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[nimraynn]

Err, it doesn't say that anywhere? In fact there's a bit that says language is English/German/Spanish/French/Italian, so ner

The company that make them have joined AON and are doing a group buy so got it nice and cheap

[Dunny]

Thats a nice buy mate. Id like one of them

[chris-h]

yeah but i bet you pooped yourself 

[nimraynn]

Woo, it's arrived at Heathrow 10 minutes ago Yes, I'm that impatient I keep refreshing the tracking

And I'm gonna slap you chris

[nimraynn]

'cause I'm lazy, here's a copy & paste from AON


Thanks very much Eonon :wave:

I bought myself a D5108E in the group buy from Eonon on Friday and it got delivered today :hyper: I was so excited that I tried to fit it on my lunch break, so rushed to Halfords and bought some radio removal keys, then went about slicing my finger open on the packaging for the removal keys, getting blood everywhere, breaking what used to be the antenna socket on my CD30 (plug is still OK which is the main thing) and forgetting to take a screwdriver with me to take off the delivery plates... So that lunch break was very productive... took the CD30 out, broke it, and put it back in

At the end of the day, I remembered to pick up the screwdriver off my desk and went straight out to the car to fit it. A colleague timed me as taking onto 28 minutes to fit it completely :mrgreen: I just need to drill in my new aux-in port :mrgreen:

Had a play with it on the way home, and the sat nav isn't bad, but it could do with a lot of improvement... so I've been spending the evening trying to change the sat nav software... TomTom was in Brazilian, so I didn't know what I was pressing and it closed itself... and iGo gives me a memory error :( So I'm about to put Sygic back on it for now and I'll have another play tomorrow...

So, here are some pics :mrgreen: I'd heard the colour match on the piano black wasn't perfect... and I'll be honest, you can really tell in these pictures... but I only noticed it when I took these pictures, I couldn't really tell when I fitted it or when I was playing with it. It looks fine to my eyes, and I've got pretty good eyes :mrgreen:













I'm quite happy with it so far :mrgreen: I might make a little video of it in action at the weekend :)

Cheers,
Mike :salute:

[nimraynn]

Right, I've just been out and got iGo Primo 1.2 UK & Ireland sat nav working So now, all I need to do it wire up ANT-C to AA to apparently fix my dreadful FM radio signal :)

[Bakebean]

Hi mate, I am wanting to spray my panaels inside white or mirror silver but aint to the first idea where to start... can your help be offered! yours looks awesome!

[Dunny]

Sand, prime with plastic primer, sand, paint,  sand, lacquer. Job done :)

[nimraynn]

Hi mate, I am wanting to spray my panaels inside white or mirror silver but aint to the first idea where to start... can your help be offered! yours looks awesome!

What Dunny said is pretty much spot on. Sand it down to remove any imperfections and to "key" the surface. Spray it with primer (About 3 coats should be OK). Lightly sand it again to make sure it's smooth, a few coats of paint (5 or 6), lightly sand it again, a few coats of lacquer (3 or 4) and you're good to go :)

[vinny_69]

i want all them toys 

[nimraynn]

Well, with TFS on Sunday, I thought it was about time I gave the car a clean... so I popped over to Halfords to get some supplies...



So this was the state of the car at 11am this morning:





Hoovered the interior and cleaned all the dash and plastics with some Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care:



I then stopped taking photos and got to work. I also did my Mum's car at the same time...

First up, rinsed it all down with a pressure washer.
Then cleaned the wheels with some Wonder Wheels (It's all I had, and couldn't justify buying some new wheel cleaner when I already had some )
Washed the car with some Autoglym Bodywork Shampoo Conditioner, two bucket method.
Dried using a waffle weave towel and some Demon Shine as a drying agent.
Cleaned the glass using some generic supermarket glass cleaner.
Polished the glass with some Autoglym Car Glass Polish.
Sealed the wheels using some Autoglym Alloy Wheel Seal.
Dressed the tyres with some Meguiars Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel.
Dressed the plastics and vinyl B-pillars with Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care.
Polished using a machine buffer and Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine.

That got me to this stage, where I got the wax out :cool:





Once I waxed everything, I re-dressed the plastics and vinyl B-pillars as I got some polish/wax on them which wouldn't come off... But here's the file results :)







So 7 and a half hours work, and the results speak for themselves My first time using that Autoglym HD wax... and first time using a non-liquid based wax as well... and I've got to say I was impressed. Smelt quite nice, spread really nicely once I got used to it. And the pot looks barely touched after I'd done the whole car, and I think I used it too thickly... so it'll definitely last a long time :) I was getting put off by the £45 price tag, but I would say that's well worth it now I've actually used it :)

[tazz666]

i think i will have to get some of that for me zed

[The Boss]

mmmm, shiney. Looking good mate, keep up the good work. 

[Dunny]

Always love your updates due to the pics you produce. You done a top job on getting her clean.
I've also decided that I really like that colour, its spot on.

[Netwalker]

As above.

When you have some time you canalways come and do mine