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It does appear that it would be cheaper to buy those discs
and get separate bearings and ABS rings.
Ive dona a bit of a search and it does seem that people buy generic
discs from anywhere as the back only do 25% of the brakeing.
I was gonna buy some brakes from ebay
Mintex rear discs with Bearings, abs rings and mintex pads
£95 plus £12 postage, Bargin I thought.
"THE MOTORIST CAR PARTS WAREHOUSE" (company Name)
I rang them up to confirm the price and a guy answered the phone
with a "yeah", this diddn't fill me with...
Spent half an hour bending over the engine,
my back is ruined now.
Been meaning to do this for weeks,
after seeing everyones mint cars at the Matlock meet yesterday it made me want to do something to mine.
If you changed sizes then it probably would be classed as a cosmetic
mod, I'm talking about brand of tyres intead of size, unless
wider tyres were an option when the car was new,
even factory options need to be declared, they just wont replace
them if the car gets written off.
I had a golf...
Ive got a GDI (Piper) Stealth and when I told my insurers they asked me
"does it change the cosmetic appearance of the car" i.e. does it stick out
the back. No it sits in the same position as the original. To which they
answered "its not classed as a modification"
Just make sure you tell the...
Get them out!
In my PH2 the back seats with the bar
weighed 20 kilos, car feels much lighter now.
I put some carpet down and fitted an OMP rear strut brace.
When I put them back in for MOT time the car feels like Sh1t.
The noise inside will increase, but it depends on how loud your exhaust is.
Ive been searching the web for retailers but
I can only find them on GDI and Yozzasport site.
Loads of people sell the max groove ones but I dont want them,
has anyone found Brembo HC discs cheaper anywhere else?
197 Inlets
197 Airbox and Pipes etc
197 Fly By Wire Accelerator Pedal.
Being sold as seperate items.
All this belongs to a mate, he's not on here so he's asked me to sell
them.
Before I post in the for sale section I need a rough idea of what there all
worth, I could get prices from...
Every year I change my insurer and every time it goes down,
I never renew with the same insurer.
I use Admiral
Direct Line
LLoyds
Churchill
Every year one of them is considerably cheaper than the others.
But then I am 33 with 7 years no claims and live in a nice area.