V70R & Tethys

**MA'R'K** · Monday 14th January 2013, 13:22

Originally Posted by iancho

Very nice mate, got a lovely shine to it!

Is that reg plate for real?

Thanks Ian! Nah, I've adjusted the Reg....it begins R70 tho. ...and I used a small number plate of the front as I think it looks smarter.....the police in my area approved the TVR shop near me to use these small plates on the front as the large plates seriously affect the airflow into the radiator, so I'm just applying the same rules ;-) The smaller plate fits much nicer on the bumper whereas the std size ones poke out the edges!

**iancho** · Monday 14th January 2013, 13:47

Originally Posted by MA'R'K

Thanks Ian! Nah, I've adjusted the Reg....it begins R70 tho. ...and I used a small number plate of the front as I think it looks smarter.....the police in my area approved the TVR shop near me to use these small plates on the front as the large plates seriously affect the airflow into the radiator, so I'm just applying the same rules ;-) The smaller plate fits much nicer on the bumper whereas the std size ones poke out the edges!

It does look good with the smaller plate i agree. I thought jesus he must be loaded to afford a private reg like that!

I do not think i have ever seen one looking quite so BLACK if you know what i mean! That shine is really, really good mate. It must look amazing in real life

**MA'R'K** · Monday 14th January 2013, 14:17

wish I was!! Has taken a lot of repainting and polishing to get there though, about to have the roof done and unfortunately someone managed to scratch the hell out of it with an air line in a garage, so now having to repaint the bonnet, wings and possibly some of the sides again

**The White Knight** · Monday 14th January 2013, 16:20

I'm an advocate of sticking with comets but those Tethys look good.

**MA'R'K** · Monday 14th January 2013, 16:30

Originally Posted by The White Knight

I'm an advocate of sticking with comets but those Tethys look good.

My freshly refurbed comets are safely stored...they have rather sticky tyres on which are pretty poo in this weather and the bright silver just gets filthy 50yrds down the road, so this is a lazy option

**The White Knight** · Monday 14th January 2013, 16:44

The comets that came with my v70r are a light grey colour, I wonder if this was a factory option?

I'd prefer them to be closer to anthracite...maybe a refurb is in order.

**MA'R'K** · Monday 14th January 2013, 16:47

Originally Posted by The White Knight

The comets that came with my v70r are a light grey colour, I wonder if this was a factory option?

I'd prefer them to be closer to anthracite...maybe a refurb is in order.

I think they just came in anthracite or silver.....I prefer silver on the black car as it gives the car some visual 'boots' which looks the bizz in the summer. Though I agree, anthracite looks better on most other colours!

**jotter22** · Monday 14th January 2013, 20:52

Why are they classed as winter tyres? are they noisey?
The car looks sweet too

**MA'R'K** · Monday 14th January 2013, 21:10

Originally Posted by jotter22

Why are they classed as winter tyres? are they noisey?
The car looks sweet too

The tyres are specified to run below 5 degrees and have a very course grip, not noisy at all, really good grip in bad weather. That said, unless we have worse weather than we have at the mo, then not totally neccessary, I ran on uniroyal wet weather tyres last year and they were sufficient in the bad weather, good value too! I only put the winter tyres on them as they are a dedicated set of alloys for the winter and I got the tyres at a very, very good price