Is the Ba boot carpet something Roc and get hold of ? I know I helped him with the Bj's.

As for the plastics, if plastrx does work on deeper scratches, try metal polish 1st on a small corner then followed be plastrx to see if it helps Thats if youv'e got scratches in the panel ??

Looks like a brand new car , howie !!!! Hope to see you

Howie,

What are those matts under the tiers! Is that to keep the dust off from between the treds

Looking fantasitc as ever dude!

Cheers,

The mats were originally there to stop the tyres sticking to the repainted floor surface.

Now they help to position my F in the garage, as space is quite tight, lined up with the wall mounted door protectors:

that is unreal, beautiful mate, simply stunning

howie i have a complaint

it looks from the photo that your rubber seal on the bonnet needs scrubbing

stunning and a we may be up you way next week, so will pop in and demand that you let me see the seals up close
and a megs catalogue and products

Sorry, I have been trying hard to get a reflection in the black rubber seal, with some limited sucess
must just be the camera angle

Hope to see you soon.

simply perfect as usual
the idea on the garage is great

bump strips inside the garage! Its the attention to detail that gets me every time with this club, and Howie is king of the hill here!

I'd kill many for a decent garage.