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I've got the very lightly worn OEM discs and pads for sale that came off my car earlier this year. The pads all have around 7mm of pad material left on them and the discs have only a very slight lip (too slight for me to get a measurement). The discs have some surface corrosion as they've been sat in my garage but will clean up easily enough. I'm looking for £100 for the set of 4 discs and pads. Collection only as they weigh so much. I am based on the West Midlands / Staffordshire boarder but I'm also regularly up and down to Bedford and Tewkesbury so happy to arrange to meet up too. Pictures are below. Any questions please ask.

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Failing that just waste their time and hope they'll eventually realise you're not worth a call? I used to just keep replying with 'I'm sorry, I don't speak English'. They soon get fed up.

Then really you shouldn't be getting that many calls. Maybe speak to TPS and see what they say?

Telephone preference service is still probably your best bet. The details of your accident have probably been sold on to a company that then sells them to these accident chasers. Tracking down all these companies individually is probably going to be nigh on impossible but joining the TPS means unsolicited companies shouldn't phone you.

For the torque dip a map will help but a good manifold is needed to remove it. The Tuning Developments one already mentioned seems to give the best, consistency in removing the dip. Speak to @Mike@TD.co.uk

They probably don't know anything about your accident to be honest. I used to get these calls all the time and have never had an accident! I opted in to the telephone preference service which stopped most of them. There is still one company that occasionally (now illegally) calls me so I just waste their time if I can be bothered (agree I've had an accident and then when asked to recount the details run through scenes from things like Fast and Furious. It usually takes them a while to cotton on) or I just hang up.

The general consensus of opinion was that they don't give anywhere near what was claimed and that your better off with a good manifold, tune and drop in air filter.

I might be being really stupid here but won't most of the software, etc mentioned that monitors from Obd not work anyway for boost as the car won't have boost measuring capability as standard due to being na? I'd have thought an actual plumbed in boost gauge would be needed?

Join us at the Bedford day on April 9th?

For about 4 years now I've used Whiteline camber adjustable rear bushes to get the camber I wanted at the rear (about -2°)and they've been really good as they've basically been fit and forget. I have kept my eye on LCA's though as they are obviously much easier should you wish to make any adjustments. I knew if I was going to get some I wanted some with the same quality materials used in the likes of the SPL or Velox ones but, as the bushes were doing the job for me, it wasn't something I was in a rush for. While doing some research I came across the Voodoo 13 LCA's. These use the same quality billet aluminium and fittings as SPL and Velox, have the necessary fitting for the headlight adjuster and have three positions for attaching the arb and damper allowing you to effectively increase or decrease the arb rate and the motion ratio for the suspension so effectively allowing you to stiffen or soften the damper. The thing that really caught my eye with the Voodoo 13's is that the design incorporates 18mm of lowering. This means I can raise my suspension back up by 18mm while still keeping the ride height I currently run. This will allow me to regain some of the travel I have lost through lowering on the rear dampers. I spoke to Moton about this and they agreed it would be beneficial to the ride quality and bump absorption. The stumbling block was that Voodoo 13 are a US company and so by the time I'd added in shipping costs, VAT and import duty the costs became excessive so I gave up on that idea. A few weeks later though I saw that Amber Performance were now stocking the Voodoo 13 stuff so a few messages later with @James@Amber and a set were ordered which arrived today and should hopefully be being fitted in the second week of April when the cars having its alignment and corner weighting done. A few pictures below:- They're a lovely looking thing in person and almost seem too nice to hide away under the car!

If you're going to change bushings, etc to this extent then I doubt a little extra NVH is a major concern. It's hardly as though the 86 is the last word in refinement anyway is it 😂

The spl's don't have the lowering built in unfortunately. The adjustments on the SPL are for altering the damper mounting point and so motion ratio and for the arb mounting point allowing it to be made effectively softer or stiffer. The Voodoo 13's have this too but also the Voodoo 13's 'body' is shaped differently to the SPL arms which is what gives the lowering.

From the research I've done (but I'm happy to be corrected) the pros of the arms are that they are easy to fit, easy to adjust and have a larger range of adjustment if you're intending to slam it. The cons are cost and I have read a few suggestions that the alignment needs doing more often as the bolts for setting it get loosened by road vibrations, etc. The pros of the bushes are they're cheaper to buy, remove some slop from the standard bushes and are basically fit and forget as I haven't seen anyone posting that they've come loose and lost the alignment. The cons are they're more difficult to fit, more difficult to set initially (make sure you get ones like the Whiteline ones which are adjusted on the car) and don't give the same range of adjustment you'd need if you were to slam the car. To be honest I think both are a good solution and if your looking at something like the Eibach/Whiteline arms the costs probably end up quite similar overall including fitting. Only the increased travel these arms give has made me purchase a set as the bushes have been fine for my needs.

Same for me. The bushes basically just allowed me to even the two sides up.

Cheers @DanJ - I didn't know such things existed so I'll try and have a look and see if I can find any 👍

Have you considered just going with the Whiteline camber bushes? I've used them in a very similar way to how you have said you'll be and have had no problems at all for the 4 years they've been on. Once the camber is set on them they really do seem to be fit and forget. They're cheaper to buy but a little more expensive to fit but they do have the added benefit of taking a bit of slop out of the rear due to replacing the bushing.

Depending on how you want the wheels to sit you may want to look at something more like a 35 mm offset to sit them out in the arch a little more.

@Minion it's a good point about the spherical bearings. I have them on my suspension and haven't had any issues so far so fingers crossed they'll be OK on these too. The Voodoo 13 spherical rod ends are also self-sealing and self lubricated because of the nylon/ptfe injection moulded race (apparently) that is supposed to keep out dirt and debris so hopefully that will help too. I haven't seen any problems reported by those running the SPL arms either so I'm taking that as a good sign! 😁

@Mark@Abbey M/S offered a soft throttle map so it should be possible.

It's rearranged due to the recent snow so being on a Monday is a one off

I think usually you'll have a base map, do some logging and then it'll be tweeked as necessary. The cable rental isn't too expensive if you can't get one from a friend

@Mark Gillam at Abbey Motorsport do remote maps and also have a loaner EcuTek cable you can rent

It'd sit 12mm near enough closer to the arch so it'd be better than stock but not as good as something like an 8" wide et35 wheel would be as was mentioned earlier.

What is the weight out of interest?