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thegsi
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28th Dec 11 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know I know! To be honest I've had the bumper off 3 times already and I can't be bothered again for now!

Gone for HSD Coilovers
Graham88
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Looks lovely mate. So clean!
thegsi
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Coilovers...fitting this weekend



Ben J
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Stunning as always.

Get your garage swept out and floor painted.
thegsi
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OK.
DansCorsaSXi
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5th Jan 12 at 11:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh my..

How low you wanting it Jay,ideal for everyday use or on its arse?

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thegsi
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Neither

I don't use it everyday, rarely use it anyday!! but I don't want it slammed. Evo's look shit slammed. I think just get it nice a neat looking and then aggressive when I get my new wheels.
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Oh I thought it was your daily. My bad.

[Edited on 05-01-2012 by DansCorsaSXi]

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thegsi
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Haha don't be daft! I've done about 50 miles in 3 months in it!!
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Sweep your bloody garage out!! I'm sick of seeing those fuckng leaves. Piece of shit.
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quote:
Originally posted by thegsi
Haha don't be daft! I've done about 50 miles in 3 months in it!!


keep them miles down an not driveing it much means youl appreciate it more when do use it. like your thinking
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quote:
Originally posted by thegsi
Haha don't be daft! I've done about 50 miles in 3 months in it!!


I've never understood this about Evo owners lol. It's just an expensive ornament if you don't use it. The price of evos have dropped a good bit now so keeping the mileage down to keep the re sale prices high is a thing of the past. The money I paid for my Evo 8 fq a few years ago you can now pick up a nicely modded MR 8 or 9 for the same cash.
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Originally posted by thegsi
Haha don't be daft! I've done about 50 miles in 3 months in it!!


I've never understood this about Evo owners lol. It's just an expensive ornament if you don't use it. The price of evos have dropped a good bit now so keeping the mileage down to keep the re sale prices high is a thing of the past. The money I paid for my Evo 8 fq a few years ago you can now pick up a nicely modded MR 8 or 9 for the same cash.


He's exaggerating. It gets driven every weekend, properly too.
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That's what I like to hear
thegsi
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
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Originally posted by thegsi
Haha don't be daft! I've done about 50 miles in 3 months in it!!


I've never understood this about Evo owners lol. It's just an expensive ornament if you don't use it. The price of evos have dropped a good bit now so keeping the mileage down to keep the re sale prices high is a thing of the past. The money I paid for my Evo 8 fq a few years ago you can now pick up a nicely modded MR 8 or 9 for the same cash.


I don't not use it to aid the re-sale value. All cars lose money at some point. I don't use it much at the moment for obvious weather reasons. Once the sun starts making an appearance and shows and meets starts popping up, it'll be out a lot more Think I may have also inherited it from my Dad as he's had his 360 3 years now and has LITERALLY done less than 300 miles

[Edited on 07-01-2012 by thegsi]
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Update:

So we cracked on fitted my new brake pads and coilovers last weekend. Nice and simple and everything went well accept a few niggly things. This is how it stood prior to fitment:





Coilovers:



Ready to fit!





Nice new pillowball top mount:



Thats the front on:





One problem we had was the fork on the rear shock was a lot narrower than the standard shock. This meant we struggled to get it over the bush but with some grunting, we did it



Thats it for now....
DansCorsaSXi
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Front looks decent like that.

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Awesome car.

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thegsi
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Set it pretty much where I want it for now and got my mate to take a few rolling shots. Cheers Matt





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Love it Jay,looks awesome!

Any vids?

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thegsi
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I wanted Matt to done one for me but he moaned he was cold
NathanR
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This is amazing !
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loving that - amazing shocks too, are you having a proper geo set up or leaving as is?
thegsi
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quote:
Originally posted by N7 THD
loving that - amazing shocks too, are you having a proper geo set up or leaving as is?


Cheers mate. Yeh I've set the height and rates so just need to get it set up properly. I'm taking to the place where all the Driftworks team go so that'll be fun
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Such a step up from the corsa & Seat but as with all your cars it looks soo clean!!

Good to see your doing well anyways buddy

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