Sorry, somehow I managed to put this in the wrong thread! D'oh.

So you'll all know that I bought the Tourer that was advertised recently on the FS thread, I've finally got round to taking some pics......

Now the pics make it look stunning and it is a nice looking car, but up close it's had some fairly poor paint repair on both rear quarters and one front wing, its colour matched well but has a very orange peel effect

It is clear that the previous owner loved it though, I have every single invoice from its first service on the 20th January 1999, through to the repair mentioned in the advert that totalled £660.50 in September 2016. That repair was to remove the head and have it skimmed, new cambelt, gaskets, head bolts and other service items! It also had 4 new Pirelli Cinturato tyres in March 2016 totalling £336 and new front to rear Brake pipes and other work in Jan 16 totalling £481.

The invoices I have total £7519.82.

I have cleaned her including claying and polish, replaced the headlamp bulbs with upgraded ones so that I can actually see at night, replaced the rear wiper blade and the side indicator repeaters which were loose.

I'm going to be honest I'm not a fan of the R3 style dash over the original R8 one and I think it's going to take some time for me to really grow to like the car........

Oh.......and to make space for it, I ended up letting the SEi go to a new member on here and I'll leave them to introduce that themselves

So now I intend to keep the '90 416 GSi..........so 1234dist I'll be in touch about those alloys you have

Best get em cleaned up then

Looks good

Very nice

very nice what bulbs did you use in the headlamps , I've been using my every day this year and know what you mean about the candlelights *laughs*

The type off car I would have brought if I had been quicker!!

961tat wrote:very nice what bulbs did you use in the headlamps , I've been using my every day this year and know what you mean about the candlelights *laughs*

I went for Philips White Vision which supposedly provide 60% more light and are only £13.99 at Eurocarparts at the moment.

I know a lot of other people opt for Osram Nightbreakers which are a bit more expensive at £20.99.

They have made a considerable difference, I'd recommend changing them.