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Right, not a genius when it comes to paintwork but sure someone can help.
My front bumper on my cup has seen better days. And after a hard 86,000 miles there's no wonder why, lol.
Basically, it's heavily pitted with loads of very small stone hits (and the odd big hit) naturally. Apart from...
Very sucessfull day yesterday, slight tweaks and she runs like a dream. Thankfully Engineering director and chief tester Tom was on hand to give pointers.
I was co-pilot but as you can see, I'm very happy :D
Just spoke to Tom (not PLC) and he said to rub the pad surface with some emery and then give that a try, failing that it's new discs and pads again:(
Fluid change soon aswell.
They went like this when I went 2/3weeks ago but they then went back to normal after a couple of days normal driving back home.
I'll give it a week and see, plus she'll be in for an oil change and check over asap anyway.
Cheers guys
Did 12 laps at the ring yesterday pretty hard, now my brakes are rumbling like mad and feel like they're made of stone, lol!
They bite well and at low speeds they feel smooth, anything over 30mph and they're awful! They're plenty of pressure in the pedal aswell.
Could I have warped the...
Maybe, but my point was regarding a track toy and getting the best from what you have in that context.
Can't think of much that will out do an exige tbh. Apart from the 'Deck' or an old Audi 80, lol.
A clio racer is a track car, an exige racer is a track car. Both road legal, both the same price.
I was comparing the costs of what you you get for the same money, as a track car/toy which they both are.
Granted a little extreme as a comparison. Not sure you can compare a road going golf to a...
fair point but for 20k you could get a...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/105015.htm
or
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/104912.htm
and kick everyone's arse!