Mismatched panel colour thread.

[bunglebus]

Bonus yellow wheels

[Yoss]

Shoreditch so possibly done deliberately to add hipster points, or have the hipsters all moved to Dalston now? 

[LightBulbFun]

32 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Shoreditch so possibly done deliberately to add hipster points, or have the hipsters all moved to Dalston now? 

Nah other way round they all moved to hackney from dalston, once dalston ran out of space (or actually it might be islington im thinking about, probably both LOL)

as much as I like to poke fun at them etc, it is thanks to them Hackney is a bit less dodgy then it once was

it was once not uncommon for me to come across a burnt out car on my walk to school, or someone dumping a smashed up a stolen car in the dead end,

but its been about 15 years since I last saw something like that thankfully

although it may just be that people are too busy stabbing each other these days to be bothered with car crime...

[Yoss]

Aah, I see. I knew Hackney was already converted, I didn't think Dalston had been. It certainly doesn't look it when you catch a bus down the A10 part of it. Which isn't to knock the place, it just looks a bit more down to earth. Lorraine was once very happy to come away with some very colourful fabric ridiculously cheap from Dalston market a few years back. 

[bunglebus]

This one's so good it gets three pics. Swapped bonnet, giffer dents, cracked filler and awful aerosol repairs, plus lacquer peel. Win.

 

20200730_143211 by RS, on Flickr

20200730_143222 by RS, on Flickr

20200730_143619 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

Nice fresh looking patch of oil under this one

[bunglebus]

Basildon kwality

 

20200805_114238 by RS, on Flickr

20200805_114247 by RS, on Flickr

[Yoss]

I've been driving past this for a couple of weeks now. I thought I'd found new levels of base, I don't ever remember seeing a Matiz with plastic bumpers. I finally got up close to it today and they have actually rattle canned them black. 

I really don't know what's going on with the headlights though, even looking at them close up. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

I've been driving past this for a couple of weeks now. I thought I'd found new levels of base, I don't ever remember seeing a Matiz with plastic bumpers. I finally got up close to it today and they have actually rattle canned them black. 

I really don't know what's going on with the headlights though, even looking at them close up. 

It's got cataracts, poor old thing.

Looks like the MOT tester didn't like the look in 2019:

 Front Headlamp light intensity severely reduced frosty lens (4.1.4 (a))

[bunglebus]

I don't know how people drive like that, I have to polish mine every few months, the difference in light intensity and pattern is noticeable. That must be like trying to see your way by candlelight

[bunglebus]

Reminds me of a chocolate lime

[davocano]

[adw1977]

That wing isn't mismatched, it's the same colour as the roof!

[iainrcz]

That wing isn't mismatched, it's the same colour as the roof!

Colour coded to the tyres too.

[bunglebus]

[Soundwave]

Had my MX5's rear arches done last year, since the whole car is to be painted at some point anyway I asked the guys doing the repairs to just throw on whatever paint they had lying around and not to bother matching it (since the rest of the paint is pretty scabby anyway). The result:

 

[fordpoplier]

Found a few mismatched panels while searching for bad headlights.

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

An exercise in good taste and restraint

By pure co-incidence, it was outside Halfords 

[davocano]

Sacre argent!

[adw1977]

I think this actually looks quite good, at least from this angle.

[bunglebus]

On 1/27/2020 at 7:55 PM, bunglebus said:

20200127_143933 by RS, on Flickr

 

On 3/3/2020 at 8:12 PM, bunglebus said:

20200302_142203 by RS, on Flickr

 

13 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Seems to be a common colour combo

[bunglebus]

Does this count?

[bunglebus]

Bonus green valance

[chaseracer]

[bunglebus]

Close, but cigar. Hard to tell but the wing's wrong too

 

[bunglebus]

[Billy - Medhurst]

[Billy - Medhurst]