Not to shabby at all.
Hi IainMy poor HoS Clio has taken a battering this week
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Picked up a Style 5 in 8Jx16” to try, but looks like I’m out of luck. That’s only a 235 but it already looks a bit Carlos Fandago (ask your parents, or Youtube), never mind with the 245’s.
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Even here, my wheel stack is getting out of hand.
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Trip to Scott at Retro Bimmer in Kilbirnie
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Ostensibly just to pick up this gearbox for a measly £75. Not something I’ll fit right away, I need to sort a light flywheel and a 22 spline disc, never mind another prop to shorten, but, 75 pictures of the Queen? Not passing that up.
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Not quite such a cheap trip, as I asked about some coupe seats he had with a bit of wear. “Oh, I have some better ones too”. Indeed they were, almost unmarked, nothing some saddle soap won’t sort. Manual, yay! Height and recline, adjustable for angle and reach. Right then Scott, where’s the nearest cash line? “You want them today? You’ll never get them in there?” I’d had to rearrange all the stuff in the Clio to get the gearbox in. “I’m good at Tetris, I’ll get them in”.
And I did, after a couple of trials. Couldn’t get it out once it had settled on the drive to Airdrie, that too a little manhandling.
They look fantastic and are very comfy, better lumbar support, sitting in one right now waiting on someone delivering something. I just know know they’ll turn up as soon as I crawl under the car.
Shame though, they don’t fit!
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The seat back is too wide at the top, the back release hits the pillar. I can’t go any further in, the belt mount and actuator are hard up against the tunnel, and that’s before the carpet goes back in. They’re too high as well, even in the lowest setting.
My stuff arrived.