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piebobs71
13th July 2010, 15:03
got a few things im thinking about firstly

Wheels ive got 205 1.9gti wheels black with a chromed rim but i've kinda gone off the black and fancied maybe white with a red rim or just plain antricite,any ideas? My car is amazon green

Door vinyl by that i mean the black stuff on the door pillar mine has creases in it and i was wanting to change it but how do you get it from behind the rubber window seal bit? can i just pull the rubber bit off and stick it back on with tiger seal?

I got new plates but before i put them on i noticed my old ones hang over my widemouth insert not by much but its noticeable would it be sensible to try and trim them down a bit ?

marcusd
13th July 2010, 16:13
door vinyl is easy just pull it off if u pull towards the rubber and down its comes out of there its only about 5mm behind there.
can get replacements off ebay cheap enough

liam-o
13th July 2010, 16:43
got a few things im thinking about firstly
I got new plates but before i put them on i noticed my old ones hang over my widemouth insert not by much but its noticeable would it be sensible to try and trim them down a bit ?

can look to do this, just make sure you keep the legal border sizes (i think plates come with the legal limits so trimming is possibly not an option if you wish to keep legal, but if its only a few mm each side, the police probably wont notice...

piebobs71
13th July 2010, 19:43
the plates would be the normal length just width would go down a little not much maybe just a few mm off the bottom and a mil or two off the top just so it sits nice above the insert,i've got vinyl here so ill use that rather than buying more its gloss black look same as whats going on the bonnet and hopefully getting bump strips gloss black to probably painted tho not vinyl