Recent content by Rtz62

Couldn't agree more. There's a wheel refurb company near me, quite a big concern, and when I rang up and asked about having the wheels refinished with diamond cut rims, the conversation ended like this; (Me) so, what warranty is there on the wheels when you've refurbished them? (Them) I'm sorry...

Love the colour, really suits it! I'm thinking of having my wheels media blasted and then painted, including the rims, rather than have the diamond-cut finish on the rims and the wheels then lacquered.

Off down to the NEC Classic Car Show in mine tomorrow, apart from the scabby Bolero's it looks good, water bearing up and rolling off nicely after its machine polish

I might be interested in your Boleros depending on price and where you are located Does anyone have any genuine floor mats or alternatively where could I find some to fit an A4 B5 TQS?

Thank you, I really appreciate that When the old gal is cleaned up I'll post some images of her (although there is a write-up on Pistonheads under the 'Carpool' section, or by clicking here; http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1625159#message1 )

That was meant to say 'oil', not 'pile'! Anyway, just got all the service parts in for my TQS, oil, oil filter, air filter, pollen filter, plugs and anti-freeze and realise don't that it comes to circa 25% of what I paid for the car! Plus I'll need a new battery at circa £50 If anyone could...

Thanks for your advice Aragorn, it sounds like my idea is scuppered then! Early in its life my TQS had the oil strainer etc replaced and I'm sure that since then the owner just used 5w40 fully synthetic As an aside, could you point me in the direction of which pile to use for the diffs as I may...

Mines not broken, as such, it needs a new battery and an mot. I've had a 4.6 and the 2.5, both have their good and bad points. With regards to the TQS, I've been thinking of getting hold of a pair of recaros from an escort turbo / sierra Cosworth and using the fabric from my standard seats to...

It's a 2000 W reg P38 DHSE, 80k but at the moment it's sat doing what RR's do best; doing nothing

Forgot to add, I'm taking it you Bielewski in Sheffield to get the drivers bolster done, a smart repair place in Chesterfield for the paint issue and a friend is going to media-blast and then paint the wheels for me in yr next month or two. After that it will look pretty darn good, and for £400...

I've got a 2000 'X' reg TQS. Bought it from it's only driver who had driven the car from new when it was his company car (Union of Democratic Mineworkers in Mansfield) When they disposed of it at 3yrs old he retained the car and ran it until around 18mts ago when I bought it from him 248k has...

To be fair, Escort Turbo seats were my seats of choice as they are readily available and as I would use the fabric from the existing seats and discard that on the Recaros, it wouldn't be too expensive. Oh and possibly re-use some of the leather too. My concern was that they would look out of...

Short of paying silly-daft money my preference would be to get a pair from an RS Turbo and have them recovered with the fabric from the QS

Gulp! The car cost me £400 which puts things in perspective a little then! I honk I'll stick with refurbishing the wheels (but without the polished rim) and recovering the drivers bolster. Thanks agin, really appreciate your help (and I'll keep my eyes out for a set, just in case)

Thanks for that Aragorn, much appreciated. I had hoped they would be something similar to the basic ones fitted in Sierra Cosworths etc but I have the horrible feeling that a set of these would cost more than my car is worth..unless you have any suggestions???