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ET-7 at a guess, looks mad! Gunna need serious work to get them tucked in haha.

4x100 fitment alleycats are available with bigger offsets, but are very rare.

Really like it though dude. Look forward to seeing what happens with it.

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your loons very nice mate. :nod::thumbsup:

love the black and tinted glass and it sits nicely too.

like the pic of it on the BBS just a shame BBS are a pain in the hole to clean. :lol:

did this belong to a lady in macc by any chance

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did this belong to a lady in macc by any chance

haha yer why?

lol coz I've been delivering shopping to a house across from the car for over a year and always ment to leave a note asking to buy it lol good buy there,I've got a 21 year old one with 57tho on may be selling in new year what u done with the bbs btw

lol coz I've been delivering shopping to a house across from the car for over a year and always ment to leave a note asking to buy it lol good buy there,I've got a 21 year old one with 57tho on may be selling in new year what u done with the bbs btw

lol am so glad you never left a note lol i didnt no it was for sale till i went over to vw and asked coz i only work over the road. i have had to put them back on because the police pulled me with my alley cats on and made me take them off coz they where to wide lol.

ET-7 at a guess, looks mad! Gunna need serious work to get them tucked in haha.

4x100 fitment alleycats are available with bigger offsets, but are very rare.

Really like it though dude. Look forward to seeing what happens with it.

Yeah it actually is impossible to roll and flare a standard polo front arch to make them fit ..

Believe you me i tried every possible option ..

Custom is the only way ..

lol coz I've been delivering shopping to a house across from the car for over a year and always ment to leave a note asking to buy it lol good buy there,I've got a 21 year old one with 57tho on may be selling in new year what u done with the bbs btw

lol am so glad you never left a note lol i didnt no it was for sale till i went over to vw and asked coz i only work over the road. i have had to put them back on because the police pulled me with my alley cats on and made me take them off coz they where to wide lol.

bet u are lol sweet looking car there, i think it looks spot on on the bbs I've got 16v bottle tops for mine and a 60mm drop when i get time to sort it or when my 16v golf goes !

lovely looking loon. still missing my beast.

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sorry not updated ina while never really bothered. since then i have had a full gt conversion with full stainlees system. will get pictures up of the car soon and what i have been up to :-D

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well first of all my mum crashed into my car and dinted the wing witch i was not to happy about. i was parked over the drive and she got in her car and reversed out the drive into my car. she said she could'nt see my car because it was dark lol its a good job it was only the wing.

there is still a dint in the wing but you wont see that one because my are goes over it

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after it was dry i flated it with 1200 wet and dry then went over with 2000 and the G6 on a buffer

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started on my door today hopfully it will be looking good for E38 get pictures up tomorrow

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finished off my door today. few pics

high lighted all the dints

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after a few skims of dolphin glaze and masked up ready for primer

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in high build primer

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put guide coat on to rub the primer down

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in base coat

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after clear coat

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just need a good polish now and should look ok

matt.

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Birkin :D I love your car and I love that picture of yours and Gary's truck :lol: :lol:

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Birkin :D I love your car and I love that picture of yours and Gary's truck :lol: :lol:

haha thank you :-D and ano that picture is phat. makes mine look like a toy car lol

Why do all you peeps in buxton have these awesome cars :-D

i seen them in the flesh and there just like WOW :shock:

I'm so jealous :D

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Why do all you peeps in buxton have these awesome cars :-D

i seen them in the flesh and there just like WOW :shock:

I'm so jealous :D

Lol cheers dude :-D Never seen you in buxton driving around? You got any plans for yours?

omg fancey doing my alternator bracket like that :p

Why do all you peeps in buxton have these awesome cars :-D

i seen them in the flesh and there just like WOW :shock:

I'm so jealous :D

Lol cheers dude :-D Never seen you in buxton driving around? You got any plans for yours?

Well i work at tesco in buxton so thats how i see you all :p

As for my car well it is a very slow work in progress haha

got me some 16v bumpers smoothed them out puttin em on 2moz so youll notice me with my unsprayed bumpers :-)

then i need to drop it on its arse :-D

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omg fancey doing my alternator bracket like that :p

yer mate al do you one if you send me one :-D

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Why do all you peeps in buxton have these awesome cars :-D

i seen them in the flesh and there just like WOW :shock:

I'm so jealous :D

Lol cheers dude :-D Never seen you in buxton driving around? You got any plans for yours?

Well i work at tesco in buxton so thats how i see you all :p

As for my car well it is a very slow work in progress haha

got me some 16v bumpers smoothed them out puttin em on 2moz so youll notice me with my unsprayed bumpers :-)

then i need to drop it on its arse :-D

haha nice one. yer al see you when i next go to tesco. you can give me a free tank of petrol if you want :lol::lol:

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got new steering wheel off a caddy i bought. 280 momo

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had a mint weekend at edition took a few pics of my car. on the way down my tyres where smoking because it would'nt stop scrubing because of all the stuff in the boot :lol:

also you minght of seen me and my mate. i was dressed up as banana man. and he was Ali g :lol::lol::lol: Cannot ait till next year

was'nt like that all the time but it was bad

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also bought a polished battary cover at edition

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Alley cats for sale. Have now got a set of RSL cults witch have now been sent to be fully polishe should get them back in a few weeks. Does anyone know where do get them plastic spiked centre caps from because I cannot find them any where? Cheers

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