Sir_Dave's Trophy. 1 x Miley Shed.

[*Clare*]

Re: Trophy #433

Its like a bus steering wheel lol, but i <3 my airbag ....

Retrim in leather would be lovely, but im not entirely sure which direction i'm taking it in at the moment, i keep getting sidetracked by german things.

I have my 182 steering wheel in the cupboard gathering dust, thumb grips intact!! Nice price..
Or I expect Ollie will push you towards an omp one!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

182 Steering wheel, thumb grips in tact, Oh RLY.

Bring it to Snet if you like & ill have a look

 

[ForceIndia]

Re: Trophy #433

197 wheel would be decent. No smaller, but higher quality and dished so it's closer iirc. Get to keep your airbag and cruise buttons etc.

 

[Vish]

Re: Trophy #433

Looking good!

 

[Ollie82.]

Re: Trophy #433

I have my 182 steering wheel in the cupboard gathering dust, thumb grips intact!! Nice price..
Or I expect Ollie will push you towards an omp one!

Thumb grips are spotless.......just depends on whether you can put up with the rest of the wheel. Meltfail.

 

[ronnie1]

Re: Trophy #433

Looks quality this, any pics of you on Snett?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Looks quality this, any pics of you on Snett?

Oh yus :approve: Blooming brilliant day out btw, the Trophy is a very very good car straight out of the box, only problem was understeer on the tightest corners, but hey on normal (& melted PE2's) its not really surprising lol ...

Done 4k in the past month doing 'Ring - Furka - San Bernadino - Stelvio passes - Lake Garda - Bordeaux - Lands End as well & as per usual, its performed faultlessly!!

As such, with my 90 day commute as well, i've put about 11k on it since June, so its for sale, to buy something more suitable for 3k a month :dapprove:

Not all is lost though, roll on project 'FailTrophy' ...

 

[Rob]

Re: Trophy #433

FailTrophy, pray tell...

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

FailTrophy, pray tell...

<<<

 

[Rob]

Re: Trophy #433

Details, fool!


Trophy looks well at home on track though

 

[Budgie]

Re: Trophy #433

PMSL. He may have bought another. :x

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Oh hai x

:approve:

 

[Gaz_]

Re: Trophy #433

what?!

 

[b33fy172]

Re: Trophy #433

Greedy git!!!!!

 

[EllD90]

Re: Trophy #433

The trophy that has already been to infinity and beyond! Reckon you'll get the Trophy to 200k pretty easily!

 

[Budgie]

Re: Trophy #433

The trophy that has already been to infinity and beyond! Reckon you'll get the Trophy to 200k pretty easily!

Easily. Apparently, it drives like a 60k miler!

 

[Gaz_]

Re: Trophy #433

ah cheap and cheerful, get ya now!

 

[Ollie82.]

Re: Trophy #433

Dave is from now on known as Dave "TwoTrophies" Johns.....because one just doesn't cut it.

 

[*Clare*]

Re: Trophy #433

I cant keep up with you and your cars Dave... Your as bad as a women with handbags!!!!

 

[Hixle]

Re: Trophy #433

LOL at owing another - hero status reached

PS. I spy Turini's on track. I could swear that you bought a set of 15's purely for Snett, lol?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

LOL at owing another - hero status reached

PS. I spy Turini's on track. I could swear that you bought a set of 15's purely for Snett, lol?

Why thank you lol

Re: the 15's, you're right i did buy some Pro Race 1.2's that i was supposed to use on track, but in the end i thought it would be a better idea to kill the front two PE2's on the Turini's as they were only on 2mm .... have some replacements on the way now, so any new owner will have very good PE2's all round

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Just found some more pics of both my rainy hour at the 'ring & the day at Snetterton

Bit wet

R26 thing, nice handling, but they all sounded like dervs. Do not want.

An Integra (on R888's), about to be overtaken

Having just gone flying past a GTR (probably):

 

[ForceIndia]

Re: Trophy #433

I was always hugely impressed by the Trophy in the wet.

 

[Budgie]

Re: Trophy #433

PMSL at Sarah looking at the camera.

Also, driver with a helmet, passenger without? Tut tut.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

I was always hugely impressed by the Trophy in the wet.

I'm just hugely impressed with it generally tbh, fantastic car straight out the box!! Just needs a little more stiffness at the rear on track, so that you can bring the back end into play a little more .... hence the need for adjustable Koni's on the next one.

PMSL at Sarah looking at the camera.

Also, driver with a helmet, passenger without? Tut tut.

Ha ha, she will actually hate me putting that picture up, 2 seconds previously she had uttered 'oh look, theres a cameraman over there' ... neither of us had helmets on though, i just have big hair :dapprove:

 

[Budgie]

Re: Trophy #433

PMSL! That's the DaveFro?!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

And then there was two

First impressions are very good, & it drives pretty much exactly the same as the other one. Couple of minor issues, ie some of the dash lights are broken (inc. the dimmer), the wing mirrors vibrate like mad & it stinks of cigarette smoke, but hey, not bad for the money

Plans are to sell the original Trophy - as i was worried about putting millions of miles in it - then either use the 'new' one for everything, or maybe buy a derv for day to day ...

Either way, i bought these on a complete whim last week in preparation, & oh my god they are just made of s3x/WIN/epicness!! Well, actually its handmade carbon fibre, covered with alcantara & leather, but hey, WIN is close enough :approve: 5.1kg each ...

They're Cobra Technology Evolutions btw, complete with Aluminium side mounts.

Hope you like :star:

 

[Budgie]

Re: Trophy #433

Awesome x 1million.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Re: Trophy #433

Those seats are amazing!!!!!!!!

I want

 

[Eddyg]

Re: Trophy #433

Love it dave! Neighbours commented on having 2 yet? Which exhaust is on the new one as well looks different.
Seats look awsome as well

 

[daveski]

Re: Trophy #433

Those seats are awesome.

 

[Jonny1*2]

Re: Trophy #433

Nice mate. New one looks like it's got a BTB on it from that pic.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Love it dave! Neighbours commented on having 2 yet? Which exhaust is on the new one as well looks different.
Seats look awsome as well

Cheers! Nah, neighbours havent moaned yet (give it time though lol), although my work colleagues asked me why i hadnt picked up my new car - didnt even notice the difference. Mind you, you'd need hawkeyes to notice the different wheels/lack of splitter, unless you're a clio geek of course

Nice mate. New one looks like it's got a BTB on it from that pic.

Oh yus, its got a BTB :approve: Looks fantastic, but is rather a lot noisier than the Ktec Ultra on the other one... sounds awesome when thrashing, but a bit droney on the motorway

 

[Jonny1*2]

Re: Trophy #433

Cheers! Nah, neighbours havent moaned yet (give it time though lol), although my work colleagues asked me why i hadnt picked up my new car - didnt even notice the difference. Mind you, you'd need hawkeyes to notice the different wheels/lack of splitter, unless you're a clio geek of course



Oh yus, its got a BTB :approve: Looks fantastic, but is rather a lot noisier than the Ktec Ultra on the other one... sounds awesome when thrashing, but a bit droney on the motorway

Yeah they are loud. They quieten down when you get to around 4000 rpm just for reference. Sound awersome from outside though. You got it decatted?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Yeah they are loud. They quieten down when you get to around 4000 rpm just for reference. Sound awersome from outside though. You got it decatted?

Nah, still got the cat in at the mo, god knows what it would be like with a de-cat lol!!

 

[Ollie82.]

Re: Trophy #433

Those seats are utter p**n.

When do we get to start removing/refitting stuff??

 

[Jamesstone]

Re: Trophy #433

Look smart mate, how much they set you back?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Re: Trophy #433

Those seats are utter p**n.

When do we get to start removing/refitting stuff??

Soon, my young(ish), padawan, soon ...

Look smart mate, how much they set you back?

Cheers James! Any ideas if i can mount the side mounts to a standard clio subframe in any way, so that i can retain some adjustability, & height - im a dwarf remember & dont like to sit on the floor like you lot lol.

The seats are £1300 each new. Now I didnt pay that, but they were expensive enough for Sarah to be fairly unimpressed, especially when im supposed to be saving for a house, etc :slap:

 

[Revels]

Re: Trophy #433

When are you going to buy a car that isn't pink?

 

[ForceIndia]

Re: Trophy #433

I'm just hugely impressed with it generally tbh, fantastic car straight out the box!! Just needs a little more stiffness at the rear on track, so that you can bring the back end into play a little more .... hence the need for adjustable Koni's on the next one.

Have you not tried the whiteline ARB yet?