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Post by Smartbear » Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:33 pm

Marlon wrote:
Chris_D wrote: . . . Sh!te that means trying to coordinate something on a dry sunny day with mates who all live miles away or asking one of my neighbours who all seem to be suspicious and/or apprehensive of me...except for one nice old bloke a few doors up but I couldnt ask him, as he's old and frail and would prob drop it and then i'd have to kill him.
Drat.
Wonder why they're so suspicious and/or apprehensive towards you :D
Yeah, where are you putting the bodies Chris? :rofl:
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Post by Chris_D » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:28 pm

Smartbear wrote:
Marlon wrote:
Chris_D wrote: . . . Sh!te that means trying to coordinate something on a dry sunny day with mates who all live miles away or asking one of my neighbours who all seem to be suspicious and/or apprehensive of me...except for one nice old bloke a few doors up but I couldnt ask him, as he's old and frail and would prob drop it and then i'd have to kill him.
Drat.
Wonder why they're so suspicious and/or apprehensive towards you :D
Yeah, where are you putting the bodies Chris? :rofl:
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Post by firebobby » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:06 pm

Chris_D wrote:
Smartbear wrote:
Marlon wrote:
Wonder why they're so suspicious and/or apprehensive towards you :D
Yeah, where are you putting the bodies Chris? :rofl:
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Theyre all under the patio in the back garden but ssshhhh, dont tell anyone :wink:
You've been watching brook side :roll:
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Post by Chris_D » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:28 pm

firebobby wrote:
Chris_D wrote:
Smartbear wrote:
Yeah, where are you putting the bodies Chris? :rofl:
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Theyre all under the patio in the back garden but ssshhhh, dont tell anyone :wink:
You've been watching brook side :roll:
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Post by mr wilks » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:36 pm

ben g wrote:Haven't got mine on yet, so I'll have to make do with a photo from a couple of years back.

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Post by ben g » Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:08 pm

mr wilks wrote: Always liked those shoes on your car ben
Cheers mate. I did aswell. Loved the way it looked on them. Unfortunately when I went to have them refurbished, the guy informed me 3 of them had buckles and a couple had small cracks, so would require a lot more work than originally though = more £££££'s :lol:

I still have them in my garage. Not sure whether anyone would actually buy them with work needed, so may have to chuck them out for the scrapman :(
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Post by andy.c » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:23 pm

I got myself a hardtop a few weeks ago I can't believe the difference it makes with the road noise in the cabin it's
like night and day.
Just need to get myself a stand for it for the summer anyone got any recommendations for a stand?

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Post by firebobby » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:30 pm

andy.c wrote:I got myself a hardtop a few weeks ago I can't believe the difference it makes with the road noise in the cabin it's
like night and day.
Just need to get myself a stand for it for the summer anyone got any recommendations for a stand?

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Post by maxman » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:37 pm

I am not a fan of a different colour hard top to the z,but the Black top with against the silver body looks good .

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Post by firebobby » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:42 pm

maxman wrote:I am not a fan of a different colour hard top to the z,but the Black top with against the silver body looks good .
I think black works well with most colours, Marlons red car look fine and my Torledo blue with black looks fine, after all, the soft tops are mostly black :)
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Post by Marlon » Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:29 pm

andy.c wrote:I got myself a hardtop a few weeks ago I can't believe the difference it makes with the road noise in the cabin it's
like night and day.
Just need to get myself a stand for it for the summer anyone got any recommendations for a stand?

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Looks great that andy :thumbsup: matches the alloys nicely.
There are lots of stands on ebay, they start from around £70, you've probably already seen them. Mine came with a stand but I've no idea how much it was or whether its an original BMW stand or even if there is such a thing? It does the job though :thumbsup:

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Post by Rally » Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:55 pm

Looks great Andy I can see a photo shoot coming soon :thumbsup: I bought my stand from ebay cheap enough and reasonable quality pop round if you want a look bud.
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Post by andy.c » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:26 pm

Cheers maxman and marlon, I agree with firebobby I think the black looks good with any colour Z,
there was a sterling grey hardtop up for sale on fleabay by a old forum member that I wanted, but
he had enough of idiots offering silly amounts for it so he took off for sale then this black one came up I am
well pleased with it think it looks great it has got the rear window tinted as well which is a nice little touch.
Rally wrote:Looks great Andy I can see a photo shoot coming soon :thumbsup: I bought my stand from ebay cheap enough and reasonable quality pop round if you want a look bud.
Yes mate definitely up for a shoot just let me know when you are free :thumbsup:

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Post by kis » Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:11 am

85genius wrote:Mine went on last week.

Still not sure about the colour, it looked really good on my ti silver Zed but maybe not quite as good against ruby black it's matt black so contemplating either getting it sprayed to match the car or wrapped in carbon fibre

May leave it as is though

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Yours is matt black? Anyone seen a hardtop in the carbon fibre wrap?
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Post by ben g » Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:38 pm

kis wrote:
85genius wrote:Mine went on last week.

Still not sure about the colour, it looked really good on my ti silver Zed but maybe not quite as good against ruby black it's matt black so contemplating either getting it sprayed to match the car or wrapped in carbon fibre

May leave it as is though

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Yours is matt black? Anyone seen a hardtop in the carbon fibre wrap?
He clearly said it's matt black.
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