New S2 Avant Nothelle N300 owner

[Bowie69]

Different time of day

[Tractor Dave]

Spot the difference.





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[Tractor Dave]

I will use some wax. I have a spare set if required

[Nuvo]

You could use a ceramic coating from Gyeon for example for protection, please remain seated when you see the prices mind.
Alternatively I'd try a durable paste wax.

[Tractor Dave]

Thanks. I just copied the originals best I could.
just thinking about the best way to protect these. Would lacquer be ok. I'm worried it might fade.

[Rikki Kitto]

Look ace bud trying to find some centre caps for my porsche twists Porsche want £70 each for plastic ones

[Nuvo]

Nice and understated, I like that.

[Tractor Dave]

Stickers have come back from the printers. I’m quite pleased.


And fitted to wheels.



Just need to sort the centre cap ones now.


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[K Simmonds]

That's also a very good idea.

[Tractor Dave]

Cheers Kit. Another option will be to get the boy to 3d print some for me when back from Uni next

[K Simmonds]

Cheers Kit.
You are not the first to notice the boxes. I picked them up in Tescos to use as packing to prevent them knocking about. I hardly drink at all these days

Yeah, I'm not surprised you hardly drink these days, anyone with any sense wouldn't drink at all or at most very rarely and your one of the most down to earth chaps I know. Still over a month dry for me again now, I do still think about it, but it's more feelings of embarrassment and regret as opposed to cravings.

Another thought on the centre caps... If you want simple flat ones it wouldn't be too difficult to get someone to turn them on a lathe out some alloy stock, all it needs to be is a disc with a chamfered off face with a groove around the edge for a retention spring clip to sit in, I know someone who's got the machining skills to do this if need be. Without CAD it might take a bit of trial and error to get the first one spot on but once you've got one for reference it wouldn't really take that long to turn the other four or five depending on how many spare's you want to keep in stock.

[Rubberdubber]

If you do make the ones from Stickers I would be interested to see how they turn out. I have been thinking about getting some stickers made up for just this purpose, different car but rare, expensive centre caps.

[Tractor Dave]

Cheers Kit.
You are not the first to notice the boxes. I picked them up in Tescos to use as packing to prevent them knocking about. I hardly drink at all these days

[K Simmonds]

Those rims look lovely, will finish the car off perfectly, I actually thought Ronal made the original wheels for Nothelle, I guess they used different manufacturers from year to year. Getting caps is probably going to be a PITA unless you get lucky and someone just happens to have a set knocking about, or knows what part number they are.

I have some Italian wheels that were on my S2, different manufacturer but the dimensions sound close so I'll measure them up, you never know they may cross over. Obviously I want them but if by some miracle they fit it would at least give you a part No from a know design to try obtain. Also have access to a plethora of dead alloys at work that I could check, as always you will have to bare with me a little.

Those boxes make it look like I spent the afternoon in there. Bad joke, but one has to able to laugh at ones self.

[Tractor Dave]

Bingo!
Very nice Dave, I forgot about this style of Nothelle wheel. They'll look great on your avant. Who makes them, is it ronal?

Now they are clean, made in Italy and Zeuss stamped inside.