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It's a bit of a waste of money Jozzo unless you intend to run over the 4efte's rev limit of 7300rpm....If you are though, do it

It isn't but it fits your bill once you get "everything" sorted out (and I mean the whole caboodle) ;) In that respects - I was supposed to receive "it" today, but no luck, and I'm leaving tomorrow Hopefully I get it before I leave to the airport tomorrow

Guru? Joz?? Meh - Six speed will fit his bill, but it's too short otherwise - don't get it on a notion of better motorway mileage, otherwise it's perfect for your plans Monsieur "Guru" ;)

wasn't saying my car was in comparison to the hatchbacks...though they actually are as we have a rear bulkhead and a smaller roof section...anyway. So as I iterated, the suspension turrets only flex in extreme situations, so you would only feel the braces, if at all, in extremis. The "Going fast to have great handling"....eh? A slow circuit isn't really going to tax a car - if anything, it'll tax the tyres chosen, how well a car gets power to the ground, and the agility of a car afforded by it's suspension settings and setup...Circuits that will tax a chassis/suspension are long fast tracks, with long high speed corners that undulate, perhaps off camber, and huge braking zones. Perhaps some bumps and jumps etc...so Nordschliefe for example ;) And yes - there is a great misconception about handling, take the Saxo thread - there are some people that say they "Handle Shit" with no-one caring to elaborate, yet the Saxo VTS/VTR was well reknowned for exemplarary handling....who am I going to believe, professionals in the Automotive Journalism Industry or...people voicing their typically uneducated own opinions on a forum

they came out awesome Markikins! Could you send me a link to the photos please or is that all of them there?

Ugh - perhaps the most overestimated estimation - yes, they are helpful and can provide an improvement in the driving dynamics in the vehicle, but beyond that, it'll be very hard to detect the difference. All well and good, a strut brace will help to stiffen a chassis, but the degree of it's extent is probably not even a 10th of a percent of the vehicles overall rigidity (a Rollcage that's been welded in typically achieves an 11% improvement in torsional rigidity of a chassis)...keep this in mind - a Strut brace reduces the movement of the Chassis strut towers. Now step back a second - these strut towers are designed to take the impact of everything the tyre drives over, surely a car manufacturer designing a chassis would have the strut towers in particular designed and built to restrict as much flexing as possible at the specified cost of chassis development? In that respect, any chassis "flex" only really occurs at very highly loaded situations, like in extreme cornering situations - and as such, any improvements (if detectable) would only be felt in EXTREME situations, not on a poncy little drive. And I'm talking about a trackday or along those lines....otherwise, god forbid those who drive a car with such a soft chassis ;)

sub-division of Wed Sports apparently

I know, I thought MY car was loud!

well the stock BOV plumbs back into the intake, and the fitting I have allows you to keep that function on the car otherwise you'll need to find a way of plugging up the connection

are you wanting to keep the recirculating function? If so I have the Adaptor for it! If you have the stick EFI Pipe & TMIC it should be very simple to fit

sorry to say the duvet and pillows have retired for the Winter Mikey, though the back should be clean enough, just a bit cold ;) I seem to have found out the cause of the rattle, though it's resolution will probably be a bit complex - the driver's side axle arm is loose over the Cusco Pillowball bush...hmm...

Sold honeybuns!! ohh my god!! - can't believe I'm actually considering doing them pink now...Argh! Perhaps do the SSR RS-8's in Pink instead (as I prefer to use those as trackday wheels)...what is a girl guy to do! *faints*

blue and yellow? 5-0? They should be so lucky

That's the issue - i'm hoping it's like Pembrey Sands, hey, if Top Gear can go round and act like "Yoofs", surely driving onto a beach for some photographs would be fine?

Got bored so I photoshopped my new wheels onto my car...now, I probably will go for a Satin Black center...but my god these have made the decision hard I especially love the gold, but it's too unsubtle/gaudy for me. I would do it for Track wheels, but...bah! Decisions, decisions, decisionsth! Jeesusth Christh

I put across an idea to Mikey the other day...ofcourse it was about photographs so he was interested Either way, I've never had any decent photos of my car, and after seeing a guy taking a picture of his Glanza on a beach in Ireland I got sold. So JAG, Gaz and anyone in the vicinity, what do you think of this? The one place I was thinking of is Camber Sands if you're allowed to drive up onto the beach? Would make for beautiful pictures there with the sand, and it would seem ideal for me - remind me of Saudi Arabia a bit! Though one of my many "missions" includes driving there and back...but anyway! I would say February time would be reasonable? No-one will be at the beaches then, should have some clear winter skies and whatnot!

tyres...or 4EFTE...hmm

ignore the Varis naysayers

sorry - thought he meant the Ecotek Valves *crawls back under nearest rock*

nothing, none, no that's answering all the questions They don't do anything, they just make a noise which boyracers instantly assumes, more power. All it does is disrupt the airflow of the brake booster Vacuum - how the hell is that going to affect ANYthing?!

indeed - with that manwhore, if there are Camera's around, he's bound to be infront of them

Cruise bumper - it's lightweight, and no-one else has done it

look like Black Racing RS-8 replica's

~ Update ~ Well I've spent the day yesterday up at my/ToyTuning's mechanics' place getting a few things done, namely: AE92 Corolla GTi seats FINALLY installed...had them laying around the house for about a year and a half now! Great seats, amazing amount of bolstering and adjustment for a) such an old seat and a standard seat and c) a Corolla seat! Just one issue...I'm 5'7" and I nearly touch the roof with my head Nevermind, their improvement over the previous cack is almost redeeming enough. Also put the Front Coilover plates the right way round so that I'm not running full Positive Camber...and wahey, I have grip again! Also removed the Powersteering pipes which has - no joke - transformed the steering further (as there's no liquid to push around now). Still have issues with rattling from "the rear"...which unfortunately ISN'T the panhard rod...so will need to get to the bottom of that...Pun, not really intended, but what the hey, I'll accept responsibility

mine is loud to the point of ungodliness since installing the Blitz Decat...but it's a nice sound so, meh, I don't care...much. The attention grabbingness is annoying though. And luckily it doesn't sound as Tractor-ish as the Starlet Exhaust systems do, just, a subdued and refined burble at idle-low revs...just, really loud.