Nick’s Silver LCR 225- update BMC Twin Cone vs BMC CDA

[LCR 225]

Had a good day today, all started with Sam popin over this morning with a little suprise for me

The manifold looks amazing, Sams done a great job on it, top bloke! Thanks again mate.
Hopefully I (we ) will have it fitted in the next two weeks. Cant wait, I really think its going to be the topping on the cake!

Next I went round my mate Shauns to help him clean his new car , put a new splitter, fabia rear wiper, and some other little bits and bobs and his car is looking mint now. Nice and shiny

 

[sambryant]

Im glad you like the mani sorry i didnt come round to help you and shaun today, kirsty's sister had a bad car crash today so i stayed with kirst. Would have looked good with my car in the pics aswel

 

[LCR 225]

Im glad you like the mani sorry i didnt come round to help you and shaun today, kirsty's sister had a bad car crash today so i stayed with kirst. Would have looked good with my car in the pics aswel

Yeah very pleased with it mate, thank you.

Oh no really sorry to hear that mate, car crashes are horrible, hope her sisters alright.

Dont worry mate we will have a photo shot soon, Shaun and I were chattin about it today and we know a nice little spot to go .

 

[t0m]

Mani looks spot on mate! Nice one Sam...

Also, your mate Shaun looks to have a close platinum sibling LCR to me... Good choice by him!

Get him to do a reader's ride

 

[LCR 225]

Mani looks spot on mate! Nice one Sam...

Also, your mate Shaun looks to have a close platinum sibling LCR to me... Good choice by him!

Get him to do a reader's ride

Yeah I have mentioned to him to get a readers ride going, so I'm sure he will get one up sometime soon.

 

[LCR 225]

Polished mani fitted!

Yesterday was an eventful day! Sam came over to help me fit my polished mani, but first we had to pop up the road to the local auto store...and this happened





Poor Sam I was gutted for him, and it all happened so fast we were proly only going 40-50mph max and the bonnett just flew up wrapped itself round the windscreen and hit the roof. Scared the s**t out of us. Hopefully Sam can source a new bonnet soon and he can get it back to normal. Luckily we weren't hurt due to Sams qiuck thinking and good driving. We managed to pull over on the duel carriage way and get the bonnet back down.

Fair play to Sam though he still stuck around all day to help me get my polished mani fitted.

It looks great and I'm over the moon with it! All went well with the fitting except when I started the car when we finished and it ran like a bag of nails! Used the fault reader and one code come up, forgot to plug in cylinder 3 fuel injector properly LOL. Once that was sorted we took it for a spin and since Sam had reset the throttle body for me with his VAG com the car felt so much smother.

So big thanks to Sam for polishing the mani and helping me fit it! Top bloke once again!

 

[tom0311]

looks spot on mate, I've really got to sort my bay out now after seeing the condition of some on here, yours included. Very clean

 

[LCR 225]

Thanks Tom makes it worth the work with comments like that . Hasnt taken to long to get it looking good just a lot of spare time and an empy bank acccount LOL. Ive just set myself a monthly budget on what i can spend on the car, so its only taken a few months . Once you get started on it, it wont be long until yours starts progressing. Its just hard not to spend to much on it every month haha!

 

[sambryant]

looks great nick, im really pleased for you i will pop that polish round for you so we can shine the mani up good and proper, the masking tape i used made it go a little dull. 2 mins of polishing and bling bling

your bay looks spot on, oem but better

no luck finding a new bonnet yet

 

[LCR 225]

looks great nick, im really pleased for you i will pop that polish round for you so we can shine the mani up good and proper, the masking tape i used made it go a little dull. 2 mins of polishing and bling bling

your bay looks spot on, oem but better

no luck finding a new bonnet yet

Cheers mate.

Ok thanks, yeah i do want to give it a good clean, shiny .

Ah no, I'm sure you'll find one soon mate, ill keep my eyes pealed for you.

Did you try that breakers you mentioned yesterday, thought there was one breaking a few LCR's?

 

[sambryant]

yeah i mailed them but wont get a reply until tomorrow

 

[t0m]

Looks mint Nick!

Nice work Sam. Shame about the bonnet sorry to hear bud Am sure you will sort it soon though.

 

[LCR 225]

yeah i mailed them but wont get a reply until tomorrow

Well fingers crossed mate that they will have one! If they dont have a black one would you still get it?

Looks mint Nick!

Nice work Sam. Shame about the bonnet sorry to hear bud Am sure you will sort it soon though.

Cheers mate really happy with it! When you fitting yours then?

 

[sambryant]

not sure m8. will be cheaper to get a black one but it could be a matter of time waiting for one to crop up.

 

[LCR 225]

Yeah true, hopefully they will have a black one though save yourself time waiting around for one.

 

[t0m]

Cheers mate really happy with it! When you fitting yours then?

Hopefully soon! Got alot more to sort with my car than originally planned a few months ago. Plus being out of work changed my priorities a bit.

Start the new job tomorrow, so give it a month or so the car will be seeing nice updates once more

 

[RDS]

looks spot on mate. The bays next on my list having just fitted a Badger 5 3" TIP

 

[LCR 225]

Hopefully soon! Got alot more to sort with my car than originally planned a few months ago. Plus being out of work changed my priorities a bit.

Start the new job tomorrow, so give it a month or so the car will be seeing nice updates once more

Oh right that's fair enough mate.

Well good luck, hope the new job goes well for you today, and Ill look forward to your updates in the next few months, do love your car it's very tidy and smart. One of my favourites on here for sure .

looks spot on mate. The bays next on my list having just fitted a Badger 5 3" TIP

Cheers mate . Well done, how you getting on with the badger 5 TIP then thinking about doing mine in the future but I think I've read somewhere they have gone up in price a bit now

 

[sambryant]

Morning nick, just had a reply, breaking 6 leons but no bonnets

 

[LCR 225]

Morning nick, just had a reply, breaking 6 leons but no bonnets

Morning mate, that sucks. Whats the plan then they going to give you a shout when they got more in? Or you could go to SEAT and ask them for a laugh lol.