smithyithy

Are these limited supply or should there be enough to go around? My wee sister said she'll get me one for Xmas

Cheers, I'll have a search

I'm gonna build a rig very similar to yours Socks and crack on with mining.

I've read that GPU mining isn't really worthwhile any more, but I had an old PC with a decent-ish GPU, reckon I could use it or any of the PC alongside a new rig? It's only spare hardware that otherwise I won't ever use..

Na I'm far from it mate lol I just hate fake shite.

I still secretly love the 1st tsw's from the early 90's lol... They were cool and original

Venoms? They're going up in price!

I thought we got away with emissions tests?

Last time I looked into it, I read that because the the 4EFTE engine wasn't sold in the UK they can only do a base idle test for emissions..

I'll have one blue.

Any more preview pics?

Thing is, will a new battery last the winter without much use?

I've got my company car now so only use the Glanza on the weekends, and if we get a heavy snow again it might not move for a week or 2..

How can I stop the new battery dying?

It did take a few tries to jump it last time, but after that it held charge okay...

Every car or bike I have the bloody battery dies

It's done this a few times since having my alarm system fitted, though the place that fitted it claim it's a problem with the car and not the alarm, I'm dubious about that....

The car disarms and unlocks fine, lights work etc, but when I turn the ignition key it just makes this rapid clicking noise..

They claim it's cause the battery is old or needs changing, but the engine isn't trying to turn over like it would if the battery was dying, and it's started fine through out the week when I've started it to move it off the drive.

It did this the other week and I had to jump start it, so I'm thinking it's something with the ignition... maybe caused by the alarm / immobiliser? It's weird that this has only been happening since having it fitted....

Jeez.. It did not want to budge when I tried!

If you torture somebody long enough, they'll confess to anything you want.

There lies the fundamental flaw with torturing for information.

Changed my sidelight bulbs in seconds, but the headlight bulbs I can't figure out!

It was cold and dark, but I unplugged the 3-pin thing, then couldn't figure out what next.. Don't tell me that rubber boot has to come off?!

Bumpety bump!

Add me

Was thinking of striping the car out and doing it as a false floor

That'd look much better IMO.

Make a false floor and cover it, build a box within the spare wheel well to house the sub, 2 box sections either side of the boot for a pair of amps or just where the rear seat would be; 1 running the sub, another running a set of components in the doors and if you need to, a pair of mid-bass or regular co-axials where the rear bench would be or in the rear door cards.

Decent headunit and some sound deadening mat in the right places and you'll have a minimalist looking but great sounding system.

Can't see any pics on the work computers, I'll check everyone's out later

Managed to grab some of mine despite photo sharing sites being blocked

First piece was my Japanese Koi sleeve, by Matt Hunt at Modern Body Art, Birmingham:

tumblr_lp40xbe3E61qe7wq1o1_400 by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Then got my plague doctor left bicep piece, by Ricardo Pedro at MBA, Brum:

Finished Plague Doctor by Smithyithy, on Flickr

And around the same time, Modern Body Art organised a day of non-stop tattooing, with something like 15 artists in total, with all proceeds going to Cancer Research, I'm sure they raised about £8000 in one day! I got this on my knee, was a fun 3 hours....

Tattoo for Cancer Research. by Smithyithy, on Flickr

I've also got a little old school diamond on my thumb, and a troll face meme on my ass cheek for a dare, I'll spare you the photos of that haha.

Should be getting back in the groove in the new year with the money from my new job, hopefully fill my left arm and complete torso throughout 2014

orr well in that case bang on mate im sure it thumps hard.... and did the subs come with a shield on them?? ... ive seen many a sub go by bye with out a shield... its personal fear of mine....

Same here! I had an RE Audio XXX 15" in my old Polo, running around 1600WRMS.. One day I was demo'ing it and some clown decided to drop his phone on it to see if it bounced

Cracked the bloody speaker cone

As above unfortunately, if it's a council road and not a managed area contract road, chanced of a payout are slim to none.

In either case you'd have to almost kill yourself to get any compensation, sad isn't it

Great work!

The sensor one in the door frame ;)

Pretty self-explanatory, here's the blank:

PBTP by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Here's mine:

My world by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Go nuts, it's a bit of fun, no offense taken if someone wants to destroy half the world

Here's a world map for the geographically impaired:

http://www.vectorworldmap.com/vectormaps/vector-world-map-v2.2.jpg

yer i know its all good am getting wider arches so no tread is showing

Fair play man, should look good with some wide fenders sitting over them

For the record I'm not hating dude, just don't want you to get points on your license. Tread outside of arch is flat out illegal.

No worries, I'll be getting one of these myself having seen it on Whitestar's car, and as it doesn't require much bumper trimming

Too wide IMO, but it's your car so each to his own

Couple of points to consider though -

Stretched sidewalls, while not technically illegal are a massive grey area at the moment, in fact they have been for ages, but the police are getting more active on them now and using tyre manufacturers guidelines as a base, for example a 195/45 might be stated as fitting up to a 7J, so fitting one to an 8J or 9J, while possible, could be used against you.

Secondly, and more importantly, in that rear-on shot, the actual tread protrudes from the arch, which is fully illegal, so make sure you get some arch pulling / rolling before rocking those bad boys on the road ;)