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found out today im finally going back to work, after nearly 9 months of being on the sick!! story is 22nd march i had a second seizure about five mins before i was due to go to work, i worked as a mobile bodyshop, set up a full tent that covered the car , had extraction unit etc, good set up tbh. anyways , had a seizure on the monday morning, i had already had one the month before and was waiting for a MRI scan to see if anything was up. 2nd seizure ment a trip to A and E anyways were i had a 2nd seizure!! hospital did the scan early and found a 5.5cm tumour in the right frontal lobe of my brain (surprised the family i had one :unsure: ). i was then admitted straight to the walton neuro centre in liverpool, were my surgoen looked into it more, it was agreed to operate straight away due to me having two seizures so close together in one day. the op went ahead (thats not a joke :P ) on the wednesday (24th march). after a few more scans, and getting some nice epilepsy drugs i was allowed to go home on the friday, should of ideally stayed the weekend but all i could think of (while drugged up!!) was getting back home again so i could set my sights on being allowed to work, i support my fiance (emma) thru uni and have a two year old daughter (phoebe). anyway, slight prob with being a mobile bodyshop and working on my own being that i lost my license for a year :angry: after work actually supporting me well thru all this and still paying me it started getting to the point were i was getting told i was going to be losing my job!! after getting a friend involved whose a trade union rep, im getting a job in a office for our sister company. only got offered part time but im still going to be getting my full wage, only down side is , im in liverpool and the job is in manchester and i cant drive for another 4 months :angry: :angry: so its going to be a pain travelling but end of the day, im back to work :D

check all the seals perhaps?

good stuff, just seen some of yer pics of FB, looked nice with the christmas theme

PMSL at drift season :D

nice to see yer back gav, you have fun?

have to be careful with some of these battered old cars though, now fair enough this wasnt a saxo/corsa but after japfest this year i was in my mates astra vxr with a full remus exhaust ( you have to hear these to believe how good they sound!) so running standerd power of i think 240bhp? this old K reg nissan something , looked like it had been at the bottom of canal, rust etc , the lot, was a shed it left us for dead!! 3 times lol must of had a few quid spent on it!! didnt exactly suffer from turbo lag either!!

any chance of a price?

if i had the money id snap them up :angry:

cheers steve il be doing a 'how to prep/paint' thread soon B)

welcome to the forum B)

im sure theres aftermarket versions, no idea how easy is to set up though sorry

cont' all to do then is put it all back together by reversing what you have just done to be left with (if painting grille)

really easy this one guys i removed mine to paint the chrome section matt black. first step is to use a flat headed screw driver to pull forward these clips each grille side has around 5-6. be very careful with these though as they are very fragile and easily snap mine had already been removed at some point previos to me owning and some were sadly missing, still stays on perfectly though :P the grille comes apart in two sections the chrome bit comes off from the front, the black section comes off from behind the bonnet release side actually comes off from the front to, but also could be pulled off from beind, just a bit of wiggling. then your left with this

glad your enjoying yours, il have to let my dad no about them tyres

hes on it now i think steve, week away in center parcs IIRC

airbox sensor would be worth getting anyway. do these have idle control valves?

congrats again gav, you went thru with it then :P also hope you had a great birthday, big week for you :)

hope these help

there may be more screws, some will most likly be hidden behind bits of plastic trim once there all out you usually need a good pull to get it off, sometimes the panel may need pulling up slightly to. just take your time

make sure you do gav, all the best have a fun week

HAHA, best of luck mate have a great day and night :)

never mind that! whats the insurance like on a bmw at 19!!!! :o

he is talking about the possiblity of a carrera now, think itl be another 2-3 years though

not my car! but then i did get mine at the auctions :lol: