Painted my knobs

Son

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Used the cheapest wheel spray I had in the garage - sanded the bits and added a layer of plastic primer first, though. The spray can spat big puddles of paint, but I managed to get a factory finish. I noticed all '05 Ibizas come with silver vent knobs, so I wanted to "update" mine. Now I just need to keep my eyes on my front passengers' fingers as these probably can't take much scratching now.
 

T. Spark

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Looking smart m8!

Does just add a little more to the car doesnt it :p
 

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Sir SparkSter said:
Does just add a little more to the car doesnt it :p
Yeah, but it still doesn't make it go any faster. :(

There's a Finnish saying that goes something along the lines of "Putting a leather steering wheel on a Lada is like getting fake boobs for your wife. It improves the looks, but won't make the ride any better." So true. Oh well, it works better in Finnish...
 
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T. Spark

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hehe, I dunno! bring it over here for some C-C on it :D Be a nice drive atleast :p
 

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Son said:
Yeah, but it still doesn't make it go any faster. :(

There's a Finnish saying that goes something along the lines of "Putting a leather steering wheel on a Lada is like getting fake boobs for your wife. It improves the looks, but won't make the ride any better." So true. Oh well, it works better in Finnish...
See ... you Finnish obviously have no imagination.....

Fake boobs CAN improve the ride... you just have to ride the wife differently [B)]
 

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C-C? :confused: I just brought it back from Germany a week ago. :p Had some good drives there. Although, going up the alpine twisties in Austria wasn't fun.
 

T. Spark

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Custom-Code - Its the tuning software I have.... would make ya brum a little bit quicker :D
 

Triple D

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slimjim said:
See ... you Finnish obviously have no imagination.....

Fake boobs CAN improve the ride... you just have to ride the wife differently [B)]
LMAO
 

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205 indicated was 200 in reality according to GPS. This was driven in German autobahn, so in that sense completely legal. Though, I'm pretty sure using a mobile to take pics while driving 200 km/h is legal... :p
 

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Sir SparkSter said:
hehe, I dunno! bring it over here for some C-C on it :D Be a nice drive atleast :p
Not sure if they CC for the NA petrol engines?
 

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spaniels fr said:
Pics look good mate but you could have hit 135 or 140mph :no:
"Could have" as in "could have left it there" or "could have" as in "could have been in reality"?

It was just past 200 km/h in reality, yes, but after a downhill. The speedo is off by +2,5%, which has been verified with both roadside speed displays (at 100 km/h) and GPS (at 100 and 200 km/h).
 
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Ant FR

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those painted bits look good,

I was gona do mine, but apparently the red ones are about 50p or something each from SEAT, Ar ehtey easy to get off, never tried mine yet.
 
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