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Todays job was to give the car a good clean and start doing a couple of bits and pieces.
IMG_3762 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr
I started off by trying (and failing) to remove the luggage rack, one snapped bolt head and another rounded off torx bit (I hate these things) and it is still well...
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Well thought I was start off a thread, I have been looking for a mk1 mx5 to have some fun with for a while now, I Kept getting outbid on the ones on ebay and had started to give up finding one for now.
Then I decided to have a check and this one popped up and caught my eye, it was a...
Im game for this :approve: I hear yours should be back on the road soon aswell?
Two pics I got when we picked the car up:
IMG_3739 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr
IMG_3741 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr
I planned on taking a few but I got engrossed in talking to Andy/the chap next door and...
That should feel like a rocket ship after rolling around in that then, it was great fun climbing back into mine after just a week in the focus each time.
The clutch takes some getting used to again though :dead:
Re: Ade's Renaultsport 182 Project
What have you been driving while the clio has been away? I have just
got rid of my 1.0 turbo focus works motor, going between that and the clio has been pretty funny
My clio was about 150 miles round trip there abouts so not too bad at all.
Other than that I have got quite lucky really and never had to travel more than 120 or so miles round trip which is nothing in comparison to some of the above posts!
Thanks for the replies, and yes I agree about the feeling like everyone was looking!
the standard ones are doing okay for now I've been out in the car today and tested them so I'll plod along for now.
They were put onto new brembo HC disks at the same time, i'm sure they aren't meant to be as loud as they are, it's embarrasing! the amount of people that turn around when I'm coming to a stop from 15-20 miles an hour was pretty funny (I wish I had done a video now).
I have put the oem ones...
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I fitted some mintex 1144 pads not long ago on the clio, however after fitting they were squeeling a lot so my friend removed the anti squeel shims, then noticed I hadn't taken enough off the edges and put them in slightly wonky and some more copper slip on it which seemed to solve it...