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What an awesome weekend. Thanks Kelv for letting me tag along! I'll post a few photos below but for the full story check out my Album on Photobucket: http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/v800mjh/library/Nurburgring%20Trip%202013

Good luck mate. Get pumping the Rocky theme tune in the garage for a bit of encouragement lol!

Some lovely parts on that. Engine bay looks good.

Thanks Graham will give that a go on Sat.

Wow that must be a big bill!!!

Doesn't HAVE to be done. But wouldn't be wise to take the chance lol.

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Does this imply a wheel bearing is shot? Seems to happen as speed builds up but then I can't hear it once I start going faster. Maybe because of other noise covering it up. Also seems to be coming from behind me. How do I test the wheel bearings? Jack the car up and wobble the wheel around...

Purchased. Thanks chaps.

I'll be sad to see my wheel go. He really does do a fantastic job!

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Don't forget the pics!!

His work is so good. It costs about £185 but he'll give you £40 or so back when you return your standard wheel. Give or take a couple of quid I can't remember exactly. Obviously you've got to sort out the postage for sending your wheel back too etc.

Everything seems right to me? Don't think I've made a mistake?? Looking at the site again now. I think they must have changed something. There was definitely a choice between 82v and 86v before. The previous data was just copied from the site and I only had R1Rs listed. Ordering some of...

TOYO 195/50R15 82V PROXES R1R Fuel Efficency:G Wet Grip:C Noise DB:73 Noise Class:3 The New Motorsport Tyre - The Proxes R1R. The Proxes R1R Is The Perfect Tyre For The Occasional Motorsport Competitor Who Requires A Less Aggressive Tyre Than The Proxes R888. This Exceptional Tyre I...

Sounds like some good little plans Jon. Love the image of this car. Looks so good in those pics.

The only thing that could potentially cause problems is really cheap and nasty coilovers. Springs will be fine on their own if you go for one of the above. Obviously I can't tell if you have any underlying problems with your shocks currently but you'd probably have realised yourself by now.

Eibach Sportlines at about £150 (Keep standard shocks) Cooksport springs at about £110 (Keep standard shocks) Or Coilovers at £300-£1000 depending on quality.

I wouldn't bother yet to be honest. If you're a new driver you might have a few bumps and scrapes to come yet anyway. You'd be more annoying if you spent money to get it done and then did exactly the same thing a couple of months later. It doesn't even look that bad. I've got much more on...

Seems odd then how they can be so much cheaper. But anyway I'm rambling away now and going round in circles lol. Thanks for the help chaps.

Just heard from a little birdie where your car is. You're in good hands now!

As far as I'm aware people only replace the shocks if they are doing a full suspension refresh. I've had my springs on now for plenty of abusive trackdays and all is still fine so don't worry. Just buy the springs and enjoy the better ride height and stiffness for spirited driving.

Yeah I have done :) It's load rating. 82 is 475kg max load. 86 is 530kg. No idea how that relates to stiffness at all though.

Plus they're cheaper. Just seem toooooo cheap lol. Almost like there's a catch!

If you wouldn't mind that would be great. Thanks. I like to be sure I'm getting the 'right ones' when buying tyres.

Assuming the price hasn't moved too much you must have either 205s or the lower load rating ones (82V) "If they're good enough for you, they're good enough for me"

£154.34 delivered all in seems far too cheap for 4 tyres lol!!!

195s it is then! Still not sure whether 82v or 86v though. What have people used before?

At the time yes. Apart from some brake pads but that's completely un related.

Interesting.

I'll go with what you say. Thanks Tony However trying to understand it confuses me lol. Surely more width means more grip. Even if you have to move water no? Otherwise you could argue that a car on slim steel wheels with 105mm or whatever for example would be better in the wet than a car on...