DannyB
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Black definately, mine look really good in person in black. £50 is a good price, I paid £80 with 2 tyres 
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gavin18787
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and they are speedline which is what I wanted and only had to go five mins up the road 
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DannyB
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Bargain definately, I just sold my raptors for £100 too so that has paid for the new wheels.
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gavin18787
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nice
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AlexW
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White, be cool imo
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gavin18787
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Went same colour as my road wheels and kept the lip. Not a 100% good job but I was keeping it cheap as they are only track wheels 
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DannyB
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They look good mate
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gavin18787
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ta mate car is booked in with kris-b of saxp fame to get the rear beam sorted and new ball joints etc so should be 100% for oulton park
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DannyB
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what rae your next plans then, you stripping it fully?caged?
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gavin18787
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no just get it working 100% 
when its working I love it as it is. Only thing I may change is get some slightly stiffer lower springs if something comes up before the rear beam booking.
But need to see if the 205's with the semi slicks rub at all -35mm first which is what it currently is.
So when the rear beam is fixed and the front suspension doesnt sound like its going to fall off il be happy
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DannyB
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What about engine mods or are you leaving that? I was suprised just how quick mine is with the 16v but already thinking about tb's for next year some time.
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gavin18787
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goes well enough and im keeping this a fairly cheap project as it will probably be sold soon.
I like the power curve it has at the moment as it pulls really well low down so is easy to drive fast
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gavin18787
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Right good bit of progress happened over the last few days.
Firstly it was off to Kris-b who is the warren g of the french car forums to get my rear beam refurbed
All went smoothly except pressing in the new stub pins was a fucking cunt of a job 
new pins
Shouldnt really be impressed by sticks of steel but the finish and engineering on them is bloody good. need to be for £70
No fitting pics as I didnt take a camera with me.
Fitted my new pads this weekend. Greenstuffs were in a bad way and were melted to the calipers 
DS2500 feel so much more solid through the pedal already
Going to keep an eye on the calipers though as some pads seem to have worn more then others. Although it stops straight as an arrow
Old v new
New in
You can see the variety in wear here
Then I checked that my track wheels fitted ok without issues. As they have chunkier tyres on
Only slight issue is a slight bit of rub on the caliper and balancing weights
Reckon it will be alright if just left to wear down?
Looks like a tractor in 50 profiles
On a bit of a slightly less good note when I had the rear beam rebuilt we took the rear plastic out the arches and found a little gift
Pulled off all the insulation and loose bits and was left looking like this
Can see its actually gone through in one place where my finger is. So need to find someone friendly with a welder
Coverered in in hammerite for the time been
So ready to roll for oulton park now
May change the fluid if I get time but its not essential as it was fine last time
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AndyCorsaSport
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Love those new wheels, id have them as road and the VTS as track.
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brebaz
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to sort out the rubbin couldnt you take the sticky balence weights off the inside and put the ones on that clip on the outside of the rim? car looks nice mate 
[Edited on 27-10-2010 by brebaz]
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Graham88
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They are some sexy tyres! Looking good Gav. Shame about the rust, but looks easy enough to sort.
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marklawton
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looking good. see you at oulton park, iam going to watch, its an awesome track, you will love it
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Love those new wheels, id have them as road and the VTS as track.
Tempted by it but I couldnt be arsed to pay for 8 tyres to be changed
oem sleeper look ftw, although the vts wheels do need a new coat of paint as they are a bit chipped. Will do this after the winter.
Mark see you there, feel free for a passanger ride
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gavin18787
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Just a quick post oulton update
Car performed very well. only issue been a bit of noise coming from the rear beam now which isnt good as its only just been re-built Only about 1mm of play in the passanger wheel though so might just been something like a loose arb. Heres hoping anyway.
Think it looks good on its track wheeels though, Got a few good snaps of it courtesy of Doug and steve
Was a first outing for these and was very impressed at the grip that the semi slicks offered Did a bit of elise hunting in a dry spell on track
Also just won a set of lower arms with poly bushes on ebay. Hopefully they will improve the fronts "loose" feel. As the rubbers and ball joints are split and perrished on the current ones so need doing asap. So I will whack these on once I man up to go out in the cold
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gavin18787
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Right so today I took some Man up pills and went out in the cold to fit my new lower arms and poly bushes
Not what you want to see
Anyway lots of tea was drank to keep warm and they were on
Did get caught by the neighbour C'ing and F'ing under the car with a crow bar attacking the ball joints Been an 80 year old she wasnt impressed
Anyway all in and nice new purple colour scheme
No wonder the others were noisey all the joints and bushes were fecked
Drives alot tighter now
Just need to take more man up pills next weekend and change the brake fluid then im good for brands if its not snowed off
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Ian
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Always nice when you do a bush change to have a good wobble on the old ones, makes it all worthwhile
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gavin18787
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aye its amaziing what bits of rubber do
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DannyB
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Nice work
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gez bay
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looking good gav!
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gavin18787
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Cheers lads
Will give it a proper drive tomorow on the way to work. Hopefully its cured all the weird noises
Should I get the tracking checked or will this have not moved it about?
[Edited on 28-11-2010 by gavin18787]
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