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Brabs

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Spot the difference.
« on: January 10, 2018, 04:25:31 PM »

As the title says. (I’m referring to the car not the landscape.  ;))









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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2018, 04:40:39 PM »

Nice set of Cruiselines there ;)
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2018, 05:49:41 PM »

Ooh they look very nice  8)

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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2018, 08:39:24 PM »

im not a big fan of cruiselines... dont mind them, but not a big fan
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2018, 08:40:21 PM »

Looks much nicer than the 4-spokes. MUCH nicer.
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2018, 01:08:10 AM »

I'm not averse to them....
They'll take longer to clean than the 4 spokes though.
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2018, 08:50:35 AM »

Just the wheels by the looks of it, meh
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2018, 10:12:32 AM »

Nice one!
When I bought my ForFour noticed that everything is basic and later because of model is Pulse so the most basic.
But have cruiselines since bought it. Probably replaced by previous owner.

Are they more stiff than 4 spokes? Any technical reason to replace 4 spokes with cruiselines?
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2018, 11:01:40 AM »

I too prefer the strokelines/movelines but in this case the car looks better with the cruiselines.

@Deszus: If you want to know what options were on your car when it came out of the factory use a VIN decoder http://carinfo.kiev.ua/cars/vin/mercedes/vin_check?su=zqfhtux_
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2018, 12:17:26 PM »

Well, thanks for your thoughts, observations and comments. Last weekend I drove up to Staffordshire to pick up the Cruiselines, which member unstead9 had for sale. It was quite a long journey, some 440 miles return but well worth it. The seller and his wife are lovely folks and I found that we had quite a bit in common, especially the forfour.
Anyhow, I’m really pleased with the wheels. They are in near mint original condition and have good winter tyres, one reason why I have decided to fit them now. I can also use this opportunity to have the others refurbed. They aren’t bad, but could be better after 12 1/2 years on the car. Personally, I like the look of both sets, so I’ll be happy to swap them over again later in the year.  :D
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2018, 12:42:05 PM »

Is that a smoked rear quarter window? The plexi-glass job? Looks good
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2018, 12:49:26 PM »

Is that a smoked rear quarter window? The plexi-glass job? Looks good

Probably "Fly-Eyes"
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2018, 01:35:45 PM »

Think I might enquire about doing the same to mine...
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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2018, 03:45:48 PM »

i have bought a 6m roll of light tint for £8 delivered that i'm going to use on mine

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Re: Spot the difference.
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2018, 03:56:36 PM »

Yes, it is ‘fly eyes’. I also did the front section of the roof with it. It allows light in so it is still a panaramic roof.  ;)

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