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Are you pleased with that?

Nice!

What Pete said, then send him a witty message when you win

Si you have a PM

Also, make sure they're non-slip or you could end up a crumpled heap in the back of the garage if it's wet. I have a vague memory that you have a sloped driveway down to your garage right? Bear in mind these tiles are pretty thick >20mm then add 5mm for adhesive and you'll have a sizeable lip so make sure your front bumper won't hit it while the rear wheels are still uphill or the other way around

Si, you'll need a garage specific/commercial/industrial use tile, usually ceramic or porcelain. They're extremely tough if laid correctly but can still be scratched so take care with things like lower the car back down on the jack, you know how the wheels turn and can drag across the floor. I'm presuming your garage is currently a screeded floor and pretty much flat and even? If not you'll need to deal with that first. I wouldn't lay tiles onto a screed they won't last 5 minutes and you'll need a space between the tiles. You'll want to use a primer on the concrete and an adhesive specific to the job in hand, you can get advise from whoever you get the tiles from. The primer seals the floor and reduces the reduces the suction effect of the background so the adhesive has time to dry and cure properly without the moisture being immediately sucked out of it. Adhesive will need to be spread with a notched trowel the same as any other tiles. The depth of the notches will partly depend how flat your floor is, I'd say 8-10mm if it's even enough. If you butt tiles together you'll still be left with a gap which you can't get grout into but all the dust and anything you spill on the floor will, trust me it will look shit! The grout gap also allows for the tiny bit of thermal expansion the tiles will be subjected to diurnally and through the seasons. If you're worried about the grout getting stained and looking crap you can always seal it, there's plenty of products for this purpose you just need to find something specific for garage use. Most annoying thing is my neighbours had 3 pallet loads of these last year and chucked the lot as nobody wanted them! I'll speak to my trade suppliers tomorrow, I doubt very much they have anything but may be able to point you in the right direction.

You could always replace the fan?

Jimmy, whilst I've been working on mine I found the aux/aircon fan is wired to a switch in the cabin to turn it on and off. I'm yet to find out if the ecu controlled functions of the fan have been removed (turning on with aircon and when the temp reaches 105 deg c) to make it simply on/off via the switch or not, but it's something you could look into at least

Faultless

Did you keep the Veilside front bumper?

No problemo I'll give you a shout in the morning Alan, can I take the Seat in on that pass? Just got it valeted just in case :)

Can you come anyway without the car?

Yeah cool, my numbers 07779 227403 if you want to drop me a message and I'll give you a shout when I'm there? Alan do you need a lift over?

Cool, I'll be going but I only have the Leon FR, Z isn't finished yet. What time are you heading there?

Just got back to Norwich today so I'm up for it if someone else is going?

Don't forget plenty of pics dude!

Bloody awesome work guys and it all moved along quickly which is refreshing to see. Can you show us what the rear of the door looks like when it's open Dan?

I'm glad you pulled it up as I was wondering how much to get :thumbup:

Yeah I put a couple on and they seemed like one use items as well, the screw housing had twisted itself apart when I took them off. I got a load from eBay that although aren't Jubilee are much heavier duty and look good!

Now you're talking, U11 Bluebird FTW :yes:

Were the clamps any good? When I bought my intake pipes from eBay the clamps supplied were garbage, I binned the lot of them

Seconded!

Ignore me, I was looking at bolts for other things at the same time and didn't realise yours was the set screw type:wack:

I drove to the French Alps in Febuary and the amount of salt on their roads was horrific, my car was caked and it made it into the air box! Total car killer

Would that bolt you linked have enough thread close to the head to bite? I reckon a set screw would be better?