meet between 2 red (german) 360!

Post by **Duvel78** » 21 Apr 2008 06:42 pm

Yesterday I went to Germany for my first german V3M mini meet with Tom, that was an excellent moment... We took some pictures of the day, unfortunately the Nürburgring track was closed but I'm sure we'll go there again to test cars... The last pictures shows the last (great) accessory that I bought just before Tom could have the same one

Post by **Chris_C** » 21 Apr 2008 07:59 pm

Ahh, so you got those lights in the end! Went for a lot I thought, but they look good

Where is your bodykit dude?

Post by **germ** » 21 Apr 2008 08:39 pm

isnt that a differnt car? ^^

Very Nice

Post by **trabitom99** » 21 Apr 2008 09:42 pm

That'll me me doing the household chores for the next few weeks then. "Don't worry about dinner love, I'm just off to the ring with Aymat".

Was good to meet you, mate!

It'll be a challenge to get those spot fitted securely: Aymat says on Mk IIIs they're fitted to the grille? I can see those plastic lugs breaking under the strain after the first speed bump ...

Tom

Post by **redline** » 21 Apr 2008 10:22 pm

actually, I dont think the lights do fit to the grille directly ,

Pete Farrell has a set of proper brackets I gave him many moons ago ,
Perhaps ( if he can find them ) he will be able to post up some pictures for you to copy.

Aymat , what are those lovely wheels from ?

Post by **petefarrell360** » 22 Apr 2008 12:13 am

Nice one gents, looks like a nice get together!

Mick is right, I do have a set of brackets that he gave me. I can get some pictures, they actually mount to the bumper, on the inside metal part. I didn't use them on my 360 as my lights mounted in a different way, but they did seem to clear the bumper and fit correctly. I mounted mine to the bumper and fabricated a bracket from some 2 mm thick steel, easily bent to a similar shape and doesn't bounce too badly on bumps. I still need to taken them off to spray the brackets, as usual I got the job done as a test, and because it worked they never got removed to be finished!

Nice pictures too, but you do need to get the bodykit back on your 360 Aymat!

Pete

Post by **Chris_C** » 22 Apr 2008 01:23 am

Bounce on bumps? Just put stays on! Means you can adjust them more accurately too, just need to use your head so you can still open the bonnet.

Post by **redline** » 22 Apr 2008 07:15 am

actually Chris , you dont need to use your head to open the bonnet ,

theres a little handle under the dash board and you just pull that

( we need an I'll get my coat smilie )

Aymat ,will the body kit fit ok with the tailpipe being at such an angle, surely a straight exit back box is neede with the kit ?

Post by **Ronnie** » 22 Apr 2008 09:59 am

Those BBS alloys look great!

Post by **redline** » 22 Apr 2008 11:00 am

are theyy BBS ? the centres looked wrong to me ,

mind you I suppose I am comparing them to goldf ones

Post by **SteveP** » 22 Apr 2008 11:06 am

They're actually Volvo alloy's, not sure if BBS made them but they're a rare accessory for the 400 series I think

Post by **trabitom99** » 22 Apr 2008 11:58 am

Yes, Aymat said the wheels were a period accessory for the 480 series ...

This is the bracket which came with my set of lamps, a little different from the one I've seen on Aymat & Jay's set:

Tom

Post by **redline** » 22 Apr 2008 12:18 pm

wow , I thought Petes Vesa's looked good but as Pete knowa I am not a great lover of large centre caps ,

those look perfect though

( rather like a certain vauxhall rim I remember

)

Post by **petefarrell360** » 22 Apr 2008 12:39 pm

Chris_C wrote:Bounce on bumps? Just put stays on! Means you can adjust them more accurately too, just need to use your head so you can still open the bonnet.

LOL, that's why I used the thicker metal, worked well, and then meant nothing could rub, and everything was still easily removable, like the grille if need be. Also in order to fit a stay or support it would not have worked too well with my lights. The brackets my lights have are easily adjustable on an allen key headed bolt on a clamp. But there were some that seemed to clip into the grille. The thing is the grille is only on plastic lugs and does move a little bit. As I say, I never got much movement at all, even down some rough tracks!

Tom, those brackets do look different to the ones I have, I will get some pics when I find five mins!

Pete

Post by **trabitom99** » 22 Apr 2008 12:54 pm

petefarrell360 wrote:Tom, those brackets do look different to the ones I have, I will get some pics when I find five mins!

That'd be great, Pete! Just to complete the "bracket pics" here's a closeup of Aymat's brackets:

and Jay's were different from both of these:

There must be several variants around, if they were fitted to Mk II & Mk III 300's, 200s and 700s. That makes at least 4

Tom