Administrators hughezee Posted August 7, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Cracking job Charles, think its safe to say you've swiped the purple polished title from Geoff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted August 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 What Stu ^^^^^ said! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted August 7, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Cracking results there Charles, I think we have the best coupe colour too. Lovely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I agree Geoff, it is a most interesting and elusive colour, dark in some conditions, light in others and a real gem like sparkle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted August 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Almost akin to Amethyst.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Or Ribena. I had thought it was dark purple Amethyst, but the colour code came up with Blackcurrant Pearl, which is a bit more prosaic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted August 7, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Honda's official 1998 classification is mauve purple which is sightly lighter than the Dark Current violet or Blackcurrant Pearl with the same code RP25P My gold coupe has 4 or 5 different shades under the same code 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted August 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Blimey! I thought i had trouble with White Gold (GMK) and White Gold 2 (GMN) on my Sterling and coupé respectively! Two different (but very similar) colours but almost the same name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted August 8, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 What an absolutely stunning finish.....now that's what I call a pearlescent finish! Pure professional and very highly regarded products Charles. I used the Menerna Medium yellow with the Super Finish Plus 3800 yesterday which gave me brilliant results. However being German paint it needed a bit more cutting power but I just didn't have the time or energy. Have you ever tried Carlax 68 or the Nano as I'm thinking I will go with an acrylic sealant next? Would you say that it's your glaze that makes the peril pop? Poorboys blackhole glaze makes mine pop but now I'm thinking Carlax as that's apparently what it does but with longevity? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 I don't think the glaze makes it pop, just gives a bit more gloss. I wanted to try out my C1 Liquid crystal direct to metal but couldn't find it. Blackhole is great with dark colours, it probably would have been good with this. The only non wax based sealants I've tried are the Gtechniq ones, with great results. The fact they last for months and even years is a big plus factor, the work involved in this is too much to do regularly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted August 9, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Totally agreed with regards to time and effort involved. I just need to spend a weekend on my coupe and then just regularly washes with a topping of wax or Sonax brilliant shine will keep me going. Again.....lovely finish Charles! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 An update. I loaned the Peril to a friend temporarily without a car, which is why it didn't come to the meet. Discussing the state of the gearbox with Stu (mine is a Mk1 apparently which has more issues) I decided that as I wanted to replace the suspension, lower and re-wheel and bodykit it, the best thing to do was to move on the Peril and hunt for a later car with a Mk3 box. I doubted my auto would ever get any better after ATF changes and a new engine mount, so rather than sink any more money in, I should move her on. Fast forward a week, my friend, who runs the classic car restorers that have done my Merc, made me an offer on the Peril which was fair, so we have shaken hands and he will use it for the winter rather than his old E30 BMW (that makes sense - his wheel arches rust faster than the rear oversteers...). So as of Friday I am coupe less. Currently I don't see any later box models for sale so I'll bide my time. Annoyingly, some odious toe-rag has crashed into the side of my Volvo when it was parked on the street one day and left no details. The bill (I won't go through my insurer, 23 years of no-claims down the drain if I do, expensive on my fleet) is likely to be pretty much what I got for the Peril. Anyway I won't be off, but will be looking probably in the new year when I have got a couple of my other cars moved on. I want to sell three more (my SM, my BMW M535i and my Mercedes e300 W124 diesel estate). This hopefully will mean I don't have to move at least one car off the drive each time I get my non-daily runaround out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Shame you'll be "peril-less" for a while Charles but i can see the logic in what you're doing. Highly annoying about your Volvo (didn't know you had one as well!), which model have you got? On the bright side the chances are the numpty that hit it did more damage to his car than yours though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 It's a Volvo XC60 diesel auto, an astonishingly great engine and gearbox in an otherwise slightly less dynamic package (great seats though). It is my main car and is used for all my load lugging etc, but I have done so many miles this year I have reined back on using it (lease car) and I bought the Peril to use as a substitute for most trips that didn't require great load lugging. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted November 7, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Sorry to hear you've decided to let the peril go Charles, I have restored a few MK1 transmission to good health, but I totally agree if your going to be spending money on a car to make it your own, it needs to be a good starting point I have spent over 5 times on what I originally paid for my coupe, but it was a good car to start with and haven't seen one as good since or ever likely to either. Now I'm basically doing the same again with buying two Odyssey's, it wasn't intentional but I'm out to make one excellent example for the family motor and move on a good example 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 I'm not very familiar with the XC60 Charles - does it still have the AWD system like the XC70/90 models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted November 7, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 No doubt you've made the right choice......look forward to the new coupe and the aftermarket mods. I'm sure you'll give me some ideas just like the cold air intake system. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Mine is FWD Dave - that meant I got the new bi-turbo diesel 2 litre and the 8 speed auto. At 500nm of torque with 8 cogs to play around with that engine just shifts. I had a V8 engined Range Rover 4.4 (the BMW one) back in the day and that did 0-60 in 8 secs, 130 mph top speed and 18mpg if you were really lucky. The XC60 has the same performance, but gives me 46mpg (and would be more if I didn't use all that torque). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 7, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 That sounds scary Charles - all that torque through a FWD set-up! That said Volvo are pretty good at getting their cars to put the power down (regardless of driven wheels) so shouldn't be a major problem. At least being a lease car you can give it back when you're bored and get something else! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Cryistic Posted November 7, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Is it a D5 Charles? Turbo with a compressed air augmented spool up, canny technology. The D4 in the S90 we drove was quick with "only" 190hp to the front wheels, the gearbox was smooth but occasionaly a little slow to respond. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 D4, so the same engine. Box is much faster in sport mode, about the only time I felt that slowness to respond normally is at low revs - the box map takes it up gears too quickly to improve economy. It does torque steer a fair old bit, just don't boot it on bumpy roads (so the whole of the South East). What I do like is that at 100mph in Germany it was ticking over at just over 2000rpm. Engine technology is fabulous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 9, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Can you put the box in manual mode Charles to overcome it going up through the gears too quickly? What's torque-steer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 It has a manual mode, I prefer to use sport mode though most of the time as it eliminates that problem without me having to stir a stick that doesn't have a clutch involved! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 9, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Sport Mode is always fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesM Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Met up with Simeon today - he's the new owner. By virtue of staying just out of VTEC he's getting about 35mpg on average, with which he's very pleased, likes the car a lot but thinks its one weak point is road noise. I normally have concerns about selling to a mate as invariably if something goes wrong it creates a possible issue in the friendship, but as it is a Honda and he has a workshop, I don't mind at all! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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