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its a tough call, the 197 is my daily driver and its a hoot, although running costs have been eye watering!, I had a 200 from new so knew the fuel consumption was a bit worse than 172/182, but turns out 72,000 miles later they are bloddy expensive to maintain, ive had it about 6 months now and...

not bad for a camera phone lol!

lol epic, racing jet skis out the back etc

its actually not bad the boy across the road is into Mini's and has a JCW, a convertible Cooper S and a few others. The boy next door is into Lotus Cortinas and has a load of mk1 Escorts and his sun a Honda nut, the boy at the end of the street has a few old clapped out V8 AMG mercs and theres a...

that's the private reg that was on my trophy at some point! saw it on the hpi check! EDIT: just noticed the top picture, that's the same drive way lol same boy I bought it from

stick it on the trophy owners club and you will get £400 for it!

proven with my scientific test too lol, standard my car was neck and neck with my mates fn2 from a rolling start and now it pulls on it slightly every time!

fantastic that was the answer I was looking for, so I just Need a reg for an early 200? When did the 200 start production?

I've saw them both as my GT had the newer ones, I'm just curious if both sets of struts and top mounts fit, for example my car will have the old setup so I can't use new springs and dampers on my car, but can I use the new springs, dampers and top mounts on my car?

drove one on h&r springs wasn't a fan. Standard stuff is better Imo do does it matter what top mounts I go for as long as it all matches? Is the shell/mounting the same?

yeah all 4 will be changed, I'm just curious about the front as I know the rears are a straight swap. interestingly enough the 200 rears are now half the price of the 197 rears! so the revised top mount, is this only an issue if I'm re using the old top mount, as I'm replacing both top mounts...

front dampers on my 197 are feeling past their best so looking to replace them. I notice the 197 Cup and 200 Cup ones are much the same price so was going to order a pair of 200 cup ones with 200 cup springs. Anyone know if they are a straight swap like 172 / 172 cup or are they different like...

ive got the full evolution system, as said above they don't sound all that in videos but in real life they sound fantastic, just what the car should have sounded like from the factory. high up the revs they aint much louder than standard just a nice note, on part throttle they just have a nice...

200 EDC looks good in yellow, id have been tempted to stretch for a Trophy though for the better box and turbo! £15k depreciation, that makes me feel sick!

will give it a go cheers! I'm reluctant to paint it to be honest, id rather replace it will give this stuff a go and see how it does!

my 197 r27 front grill has turned grey, looking for something long lasting to restore it back to black, been using AG trim detailer but it's ran out so looking to find out if there is anything else that's better

count me in if theres a few cars going!

wow! top work cant wait to see how this turns out projects like this take total dedication and either no or a very understanding mrs!

what else do you expect him to do, give him the fingers? maby a bunch of flowers? lol

good base to start with, how do you find it compaired to the ph1?

whats the rev limiter set at when upto temperature, my my trophy with rs tuner map revs to about 7600rpm or there abouts, standard ones are 7200rpm

much better on the standard exhaust! car is looking good, need to get a few bits of paint tidyed up on mine! problem with the standard exhaust is it rusts from the inside out! I done similar with a 172 system thinking it would last and it didn't :(

go to halfords and get yourself a pair of axel stands and a cheap trolley jack, jack it up at both sides to get the front off the deck, stick the axel stands under the long box sections running the length of the car, undo the cat from the exhaust and you should have enough movement to do a DIY...

have to agree with knuckles in videos they dont sound all that but in real life they are just perfect, especially once you "learn" it and know where the points in the rev range for bangs are! not much changed with the car been working 7 days a week with a 50 mile round trip so its just been...

197 if your a hooligan! i love mine!

light will deffo come on with a decat

emissions light was on but it ran fine

brilliant thats what i was looking for cheers, ive struggled to find a good keyboard in recent years and i suppose thats because i prefer the feel of mechanical ones! thats why ive never bothered changing from the Dell one that came with it!. ill have a read up online and get one ordered :)

2 bolts at the manifold and a clamp at the other side of the cat, remove it, bash it out with the trolley jack handle and then back together lol mine used to pop like mad!