the starship Oakie, 200k miles and counting....new pics!

looks good fella i do like that industrial area where you have the pics taken

drop a VR in

cheers guys, still quite a lot i want to do and its gonna take a while but enjoying it!

billybug wrote:

a friend of mine use to own this, looks alot better now love it

really? what was it like when he/she had it? was it similar to when i got it? how long ago was that?

Lupton_20vt wrote:

looks good fella i do like that industrial area where you have the pics taken

yeah pretty good spot for pics that, old industrial estate next to Ridgeons in Saffron Walden, lots of rusty old oil tanks and run down industrial units make a pretty good place to get pics

Whitegt wrote:

drop a VR in

would love too....maybe one day!

now has a nice standard parcel shelf with no nasty great holes in and a few more bits of missing trim replaced (cheers jim-uk16 and caddyman).

been thinking about changing a few bits, for starters the set up at the front, saw this at E38 really like the single lamp grille with red surround etc....



......but i also like the fact my car looks pretty original/standard so cant make my mind up what to do.....what do you reckon?

i like the look of the single lamp grill with the badges

Looks good as it is but yeah i'd go for the single light grill with badges mate

Tyres look a little bulbous on her so i'd swap to 45 series when they worn. Slightly wider G60 steelies would suit it perfectly, 7's or 7.5's all round

Still sweet as it is though

martinb wrote:

cheers guys, still quite a lot i want to do and its gonna take a while but enjoying it!

billybug wrote:

a friend of mine use to own this, looks alot better now love it

really? what was it like when he/she had it? was it similar to when i got it? how long ago was that?

Lupton_20vt wrote:

looks good fella i do like that industrial area where you have the pics taken

yeah pretty good spot for pics that, old industrial estate next to Ridgeons in Saffron Walden, lots of rusty old oil tanks and run down industrial units make a pretty good place to get pics

Whitegt wrote:

drop a VR in

would love too....maybe one day!

his name was steven leak, he had some gay looking seat ibiza wheels on it and it was all stripped out

polo steph wrote:

i like the look of the single lamp grill with the badges

yeah, think i might give it a go, its not like it will be expensive and i can always put it back if i dont like it

CaddyRage wrote:

Looks good as it is but yeah i'd go for the single light grill with badges mate

Tyres look a little bulbous on her so i'd swap to 45 series when they worn. Slightly wider G60 steelies would suit it perfectly, 7's or 7.5's all round

Still sweet as it is though

definatly agree in the tyres dude, will go lower profile when they worn out, fronts aint got that much life left in them anyway.

billybug wrote:

his name was steven leak, he had some gay looking seat ibiza wheels on it and it was all stripped out

it was still stripped out when i first saw it, i suppose thats why there were quite a few little bits of interior trim etc missing....

nothing else done really just some new pics in the snow:

factory fresh

i like this ALOT

bit of a milestone passed on the way home from work today

martinb wrote:

Man that sucks, sorted now i hope?

martinb wrote:

bit of a milestone passed on the way home from work today

Fap me i didnt know it was that high! It really doesnt show that milage at all

finally killed the front tyres so replaced with some 45 profiles.

Fitted a OEM leather Steering wheel nicked from a mates Rado!

Headlight still not sorted but should be getting a new light at the meet tomorrow along with a new passenger seat (mine has a small hole in!)

yeah starship miles but im kinda proud of that...shame i gotta change the clocks as they they f**ked and make a really annoying noise...had been waiting until they turned 200k before i change them!

next will prob be some coilies or another momo team 280mm...cant decide which tho!

i love this car just perrrrrrrrrrrrrfect ,i always wanted a oakey,

cheers dude.

changed my passenger seat (cheers trashedchris for the seat!),

before:





after:





much better!

need a handle and surround for the drivers seat though if anyone has one (the one Tiz gave me is a slightly different size so keeps coming off), need one like this:



couple of pics with my mates mk2 he just bought:





headlight has now been fixed too (cheers to guy for the light ).

small update, some good...some not so good!

passed mot 1st time last week no problems and the guy even commented on how clean it is underneath and that its obviously been well maintained

also fitted a Momo Team 280mm (cheers Rallye76)

now the bad - some w**ker hit it last night while it was parked, only relatively minor damage but still really p!ssed me off. Has dented and scratched the passenger side wing and damaged the paint on the bonnet.

I think it was a sainsburys home delivery van who was delivering to the guy who lives opposite to me (has left white paint) as i glanced out the window last night and commented to Emma that he looked close to my car!

pics up later

Chase sainsburys up, use the blokes address and they can trace it back .
Sainsburys will cough straight up. They dont need the press.

guy wrote:

Chase sainsburys up, use the blokes address and they can trace it back .
Sainsburys will cough straight up. They dont need the press.

yeah Emma rang them this morning, still waiting for them to call back....

new wheel :


new dent :

yeah as soon as martin told me i was on the case!
phoned up sainsburys had a good moan as being female that comes naturally love a good moan
was told they have a special dedicated team to deal with this so obviously happen's alot , and was told would have a call within 24 hrs (still no call) and would need photo evedince and estimate repair costs.

They will sort it for us as i wont give up till they do!! No way some one can do that and get away with it.

Yeah pays to be persistent with stuff like that, well anything these days Sorry to hear about it though martin. Steering wheel looks good

Got the first of the 2 estimates that they have asked for from my local VW dealers

Repair to NSF wing, paint NSF wing and bonnet edge = £459!

martinb wrote:

Got the first of the 2 estimates that they have asked for from my local VW dealers

Repair to NSF wing, paint NSF wing and bonnet edge = £459!

thats crazy talk!

more like rape tbh