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Cool, wish i had managed to get my 1.2 on the rollers before it was wrtitten off, had a K&N, exhaust and de-cat.
What have you done to yours?
How were the other cars ont eh rr comparing, could be the rr was off or they were over compensating for the gearbox etc
Im 18 wiht one accident, not my fault, old car was written off, insurence in my mums name is £1500 fully comp, and in my name i was quoted £2500 fully comp, wiht no no claims
Please explain, i knwo the general principle behind heel and toing, when you hrake and accleerate at the same time, but dunno how you do it or when etc.
Also double clutching, sorry yo sound like a newbie, but how do you do this and what does it do?
I got a cheap set wiht my alloys, came to removing them and id losty the key, hammered a socket onto them and they were off in seconds, only took about 3 solid hammer hits to remove them.
Id go only wiht McGuard now, £30 a set, and if you get them from demon tweeks we get discount there too
If there is a clause in the small printy that says that prices may change wihtoutn notice etc they are covered.
But as far as im aware if an item is adversited at a certain price they legially have to sell it at that price, the internet is an exception to this tho
The only thing you have got to watch out for, this always worries me, he has mates and will know the car, if you pound seven shades of sh*t inot him what is to stoop him comming abck every so often and f**king your car over, it doesnt take much, or long to key all down the side of someones...
Id check wiht the insurence first Has enquired about taking his seats out, apaprently it drops the NCAP rating from 4 to 1 because you are removing all the airbags in the seat, and the pre tensioners.
As i result he found his insurence woudl TRIPLE
"Great fast car" implies it has been well driven.
Both have about average milage, the second one is very cheap, could just be that he needs a quick sale, but coudl be there is sommet wrong with it.
A car that ages you must throughly check EVERYTHING, even inder the car etc, spend a good hour...
That would be a mk1 ph1
The mk1s are the ones wihtout the gay bubble at the top of the rear window.
Ph1 had thinner bump strips and a different grill, and flatter rear lights, and the badges at the back at on the strip at the bottem of the boot.
Ph2 had fatter bump strips and a differnt...
If you actually used the search function you will find this has coem up several times before.
In a quick answer, you wanna change teh coloutred bits of plastivc that make the bulbs appear to be coloured,or reomve them and buy blue bulbs.
Oh i wish folks would use the search, maybe this is...
When i get my wheels back im gonna be getting a laod of de-0cats for the mk2 and 172/cup made up, will be from poweerflow and cheaper then the general public can get them made up
Cobra subframes come wiht a bracket to take the handbrake side of the harness, the other two piints mount to the esitinf seatbelt points, on in the back seats and one by the rear outsdie corner of the seat.
You dont wanna be making your own mounting points, it took car engineers ages to make...