Macky's Type-S : for sale £1000 (p17)

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:35 pm

Thanks Merlin

£230 for discs plus set of HP+ pads. Fancied a bit of an upgrade plus the Hawk ones look the part

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:00 am

On the road again!

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:27 am

macky_6 wrote:230 for discs plus set of HP+ pad

£90 for the discs isnt too bad then.

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:35 pm

ATTS does not function in my S. This is like a being a man, but your gentleman's sausage has been cut off

One of the reasons it does not work, is that the car is on uneven tyre profiles from front to back. One of the fronts is almost at the legal limit and the wheels i am running at the moment came on the car, and were made by the same company that put things into Christmas crackers, apparently! The make is Binno, and that is exactly where they belong

So my dilemma was, keep the ghastly wheels (18's) and shell out for 2 new tyres, i hate replacing one, or, get rid of the wheels. Easy choice

I had picked up a set of Work Meister S2R's and had them refurbed, but with Winter closing in i was loathed to fit them, as they are epic

, but i also couldn't afford a new set of high performance tyres, which is the route i want to take with them.

So, next option was to refurb the other set of wheels i had, which were 16's. The plan was to do the refurb myself, get some tyres and run these over the winter.

Here is how the wheels started off:

As you can see, the wheels were corroding. Didn't want to get these professionally done, no cash!, and nobody knew if these would respond well to a bit of self tampering

So i decided to sand them down myself and instead of trying to get a mirror shine, which i wasn't sure i could achieve or manage to preserve through the winter, i decided to go down the painted route. Instead of going for standard silver, i decided to try something a bit different & went to a shop in Glasgow and managed to get an aerosol made up to match my paint colour B83-M. Here's how they turned out:

I think they came up pretty well

Next, i needed tyres for these. So after a bit of wheeler dealing on Ebay, i got 4x Continental Sport Contacts for £150

May need to wait until next month for fitting, as i am skint again

Meantime, i was out on a drive on Saturday & came across the Whitelee Wind Farm near Eaglesham, Glasgow. Very cool place, ideal for few pics, as i had polished the Lude for the last time before winter sets in:

That's all for now

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:39 pm

The paint on the wheels came up well. Have you sold the SIR yet?

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:47 pm

Cheers!

Not sold it yet

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:23 am

good job on the wheels. they look pretty good for a DIY job

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:01 pm

Thanks mart!

They do actually look like new, was a bit surprised myself

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:50 pm

wheels look great matey the fins on the roof do they actually do anything ? i suppose you wouldnt notice if they did

BigTom · Post by **BigTom** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:05 pm

Nice price on the tyres, how'd you manage that?

Lude Generation

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