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by alpinaman
Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:40 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: F type sold
Replies: 0
Views: 1643

F type sold

It was a nice 15 months but F type has now sold

Totally reliable and a beautiful thing to look at..

Lacked in many areas, excelled in others !

Would I have another ? Hell yes ..
by alpinaman
Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:06 pm
Forum: F-Type Technical
Topic: Repainted rear calipers
Replies: 16
Views: 4673

Re: Repainted rear calipers

All done in situ with new decals then laquered over
by alpinaman
Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: F-Type Technical
Topic: Repainted rear calipers
Replies: 16
Views: 4673

Re: Repainted rear calipers

I havent heard of nut and growler used in this context before.
by alpinaman
Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: F-Type Technical
Topic: Repainted rear calipers
Replies: 16
Views: 4673

Re: Repainted rear calipers

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Must have been the week for it

Did mine too
by alpinaman
Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Front Brake Pad Replacement
Replies: 13
Views: 4486

Re: Front Brake Pad Replacement

Christ,,,

That will make a mess of the caliper paint...
by alpinaman
Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:33 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Front Brake Pad Replacement
Replies: 13
Views: 4486

Re: Front Brake Pad Replacement

The clips are very tight,its easy to scratch the paint..

I looked online,and the method (iirc) is some kind of clamp that looked like a mastic gun to hold the clip against the caliper,then wangle in the centre and end clips.

I managed to do it with the gun/clamp affair but it was tricky..
by alpinaman
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Main dealer Oil change
Replies: 21
Views: 5802

Re: New main dealer standard practice....due to safety

When i was a dealer tech we had to do pre determined routes on every roadtest.. We had different routes for different actions. Then the mileage and route could be explained of the customer was to question it. 7 miles is daft after a standard service,iirc it was 1.2 miles that we used to do. As you s...
by alpinaman
Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: V6 or V6S
Replies: 13
Views: 7226

Re: V6 or V6S

Hi Paul, maybe ignore Alpinaman's comment - think he's having a bad day ;) Not at all,somewhat tongue in cheek comments dont come across well when written. What i was meaning was that that a lot of the V6s cars suffer from the exhaust issue and the diff issue. The rest is pretty much the same fault...
by alpinaman
Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: V6 or V6S
Replies: 13
Views: 7226

Re: V6 or V6S

V6S are better..

If you want squeeky exhausts and leaking diffs :(
by alpinaman
Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:40 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Crazy used market.
Replies: 6
Views: 2348

Re: Crazy used market.

Mines not in the same league money wise...

64 plate V6 with 25k on.... Thinking £27,995 and see how it goes.