MC's R

[MC71]

^^^^ @Frodo-anni

I'm warming to the REVO wheels......Gloss Bronze or Gloss Anthracite. May speek to @vRSAlex *cough cough* and see if he can get them any cheaper than I can. 

I came close to selling the car (impossible as it stood) or trying to get my money back but it never came to that. I'm now completely up to date on consumer law....is all I'll say! 

Yes the shortened plate is legal, as long as the digits are the correct size, they are spaced correctly, has correct space around all edges (11 mm from edge of plate to outer side of digit in any direction) and the plate carries the correct legal BS marks a (which mine does) then all good....

[fazi123]

Hey Martin,

It's about time you started a thread on this one. The R's looking AMAZING! I'm glad you stuck with it - it looks all the better for it :)

I still remember when you took me and my cousin out for a ride - what a machine! I can only imagine how much quicker / fun it will be when you're done with it!

Thanks,
Faz

[MC71]

Howdy @fazi123 and thanks! 


Hope all's well with you. May see you at a meet sometime.

I'm hoping for a big step up, in both performance and fun, once she's modded and mapped to just stage 1. My stage 2+ Eddy was 360+ bhp so I'm still 20% down on the old girl there but the 7R feels as fast with only 300bhp and is a lot more planted and sure footed thanks to the VW 4WD system..........and all with the sh*tty ditch finder tyres the previous owner had fitted!! 

 

[Dave J]

Great to hear from you Martin,

Sorry to hear of the difficulties in your Mk7R ownership - that paint is truly shocking! Glad to hear it has been sorted to your standard in the end. There is an R in Lapiz blue just round the corner from me. Looks nicely understated under clouds, and then when there's sun - what a belting colour!

As for the wheels - I do like the design of the Revo wheels, but the Oz's look best to me. Pretoria like, but subtlety better...  Clio Williams look is great - it may work very well on the R, but I'd be a wuss and go with anthracite or bright silver. So many choices...!

[AJP]

Great to hear from you Martin,

Sorry to hear of the difficulties in your Mk7R ownership - that paint is truly shocking! Glad to hear it has been sorted to your standard in the end. There is an R in Lapiz blue just round the corner from me. Looks nicely understated under clouds, and then when there's sun - what a belting colour!

As for the wheels - I do like the design of the Revo wheels, but the Oz's look best to me. Pretoria like, but subtlety better...  Clio Williams look is great - it may work very well on the R, but I'd be a wuss and go with anthracite or bright silver. So many choices...!

+1 on the gold on blue Williams look. Needs to be a subtle gold though.

[MC71]

Thanks @Dave J 

Yeap, got there in the end. The Lapiz is gorgeous (and IMHO the only colour an R should be) and the new respray def has more flecks in it....looks amazing in full sunlight.

Agree with you and @AJP with the wheels.....I've been pinging a few emails to VMR (velocity motoring) in the US of A about a set of their 19" v701 wheels in either a custom finish of Bronze Burst or Sunken Treasure (both very similar to each other) as I've always loved them but needed the right colour car to put them on. Looking like a faff at the mo but you never know....patience is my mantra after recent events! 

Bronze Burst VMR v701



The famous Sunken Treasure also on the v701s 

[AJP]

Sunken Treasure ftw!!!

[Frodo-anni]

Sunken Treasure ftw!!!

 

[Wolf Burger]

Nice car

I fancy one of these. Not going to sell my 6R so going to have two R's I think.
Definitely will have Lapiz blue

[MC71]

Sunken Treasure ftw!!!

Sunken Treasure ftw!!!

 

Found a few VMR distributor in the UK, all are BMW tuning/aftermarket parts companies. Even though the VMR wheels are direct fit for both BMW and/or VAG there appears to be no UK dealer for the VAG fitment wheels....no biggy. I've Requested a price for the 19" v701s in my specs in standard Gun metal and both the custom colours above (for comparison) so you never know.

Nice car

I fancy one of these. Not going to sell my 6R so going to have two R's I think.
Definitely will have Lapiz blue

Thanks.

That would be a great stable....6R and a 7R. That'd be a hard choice which one to take out for a blast....1st world problems though!! 

[MC71]

Few little bits.....

Foot rest:-



Before:-



After:-



Car Mats:-

Got these ones from eBay, actually pretty good. I asked them to leave the heal pad off as they always annoy me.





Lockwood Sill Protectors:-

Thanks to a forum discount on VWROC I got these for 15% off, still over £60...not a saving at all considering a third party seller is selling the Lockwood protectors on eBay for the same price as Lockwood sell them for WITH the discount code applied!!   They also sell Sill Protectors for the Mk5 and Mk6, link below...

~~Clicky here~~





Door latch covers (eBay):-



Before.....



After.....



And some personalised, to my car, interior visor stickers to cover those nasty OEM safety stickers on both sides of the passenger visor ( from Badgeskins) and a Fast (which has since come off....another in the post!)





And fast...






Plenty more "little bits" done but that'll do for now.

[MC71]

She's had her 1st wash since returning from the bodyshop after the respray. 


Only a hand polish with Zaino Z-5 PRO Show Car Polish and only just 1 coat of Dodo Juice Blue Velvet Pro Wax so far......the paintwork looks great and the flake in the Lapiz Blue really pops so should look amazing after a proper DA polish......

[AJP]

Gorgeous. I know photos don't really do Lapiz much justice, so I can imagine this is stunning in the flesh. I like how it almost goes purple in lower light, too. Undoubtedly the best 7R colour!

Looking forward to the wheel updates. I've always liked the y-spoke VMR wheels, like the 710, but on a mk7 - if you fill the space behind the spokes with big enough brakes - designs like the 701 really work.

[Trow81]

Look at that reflection best colour on the 7R makes me wanna sell the Eddy


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[bonelorry]

Will keep popping onto the forum to see the progress of this one