Tom's Bagged TDiR : FULL 2016 R Fakelift - NOW SOLD - 11 Aug

[Phil]

Haha bloody hell tom - wanna keep eyes out he's selling all his carbon stuff

[Tom]

Haha whenever you like Mark! We need to arrange something. Perhaps once the R kit is on and Rotiforms are back on, like end of March time?

Phil I'm so tempted by so much more seriously hahaha. Must. Resist...

[Phil]

No need to resist - just do!

[Tom]

No need to resist - just do!

Haha! You sir, are a bad influence.

The beginning of the carbon addiction... Hello mirror caps



Tom

[RoccoDav]

That spoiler is the nuts!! Love carbon


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[Tom]

That spoiler is the nuts!! Love carbon


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Thanks man, I can't wait to fit it!


No huge update, just lots of prep ahead of next weekend as the car will be in the bodyshop. Front bumper is being resprayed, DRL's wired in properly and potentially smoothed bonnet too (time dependent).

Those who have done the R bumper upgrade will know how much of a pain it is to find DRL's with indicators, as the standard ones that come with the aftermarket kits are prone to condensation/failing after 6-12 months... anyway, (influenced by AndyAlex) I got a local company to fully reseal the units so im hoping they will last a little longer...



I also purchased a cup holder upgrade, influenced by Benny1703 (can you tell i'm easily influenced yet?)



Along with some LED reverse bulbs, you guessed it, influenced again. This time by PhilJay92:



Plus a replacement R tail light as mine started to condensate and I'm a picky bugger. No influences here - Winner winner chicken dinner.



Exciting times ahead, 3 weeks until Rotiform's go on too!

Tom

[JamesE]

More money than sense you mate haha can't wait see the finished product!


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[benny1703]

niceeeeee! Let me know about those mirror caps dude, if they are replacement ones i'll buy your black ones off you

Also give me a shout when you're cup holder arrives and i'll fit it for you

[Phil]

Ha I usually get blamed for cup holders! Haven't bought my reverse bulbs yet, but may have to before weekend

[super cowboyjon]

Enjoyed reading through the entire thread - some nice mods.

Where did you order the carbon mirror caps from and are you happy with the fit and finish?

[Tom]

More money than sense you mate haha can't wait see the finished product!


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Hahahaha thanks man, me neither!

niceeeeee! Let me know about those mirror caps dude, if they are replacement ones i'll buy your black ones off you

Also give me a shout when you're cup holder arrives and i'll fit it for you

Thanks mate! The ones I've bought are just covers so they will stick over my current ones unfortunately I'll take you up on the offer of helping with the cup holder though, it seems like a proper ball ache hahaha!

Ha I usually get blamed for cup holders! Haven't bought my reverse bulbs yet, but may have to before weekend

Do it! They make such a difference, not sure why I didn't bother buying them sooner to be honest haha. I'll get some pics up of them soon.

Enjoyed reading through the entire thread - some nice mods.

Where did you order the carbon mirror caps from and are you happy with the fit and finish?

Thanks man, glad you like it! I haven't fitted the caps yet but keep an eye out after the weekend - I'm due to fit them on Sunday so I'll put a post up with how they fit etc afterwards


Small update...

Cars dropped off at the bodyshop until Sunday, absolutely can't wait to pick it up! This little treat arrived today too - I'll hopefully be fitting it Sunday







I'm over the moon with it, it looks so good in person I can't even begin to describe how happy I am! Fitted pics to follow soon...

Tom

[Tom]

Car is back from the bodyshop for stage 1 of its makeover!
It had the following work carried out:
Front bumper respray, smoothed washer jet holes, wire in DRL units, replaced door strips with genuine to improve fitment/shut lines, door sills repainted to get rid of scratches.

It is booked back in for the rear bumper next month - then it should be complete! Here are some pics of how the front currently stands. I am so happy with it, it also fits a hell of a lot better than my previous one





I've just ordered a couple more goodies too, I'll upload pics when they arrive! Spoiler is due to be fitted this weekend too

Tom

[Tom]

Carbon errrrrrrything.

[roc82]

wow! that rear wing looks awesome!:)

[Mostic]

I do really like the cup holder upgrade.

[xjay1337]

carbon two things..

Looks nice. I like the rear spoiler pal.

[Tom]

Thanks guys, glad you like it! I'm still over the moon with it, it's transformed the rear end of the car

Today my LED reverse bulbs arrived. I was never really fussed about upgrading these but I did so anyway, and wow. What a difference! They look a million times better and modern, a must do mod for all of you who haven't done it yet. Here are some pics...





Comparison. Stock vs LED:




I've also spent every evening this week waxing the rotiforms. They're almost done now; ready to be fitted at the weekend weather permitting. Woohooooo!!!



Also, it'd be rude not to put another up of the carbon flick



Hope you like!
Tom

[AJH]

Beautiful car! Some lovely modding [emoji106]

Do you have a link to those LED reverse bulbs?


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[Tom]

Beautiful car! Some lovely modding [emoji106]

Do you have a link to those LED reverse bulbs?


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Thanks dude! Yeah of course, these are the ones I bought:

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Tom

[Tom]

So for a while now I've thought one of my rear wheel bearings were going. Horrible whirring noise that was getting worse and worse every time I drove the car. Yesterday I had chance to drop it into my local garage who took a look for me - long story short, it wasn't the bearing. The n/s rear tyre had worn so much from camber wear it had bulges in the tyre... not ideal!

It left me no choice but to put the summer wheels on, so tonight (for those who haven't already seen on facebook!) this happened:





Roll on show season
Tom