On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:55:22 +0100, Andrew Gabriel
wrote:

In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
Rather stupidly, I left the rear speaker in place when the old Rover was
having a new rear wing fitted. Which is welded on so removing the old
one
would have produced some steel swarf or whatever when drilling out the
spot welds - and a lot of it has ended up in the speaker. It's a fairly
pricey aftermarket 6x9 with a pair of tweeters mounted on a post in the

The EU will solve that according to the other thread, by requiring
you to remove your unapproved aftermarket speaker anyway.
Was the new wing approved by Rover?
What about the paint?

;-)


Trouble with paint is that refinish paint is fundamentally and importantly
different to factory paint. Even when manufactured by the same paint
company.

So if non-factory paint were to be banned there would be a whole bodyshop
industry and paint sector wiped out.

The only option for many accidents would be vehicle replacement. I really
cannot see the insurers sitting back and allowing that to happen.

--
Rod