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This: But not ina RWD car. But you need a serious sized man hood to do this as that speed! When I span at Coombe at Camp I just left it as I knew I was going to spin onto the infield as my front corner was already on the grass. I could have been cocky and tried to save it but there was a...

Yeah, managed to find what H and V meant. Best go for V as I want to get some Proxes and then swap my new Kuhmo's to the rear and put the Proxes on the front.

Had a sweet tax rebate today and was going to replace my rear tyres (hopefully before next week as its the MOT test). Just been nad had a look at the tyres and the fronts (new in May) are 195/50/R15 82V and they are a replacement to what was on there. The rears were part worns thrown on last...

I've just put a Pipercross one in mine, was a toss up between that an the ITG

This is true. My car isn't "mine" until I put my number plate on, I was driving my Clio for 9 months before I put my plate on it and it felt wrong!

I watched an episode of Traffic Cops once and the coppers pulled a guy over for an illegal number plate and the words of the police were "a number plate has to have its own unique BS number which this one doesn't have". umm isn't the BS number the British Standard number and the unique number is...

Noticed I had water marks on my roof and bonnet the other day so went to wipe them off but it wont come off. It is as if somone has lacqured the water marks in. Polished it a bit and they did start to come out. Then one burst of rain and then it dried up and within 10mins the marks were there...

My PH1 is stripped out - two front seats, no speakers or stereo, non-aribag steeringwheel, no cage though. With the paperwork that came with an MOT test said it was 860kg. Not sure how accurate that is though, but seeing as people are coming up with similar figures for theirs I am happy to say...

Wheel update.....THEY ARE DONE!!!! Been about 6 weeks doing it and quite a bit of paint, but totally worth it I think. Mixed reviews between my friends from "looks tastefull", "good, but not on my car" to "are you on crack?" Didn't realise how much my brake pads give off dust until I put...

The roof and parts of my bonnet look like they have water marks on (can't get a photo as the light and angle needed you get glare and you can't see it)! I have washed and hand polished many times and they are still there. It is as if water marks have been laqured over and are there permanently...

As promised, a few pictures of my mirrors during painting..... Sanded Filler Primed (which is weirdly a nice colour!!) Primed (again the matte white is pretty cool) and on the car :P Will try and get a better photo some point over the weekend,. Oh and this has happened to one of my...

The only one I have (mainly as there doens't look there is progress!) is this one with the wheel all taped up ready to be painted Will update my progress thread tomorrow when some form of colour actually goes on!

Started to get my wheels painted. One at a time as I dont have the funds to buy a second set so the car is currently sat with the spare on looking weird. Sanded and prep'd the rear n/s wheel, filler primer base layer is tomorrows job.

Finished painting the engine cover and took the mirror covers off and prep'd and primed them ready for colour tomorrow

Cheers for that!! May not sand my engine cover down after priming, but will do it for my mirror covers and wheels (y)

As the sun is (marginly) out I am doing some painting (finally going orange!!), but the instructions on the cans say you have to use fine Wet and Dry adter you have applied the undercoat and then before the laquer to get "the best possible finsih and colour match". Ummm...I dont want to be...

Got some new stickers made up and were delivered today. One to replace the gash one that came with my steering wheel And the Renault Elf one in the back window was looking naff and discoloured and was starting to peel so I had one made up. Similar style to the ClioSport.net one and not a...

Cheers! I didn't knwo that was the general term for them, thought it was the design of them However, standard missleading eBay ad - after part PX1486 like the title says, but it is described as PX1593 :-/ great. Hopefully it is a good seller and they get back to my question!!

My point precisely! I have an exhaust system for noise. Plus if I wanted an open filter for the noise I would get a nice induction kit/cold air feed. When people say pannel filters I got confused, as arn't the filters on a Ph1 cylindrical? Thats what shape my air box is? I wouldnt describe...

Need to get a new air filter for the Ph1 172, best one and best place to get it, any of the traders on here? I did a service on the car recently and didnt change the air filter so need to do it. If its worth up-grading then I may consider, but maybe just a better quality "performance" one to go...

Just came back from a weekend in Chester. Thought I would go for a little drive around North Wales seeing as I dont go up there often. Did the A525 between Ruthin and Llandegla, Horseshoe Pass and the Evo triangle. Took about three hours, and very little traffic despite being good weather on a...

Its just me then! Good!! Its just that I have never noticed it get hot this fast before. yes, a new temperature sensor is on the list for things to buy next month! I wish it was hot, its been proper cold in Reading this past week.

Not noticed this before, but how quick on average should my engine increase engine temp from cold? I noticed it was a bit quick this morning and then after work I timed it, just sat in the car for about 3mins and it was already on the 2nd spot on the dial. Maybe me being paranoid but I have...

The tyre painting is well cool. I like it a lot, shame my tyres dont have a nice logo/writting on as I want to do it as well. :(

Thanks, but I have one being made up so its ok. Thanks for the offer though!!

Ford Focus ST orange....yes I am :D I just need to wait for some good weather in order to start getting them primed and coloured. Have to do it one wheel at a time as well so for a period I will be having some serious odd colours on the go as the spare wheel is still the original silver!!

Another week and another few jobs done. First was the tyres, got a new front pair fitted. Handles loads better, I now dont wheel spin when gently pulling away in damp conditions. Fitted my ClioSport.net tax disc holder Slowly building up a good layer of wax and it being clean. Beading has...

Wasn't really sure how much they are worh so I whacked them on eBay. http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271465643828

I presume this works best with Halfords paint for the top coat/colour?

Going to paint my engine cover to match theaccent colour I am going for. Was going to paint wheels and mirror covers orange in the Plasti-kote stuff as I have heard good things about it. Was wondering if anyone has doen the same with their engine covers? If so, undercaot it or not? As I was...