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Yeah I realise it's a very personal thing choosing spring rates. I guess what I'm trying to do is get a ballpark figure so if I do feel they need changed in future, say, upping the fronts 50lbs or something, I won't need to get the dampers revalved. If I end up miles out though and end up...

Thanks for the input mate. I don't mind it being a bit harder on the road than usual, so long as it's still useable but performs well on track. Maybe be better going for 450/300 then to start with, and keeping the same ratio of spring rate front to rear that I was used to with the spax. BC's...

Any opinions on this before I go buy them?

Depending on how gunked up the surrounding area and the injector seat is it may take you more than an hour lol. I changed 2 injectors seals on my 2.2 cdti Civic last year and I was a couple of hours to do the 2 of them. Mind you, they were properly black with hardened oily deposits, and access...

Spring rates, talk to me! Currently the only thing I'm struggling with picking for getting new coilies. I realise it's a very personal thing but some opinions and ideas would be great to make sure I'm in the right ballpark with my figures. Current plans are nothing too serious with the car as...

Boxes dont like being rushed. The selectors and synchros are made of cheese and quick shifts wear them. The PMS shifters maintain the same throw as a standard shifter, I'd imagine a scenic one wouldn't be far away either. Short shift kits are considerably shorter than the above but if you're...

Just gave the daily some winter protection today so now it's time to see how dirty I can get it. A few days is currently enough to turn it matte black with dirt and salt LOL so shouldn't be long. Shall return in a few weeks with some pics! EDIT: Just found this from last week before I washed it

Gave the Trix a go today with my (brief) winter prep as I was running out of daylight. Impossible to see how it's working on a black car but it seems to have done an OK job. Paintwork feels fairly smooth anyway considering I never had time to go over with clay too. Snowfoamed with Bilt Hamber...

Got my CarPro order in the other day Free bottle of immolube, free delivery, and 10% off it all. Excellent service! Is Trix any good? I bought it as the lazy option to help with decon before I put some hydro2 on over winter.

Brilliant mate cheers! Will get some ordered!

I'm gonna use some hydro2 for winter protection on the daily I think. Is the Lite stuff enough for this or would I be better going for the undiluted stuff to get it a bit stronger?

Doesn't stop them doing it though. An unmarked Jag once followed me the full 12 miles home from my mate's house to mine, trying to get me to go for it down a few dual carriageways. The c**t even reversed back onto a roundabout after he was up the side of me and was forced to go off a different...

I thought AVO's were almost the same as AST money? Granted I've never really looked into them much!

Finally made a start last night to stripping some bits down again over winter. Only taken me 2 months of the car being off the road! Got it jacked up and checked most stuff over. TRE's, ball joints etc are all still ok so the coilovers came off and the rest stayed. Front left shock has been...

Not sure about the sump plug washer size. I either got one with a genuine filter or didn't bother changing it a couple of times. Never leaked though... Fuel filter was one part I always got a genuine item for. Most of the known problems on these dci engines are to do with fuel system issues so...

63mpg sounds about right for those! Looks like the 65hp model so should probably be able to get that figure up a bit still with some careful driving on long runs. For a first service, I'd be doing the lot. Oil and filter change, along with changing the fuel, air and pollen filters too. They're...

These engines are notoriously lumpy and run rich from cold. One thing standing out to me from those live readings is that the coolant temp never reaching 90 degrees. Maybe the car wasn't running long enough, but if it's not reaching proper operating temp then it's going to be constantly lumpy...

Is anyone else having problems with the game being constantly stuck in daytime? In free roam, my game never seems to reach nighttime.

Forgot to mention, we'll be meeting at the car park across the road at the usual spot in the corner, just up from Halfords and TK Maxx. P.S. @Djw Dave's buying everyone donuts IIRC

Slight error in my post, was an FX-8350 I have, not that it makes a massive difference. Any info I've found is pretty much the same as what you've said! The comparison between them I found on cpuboss.com was quite conclusive lol, although tbh it's mainly my motherboard I want to upgrade, but AMD...

How is this likely to compare with my current setup of an AMD FX-8320 CPU and Asus M5A97 mobo, with some unbranded 8Gb DDR3 RAM? Been thinking about upgrading my PC for a while now and that caught my eye. Current setup isn't bad, but it's a few years old and I'm looking for a bit of...

Cheers! Saw it again last night. Still looks kinda clean... 😂

Tell me about it mate, same colour as my car and it's fairly swirly at only 3 years old. Need to give it the same treatment at some point. My mate is fairly OCD and careful with his car cleaning though so hopefully it last a little while! 440i has replaced the 435i and it's essentially just an...

Short video here too of the water behaviour after the Exo cured. Water just falls off the panels!

Aye, I quickly realised that this year when I was sweating my balls off in about 20 degrees of heat on a track night in the height of summer lol! My blower being broken didn't help either...which reminds me I still need to wire in my heated front screen too. I doubt I'll put a proper stereo...

Few photos of it outside too. Fast running out of daylight by this point so phone photos are pretty poor!

Thought I'd stick a thread up about this one. Helped my mate out with his new 440i at the weekend as he wanted to apply Exo to it but naturally wanted it swirl/mark free before going on. Products used were: Autoglym shampoo (advised him to get something better once Exo had been applied)...

Well, that's it for another year. No idea where the last 6 months have gone, but the car took it's last drive on Friday and is now tucked away for winter. Poor effort this year only managing 3 track days but I'm hoping to crack on with some much needed work over winter and have it back out next...

We've not had a meet on here in ages now, so what better to kick things back off than keeping it simple with some coffee and donuts at Krispy Kreme? Weather dependent, we might even get some decent photos. I'm thinking next Thursday evening (the 13th) and meet up around 7pm ish? All welcome...

Javelin recommended I replace my window before the trackday at Blyton for Cliosport saturday in 2015. I was pretty much told without them seeing it they wouldn't know for sure but there's a good chance they'd not allow me on track with it, and it was on the passenger side too, about a similar...