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Dont know if you sorted this but they are M10 x 1.5, easily done if you buy a helicoil kit and know how to use it.

R8 is just amazing, different league to most stuff! (looks wise anyway, never driven one!)

ahh yes, previous owner did say it had eibach springs all round. Which bolt spacing do i need to measure? actually at the hub or at the top?

what sort of power are you after with TB and cams?

following on from my thread not sure if I have standard suspension or not on my 172 cup? it is weeping at the top, and the rubber on the bottom half is knackered. I cant afford £5-700 quid for coilovers atm, do I get something second hand or go for standard again etc? Or just leave it as...

my front suspension look a bit s**t. not sure if its standard or not but its weeping a very little bit at the top, the rubber cover at the bottom is just doing nothing and could be pulled out etc.

Managed to sort the engine mount. I put a jack under the sump with a piece of wood to hold it up, I then removed the bolt and engine mount. Drilled and tapped the hole for the helicoil and inserted it. Refitted it all and good as new!

that looks amazing and will be what I am after in the next 12 months

brilliant, thanks mate! Is it easy to remove the passenger airbag? and then put the dash back on etc? Would it save any weight or not worth bothering with?

there a guide to doing it? I could do with doing mine hopefully its not too hard to do!

As part of stripping my car how many airbags are located in the 172 cup? The steering wheel has already been changed, there will be one in the drivers dash, can this be removed or unplugged etc? Are there any others in the car? Will removing all the rear seatbelts etc cause any problems or...

I then ordered a full set of injectors from Renparts, around £130 so not expensive really, althought I was tempted to change the one I thought was going to be bad anyway due to the spark plug. Dead easy to fit, I just followed this guide . The injector I thought was bad, definitely was, it was...

So a little update. I had the car rolling roaded but the RR bloke said he thought it had an injector issue that might be holding it back a little. I was still happy with the result, but would of liked to have seen a few more bhp to match the other graphs I have for the car, its only 3-4 bhp...

what airbags would my 172 cup have? and is there a guide to removing them? :)

slowly going to be stripping mine out over the net few weeks. I will be keeping the heaters etc, the only thing I am worried about is how much colder it will be in winter going to work, not really sure it will make that much difference though. I removed the rear seats parcel shelf and boot...

they look decent seats for the money, let me know how you get on as tempted myself!

This has just turned up in the post straight after my last message!

tyres came, so got them fitted and banged on the car! not a great picture I know, will get some decent ones one day!

I can get these for £85 https://www.tradecounterdirect.com/product/milwaukee-m12-ciw38-0-fuel-compact-3-8in-impact-wrench-12-vo_bare-unit.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhd_T0Zjp2gIVl8DICh3-sQSKEAQYASABEgLox_D_BwE Batteries are £20 for 2ah or £40 for 4ah, charger £15 would need to do a couple to make...

my mate works for a company that gets discount on milwauke stuff if you want me to ask him?

yes mate I dont know what to do, the car is used for work and back, around 80 miles a week. then I will do prob 10 sprints plus a few practice days in one year etc. The belts are due next year, it uses oil, not a massive amount but I do top it up probably every 2-3 weeks, but it is always...

just read this thread as I am planning on a rebuild within the next year or 2. Great thread with some good info! I am trying to find out the full costs a of a rebuild, any chance you remember what it was roughly Graham? PM me if you dont mind letting me know :)

well after a couple of weeks of looking for some 15" wheels and being offered second hand sets with minor marks for £300 I decided to order a brand new set from rimstock with the correct centre bore. Just need the tyres now! I have ordered Pilot sport 3's, £220 for a set of 4. Looking forward...

wheels looks great, I was looking at them yesterday myself. to go white was an extra £100 quid or something so sod that, I take it these are the gloss black? You have just reminded me my O rings that hold the bumper on are knackered so need to order more! If you book curborough and have any...

following this, would be ideal. wonder if haynes do a book? I will go look!

mine does this sometimes too, I dont really like to sit there for a few mins though as its loud as feck!

bumping an old thread. I am after some 15" tyres from 1A also. does anyone have any thoughts, suggestions and reccomendations? I have proxes T1R which are on the list, but any damp grease or rain and they try to kill you!

Mark I don't have a focus nor do I care about them, but I watched the video because I thought you had a presenters voice and seemed quite professional haha. You should be on a property program!

I might be able to pop out Saturday morning, at Curborough in the afternoon though!

My car is now running great but I always like to be prepared. I have done a search and RS tuner seems to come up a lot, most of it to do with mapping but saw it being used the odd time for fault finding and fault codes etc. Is this still the best thing to get? Is there anything a bit cheaper...