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Ok mate great. Where are you based?

Not updated here in some time. New job in the middle of nowhere and using the Cup as a daily has really taken its toll - but the weather last week has just about finished it off for the minute. I've bent the subframe and I'm after a new one. Anyone know if the 172 Cup has different subframe /...

Yes Kyle! can't wait to see it all fitted. Let me know if you're having a car day and i'll pop over.

Lovely car. Tempted to sell up and get one myself. It's the thought of fuel costs that's putting me off, which defeats the point of owning one in the first place.

Can't wait to see it all come together now mate.

Thanks @hsustyle. You should drive it again at the next meet. It's so much better.

Bit of an update... the car had been over fuelling for some time and running like a bit of a dog. It only made 215bhp on a recent RR day. Couldn't find the problem myself so booked it in with Engine Dynamics for the week. After chucking the car on the dyno to see what's up and trying a few...

Same here mate, I think the 2118's look better too now tbh. I'll let you know when the next meet is on mate don't worry!

New job means i'll be doing around 1300 miles a month. The cup currently does 250 miles to a tank of vpower = too much money! So whilst the Cup stays i'm looking for something comfy that will return 50+ mpg and under 6k price bracket. Any suggestions? I've got a thing for C30's.

I also have the Grams and can echo what @Christopher. has said about them. They're very similar to Cooksports from what I can remember having had them on a previous 172. They're far superior to the Eibach Pro Lines I used to use as well. In truth there's not a lot in it between the two imo.

Lovely car mate! like what you've done with it.

Little update but nothing major. Turinis! Not as fond of them as I was before the 2118's but they've got a couple of thousand mines left in them before new tyres are needed so why not! Was also curious to see how it sits on the Grams springs with 16's.

Cheers Keith! that was one of my concerns with the B14's and with coilovers in general what with the roads being as bad as they are. If it was a weekend toy i'd reconsider.

Cheers mate. I'm up that way sometimes but i'm actually a bit further south. Good point @welshname they are on my to do list but the car drives ok for the time being. Certainly getting some in the future!

Thanks mate, appreciate it. Yeah still on the grams at the moment. I really rate them tbh. Just as good as the cooksports on my old Cup. would love coilovers but the current driveway situation is already cutting it fine. Go too quick and you scrape the splitter lol

Little update on the car as it's been a few months. Car has been running rich for a while now so booked in to be checked by ED in November. No changes to the car other than xenons. Mixed feelings about them. On a Cup it doesn't look quite right, but as it's back to being my daily now it helps to...

Was a good meet and decent turnout. Looking forward to the next one!

2 minutes from where I live. I've seen it around a fair few times as well. Probably seen your car a few times too haha

As long as the car is still driving as it always has i'd try not to get too hung up on strange noises. If I worried about every single strange noise mine made i'd never enjoy the car - because there's a lot of them!

Took this at Goodwood FOS 2017. The P1 LM. More photos here. Hope the link is ok? ah well.

I had this on my Cup at the start of the year but way worse - to the point that it would squeak constantly. A new belt fixed it too. Was also only a year old lol

Depends really. Is the car mechanically sound right now? providing it's got good service history the engine will likely be sound. It's everything around it you have to worry about. Clutch, engine mounts, gearbox, driveshafts etc are all things that will be under more strain. I went for low boost...

Sounds good. I'd be up for it

Only image I have online now since Photobucket decided to screw everyone over is this one mate. Anthracite is the one! Stand 39 by Daniel Haynes, on Flickr

I'd say more along the lines of £3500 as you'll need to factor in other costs that might crop up along the way e.g. my flywheel was knackered when they did my clutch so needed another. I've been boosted since December 2015 and not had any problems with the kit apart from needing an uprated...

I love how clean this Cup is. I'm using 2118's at the moment in anthracite for mine but love seeing yours on silver Turini's. Still got mine and so so tempted to swap back. They look great on both imo.

Thanks!. Used a Canon 550D and the Canon 1.4 50mm lens. Dodged and burnt using Photoshop to bring out the front and make the background lighter. Applied a filter using VSCO.

First post in this thread. Here's one from Goodwood.

The only thing i've had done since my conversion by ED is the clutch. The stock one lasted a year of abuse after the conversion mind you! at which point the car had done 108k all on stock clutch to the best of my knowledge.