Hello thought id introduce myself. I'm Chris from Cleethorpes and I've recently purchased my 172 cup.
After coming from my Accord Type R and my BMW E36 328 sport . I was on the hunt for a hot hatch and got it set in my mind that a 172 cup was what I wanted. Also was looking to have a silver one so narrowing the list down even more. I found a blue one locally but it just wasn't any good it just looked like it hadn't been looked after and was in a right state.You know that when the owner is telling me over and over about the top speed of the thing and how many cars hes 'done' in it. So I just walked away.
After looking on the net I made a trip to the Essex area to have a look at my preferred colour choice of a silver cup, it ticked all the boxes for me. Body work in good condition, stacks of service history and a few modifications. Full cat back stealth exhaust and de-cat, some unknown coilovers, pollybushed dog mount and pipercross panel filter.
Its far from being mint but I'm happy with it. Future plans are to put standard new cup suspension on it with cook sport springs, I'm waiting for new brembo HC discs and DS2500 pads from G 172 to come which should be with me any day. Maybe a new steering wheel because for me it changes the way the car feel's. Other than that maybe some ad08 tyres and book my first track day. Cadwell park being very close me is ideal, I seem to be spending a lot of time there watching track days , I think i need to grow some and book one. I was there Thursday evening and there was a few users there. I'd ideally like a passenger ride first ,just so i know what to expect.
Any way cheers for reading , I must say this seems like one of the best forums I have been on.
Cheers Chris
After coming from my Accord Type R and my BMW E36 328 sport . I was on the hunt for a hot hatch and got it set in my mind that a 172 cup was what I wanted. Also was looking to have a silver one so narrowing the list down even more. I found a blue one locally but it just wasn't any good it just looked like it hadn't been looked after and was in a right state.You know that when the owner is telling me over and over about the top speed of the thing and how many cars hes 'done' in it. So I just walked away.
After looking on the net I made a trip to the Essex area to have a look at my preferred colour choice of a silver cup, it ticked all the boxes for me. Body work in good condition, stacks of service history and a few modifications. Full cat back stealth exhaust and de-cat, some unknown coilovers, pollybushed dog mount and pipercross panel filter.
Its far from being mint but I'm happy with it. Future plans are to put standard new cup suspension on it with cook sport springs, I'm waiting for new brembo HC discs and DS2500 pads from G 172 to come which should be with me any day. Maybe a new steering wheel because for me it changes the way the car feel's. Other than that maybe some ad08 tyres and book my first track day. Cadwell park being very close me is ideal, I seem to be spending a lot of time there watching track days , I think i need to grow some and book one. I was there Thursday evening and there was a few users there. I'd ideally like a passenger ride first ,just so i know what to expect.
Any way cheers for reading , I must say this seems like one of the best forums I have been on.
Cheers Chris
