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Crikey that takes me back. Didn't this all kick off when the media were campaigning for car prices in the UK to be more in line with Europe? I remember the job being on its arse, so we all started flogging parallel imports. Mazda's in particular.

God's own county. Me and the missus often take the Richmond > Hawes > Kendal route, before heading north through the Lakes to Penrith and back home along the A66. Might have to make a few diversions by the sounds of things.

I’d have been going to the branch on the A66.

I’m not a fan tbh. They’ll never rust under my ownership.

Forgot to update the stud nut kit, supplied by @FrogJam Motorsport. I went for 68mm as they’re ideal for cars running no spacers and TD Pro Race alloys. They’ll also allow me to run my standard Cup alloys with the centre caps on.

Cheers. I’ve got a few choices when it comes to wheels. I’ll be using the TDs for circuit but probably go back to my Turinis for road use. This was a picture of the car when I put the AST’s on the front. I’ll get some proper pictures when I get it all set up, but these are straight out of the...

Small updates. Bought a new exhaust flange off @16v_paddy then took it to my local exhaust centre (Sadler's garage in Darlington). I was more excited about this job than pretty much all my other work. I’ve seen so many cars going home early on trackdays, that I’d be an idiot not to do mine...

Currently, I'll have to get 11k for mine to get a ROI. And I'm still spending on it 💰 🤦‍♂️ I'm just going to drive and enjoy mine when the sun's shining. Somebody can take it off my hands when/if I'm finally done with it. I've thrown more money away on R's, N's, GTi's, tbh

There are still too many 1*2's on the road in poor condition. Once these vehicles are either written off, converted into track cars, or broken down, the number of cars in good condition will naturally decrease. As a result, the lower mileage cars will become more valuable and command higher...

100% door card seal. Door card off, Butyl Sealing Tape (tenner on Amazon), jobs a good un. Here's mine.

Fag packet illustration 😂 My writing’s atrocious 😱

I can't tell by your images tbh. The larger taper towards the car/hub. The Flattest side sits against the bearing in the disc if that makes sense.

The tapered side towards the car. Flat side to Friction (ie the disc/bearings).

I'm not sure if @Darryl_1983 still has one. I sold him my spare when he bought my 182. Worth a try.

If i'd ripped the seats/airbags out, stuck a cage in, and basically ruined the car, it would have been cheaper. Insurance is weird.

I considered ringing a few Simon, but the guy was so bloody nice and professional I just handed him my card :ROFLMAO: Peter was his name. My last 2 182's have been with Greenlight. The lad I normally deal with wasn't there. I didn't like their attitude.

I've always insured my modified cars with Greenlight, but on this occasion tried Adrian Flux and the lad was brilliant. Greenlight were like "that's the price for today, ring back tomorrow and it could go up, do you want it yes or no". No, thank you! Apparently, my 182 isn't as modified as...

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Looks like a nice car in that picture. Worth saving. Good engines are stupid money now, but they do come up every now and then for sensible money. If not, you should be able to get decent money back from the parts, so not all bad.

Yeah. Can’t remember what size steel I used again, but caused me zero issues after 5years of hard circuit work. It’s still like that today.

I used to run - 3.4 on this beauty. I never touched the rear wheels at all, in fact, it still has the original factory bushes in the rear beam. The backend used to twitch, but always corrected itself. It was quite predictable in that respect. It used to go to CMRacing, Rob Boston Racing and...

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I also used this picture (not mine) to help me.

The power steering pump sits lower. See illustration. You need to bend the pipe in order to fit so go very carefully as you can snap them. A standard 172 cup radiator will fit.

Had my eye on that as mine has a slight crack in the lense. I can't afford it at the moment, so waiting for it to go on sale 😜

Loaded you are Jon 💰

I fixed one of mine with these. https://www.toolstation.com/led-ip65-flexible-strip-light/p43662 But sometimes it can be as simple as a bit of corrosion, so a clean-up with contact spray might fix it. If not, you pretty much strip off the old diodes and stick the stip over the PCB board. It's...

Or something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292057025981?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JRoQT2zVSdK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Unwx-nP3Rjy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That’s the bolt. E12 Torx screw. I’d wager it’ll have a fine thread (1.25mm). So just get an M8 1.25 x 30mm hex flange bolt and washer.

This one?