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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4470 on: 06 May 2016, 16:33 »
Been a busy day today, now rounded off by kerbing my front n/s alloy :angry: Not too bad though and thankfully the same one a scuffed a few weeks ago. Will have to think about a repair soon (once I've paid for the front wing respray :rolleyes:).
Oh no.  :sad:
I thought a bird pooping on you was supposed to be lucky?

So much for that scientific fact that my grandmother told me.

The sill protector looks good though. I really must get round to ordering one of these at some point, one day...


And I must get round to polishing my pipes too as Eccie's put mine to shame.
Which means I must get round to buying some metal polish at some point, one day...

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Offline Watts

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4471 on: 06 May 2016, 16:39 »
Been a busy day today, now rounded off by kerbing my front n/s alloy :angry: Not too bad though and thankfully the same one a scuffed a few weeks ago. Will have to think about a repair soon (once I've paid for the front wing respray :rolleyes:).
Oh no.  :sad:
I thought a bird pooping on you was supposed to be lucky?

So much for that scientific fact that my grandmother told me.

The sill protector looks good though. I really must get round to ordering one of these at some point, one day...


And I must get round to polishing my pipes too as Eccie's put mine to shame.
Which means I must get round to buying some metal polish at some point, one day...

I've been using a washing up non-stick scouring pad :embarrassed: Not ideal but keeps them looking pretty tidy. Just don't tell my OH :whistle:

It's the bloody starlings, hundreds of them nesting in my street. The poo is nearly knee deep in places. Well, maybe not quite but it seems like it.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4472 on: 06 May 2016, 18:05 »
Been a busy day today, now rounded off by kerbing my front n/s alloy :angry: Not too bad though and thankfully the same one a scuffed a few weeks ago. Will have to think about a repair soon (once I've paid for the front wing respray :rolleyes:).

 :cry:  Sorry about your kerbing Watts, always a heart sinking moment, but if it had to happen, at least it's the one that was already damaged.  Still gutting though.

Please buy some metal polish and stop using your mrs' pan scrubber. You must be scratching your pipes to pieces?

I was examining the damage mine sustained last week, where someone caught the rear bumper and scraped the lower wheel arch crease and paint.  Closer examination has revealed a tiny dent right on the low down edge of the bumper where it ends and becomes the wheel arch.  And it's looking less likely that some of the scrape will polish out.  Might need paint.   Grrrr.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4473 on: 06 May 2016, 18:41 »
I use a non-stick one that has seen plenty of action already with plenty of Ecover - they come up a treat! The pads don't scratch my cutlery.... I will get some metal polish soon, just being frugal.

Shame about the dent, smart repair? My wheel is not too bad, it doesn't worry me just annoyed at myself. It was a narrow single track with high kerbs and a very tight turn, I just knew it was going to happen!
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4474 on: 06 May 2016, 21:29 »
Been a busy day today, now rounded off by kerbing my front n/s alloy :angry: Not too bad though and thankfully the same one a scuffed a few weeks ago. Will have to think about a repair soon (once I've paid for the front wing respray :rolleyes:).
Oh no.  :sad:
I thought a bird pooping on you was supposed to be lucky?

So much for that scientific fact that my grandmother told me.

The sill protector looks good though. I really must get round to ordering one of these at some point, one day...


And I must get round to polishing my pipes too as Eccie's put mine to shame.
Which means I must get round to buying some metal polish at some point, one day...

I've been using a washing up non-stick scouring pad :embarrassed: Not ideal but keeps them looking pretty tidy. Just don't tell my OH :whistle:

It's the bloody starlings, hundreds of them nesting in my street. The poo is nearly knee deep in places. Well, maybe not quite but it seems like it.
Thanks for the top tip! I'll see what I can find in the kitchen along similar lines at the weekend. Something to get the detailers to go a very pale shade...


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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4475 on: 06 May 2016, 21:50 »
Quote from: Watts link=topic=H.msg2539755#msg2539755 date=1462556476
Shame about the dent, smart repair?

Probably.  At this rate the whole car will need smart repairing soon enough.  Maybe I'll just take a pan scrubber to my pipes and have done with it.  :grin: 

Sorry, only joking!
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4477 on: 07 May 2016, 10:59 »


Red centre caps from the Clubsport??  :cool:

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4478 on: 07 May 2016, 11:11 »

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #4479 on: 07 May 2016, 12:28 »
^^^^ and spacers  :smiley:



How much are the CS caps?


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