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45 yrs old,licence for 28 yrs including hgv1,clean licence and because i have one non motoring conviction hardly anyone will touch me,before my time away £260 now £1550.What the relevance between my conviction and my risk as a driver is beyond me. The worst part is that because my sentence was over 2 years i will have to declare it for life as it is never spent. My own fault i know but it was nothing to do with dishonesty or driving. A bit harsh to me.

Hi Baz, Hope you well mate, im saving hard,keep me posted on it. Only 2 months and me tags off so i need a Zed as ill be able to go to the meets. Mail me anytime mate, Kev

An amazing Zed you have there mate. I had a pearl white tt about 3 yrs ago, spent 4 months doing her up then had the side took out by joyriders, then a few weeks later a mate finished her off by putting her in a ditch. Am saving to buy another now, was going to get a black one but after seeing yours im thinking i may have to go down the pearl white route again. I think Baz on here may even have one !!. Anyway mate top marks for your Zed.

Hi Ryan, Just following on from what Steams said, he is spot on in that orange peel is due to poor spraying by hand or machine. A good sprayer will leave no orange peel. Im into detailing cars, i do my own and friends cars, one has a 2008 audi tt and the bonnet had bad orange peel,the only way to get it flat was to wetsand it using 2000,2500,3000 then 4000 wet and dry, then polish out the sanding marks using a rotary polisher,wool pad and compound polish, then another go with a lighter polish and a polish pad then refine it with a finishing polish and finish pad, it took me nearly 2 days. The finish was like a mirror. My point is to correct orange peel is very time consuming and expensive to get a professional detailer to do it so i hope you find a good sprayer to do your car. Its worth researching a bit and hopefully you will get a nice finish on your pride and joy. All the best mate, hope this helps you a bit, Kev

Thanks mate, yes ill be searching in the next couple of weeks, cant wait, im definitely going to get to as many meets as i can, im on Tag until July so ill need a tt to get back home in time for the curfew lol .

Well thanks guys for the lovely welcome back, as im sure you are dying to know what got me a 4 year sentence and 2 years of that in the slammer, well i was in my very nice Ford F150 coming into Spain from Morrocco and the German Shepherd had a very good nose so that says it all really, what a bad day, the Spanish took me F150 so some Guardia Civil guy is cruising around in that, i did 1 year in Spain and the 2nd year back here. Well least i speak a bit of Spanish now and got a nice sun tan but i wouldnt recommend it and thats my last bit of bother im getting in. T

Hi there, thanks for the nice welcome back. I found the car that took my side out but the police said it had been registered under a moody name so no luck there. When i went away my girlfriend sold it for spares to a guy who had a Zed and wanted the gearbox etc so it went on to make another Zed good and the guy happy. Thanks again for the welcome, ive been around bad people for 2 years and my faith in humans is slowly returning, cheers

Thanks mate, ive sure learnt me lesson, i cant be away from the Zeds that long again, it drove me crazy, lovely looking Zed you have there by the way, cheers

Hi everyone, Its great to be back on here again, i had rather a bad day 2 years ago and have spent the last 2 years at her majestys pleasure. I was released last thursday and i couldnt wait to get back into the world of Zeds. I had 2 before a white one which a mate writ off for me and a red tt manual that i had to sell when i went away. I will be looking for another one asap,its great to see the passion is still there for these awesome cars. well ive missed all the zed chat and hope to post some pics of my new Zed once ive found one, have a good day everyone, cheers

Thanks to everyone for all your kind words. A very warm welcome i must say. Update on the scumbags is that the day after it happened i had to go to the station to make a statement.I gave them the reg no and where the other car was parked and the vast damage to it including my pearl paint on it, Now call me optimistic if you want but i would be straight to the owners door and asking them who was driving the car the previous night. But alas 10 days later i get a letter asking me to fill out a statement (again) so it seems the police must be too busy catching them dangerous drivers speeding at 48mph in a 40 limit on a dual carriage way. What comes around is getting closer,much closer. Either way i am def hooked on the z for longterm so will have it looking like new soon.

As Baz said im after a n/s pass door for my 92 import, doesnt matter what colour it is. Is there any diff between uk and import spec, probably a silly question but thought ide ask anyway.

Thanks for the advice fellas,its nice to know theres help and advice out there. Heard nothing from police yet. Just contact me if your in the area Stricker and we can always have a coffee and talk about the polishing etc.

Thanks for the replies guys, yes i reported it and gave them the reg etc so who knows. But my fav saying has always been what goes around comes around. Sorry to hear you in same boat Stricker,good luck with yours and give me a shout if you need any polishing done mate. Thankyou Baz,ill mail you thru ebay and leave my mail address there for you,i may need some more bits from your breaker.

thanks Slick pete. i hate cliches but least im here writing this still i suppose,it could have been worse,and hopefully no more sad posts.

Yes a lad who felt sorry for me looking at my wrecked car took my number and phoned telling me where the xxxxxxs had dumped the car and the yob had taken the keys from his dad without him knowing and was drunk, i was sat parked at the time, and i have found out a name so who knows, thanks for your concerns guys.