Lowe

Welcome. Best colour too

I had several experiences like this before I eventually bought my car. The ‘prep’ work (or rather lack of) that many dealers thought they could get away with was frankly shocking.

Amazon. And they’re all Chinese.

Rust under the front bonnet weather seal?

Gearbox linkage rattle at 5k RPM+. Most cars do this but some are way worse than others.

Snag is I can’t deal with bronze, something about it doesn’t work for me. I know what you mean about tyre shine, but I have some special stuff that stays black - it’s only really winter where it’d look bad and to be honest I’d probably go back to stock wheels over winter.

Not planning on spacers since they’ll be a bit wider than stock even with a guessed 48 ET. And yes, will be refurbed before fitting - I think grey on grey might be a bit too err... dull. But that said the stock wheels are grey on the inside and it’s not too bad I suppose. Tricky one imho. I’m going for a black/carbon look.

So a bit of an update. 40k service has been and gone. Rich/Gary at RRG Macclesfield did their magic just before Xmas. My rear seat button is being passed on to Toyota GB for their insight, it's been refitted but the leather underneath is stretched and damaged. It's not really that noticeable but is does kinda set my OCD off... I'm awaiting their response via Rich. In other news, I saw puddle projectors on eBay a while back and wasn't sure what to make of them - in the end I bought a set to try. I've not managed to set them up properly yet, they need adjusting to make the logo circular. But for now I do kinda like them in a chavy kind of way. I've taken to calling them 'w**ker' lights. The parts bin has been steadily building up. Firstly, I picked up some carbon winglets for a good price. I tried fitting them, but wasn't happy with the way they went on, and they felt pretty loose so have taken them off for now. When the weather's better (drier) and I've got more time I'll try and get them installed again. With it being Christmas the other half was asking what I wanted. I was really after some money towards an exhaust but never thought for a moment she'd actually go and get me one! In the next few days a Cobra resonated cat back will be on the way. Pleased. Final update, more for the parts bin. I've been searching for a set of lightweight Rays (either TE37's or CE28) for a long time. Ideally I wanted 17", but I came across a set of CE28's in 18x8 at a price which frankly I couldn't turn down. After a 7 hour round trip these beauties are mine: Two are pretty much mint, two have some light kerbing. Longer term I'll get them refurbed in black. The tyres aren't that good - lots of tread but budget brands. I'll need to sort this as and when funds allow - another member has offered me some part worn Yokohama's to get me going but with these unforeseen purchases, Xmas and now my insurance being due I need to hang fire and see how much money I have free - chances are not enough right now! Tomorrow I'll give Lucas at Partbox a ring. Need to see how much spigots are, and I've also heard I can't use the standard wheel nuts with these wheels. Once I've got this lined up, the tyres bought/wheels refurbed it'll be time to find a garage, empty the parts bin and get it all fitted. I think it'll be quite the transformation when done!

I’m guessing you meant ship 😂

She's decided to give me some money haha!

The missus is on at me for Xmas ideas and tbh I'm pretty much sorted for everything. Anything I do really want for the 86 is either silly money or really silly money haha! So, what's 'reasonable' money that I can point the wife to? Been thinking of some smoked side repeaters but they're bloomin' impossible to get hold of. Anyone know of anywhere that does those?

I'd thought about that but kinda got my eye on the Grimmspeed stuff to match my intake. I'm wondering if I can convince her to just put some money toward a Cobra resonated haha!

Made contact via Facebook, not in stock until the new year. Mods close please

https://www.amber-performance.co.uk/product.php?xProd=25614 Smoked side markers - as above, any in stock? Any cheeky club discount? Cheers

Hah, I recently did the gearbox mount - the noise has driven me insane, it’s coming out next week 😂

That's a bit concerning since I was considering a gloss black roof. Odd!

This is exactly what single press of TC is for 👍🏻

Had the 40k service the other day - that's two services (due to mileage) and I've not owned the car 12 months yet! Car came out with a clean bill of heath, my rear tyres have lost 1mm since the last service and my rear brake pads only have 5mm left - I appear to be using the rear brakes more than the front, oops... As ever RRG were superb. Great friendly welcome, my car feels great after a little bit of fettling and the price ended up being less than quoted. Honestly as far as dealerships are concerned I've not come across one better regardless of manufacturer. Happy customer!

Not strictly true - bit of a misunderstanding with 'run in'. It's not like an engine where if you go too hard you'll do damage. It's more of a case of the voice coil from the factory is stiff and won't move as freely as one that's been used. Because of this stiffness the speaker will sound slightly different - tweeters a little harsh and woofers slightly lacking in depth. This improves with use - in fact with the studio speakers I use at work they can take over 100 hours before we 'trust' them. I typically find a room that's not in use, point a pair at one another, wire one out of phase and fire pink noise off for the whole weekend!

This with knobs on. I went for the Grimmspeed and one of the reasons (alongside it not buggering up the AFR) I went for it was due to not having to remove the bumper. It sags with age, and they never quite fit right once removed. Not worth the ball ache imho. Also re. noise - mine's quieter than the stock sound generator!

That was the theory, however as ever the UK implementation of the technology is cr*p. The bitrate for quite a few stations is 64kbps mono using a MP2 codec. The best is Radio 3 which is 160. The primary advantage is the choice - there’s many more stations than FM, but the payoff is in quality. Luckily for Mark he’s got the best of both worlds - winning 👍🏻

Win win then. No point for me - can’t hear it over my gearbox 😂

Personally I can't deal with DAB - the loss of quality over FM does my nut in.

Looking good! Tried tailing you for a while but a numpty cut me up and then wouldn't move out the outside lane...

Yeah but to be fair 3 years is nothing. Mine were 10+ years old