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Re: Project 172:Unknown Direction
tbh, as the only ones ive tried on track i cant comment too much. they certainly need re-warming up after coming into the pits for a while but havent let out on me yet. when ive paid the bills, its time for some new braided lines and 5.1, but cant justify any...
Re: Project 172:Unknown Direction
have done a few more bits to the car recently
last time out at bedford, doing 120+ mph i hit the brakes at the usual marker and had a brown panter as all i could see in my mirrors was smoke, briefly suspected the engine except all sounded good. crawled into...
Re: someph-ing different...........
got a price for a matt black vinyl today, guy reckoned on about £450 which i thourght was stupid. could get it painted for that.
saw a white mk4 golf with a black roof an spoiler today, looked nice
Re: someph-ing different...........
well we know who to blame for this dont we, have seen a new GTR in a matt black vinyl and looked stunning. would love to do the whole car but ££££
Re: someph-ing different...........
1 step ahead of you there lol, £1400ish to be doing it though which has put me off.
and neil, nob off. im having the black roof done first haha. only a matt vinyl though that can be removed easily enough.
i know im not the 'other' person whose...
i got the same seats, if ur a fat s**t then get the wider ones. if ur not, get the normal ones.
not that bad on long drives either. 3hours to bedford, 4hours racing around bedford, 3 hours home and only a bit of discomfort.
ive had 3 types of bucket seat before, spend decent money on them...
Re: My Ph1 172 track sl*g Progress Thread
sexual springs mate, glad its made the difference that you've been after. now we can both get arse happy on wet corners again lol (no sick comments please :P)
cant wait for Oulton park now either, getting a few bits on mine measured today for the...
Re: My Ph1 172 track sl*g Progress Thread
good point, im going back to bedford tomorrow so will be trying to push mine a little harder again. bloody love trackdays now, just got to get good at them!!
whys everyone jumping to it and saying sell the thing? cars are machines and therefore will go wrong at some in there lives. my clio has (touch wood) been the most reliable car ive ever owned. even after trackdays and endless b-road ragging nothing, and i mean nothing has broken on it.
tbh...
think some of you were being a little on the harsh side, yes he's made a small c**k up but not exactly a catastrophic failure is it? can you tell me you've never made even one mistake at work?? wouldnt call it incompetance, I assume the dent is removed and thats the part he fixes primarily...
not 100% sure on the clios, but on 2 of my previous cars the ally bonnets were lighter than any carbon bonnets because they dont use the lighter pre preg carbon. only the cheap s**t
no one drives my car. except burp cus then he can fix it or i'll have his lol.
my mum hit the front bumper on my saxo the only time she drove it. although she rang me straight away panicing that id open a can of whoop ass on her lol
oh and that part on the 2nd video at 7:09 was quite impressive just after youve passed me, think i have it somewhere on video from my point of view hah
looks good, sounded nice too when you passed me. i tried keeping out your way, i know your faster than me so cant see the point of holding anyone up.
its comforting to know i was taking very similar lines toyou though :)
was coming out of worcester towards the M5 and a black V6 passed me, 2 police bikes with blue lights wuold of passed you a few seconds after.
anyone here?
i had a vtr as a previous car too, loved it to bits. next car was a huge waste of time and cash but the 172 whoops ass in terms of fun/price.
what will you be using the car for? just a commuting type car or guna be tracking it at a later date etc?
aux belt isnt that much of a shitter to change urself anyway, so long as youve got small arms and dont mind getting dirty?
if it snaps, it may take the cam belt with it then its new engine/head time.
the cam belt is the expensive bit, the rest of the car seems good. id consider it if i didnt...