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Post by mart609 » Sun May 15, 2016 10:57 pm

very tidy mate. Best colour too 8-)

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Post by nitin_s1 » Mon May 16, 2016 7:48 am

bennyboy wrote: Image

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I like it.

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Post by Dino » Mon May 16, 2016 3:03 pm

Seriously lush car.. i love it!!

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Re: BsBB1

Post by bennyboy » Mon May 16, 2016 9:36 pm

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UKDM BB1 H22A8 NH561P 244bhp 173lbft

'Nigella'

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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue May 17, 2016 9:23 am

How you doin? ;)

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Re: BsBB1

Post by bennyboy » Tue May 17, 2016 9:58 am

:lol:
Actually, she's giving me more of a:

wtfareyoudoingtakingaphotowhenwehaveathreeyearoldwhohasjustwokenupandabootfullofstufftogetintothehouse

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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue May 17, 2016 10:11 am

:lol: Ahh yes

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Post by bennyboy » Tue May 17, 2016 10:12 am

Familiar with those too, huh? :lol:
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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue May 17, 2016 10:31 am

Not quite, I know not to be see on my phone at all when the kids are irritable and crying :lol:

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Re: BsBB1 Half leather interior

Post by bennyboy » Wed Jun 22, 2016 5:28 pm

OK, sadly @bb1boy had to break his lude :( , however, it's interior will live on! :)

I was looking at getting the bolster on my drivers seat re done as it's done around 200k miles now, however when this interior came up I had to have it. :mrgreen:

Some last shots of the original:
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The rest of it was pretty mint, just the drivers seat showing it's age a bit.

I figured the easiest way to get a new interior home was to take the old one out and the tools with me :lol:
So after about ten mins...:
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And outside the collection address!
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Didn't have loads of time when I got home, but wanted to get started so:
Old door card insert:
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Alcantara one. BTW, it looks brown, it's not! It's the colour it comes out on camera. It's a nice charcoal grey. 8-)
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I noticed that the rails on my seats were longer, I guess it's because it's a UKDM and we are generally a little taller in the west?? :? Anyhoo, decided to swap them over so my rail end trims fitted plus mine were in better condition.

JDM/bit rusty:
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My UK ones (sorry for the blurry shots lol)
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Also swapped my seatbelt catches over too, as again they were a little better and UK so no wiring etc.
(UK on right)
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Whilst having a poke around, I noticed a few minor things, but I'm a fussy sod:
Notice the springs not attached to the.....errrr springs. And also the cable holder had worn and no longer clipped.
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Much better (for my OCD):
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More small pieces scavenged from my old seats:
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And this is where I had to leave it. About 80% done.
Just the front door cards to replace and some other very small stuff, plus I'll be getting the top of the sexblocker re-trimmed to match.
This shot is after I have cleaned the leather too so it looks a little raw, it's actually in ace condition and I'm expecting great things when the leather touch-up and conditioner is applied in due course. 8-)
Also, I have yet to clean the alcantara sections, so I'll get some proper shots when it's all done. I really just wanted to put this up for reference and as a 'before' shot.

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I have to say a big thanks to @bb1boy (and his mate Shane), it really was an absolute pleasure to deal with you mate. 8-)

More to follow....
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UKDM BB1 H22A8 NH561P 244bhp 173lbft

'Nigella'

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