Adriank

Great job there mate. Inspiration for me to get a clay bar on my car once the weather picks up. No garage for me to work in unfortunately.

How can they run a garage and not have biccies? Its a staple diet for a mechanic, tea and biccies. Maybe its a northern thing Strange as it may seem these mechanics Work! they are always busy, barely have time to drink tea no matter about eating biccies! I however do like them myself so ill try and get some to take, Tom might appreciate it too. Garibaldi's Make great dunkers ! OK OK, ill put them on my shopping list, the things i do to keep you lot happy

Welcome mate, im sure you will find a lot of help here if needed.

How can they run a garage and not have biccies? Its a staple diet for a mechanic, tea and biccies. Maybe its a northern thing Strange as it may seem these mechanics Work! they are always busy, barely have time to drink tea no matter about eating biccies! I however do like them myself so ill try and get some to take, Tom might appreciate it too.

If you really want biccies, i can bring some along :-p

I like it mate looks great, just wondering why you painted the carbon splitter? If you wanted to paint it wouldn't it of been cheaper to get the FRP one? The door handles look great, been thinking about doing mine, but not so sure they would look as good orange!

Indeed fleet is about a mile down the road, lots of food places there. If i can nab a lift martin, could pop down there when my cars being done They can make a mean cuppa at TGM tho!

LOL hes not the sort to hold a grude over 2 bolts. Be worth getting a quote from them, all the work i have seen them do has been top notch, and if you know them already theres some trust/experience there that i think pays out in the end.

I'm agreeing with you atm Chris, i have the Carbon Ceramic type Dixcel pads, and in this cold icy/wet weather they dont perform all that well. Never hit them hard enough to get any heat in them / pad on the discs. On the plus side tho, even with all this slow braking, no squeal or anything which is a plus.

I'd avoid anything from EBC myself, ive only ever heard bad things, pads disintigrating and the discs warping/cracking. The ferodo pads are meant to be good, i also rate the Dixcel ones i have and mintex make some great pads too. Spend a bit more, its your safety at stake aswell!

Think i will wait and see if you muster up a tunnel run in the summer!

Only the 06 onwards ones, im Glad i got an 05 now! Also from what i have read the loder engine has the most torque and therefore in daily driving is the best of the 3 to have. also next to no performance difference between any of the 3 types of engine, dont worry about the numbers mate!

Welcome to the forum mate, how wierd that we were mates all those years ago! Hope to see the car on saturday more than just a flash as you go past!

I am well tempted, but the Nismo helps in that respect, the sound from that is none to shabby as it is. I am thinking i will need sports CAT's to go with the 5Zigen tho, i want it LOUD.

ok a few of us will be there on the day, pturbo is coming down with me aswell. If anyone else fancies it let me know / whack a post in here, aiming for a meet up at around 10am.

As i say im sure he'd be up for something like that, can discuss with him when you lot come down! If you all can get down fairly early, will leave you plenty of time afterwards if you want to do your bits yourself...

All this talk of exhausts and 5Zigen is getting me excited about having mine fitted, hurry up Spring! I LOVE it, but am not putting it on till they stop gritting!

Right spoken to tom he has a LOT of work on sat he has fitted me in as an extra favour (i didnt know this till i spoke to him!) He is happy for you guys to pop down and have a chat with him, and he said he'd be happy to sort out some club prices for you if you did so. Let me know if you plan to be down, be good to see as many of you as can make it. More of you turn up the more interested im sure he will be on doing a club deal. I'm fairly sure we could get the garagefor the day on a weekend if a few wanted work doing at the same time. Adrian

OK, so you guys would both like brake lines fitted on Sat? I will ask, as martin_W would like them to fit a short shifter aswell, i dont know how much they will be able to do! I'll give them a call and let you know.

Is that what you are having done next week? We are near Fleet, be interested to know how you get on. No not having the exhaust done until they stop gritting, its so shiny! If your interested in hearing a few exhausts, pop along to one of our local meets, might helkp you to decide.

i might pop up to this one, got some friends in bath could combine the trip with seeing them.

OK well IMO then, i have a Nismo currently, easy exhaust to live with daily, but not loud enough, i have a 5Zigen Miracle Fireball to go on which will be a fair bit louder and more to my taste hopefully.

Depends on what we do about over night stays that sort of thing, I'd imagine a minimum of £300 tho.

Well as Chris mentioned it i thought i'd post this up for you local guys down south! I am having some bits fitted there next sat 17/01/09 in the morning, if any of you guys fancy popping along while i am there, i can introduce you to Tom and you can have a look at them in action on my car. Thought you might find it useful if you are wondering about who to use/ trust for servicing/mods down south. TGM are based in Fleet, at sankey lane. Address details as follows: TGM Sport 44, Sankey Lane, Cove Rd, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 2RS Tel: 01252 811972 If any of you lot fancy it, let me know and ill give tom a buzz so he can expect a few of us along. Im sure there will be a cuppa available to those who want to pop down!

Look up to mine and Chris'I's replies...