rstubby15

So the Cossie comes out of hibernation in a months time and I'm looking for someone to tart the old girl up for summer. Medway Rs Centre is fairly local and was wondering if any of you had used them and whether anyone could recommend them?

lukeytheduke

what work do u need doing mate?

rstubby15

Bonnet and bumper need blowing over and both rear arches are rusted in the usual Sapphire trouble spot so want these sorting as well. Roof starting to bubble round the sunroof so wouldn't mind having this done as well depending on expense.

320 bhp

they have done some cracking work on s1 rs turbos, go on the seriesoneturbo.co.uk and there will be lots of there work on there mate

the_frozen_one

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:-D

RSI_TOM

Marc's work is excellent mate. A true enthusiast

rstubby15

To be fair I don't want to tax the car till May so they'll have the whole of April to do.the work!

the_frozen_one

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Hehehe you're hoping

rstubby15

Was it yourself who had this sort of experience with them or someone you know. How long did they actually take and what was the scope of the work that was done?

cossie4i+

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Why don't you just take it to a bodyshop ?

Steve

rstubby15

Medway RS centre just deal in RS' s and in my opinion that can only be a good thing. Heard about them through a friend of a friend and just wondered if anyone else had any experience with them.

Moonstone Steve.

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They a literally 2 minutes away from me, not heard anything bad about them to be fair, as for time scales I think thats the norm isnt it now.

Steve

jamest8

Marc's a good fella and loves RS's, I've seen some of his resto stuff and it's top stuff! Pop along to see him for a chat!

rstubby15

I know where your coming from with that comment. I normally get everything mechanical on the Cossie sorted by Grove Garage. You can't argue with Mark and Ahmeds experience but my fucking God do they take an age to sort anything! Think that comes with how good they are. If you want the best then you have to be prepared to be patient. Their in no rush as they know they've got the business. Bit like fucking Plumbers! Haha

7xrskb

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Marc did a cracking job on my estate body restoration and the respray was superb. I will definately use his services again.

the_frozen_one

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:-D

Ravardo

I had my rear panel done there on my s1 and was hoping he would take his time as i wasnt in any rush, i had already taken the rear panel off and he rang me the next day to say it was done

rspickup

What sort of shit are you talking??? Your car did not take 3 years! The only job's done outside of us were the jig work because you bent the car in half! and I used a mates oven to spray the car, is that a bad thing?

I have nothing to hide, I work alone so things do take longer, but i always add the personal touch to what ever I am doing.

I thought you were a better man than to slag me off to be honest mate, you know I do good work and I treat all cars with the upmost respect.

6 years I have specialised in the RS brand, and NEVER had a complaint, but I also understand you can't please everyone all the time, I also know what people can be like behind a keyboard and it is sad that someone would go out to try and attack a mans living with no real reason to.

Come on Tom low blow really

Nick.W

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I've seen a lot of Marks work and its always been top notch. I would have no hesitation taking my car there and I'm very picky!!

primedog

marc sold my mate a badboy bonnet once...... that is all!









top bloke tho known him a good few years n seen his work in the flesh n its at a massively high level.... so if it takes longer than estimated im sure its coming out better than agreed!

rsmark86

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There a few people complaining about how long mark is making them wait to get their car in there

But when I went there the other week he is having is whole building refurbished and is flat out, so it's not hard to see why, he's always seemed genuine when I've seen him or when people need help, and I've followed a few build threads he's done and his metal work and panel making is amazing

In my opinion he's well worth the wait for bodywork because its a dieing trade and it's so hard to find a decent painter these days and for them they command a lot of money

And mark seems well priced

Mr RS500

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If he is that busy you cant get a car booked in then IMO that says a lot

He must be that popular he is so busy

I have never seen anyone who is crap at there job so busy they cant take more work on

the_frozen_one

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An Apology to Marc @ Medway RS Centre and anyone else affected:

A few months ago I wrote some stuff on PF that I know wasn't 100% true. I had some stuff going on and it was a vent when a posted coincidentally cropped up about Medway RS Centre. This isn't an excuse, it was nothing to do with Marc and I should of known better. I know it doesn't mean much from behind a keyboard but I'm sorry for what I wrote.

Had completely forgotten about said thread until someone posted on it today and it popped up in new posts. I felt very idiotic and ashamed when I re-read everything.

There's no excuse, I've removed the posts and sent a private apology to Marc. I'll admit I wasn't particularly happy with my experience with my cars repair, but given the state Marc received it in, complications with insurance payouts etc and the amount of extra work I asked for, with hindsight it's not surprising deadlines slipped, due mostly to parts suppliers/specialist 3rd party services etc and costs increased largely due to the same reasons. After a few years of calming down I've finally realised what a sound job he did and that a good friendship had built up, and I rubbished it all.

As I say, it's gone now, hopefully it didn't lose Marc any work, and didn't cause anyone any great worry over the safety/quality of their cars.

Sorry again,

Tom

rspickup

Tom

Life is to short, No hard feelings here mate, as there never has been.

Moonstone Steve.

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Are you about tomorrow Marc, I have a set of wheels I want refurbed and would like you to have a look at them and give me a price please.

Steve

turbocat

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Hamps has been great with me when I had my s1 for parts top guy and to be honest you won't find anyone better around a s1 great attention to detail

rspickup

Steve

I don't do wheels anymore mate although I will be doing the hydro dipping soon, so will have to start doing them again to an extent, but I can charge the right price for this, when I was doing wheels people moaned at Ł50 a wheel saying for Ł60 they can get a proper powder coat finish which is a fair comment, but I don't have the machinery they have to be able to turn them around as quick so labour is a big one in wheels, so to stop the moaning or doing them for Ł30 a wheel I don't get involved.

But I hate saying no what wheels are they, what do you want doing to them and whats the condition like?

If I can help I will

Moonstone Steve.

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they are raceline RL7 mate, they have some chipping to the edges, no chunks missing, just wanted them a different colour.

Steve

Roscopeco

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Never met Marc in person as of yet but he has given me plenty of freebies over the years cheers dude















Although I always end up with Tyrone Motorsport on the packages he sends

Oh and for what it's worth all the cars I've seen that he's worked on always looked the tits