235 x 45 x 17.....Thought that was normal for the Elite.

duggs wrote on 01. Feb 2010 at 13:41:



May have solved this, the tyres fitted on my car are 225 55 ZR16 so my wheels are smaller, this has probably contributed to my view that your wheels looked quite big (along with the 5 spoke design)

I may still be confused however.

I've done a combination of the mods you have & some that others have mentioned to the Beastie, (Black 3.0MV6 manual mini facelift). Facelift door trims (not in calender pic) mesh grille cut back, sprayed & fitted to an Elite surround & an Irmy badge to top it off. Bose from an Elite & recaro leather seats/doorcards with carbon fibre effect /leather moulded steering wheel retaining stereo controls, full s/s de catted exhaust system from rebel power pipes Omega mudflaps, clear side repeaters,thin wheel spacers & a cheeky private plate with chrome surrounds. When i bought her from Hotel21 he'd already fitted cruise control & a very subtle (not OTT) irmy red spring lowering kit to the back end which helps keep her in place when on the twisties & kind of makes her look mean even when stood. (well i think so!) Personally i'd lose the stickers & the V8 badge as they ARE naff. The rest of the car i like & is a credit to you. I can't decide on eyebrows on your car or mine, the jury's out on that one but i don't think i've boy racered mine up & feel the mods are in reasonable taste...you can go too far.
    I understand some folk don't like any mods & prefer them out of the box which is fine in my book. I've seen many owners standard Migs @ meets which show how much they're cared for & loved which is all that really matters.

duggs wrote on 01. Feb 2010 at 21:01:


Don't get me wrong, this may sound strange, but it sounds awfully much like you're trying to style your car to everyone else's taste?

Why is it important if people at work or on here like it?

If you really were happy with how it looked before then you'd have looked at our responses and thought "fair enough, but it's what I like".

This is why I never went down that route (tempted as I was when I started driving). Too many opinions cause much confusion .

Understood....BUT I valued the words and opinions of those on the forum.

Such advice has got me out of the poo on many occasions and to be honest I'm not always right and correct in what I do....so like to seek the opinions of others....and on occasions even the wife !  (I can only say that because she never reads these forums...I ain't that brave !)

duggs wrote on 31. Jan 2010 at 17:18:

what with v8 badges on a v6 and i saw somebody put sri badges on his mv6..what is the world coming to ?are you lot losing the plot?

I agree about the v8 badges id lose them and either leave it blank or put the o/e ones back on I`d personally opelise it ive done that to my ex plod 3.2 and get people asking about my car were did you get it etc .I also gave my prvious miggy the opel treatment it was a 2.5 td cdx badge as a opel at the time of owning it i used it as a taxi and many of the fares were amazed when told them it was a vauxhall some even argued that it looked too nice to to be a taxi  . But at the end of the day its down to personnal taste if i had my way my white miggy would have battenburg stripes and the police writin still on it LOL