Joe's Racing Blue Project

Joe# · Apr 25, 2014

Ph1 Tom said:
How did you find the ASTs on the ring Joe? Have you still got the Whiteline rear ARB fitted? I'm tempted to sell mine when I get the ASTs but I suppose it retains some adjustment when extra rear roll stiffness is required.

I didn't really push hard enough to be honest with you. Oulton Park on the 27th May will be the test

I've kept the ARB, but it's just left on the softer of the two settings.

Joe# · May 5, 2014

I've spent quite a bit of time cleaning the car over the bank holiday. The finish is Prima Amigo, 2 layers of Zymol Glasur ready for FCS.

IMG_7217-2 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Last week I booked onto the RenaultSport track day at Oulton, as well as the 27th May as mentioned earlier on. I may raise the car up next weekend, and get the tracking aligned again.

Lawro · May 5, 2014

Lovely as always mate!

imprezaworks · May 5, 2014

Looks great joe

Joe# · May 5, 2014

Thanks for the comments lads

Joe# · May 19, 2014

Last weekend I decided to fit the new wheels onto the car, and go for a little drive to scrub the tyres in ready for Oulton. After a 30minute drive it started to rain pretty heavy, naturally.

IMG_7230 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

After a long day at work, and with the weather being great. Me and Rob decided to go for a blast through Wales and head over to the Evo Triangle, and had a brilliant drive. Really impressed with the RSR's, the sheer amount of grip was fantastic. I've had the GoPro on so will probably post a video or two up at a later date.

IMG_7241 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7243 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7248 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7250 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7251 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

The grey wheels are now back on, and I spent a bit of time cleaning up the coilovers and a few other bits ready for FCS. Interior was cleaned throughout, I've said it before but the smell of the Recaro's after cleaning them with Zaino Z9 is fantastic!

ROB91 · May 19, 2014

Awesome as ever Joe, had a really good blast through wales

. Pictures look great...

Joe# · May 20, 2014

I still can't believe how quiet it was. The only negative was the amount of flies lol! I've still got some stuck to the GoPro case.

MichaelHirst · May 20, 2014

Your car always looks so clean! Like the red alloys! Do you have a preferred wax for rb?

Joe# · May 20, 2014

Thanks! My favourite wax for it is probably Zymol Glasur. The key to a good finish is all in the prep work though.

MartinR · May 20, 2014

Stunning!!!

Best RB on the forum! Keep up the good work

imprezaworks · May 20, 2014

That megane looks like a weapon

Joe# · May 20, 2014

MartinR said:
Stunning!!!

Best RB on the forum! Keep up the good work

Thanks pal

imprezaworks said:
That megane looks like a weapon

Just like the owner then..

No, it's a cracking car. Certainly turns a few heads too.

imprezaworks · May 20, 2014

Lol. Both look great

Joe# · May 31, 2014

As a few of you know, I did a trackday at Oulton on Tuesday. Weather was great for it, but I had a problem with brakes late in the morning. Today I decided to remove the callipers, and give the pads a little clean up and have a look over everything. Turns out my O/S Front piston has seized

From a quick search on here it seems as though the Bigg Red caliper rebuild kit seems to be popular. So I'll get a pair of those ordered up.

ROB91 · May 31, 2014

Easy enough to rebuild mate

Joe# · May 31, 2014

Aye. I was tempted to go for a pair of Wilwoods, but at the power I'm running at the moment there isn't much point imo.

Jonff · Jun 1, 2014

Thought it was strange you was having braking issues, at least it's a relatively easy fix.

Joe# · Jun 1, 2014

I know, it knocked my confidence quite a bit. They've always been fine up to now.

i just need to know the bleed screw dimensions and then I can order all the gear up to rebuild them. Will be buying new discs and pads also.

Dan · Jun 1, 2014

Did it start pulling towards the way of the seized calliper?

It's a good thing to have a spare set of callipers to fully refurb as new, I got a spare set dirt cheap.

Joe# · Jun 1, 2014

Very slightly, but I out that down to the camber on the track at the time. Pads are glazed though.

I'll just refurb these ones Dan. My car very rarely moves during the week anyway to be honest.

Joe# · Jun 7, 2014

Headed down to Castle Combe on Friday night for French Car Show which was a good 3 hours each way for me. Had a good laugh and met some new faces which is always nice.

A friend took this in the drive down so I thought I'd post it up.

The new discs and pads turned up the other day from @G 172 (great service as always). So I'm just waiting for the rest of my bits to arrive from Bigg Red so I can sort the calipers out.

Jamie86 · Jun 8, 2014

Good to meet you yesterday!

Dan... · Jun 8, 2014

Spotted Joe,

FCS -26 by Dan Jenks, on Flickr

Can't believe this is the only Photography I took of yours - I think I was too busy drooling over how nice it is!

Joe# · Jun 8, 2014

Jamie86 said:
Good to meet you yesterday!

And you mate

@Dan... Haha, thanks for the photo.

Joe Hryszko · Jun 8, 2014

This thread makes me even more excited to pick up my RB on the 20th June! Lovely example Joe from a fellow Joe..

Easily the nicest RB I have ever seen!

TimR26 · Jun 8, 2014

Car looked good yesterday Joe, nice to meet you

DpDavies · Jun 8, 2014

Fair play joe, RB looks mint!! Love the setup and the thread

subbed!

George@RTR_Parts · Jun 8, 2014

Joe said:
The new discs and pads turned up the other day from @G 172 (great service as always).

No worries Joe, cheers mate. Car is looking tidy as usual

Jekyll · Jun 8, 2014

That drive-by pic is terrible quality! Lol

What colour are you doing the calipers?

nathdawg · Jun 8, 2014

Looking good mate

Joe# · Jun 9, 2014

Joe Hryszko said:
This thread makes me even more excited to pick up my RB on the 20th June! Lovely example Joe from a fellow Joe..

Easily the nicest RB I have ever seen!

Brilliant, I bet you can't wait!

Thanks, very high praise

TimR26 said:
Car looked good yesterday Joe, nice to meet you

You too mate, really like your R26.

DpDavies said:
Fair play joe, RB looks mint!! Love the setup and the thread subbed!

G 172 said:
No worries Joe, cheers mate. Car is looking tidy as usual

nathdawg said:
Looking good mate

Thanks guys

Dr Jekyll said:
That drive-by pic is terrible quality! Lol

What colour are you doing the calipers?

I know, it's not the best lol. It was just taken on his iPhone but the low level of light didn't help

Not sure yet, either silver or black. Do silver calipers show up brake dust much?

Christopher. · Jun 9, 2014

Was nice to meet you at the weekend mate. Car is awesome, reminds me of my old RB

Jekyll · Jun 9, 2014

Joe said:
I know, it's not the best lol. It was just taken on his iPhone but the low level of light didn't help

Not sure yet, either silver or black. Do silver calipers show up brake dust much?

I get pretty much zero brake dust on mine, however they are new discs and new road pads. I cant remember what pads your running.

Silver really freshens up the brakes but mine have discoloured already. Admittedly i didnt give them many heavy coats but it doesnt matter as some Hi-Spec 4pots are on the cards

Joe# · Jun 9, 2014

Christopher. said:
Was nice to meet you at the weekend mate. Car is awesome, reminds me of my old RB

You too mate

Dr Jekyll said:
I get pretty much zero brake dust on mine, however they are new discs and new road pads. I cant remember what pads your running.

Silver really freshens up the brakes but mine have discoloured already. Admittedly i didnt give them many heavy coats but it doesnt matter as some Hi-Spec 4pots are on the cards

DS2500's with Brembo HC discs. They aren't too bad for brake dust on the road, it's when I do trackdays.

I agree though, after seeing a few pictures on here they look really fresh painted silver. Ahh nice, very good choice

Jekyll · Jun 10, 2014

If you keep on top of them I don't think it'll be too bad tbh mate. Silver will look nice behind the f1's against the blue too.

My DS2500 used to be quite bad for brake dust on my old BG.

Joe Hryszko · Jun 10, 2014

Joe said:
Brilliant, I bet you can't wait!

Thanks, very high praise

Excited is an understatement, hope it looks like this

Joe# · Jun 10, 2014

Dr Jekyll said:
If you keep on top of them I don't think it'll be too bad tbh mate. Silver will look nice behind the f1's against the blue too.

My DS2500 used to be quite bad for brake dust on my old BG.

I suppose so. If they get to bad I'll just paint them black.

Joe Hryszko said:
Excited is an understatement, hope it looks like this

Ph1 Tom · Jun 10, 2014

DS2500 aren't bad on dust and it washes off easily.

Joe# · Jun 22, 2014

I managed to get my brakes all sorted yesterday. Last weekend I removed the calipers and took them round to Rob's to blow the pistons out.

Untitled by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Untitled by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Untitled by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Over the week I gave them both a thorough clean and painted them up. I thought I still had some left over silver VHT paint from my inlets, but couldn't find it anyway. So decided to still with black paint which I already had.

Completely forgot to take photo's yesterday when I was building them back up again, but I'll take a few in the week when I refit my PMS studs (yet again..) Bedded the pads in last night, and it feels good to have them up to scratch again

Untitled by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

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