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Ive been enquiring to all the local garages near me (around 10-15) to try and get the camber taken off the front wheels, then get the car re-tracked. basically there is quite a bit of negative camber on the front wheels, which is limiting me to how low i can go, because if i go any lower than...

was a good meet once again, good laugh as usual. forgot winston had put his side exit exhaust on the 'illiams', and i was in for a shock lol... its sounds mint and pops like nothing ive heard before... soo loud :) the vids will be up shortly, so il post a link then :p now, the actual pics...

didnt see you but i heard a car on the other side of the roundabout (LA Bowl roundabout) floor it and it sounded exactly like yours? was it you? either way sounded mint :p

may have been you... heading down that short dual carrigeway sort of road towards the audi garage, sat in traffic?? it was an arctic blue 182 but didnt have your private plate on... thought you may have taken it off when you were going to sell up...

recieved my badges (+ quite a few other things ;)) from middo this week, the color will soon appear elsewhere on the car too also nearly completed my color coded sidestrips... decided to go ALOT lower than it was before aswell... anyways, heres a little peek to the lowness, and the badges...

what would be the tell tale signs of too much laquer being applied to a surface? cheers.

followed me through platt bridge at about 9am today... anyone?

just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this... ...before anyone says 'search', yes, i have done, and everyone says the same method, which dosent seem to work for me, hence this post... ...ive got a second set of side strips that have been color coded to the car, but i cant get the...

decided to go for a drive and get a few pics tonight, trying a different camera than usual to see if it made a difference.... i dont think it did but ah well... im sure ryan will upload his version of pics tommorow, he was using a 'proper' camera too also caught a snap of Mat...

i had some custom springs made up for the rears of my FK's, although i dont think im going to be using them as ive spaced out the back wheels and dont want to go down the route of removing arch liners and rolling the arches... just to get it a tad lower to make the tyre sit just under the...

me and ryan only organised to do this last weekend, so to get so many people turn up was great :approve: was a bit dusty, but ah well, we will know for next time... we found it easily, even though the convoy was moving at 40mph all the way, lol. now, for my pics: winston is by far lower :(...

put the superleggeras back on after being undecided on a refurb... so gona see what comes to mind about a refurb in the near future... washed it too, ready for the delamere meet tommorow evening... a few other things will be happening to it shortly... but another set of pics...

anybody know the standard length of wheel bolts... as im running 5mm spacers on the fronts and i want to get some longer bolts... what lengths do bolts come in and whats the max length i can use, and oh, anybody know places/prices? cheers if anyone can help :approve:

anyone? it had antherecite (sp?) wheels... i was going southbound and saw you going in the other direction....

me and ryan k went upto delamere forest this evening to try and find the best places for some photos at the weekend for the photo shoot meet, seeing as it would be kind of hard trying to guess on the day! heres a few photos i took, im sure ryan will post his up shortly...

met up with Ryan K and Mat_J from here, as they wanted to see what the location of the racing blue meet was like for a fiesta meet (Mat_J has a fiesta)... got a few snaps!

You were parked up near halfords and your car had bird s**t on the bonnet lol... was it anyone?

im at the imbetween stage of the new mods, even though none of them have gone on yet! removed the tints this week, which i must say was pish, even though JLO gave me loads of advice with getting the residue off if any was left behind... had new disks and pads put on too, as the old disks were...

ive gotta go to halfords (or if anyone else knows anywhere cheaper) to buy some disks and pads first thing in the morning, then find a garage to fit them for cheap... because alot of garages round here arent able to get the parts, or other reasons..... so just need to check a few things if...

my disks are absolutely shafted, need some new pads too. been putting it off and its been dragging on, and i dont feel safe driving it anymore, need some disks and pads fitted asap! i phoned 6/7 motor factors on friday enquiring about disks, they all said they would call back and never did...

you were turing off up the little road near the swan, i was coming towards you and i beeped? anyone?

you went past me this morning and i beeped. you were heading towards golborne i was going the other way towards wigan... anyone on here?

is there any difference between the two ^ ?? brakes have been squeeking for quite some time now... and recently when i brake its like the brakes are being applied then it gets slightly lighter then back on the same pressure, like the disks bent or something and the pads arent applying even...

i enquired at a local body shop today that had been recommended many a time on here for their work in warrington, Paletine Motors. Im just after getting my sidestrips done for now, so asked for a price.... they wanted £80.... is this cheap or expensive, what price should i be looking to pay for...

i saw whoever it was in the silver 172 right outside tescos in warrington, you looked over to see the big dodge pickup that was loud as f**k, i was behind it... dark blue 172 went past me in warrington, dont know if its on here silver 172 under the bridge near the train station in wigan...

seeing as a few other people had done some evening shots, and seeing as it was such a nice night, and seeing as ive not had any daylight pictures since the temporary 15's went back on the other day, i thought id snap a few ;) camera is still a bit dodgy, no idea what settings to put it on...

hey, how much am i looking at for some OEM disks for a 1.2 16v, and some greenstuff pads? i think my disks are warped so i need a change pretty sharpish... cheers :approve:

just took the superleggeras off my car because im going to attempt a D.I.Y refurb, just wondering if any of this kerbing is repairable by myself, or do i have to get it done by a pro? wheel 1: wheel 2: wheel 3: wheel 4: wheel 2 is by far the worst :( cheers if anyone can...

just got the superleggeras off the car as i want to refurb them... ...i think im most likely going to get the side strips color coded and the front bumper strips done too... ...just need a few ideas for the wheels though, does anyone have any? whatever color i go, il probaly end up going...

decided to get my superleggeras off today as i want to get them refurbed because of the kerbing, and maybe a bit of a change ;) came to get the 15" dynamique alloys back on, but hit a problem when i tried to put the fronts on... the tyre was catching on the shock because its on coilovers, so i...