Black Twingo 'I-Music' _Progress_
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BlackTwingo-i
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Haha! Yeahh i was! Was looking out for you, couldnt find you..
And thankss ;D
And thankss ;D
singlespeed":13exiisr said:Between your motor and your mates shed>>BlackTwingo-i":13exiisr said:Im never gonna live it down off the guys i was with
I think I would rather have yours. His is just his mums hand me down :lol:
have me a race ?
ps... your car looks beautiful mike!
BlackTwingo-i
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Done some playing
The smere marks are just due to pre buffing of the wax i put on.
DEBADGED! Finaly, i dared get the hairdryer on my car, and sorted out the stupid 'i-music' that was on the side too..
Pictures dont really make it look as good as it does in person i dont think cause you cant get the same
angles and focus or whatever when taking a picture.. I say de-twingo'ing it and de i-music'ing it has
made a huge difference and im mega chuffed!
Got my girlfriend to help me out haha she was doing the shitty part.. Getting rid of the excess glue, i mean i dont
want to risk getting cramp in my fingers do i?.. mwuhahahaha
Really easy to do, took me 10 minutes..
Hope you like!
The smere marks are just due to pre buffing of the wax i put on.
DEBADGED! Finaly, i dared get the hairdryer on my car, and sorted out the stupid 'i-music' that was on the side too..
Pictures dont really make it look as good as it does in person i dont think cause you cant get the same
angles and focus or whatever when taking a picture.. I say de-twingo'ing it and de i-music'ing it has
made a huge difference and im mega chuffed!
Got my girlfriend to help me out haha she was doing the shitty part.. Getting rid of the excess glue, i mean i dont
want to risk getting cramp in my fingers do i?.. mwuhahahaha
Really easy to do, took me 10 minutes..
Hope you like!
BlackTwingo-i
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weebob":1990as5z said:
Haha!
I was well scared at doing it at first.. Just put my nail behind the corner after heating it up for 10 seconds and i could slowly pull it all off..
The i-music thing was even easier.. first one i headted it up and puting my card behind it and kind of cut through the glue with it.. the second side, i just pushed my card through it without even heating it up, its really soft and takes 5-10 munited to polish off
singlespeed
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So long as your carefull when peeling stickers, or badges held on with sticky backed foam, any marks should be minor and easily polished out. The problem can be if your paint is a mess anyway, with loads of swirl marks or severely faded... Revealing fresh paint without swirls looks obvious.nelson91":15e9h480 said:
A hair dryer will soften the glue sufficiently to make removal easy without scraping too hard. Residual glue may need a bit of glue/tar remover.
You will likely need to polish the area and then wax/seal like the rest of the car. Otherwise, the fresh untreated paint will look and bead water slightly different, hence showing the decal location.
BlackTwingo-i
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They can off really easily, just took abit of polishing to get the residue off.. Took 10 minutes to make it look 10 times better! I have a few more little mods I should post on here, might go on the comp and do it today
BlackTwingo-i
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Just thought ide put on the pictures of my newer mods onto my progress thread.. They are posted in other places but might aswell keep them together! Got some new ones here too
To get my photos off my phone, since i left my wire at my friends, i have to upload them to facebook, go n the computer, print screen, put them onto paint, crop them, save them then upload them onto photobucket and then onto my post.. what a ball ache
First, some pics i took with my new phone about 2 months ago..
The next mod I had done was done on the exterior silver trims.. I noticed all the RS's had anthracite trims and it just looked so much better on the black cars, so i thought ide get mine done anthracite! Make the car look so much stealthier without it all being black, which im not tooo kean on
I took the foglight surrounds and mirror caps off myself.. The foglight surrounds just need a really good pulling untill you get ther first clips out, then its easy..
Waited 2 days, and vuala!!
I was in the BHS carpark in the middle of town, was sat in my car and bump. Got out, and some stupid ***** shit woman whore driver grazed all the side of my car!!!!!!
lol joke, it was tiny, but i was still fuming
It was really dark in the carpark so when she hit my i just looked and couldnt see anything and said it was fine.. she drove off and it looked like that! her car was worse off though, she couldnt drive for shit.
After half an hour t-cutting and polishing it came up almost perfect, you cant see a thing at all! im really pleased with it
Next i got myself a new tax disk holder.. Only a cheap £5 one from eBay but looks alot better than the horrid white one that came with the car..
When i pulled the white one off, it left so much glue behind. grr
Took me like half an hour to rub it all off with a wet cloth.. got a blister too.. Anyway i got my new one on, nothing special but worth £5 Not sure if i have any pictures with the old one in but im sure if you look at previous pictures you may see it..
Next, a very common mod.. Silvatec indicators.. Ive seen it many times before but im going to do it anyway..
Before:
After:
Same on the front too
Before:
After:
I do have myself some 40mm Spaxx springs.. It will cost my £80 to get them fitted and i could proberbly afford it in a few weeks but im worried about my warranty! Something happens to the suspension and it could cost so much :/ i might sell them and if i have the car in another 1-3 years ill get some on it then DEFINATELY!
Oh yeah one more tiny thing..
Smoked side repeaters.. £6 eBay.. They come with new, darker orange bulbs, but i kept the originals on because they shined a little brighter through them..
I think they really accent the anthracite bits and it doesnt stand out at all now, they blend in!
Looking at that previous pic with the smoked side repeaters in.. the only thing i dislike about my car is the wheel trim colour :/ its not worth painting them at all, but i cant afford alloys at all! I almost bought some £5 spray paint from a car shop.. Then realised it really wouldnt match and i would hate myself!
Anybody got any ideas for temporary wheel matching?
So, i made a small list of things i wanted and added and took away things i did and didnt want.. Ill try remember the things i had..
Rear Tinted Windows [Done]
RS Cup spoiler [Done]
Rear Diffuser [Done]
40mm Springs [Done] (not fitted)
Xenon headlights [Done]
LED sidelights [Done]
Silvatecs [Done]
De-Badged [Done]
Tax Disk Holder [Done]
Twingo133.net Stickers [Done]
Smoked Side Repeaters [Done]
Exterior Anthracite Parts [Done]
Interior Colour Coding [Done]
Pressed Metal Numberplates [Done]
Interior + Numberplate LEDs [Ordered]
Floor Mats
Wind Deflectors
Uprated Speakers
Possible Head Unit
20mm Hubcentric Spacers
182 16"/172 Anthracite 16" Alloy Wheels
I think thats all of it, or atleast most of it
I think of more things and change my mind all the time, but i want to stick to OEM parts and keep it as original Renault as i can.. I like casual good looking cars, not IN YOUR FACE alright looking cars
Hope you like my new mods!
Criticisms and compliments all welcome <3
To get my photos off my phone, since i left my wire at my friends, i have to upload them to facebook, go n the computer, print screen, put them onto paint, crop them, save them then upload them onto photobucket and then onto my post.. what a ball ache
First, some pics i took with my new phone about 2 months ago..
The next mod I had done was done on the exterior silver trims.. I noticed all the RS's had anthracite trims and it just looked so much better on the black cars, so i thought ide get mine done anthracite! Make the car look so much stealthier without it all being black, which im not tooo kean on
I took the foglight surrounds and mirror caps off myself.. The foglight surrounds just need a really good pulling untill you get ther first clips out, then its easy..
Waited 2 days, and vuala!!
I was in the BHS carpark in the middle of town, was sat in my car and bump. Got out, and some stupid ***** shit woman whore driver grazed all the side of my car!!!!!!
lol joke, it was tiny, but i was still fuming
It was really dark in the carpark so when she hit my i just looked and couldnt see anything and said it was fine.. she drove off and it looked like that! her car was worse off though, she couldnt drive for shit.
After half an hour t-cutting and polishing it came up almost perfect, you cant see a thing at all! im really pleased with it
Next i got myself a new tax disk holder.. Only a cheap £5 one from eBay but looks alot better than the horrid white one that came with the car..
When i pulled the white one off, it left so much glue behind. grr
Took me like half an hour to rub it all off with a wet cloth.. got a blister too.. Anyway i got my new one on, nothing special but worth £5
Not sure if i have any pictures with the old one in but im sure if you look at previous pictures you may see it..
Next, a very common mod.. Silvatec indicators.. Ive seen it many times before but im going to do it anyway..
Before:
After:
Same on the front too
Before:
After:
I do have myself some 40mm Spaxx springs.. It will cost my £80 to get them fitted and i could proberbly afford it in a few weeks but im worried about my warranty! Something happens to the suspension and it could cost so much :/ i might sell them and if i have the car in another 1-3 years ill get some on it then DEFINATELY!
Oh yeah one more tiny thing..
Smoked side repeaters.. £6 eBay.. They come with new, darker orange bulbs, but i kept the originals on because they shined a little brighter through them..
I think they really accent the anthracite bits and it doesnt stand out at all now, they blend in!
Looking at that previous pic with the smoked side repeaters in.. the only thing i dislike about my car is the wheel trim colour :/ its not worth painting them at all, but i cant afford alloys at all! I almost bought some £5 spray paint from a car shop.. Then realised it really wouldnt match and i would hate myself!
Anybody got any ideas for temporary wheel matching?
So, i made a small list of things i wanted and added and took away things i did and didnt want.. Ill try remember the things i had..
Rear Tinted Windows [Done]
RS Cup spoiler [Done]
Rear Diffuser [Done]
40mm Springs [Done] (not fitted)
Xenon headlights [Done]
LED sidelights [Done]
Silvatecs [Done]
De-Badged [Done]
Tax Disk Holder [Done]
Twingo133.net Stickers [Done]
Smoked Side Repeaters [Done]
Exterior Anthracite Parts [Done]
Interior Colour Coding [Done]
Pressed Metal Numberplates [Done]
Interior + Numberplate LEDs [Ordered]
Floor Mats
Wind Deflectors
Uprated Speakers
Possible Head Unit
20mm Hubcentric Spacers
182 16"/172 Anthracite 16" Alloy Wheels
I think thats all of it, or atleast most of it
I think of more things and change my mind all the time, but i want to stick to OEM parts and keep it as original Renault as i can.. I like casual good looking cars, not IN YOUR FACE alright looking cars
Hope you like my new mods!
Criticisms and compliments all welcome <3
BlackTwingo-i
Well-known member
Cheers guys, will have to look out for me parked up at college next term ;D
Leanne
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Looking good
thanks guys I took my imusic badges off tonight, car is looking much better. managed to get them off in one piece too so daresay they'll be stuck back on when it comes to the future resale haha
cars looking good- love the anthracite trims, subtle but really nice touch. gotta sort those wheels out though- i'm looking into alloys for mine atm!
cars looking good- love the anthracite trims, subtle but really nice touch. gotta sort those wheels out though- i'm looking into alloys for mine atm!
BlackTwingo-i
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Haha well done mate, I kept one of mine too.. Alloys are so expensive for decent ones with tyres it takes months to find ones worth buying!
BlackTwingo-i
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Got my interior colour coding done last night!
Everytime i was in my car i could see the wingmirror caps, looking awesome in anthracite, and my interior silver bits!
It just make me think could i take them off and get the colour coded anthracite to match..
did abit of tugging and pulling and broke like 3 clips.. :/ everything still holds together perfectly and i got everything silver off!
Rev counter and speedo surrounds.. air flow n0bs.. door handles ;D
Before:
after removing
colour difference
and oh yeah, i think i pointed out in another thread about my foglight surrounds being painted, one fell off the painting table when drying and left abit of an imperfection, and said i could get it re-painted for free anytime, so i took it back at the same time
Picked them up this morning.. £25
And now after!
So pleased, everything matches now and it doesnt bug me
The n0bs seem a tad shiney though, it doesnt bother me and it might just be the light but they do show abit glossier than the rest..
Interior Colour Coding [Done]
Everytime i was in my car i could see the wingmirror caps, looking awesome in anthracite, and my interior silver bits!
It just make me think could i take them off and get the colour coded anthracite to match..
did abit of tugging and pulling and broke like 3 clips.. :/ everything still holds together perfectly and i got everything silver off!
Rev counter and speedo surrounds.. air flow n0bs.. door handles ;D
Before:
after removing
colour difference
and oh yeah, i think i pointed out in another thread about my foglight surrounds being painted, one fell off the painting table when drying and left abit of an imperfection, and said i could get it re-painted for free anytime, so i took it back at the same time
Picked them up this morning.. £25
And now after!
So pleased, everything matches now and it doesnt bug me
The n0bs seem a tad shiney though, it doesnt bother me and it might just be the light but they do show abit glossier than the rest..
Interior Colour Coding [Done]
BlackTwingo-i
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So easy to take off.. i used tweezers to unclip the screw guard.. alan key the screw off.. pull on the whole thing and it will pop out, and there is an 'L' shapped piece of metal you just need to un-hook and lift out, then the handle comes out just have to open your window to open the door in the meantime! what a pisstake, had to open the window, open the door, close the window, turn car off, close door, go and open girlfriends door.. pfft!
just have to open your window to open the door in the meantime! what a pisstake, had to open the window, open the door, close the window, turn car off, close door, go and open girlfriends door.. pfft!