Fad
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70k.....Not the way you attack Quary mate 
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Gavin have you got any of them high vis jackets yet?
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by Fad]
Havent had any luck with sourcing any on the sly
All I have found so far are some in tescos for £6.85
Im off to do my last bit of shopping tomorow
What does the car need for europe?
hi vis jacket
warning triangle
Do I need a fire extinguisher?
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
standard 
TGM Motorsport told me good for 70k 
Fingers crossed
I have been told by numerous places that OEM honda clutches are ace. long lasting and upto 300bhp for the EP3 one 
Uprateds can handle more power but need replacing at about half the time of the OEM ones
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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drbeansri
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hi vis jackets from screw fix are about £3.50 each.. 
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Andy Stocker
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Spare bulb kit as well
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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Remeber the GB stickers aswell...
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gavin18787
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ive got the uk plates with the blue so im ok
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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jr
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24HR Today, well at 4pm, we should enter enter year will
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luciaadr
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Hi Vis jackets in poundland in bexleyheath!
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Ojc
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Right, we got an issue. These Yellowstuff pads are fucking shite I need rid.
Anyone know people that stock Mintex 1144? ASAP
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Get some Ferodo DS2500s instead Ollie.
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Ojc
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Don't want them and I don't think you can get them for the Astra anyway.
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Right, we got an issue. These Yellowstuff pads are fucking shite I need rid.
Anyone know people that stock Mintex 1144? ASAP
Get DS2500's
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broster
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2500's are a great pad
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Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Right, we got an issue. These Yellowstuff pads are fucking shite I need rid.
Anyone know people that stock Mintex 1144? ASAP
Yellows will need a lot of heat to get them working will they not. Will feel garbage round the town but I'm sure they will get working at speed..
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CorsAsh
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Just got back over here yesterday, weather is ace for driving, hope it holds out for you guys.
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Right, we got an issue. These Yellowstuff pads are fucking shite I need rid.
Anyone know people that stock Mintex 1144? ASAP
Yellows will need a lot of heat to get them working will they not. Will feel garbage round the town but I'm sure they will get working at speed..
Nope, they got hot earlier and they were useless. Verging on dangerous. I've spoke to Dave Pearce @ DAP and he has said that the only Astra VXR that caught him out was one with Yellowstuff pads, he said I'd be better off getting my OE pads back on 
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lee303
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the yellows may just need a hard bedding in olly, but tbh, if you have no confidence in them just swap for peace of mind, www.raceparts.co.uk stock mintex
as for me, amazingly car is loaded, i have also fitted new pads which seem to be a touch big for the caliper so may neeed a fettle, but other than that, ready to go, not long now, proper excited!!
so excited i also fitted a new sticker, just because i found it, got to be worth a tenth or two lmao
see you there!
[Edited on 23-05-2009 by lee303]
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Ojc
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I might do a few more long hard braking session, motorway slips roads etc. But from what I'm hearing from those in the know these pads are useless in the Astra due to the weight of the car.
In light weight cars they are a lot better.
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Paul_J
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^^ Awesome nova
I've just returned from Jamsport... 4 words...
Jamie - Is - A - Legend.
He's setup my coilovers superbly. So much better now, basically what I was hoping for from the start. No roll, plenty of grip, more progressive control, nice low ride height and it's nicely damped so doesn't shatter your teeth on the road THANKS JAMSPORT.
Plus, Jamie took me out in my own car Holy shit, it was bloody amazing... He was drifting it sideways on roundabouts past other traffic... they were giving looks like 'what the fuck?' - then he was drifting it continuely around a roundabout in circles, once again great car control!
I really need to learn to drive RWD a lot better. I find when the rear lets go I'm giving too much correction. Need to find a nice empty roundabout to practice on or buy a shitter mx5 and learn with it, then sell it.
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I might do a few more long hard braking session, motorway slips roads etc. But from what I'm hearing from those in the know these pads are useless in the Astra due to the weight of the car.
In light weight cars they are a lot better.
Have you bedded them in correctly?
My Ds2500's come with instructions for bedding in... I think it says 'In the pitlane do 10 stops from 60mph down to 0 mph hard braking. Then 10 stops from about 90 mph down to 20 mph hard braking'. Then go race.
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Ojc
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No instructions given. Go steady for the first 250 miles, then start smashing the brakes on and fuck the tyres up.
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Paul_J
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nah... if they're anything like ds2500's they'll be shit if you go steady for first 250 miles...
Basically what stops you is the brake pad material getting on the discs and forming a layer to work against.
Follow my advice.. do it with short 30 second interval or so inbetween the braking hard.
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lee303
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
Have you bedded them in correctly?
My Ds2500's come with instructions for bedding in... I think it says 'In the pitlane do 10 stops from 60mph down to 0 mph hard braking. Then 10 stops from about 90 mph down to 20 mph hard braking'. Then go race.
thats the way i bed pads in, are the discs new? you can sometimes get pads that dont like to work on discs that have had other pads on due to compound residue on the disc, nomally only when going from carbon based pads though
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Ojc
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Yep, new 16 groove discs which I've now been told are pretty useless as well. Better off with 4-6 grooves.
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