ollie_ty Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Enkei's ftw. Though most people with EP3s go for Rota Drifts! makes a nice change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I had planned on getting some Rota Grids (standard not drift) in bronze but a guy near me put these up for sale and I'd fancied a set of blue wheels ever since I saw the Spoon wheels. Plus I got these for less than half what it would have cost for Rotas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) rota grid/drift looks good on just about anything. my ideal next car is a white blobeye impreza STI with bronze drifts. Â thought about splitting the lights open and doing all the chrome bits black? the bright silver lights look a wee bit odd with the overall dark colour scheme. Edited March 10, 2012 by my_plague_666 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 The bright silver on the front lights matches the bright silver on the rears. Gotta love facelift lights Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie_ty Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Agreed, I do love my Civic. I just wish my Insurance company would let me have the 2.0! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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evansy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Agreed, I do love my Civic. I just wish my Insurance company would let me have the 2.0! Have you tried some of the specialist companies like Adrian flux? When I got mine last year the cheapest quote I could get from the big name insurers and compare sites was £1200. With the companies I've seen on various Civic forums I've had quotes as low as £700. Hopefully I'll still get quotes around that figure when my insurance is up for renewal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie_ty Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Cheapest I can get at the moment it £5000, I pay £2400 for my Civic Sport :'( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Have you tried some of the specialist companies like Adrian flux? When I got mine last year the cheapest quote I could get from the big name insurers and compare sites was £1200. With the companies I've seen on various Civic forums I've had quotes as low as £700. Hopefully I'll still get quotes around that figure when my insurance is up for renewal. Cheapest I can get at the moment it £5000, I pay £2400 for my Civic Sport :'(  oh life is good living in the sticks 1.8 astra SRI, mods declared, cost me about £700 last year. out of interest i put in my details (birthday moved forward a few months to make me 21) for a newage impreza STI and got a quote for just over a grand  so just over £1K for a 21 year old to insure a 300bhp, rally bred monster with a reputation for being driven by hooligans... how good is that!?  edit: mainstream insurers too, admiral were the cheapest IIRC, followed by elephant (who i'm currently insured with) Edited March 13, 2012 by my_plague_666 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 oh life is good living in the sticks 1.8 astra SRI, mods declared, cost me about £700 last year. out of interest i put in my details (birthday moved forward a few months to make me 21) for a newage impreza STI and got a quote for just over a grand  so just over £1K for a 21 year old to insure a 300bhp, rally bred monster with a reputation for being driven by hooligans... how good is that!?  edit: mainstream insurers too, admiral were the cheapest IIRC, followed by elephant (who i'm currently insured with) It seems everyone can get insured on rally monsters apart from me. My old boss got an Evo 8 FQ300 when I got my Civic and I checked the insurance on that and the cheapest was £2500, I'm 28 with 7 years ncb as well. Still better than one of the lads I work with. He's just passed his test and got a quote on the Evo for nearly £9k. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 It seems everyone can get insured on rally monsters apart from me. My old boss got an Evo 8 FQ300 when I got my Civic and I checked the insurance on that and the cheapest was £2500, I'm 28 with 7 years ncb as well. Still better than one of the lads I work with. He's just passed his test and got a quote on the Evo for nearly £9k.  insurance for new drivers is impossible. my cousin's 18 and still getting quotes of £3K+ for an 800cc matiz,1L 3cyl vauxhall agila etc. no matter how underpowered and undesirable the car is he just can't get below 3 grand. the thing i dont understand is that he doesnt live in a rough area either, i'd have thought my village would be worse for insurance what with the massive pikey population and all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 It's almost as if the insurance companies and the government don't want us to drive or something *puts on tin foil hat* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) It's almost as if the insurance companies and the government don't want us to drive or something *puts on tin foil hat*  there's little to no sense in insurance. one of my mates bought an imported MR2 GTS turbo with all the usual mods (stainless exhaust, de-cat, HKS BOV, quaife LSD, apexi cone filter, tein coilovers) running 320 BHP and insured it fully comp for £1100. he was 21 at the time, think he had 3 years NCB, worked in the motor trade which probably helped but that's still blooody impressive.  that was via elephant too. Edited March 14, 2012 by my_plague_666 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kojak Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thread needs something to break up all the jellybeans: Â Snapped a phone pic of my '71 Stag while waiting for it to warm up this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amblin83 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) My newer car, 10' W212 E class just after i waxed it. Â Oh btw it's the 8 Zylinder version, not the daily Berliner taxi cab. Â Â Yeah...you guessed right, i wear suits for work and i'm a boring buzinezzman... and my girlfriend is an accountant who drives a diesel bimmer. Edited April 25, 2012 by amblin83 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pikuinhas08 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 jesus.......  700£ for insurance?!?!?  I pay 14€ a month on a 1.1 fiesta... and 30€ a month on my VW golf 1.4!!!  for 120€ a year is my 1.9 td samurai to go off road!  on the other side this is just for 3rd party damages!  cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 My insurance ended up being £945 for the year. It's a total rip off over here in the UK and it's a legal requirement so they can pretty much charge what they want and we have to buy it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pikuinhas08 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 My insurance ended up being £945 for the year. It's a total rip off over here in the UK and it's a legal requirement so they can pretty much charge what they want and we have to buy it.  it's a legal requirement here too! only cheaper!!!  cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
screamin_weasel Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 nice Stag, ive got a mk3 spitfire, but im respraying it before selling it, and have replaced it with my new car : Â Â Â Â Â ford capri 2.0S. not been ont eh road for a while so have to service it and i suspect run some kinks out of it, butits very solid, ahs very nice paint, and is all there. it has the interior i want, the 5 speed conversion, the right model, the right colour. and insured it for 170 quid fully comp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Very nice. I can't remember the last time I saw a capri that clean. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stodgey Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Talking about insurance, when i was 17 i had a mk3 escort xr3i, insurance quote with my mother as the main driver and her with full NCB was £4675.00!!! that was 13 years ago too!. (lol i actually featured in the Max Power "readers letters" section complaining about it, there was a pic of me standing by the car too, woot on high! - never did claim my free tune up for being in it)  My wife used to work for Diamond Car Insurance (part of the admiral group) and she said that statistically the cheapest car to insure is a canary yellow fiat panda. as its a cheap cheap car and the colour stands out,  Dont forget that where you live also contributes to insurance prices, e.g a mk2 fiesta insured in a rural area would cost say £350 a year for a 25 yr old male to insure... the same car insured for the same person in a city where car crime is alot higher may cost up to double as there is a higher risk of theft/vansalism etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 just renewed my astra's insurance for £520 fully comp. BOOM! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteevoLS Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 My wallet is lighter now... might have to sell the PTW to get this thing up and running. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 That. Â That is *fruitcage* gorgeous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteevoLS Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Thanks! I'm going for something like this in the long run: Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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