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i had the roof done on the focus about this time last year. i just took the car to Yianni and let his guys do the job. http://www.yiannimize-refined.com/#id=album-19&num=content-1810

I wanted a cheap little car that we find have to worry about, park it anywhere and use in all weathers, we ended up with a 182 :)

Guys, what are you trying to buy, the interior or the car? I've already paid a deposit on the car and just waiting for Nick to whip the interior out and then it will be picked up.

Cheers Martin. we started the day looking at a TD4 Freelander for a family/dog car, and then ended up buying another clio, lol.

Jesus buddy, are those pictures on the standard trophy shockers, but with my old Eibachs?

Dave, it will indeed get used properly buddy. we already have one 182 Cup which was initially the misses daily car, it's now stripped, flocked, buckets, AST's, whiteline ARB, 4 pots, 2118's, 888's and oddles of pure motorsport goodies. with a slight change to her car needs, hers is going back...

Thank you Nick, a pleasure as always ;)

Change the wheel colour sharpish, looks awfull IMO.

See you later Nick ;)

If I could have bought and built that escort Cossie as it stands in that picture all for £15k then I'd have been a very happy man!

I can relate to that ;)

No reason me duck, just the way in which you picked a hole in my reply! nothing better to do tonight, me duck?

I read the opening post and responded to it, didn't feel a need to trawl thru every single post monitoring every word mentioned, just scanned. so, I've answered as per the first question. problem?

MK2 UG FRS would be my choice, or an Escort Cossie :) but could always go for a MK1 FRS aswell :)

Why do you want to mix old and new pads anyway?

Hope Friday goes well for you guys, bargain trackday had ;)

What is the change in offsets between the 2 wheel choices?

As said the other day Martin, I've had mine set to factory and to be honest it really feels comfortable to me, nothing was un-nerving and it felt planted at all times. ive now done 2 trips to the ring with it set like this and for me I'll be sticking with it this way. my only alteration is a...

I can help.... Don't bother! as you said 'Cheap' you will get just that. if its purely a run around, treat it as just that! or if you really feel the need to lower it, maintain a level of comfort for the daily and just buy a set of Eibach springs :)

Are they actually coilovers on the rear, or a height adjustable platform within the standard spring position?

This looks really nice buddy :)

Message sent, and yes of course ;)

I can't really offer any support from that distance, but i do have a pair of rear shocks off of our 182 Cup. when we bought the car it needed a pair of rears, we bought genuine items from our local dealership and have now covered in the region of 6 - 7000 miles to date. only removed as we have...

Mine came out with ease, decent buzz gun and decent tools, didn't make a mess of it atall. maybe I was just lucky!! :)

Where abouts in the country are you? I'm sure someone would be able to offer a little assistance if you ran into trouble. have you already bought some rear struts yet?

One nut at the top, one bolt at the bottom. its probably one of the more simple jobs you can take on, so fingers crossed you should be okay :)

OE items come complete with the lower arms. Priced around £60 per side iirc. edit: £68.30 each from Wests Renault.

Exactly. As a simple example, if a standard genuine wheel bearing may last 60k, then with a set of spacers or wider offset, these may now last 50k.

It's not so much the spacers that adds issues the suspension and bearings, it's changing drastically from the original offsets, as ultimately a wheel with a 10mm lower offset, or a standard wheel with a 10mm spacer will be doing the same thing. its the extra load generated on items such as the...

That's the one Lee