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problem is mate there 2 1/2 hours away and a tank of fuel ;) it was kenneth brown motor engineering ltd, dont want to bad mouth them, great work! had a rite good check over my car and even sorted things i didnt know about, good labour price too:)
well this morning on friday 13th i left aberdeen at 6.15am to head to glasgow to get my major service done, got the fine and at 9am for the garage to start work on it straight away! anyway after 7 boring hours in glasgow i get my car back. runs like a dream! great job even had other stuff done...
yup falkland for me to, R/R day was good. i was in the same boat as you paul! me coming from a 1.6 gsi i didnt know if the 172 was up to scratch or not, turned out it wasnt, i ran 129.9 bhp :dapprove: turned out it was the cheap copy backbox that was on the car (fitted by previous owner), new...
no havent done the spacer modification guys, tbh i think it may be the BBJ as my old valver done exactly the same thing and it turned out to be the BBJ :dapprove:
Any way of telling its fecked by jacking it up and taking the wheel off?
would this also be the case when it comes to seats, i put leather/alacantra seats into my cup, connected everthing up, the service and airbag light came on, and wont go off:S
well its not as much as a big clunk, its a small one on near full lock :S and it creaks on near full lock while going slow, for example a u-turn?
i was thinking maybe something to do with a bottom ball joint?
yesterday about 8pm, you must stay beside my friend with the white astra gsi, i was playing football in the field opposite, heard you before i seen you:cool:
good gains mate:cool: , ive just put on my cda, decat and magnex, and have a 182 exhaust manifold to go on, im hoping for 5 bhp atleast:) fingers crossed!