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chris watton

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Friday 30th May 2014
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coco79 said:
P.S..the wheels really stand out too

Cool! I thought a darker shade would go well with the light bodywork...

chris watton

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Friday 30th May 2014
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Will take some better pics and details when I get the car back smile

coco79

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173 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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The break up of colour in your interior looks really good in the flesh. I'm still struggling to find something to compliment/match chameleon blue paintwork..not entirely sure on the portland/purple..ideas anyone?

chris watton

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Friday 30th May 2014
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coco79 said:
The break up of colour in your interior looks really good in the flesh. I'm still struggling to find something to compliment/match chameleon blue paintwork..not entirely sure on the portland/purple..ideas anyone?
Before I spoke to Adrian with the car in front of us, I was convinced I would go with a black/Portland grey interior with grey carpet and black roof. I am glad I allowed Central to help sort the colour scheme. I think that perhaps yours may look good in a similar combo - Prussian blue/Portland Grey?



Edited by chris watton on Saturday 31st May 11:04

chris watton

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Sunday 1st June 2014
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OK, just drove back (with the roof off). Driving this car just puts a smile on my face every time - strange to explain, but I'm just 'happy' when I drive it, even when following traffic..

I think it's fair to say that overall, I am very impressed - the interior now looks fantastic (apart from when I switched on the blower and all crap blew out onto the immaculate leather...). The wheels really do suit the body colour, as do the red callipers.

I just have a couple of small 'niggles' that I will talk to Adrian about, but am sure they'll be sorted. But for now, here she is (sorry for the lightness in the pictures, I used my camera which is really calibrated for indoor close up studio lighting shots..)




Sub woofer position:


Seat backs repainted from silver to black:












Shi-Devil's carbon fibre pedal plate now in place:



And the new rear screen and roof (which weren't required on the way home..)



Edited by chris watton on Sunday 1st June 17:07

DJR 7

1,413 posts

256 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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Very nice

T66ORA

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256 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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Lovely Chris, looks like a cracking job thumbup

chris watton

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Monday 2nd June 2014
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Cheers smile

I am very happy with the re-trim, it has certainly transformed the tired looking interior.

Niggles are largely confined to the ICE and speakers, and after speaking to Adrian this morning, he will send a truck to pick up the car in a couple of weeks time to deal with any problems I highlighted. He sad a couple of weeks in case I discover anything else that may require attention. fair enough.

Just a pity my wife had to drive her car back, rather than driving back together in the Tam...

T66ORA

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256 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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chris watton said:
Just a pity my wife had to drive her car back, rather than driving back together in the Tam...
You should have used it as a opportunity to see how your car looks like on the road biggrin
The Mrs and i did this on the way back from "soft top" Sunday a couple of years ago, i took this photo from her MR2 roadster at 60 ish mph, very quickly it comes out a bit blurred, but because of this it is possible my favourite photo of the Tam.



chris watton

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Monday 2nd June 2014
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T66ORA said:
chris watton said:
Just a pity my wife had to drive her car back, rather than driving back together in the Tam...
You should have used it as a opportunity to see how your car looks like on the road biggrin
The Mrs and i did this on the way back from "soft top" Sunday a couple of years ago, i took this photo from her MR2 roadster at 60 ish mph, very quickly it comes out a bit blurred, but because of this it is possible my favourite photo of the Tam.

I just thought, she'd have filmed me from the MG's dash cam! Will have to take a look.....

chris watton

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Monday 2nd June 2014
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Not very good dash cam shots..

But look at the arse on that! hehe




T66ORA

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Monday 2nd June 2014
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yer like a good fat arse hehe

mk1fan

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224 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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chris watton said:
OK, just drove back (with the roof off). Driving this car just puts a smile on my face every time - strange to explain, but I'm just 'happy' when I drive it, even when following traffic..
It's not just you. I always happy when I thrash drive your car too.

Looks loverly. Samy and Tamy always put a smile on my face.

chris watton

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Wednesday 4th June 2014
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I can't help it - every time I have one of my tea breaks, I have to go down the garage to have a look at the car (the whole garage now smells like new leather!).

The more I look at it, the more I love it - it's made a much bigger difference than I first imagined.

Just totted up how much I have spent since buying the car last October, gulp - over £10k! But, it was only £16k to begin with, and I knew it needed some TLC.

All I need now is the CR gearbox, diff upgrade and 4.3, and it should all be sorted! lol

(Wife baulked at the cheque I wrote for Central, saying that could have paid to have our living room sorted - woman and their odd priorities...) hehe

ETA - Forgot to add - the Momo Trek R steering wheel feels great, and that Pioneer powered sub woofer makes all the difference to the sound of the ICE - highly recommended.

Finally, the new Nitrons do make a difference, too (but then, at £1200, they should..) - car now feels even more planted to the road, especially cornering, than before.


Edited by chris watton on Wednesday 4th June 16:47

coco79

390 posts

173 months

Wednesday 4th June 2014
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They have started on mine too smile




chris watton

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Wednesday 4th June 2014
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coco79 said:
They have started on mine too smile



Cool!

Did you go for the purple and Portland in the end?


coco79

390 posts

173 months

Wednesday 4th June 2014
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I genuinely cannot make my mind up! I was intending to go with full purple(sparco)seats with matching portland tunnel, upper part doors cards, bottom half of shelf etc..but now I'm thinking that will be too much 'purple'..and should I go for full portland seats instead, with hints of purple on the rest of the car. It's a very tricky colour to match and I haven't been able to find many interior shots of chameleon blue cars to make a comparison.

chris watton

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Wednesday 4th June 2014
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coco79 said:
I genuinely cannot make my mind up! I was intending to go with full purple(sparco)seats with matching portland tunnel, upper part doors cards, bottom half of shelf etc..but now I'm thinking that will be too much 'purple'..and should I go for full portland seats instead, with hints of purple on the rest of the car. It's a very tricky colour to match and I haven't been able to find many interior shots of chameleon blue cars to make a comparison.
It's a tough call when you haven't got your mind set on a particular combination, at least it was for me. You could play it safe and go for black and Portland, but TBH, the Tuscan is such a mad looking car anyway (in a very good way), so the purple would suit it very well, too. Whatever you choose, I doubt you'll be disappointed with the end result smile

Incognegro

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132 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Thought I'd jump in on this as I just saw my car in someone elses pic wink I have only good things to say about Adrian, Andy and the Lads at Central TVR.... I can be more particular than most but the level of customer care and good manner is fantastic!

I only ever really see the guys when looking to mod/retrim etc but after this mornings unexpected trip there they were so accommodating and cured my OCD issues without question. Recently I had lots done buy them and there were 1 or 2 small remedies needed but the care they show and level of fantastic work really does keep me as a loyal customer. The attitude shown will now even make me do the 140m round trip for a service at end of the year.

All in all it was interior retrim, Alignment of SP12s (and removing lock stops if possible) turns out my Cerb even running the 18' Spiders on Tuscan offsets never had/needed lock stops. curing any leaks, tightening handbrake linkage, blending in supplied bonnet vents and a few more bits.

Everything done fantastically and when issues arise they are the most helpful bunch that put common sense and reason as priority. As you can tell how impressed I am, when service comes round I wont hesitate calling them!

Edited by Incognegro on Friday 25th July 13:26

Tom The Cat

203 posts

156 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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chris watton said:
OK, just drove back (with the roof off). Driving this car just puts a smile on my face every time - strange to explain, but I'm just 'happy' when I drive it, even when following traffic..

I think it's fair to say that overall, I am very impressed - the interior now looks fantastic (apart from when I switched on the blower and all crap blew out onto the immaculate leather...). The wheels really do suit the body colour, as do the red callipers.

I just have a couple of small 'niggles' that I will talk to Adrian about, but am sure they'll be sorted. But for now, here she is (sorry for the lightness in the pictures, I used my camera which is really calibrated for indoor close up studio lighting shots..)




Sub woofer position:


Seat backs repainted from silver to black:












Shi-Devil's carbon fibre pedal plate now in place:



And the new rear screen and roof (which weren't required on the way home..)



Edited by chris watton on Sunday 1st June 17:07
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