ZedJohn

Going to pop down to see the soon and probably book mine for some of that loving so I can have the shiniest Zed of them all!

Well, for a week until the country lanes take their toll!

Is this anyone on the forum's car?

http://blog.midlandsdetailing.co.uk/200 ... detailing/

Full details can be found at http://www.easytrack.co.uk

It would be great to have a few Zeds there as it's normally dominated with M3s and Porsches.

Mods - know of anyone that would be interested?

Hello,

I'm picking up a second set of 18s at the weekend and I want to get some road legal trackday tyres for them.

I work for a tyre company and was hoping for some of our own products but they're a bit dear!

Has anyone had first hand experience of trackday tyres and could recommend a brand/pattern I should look at? As mentioned above, they'll be for a second set of wheels so on-road performance isn't high on the list.

Many Thanks

John

What a good website - thanks Geoff.

Thankfully apathy soon overwhelms the OCD for me, plus the lack of a six-pack!

Harman - that is unbeleivable shiny, you've obviously put a lot of graft into that

£1/litre - if only! I remember the days of 69.9p a litre. Ahhh those were the days...

I had a Mk5 GT170 TDI mapped to 200bhp / 300 ft lbs, the wheelspin in the wet (and the damp, moist, greasy, mildly un-dry) was lairy to say the least! Scary understeer on wet roundabouts many a time!

But the 600 motorway miles out of a tank of fuel was a bonus!

Ohhh good, I'd got as far as Loads Chavs Ride-in-them.

Shocking

Ohhhhh shineeeeee

That looks really impressive.

Mods: thanks for the move - I'll have a look.

My Golf was a diesel and was the 170bhp variant.

A new map will be needed whatever car it goes to, each map is bespoke to each car.

Just lost the thick end of 2 hours at work reading this thread - cheers!

I've never had a compliment either - I put it down to ignorance from everyone around me who isn't me.

Food for thought: the girlfriend's younger brother is in full progress of chavving (no, sorry, modding) his Fiesta Zetec S - I was flicking through Fast Car magazine (other reading material is available) and they've got a Zed as a long term modding project so based on this I'm now a firm believer that the Zed will do down the Supra route; it will never be as main stream as the Novas/Corsas of the world but there wil be a niche band of modders and modding companies that will radically change the appearance and performace of the Zed now the residuals are falling.

More variety / more talking points / more work for CS, Envy etc.

Ouch.

Just limped into Sainsbury's with 16 miles of fuel left, filled her up on 97 RON (the super-ist Sainsburys do) and it cost £75! I will not be running that low again on fuel!

My poor wallet

Hi,

I've been told the best type of cleaning / protecting for a car is to have it detailed.

I'm the first to admit I'm a lazy s*d and the Polish normally clean the car (cue the disapproving comments!)

Can anyone explain what detailing is and if it's worthwhile?

Thanks

I would have thought so as they share the parts across the VAG group but as I haven't tried, I couldn't say for definate. Best to contact ChippedUK.

Sorry for the vagueness, i just don't want to sell something that'll be no good for you/your mate.

Hello,

I've still got my ST3 box I bought for my MK5 Golf GT170 (p/x for my Zed) and it is now for sale...

The box plugs into the diagnostic port and you can upload a new map to 'better suit the car to your needs' (read into that what you will!) The box turned 170bhp into 200 and gave around 300 ft lbs of torque. If only Zeds were that easy to modify!!

The box comes with CD ROM, USB leads and ODB cable. You will firstly need to download your current map from your VW/Seat/Audi etc and email it to ChippedUK, they will tweak it to your needs and send it back (approx £100), you then upload it to the car and hey presto - a transformed car! The beauty of the mod is it's untraceable and can be swapped back to and from standard as many times as you like so it's a popular choice with the company car crowd.

The box is for sale for £100 + postage.

Hi all,

Not fussed about design etc, just need four wheels to be used as a second set for track day use, 17 or 18 inch will be fine.

Thanks

I merely stumbled stubled accross this thread looking for something completely different.... Feb's a long way away without a Zed and greasy roads. I hope you've got something to keep you entertained until then!

The car looks great Nurrish, do you have any body parts / organs left? I'd be without most to fund all that for mine!

What a great thread! My wallet disagrees though!

I dread to think how much some of those mods cost.

Loving those headlights.

Does anyone fancy a track day here? I'll be attending for the third time and can thoroughly recommend it.

1. Nurrish

2. Ians16

3. Husky

4. rich5259

5. Rico 350ZGT

6. GT4 Zed

7. Fakeindian

8. Bladesgrant

9. BRO-T

10. Ikarus

11. ZedJohn

Any ideas what we're doing? I'm not coming if it involves Nun costumes

Hi all,

After a bit of advice please, I've done a couple of track days since buying my Zed, I upgraded the brake fluid after the first one due to massive fade problems but the oil's done both.

Is it worth changing the fluids or can I wait to the next service (approx 6k miles).

Thanks

John

That Monaro looked great - I'd love to go out in one of those.

If you could email the Zed pics to john_rendell@goodyear.com that would be great.

Thanks

Nice picture!

What car were you in? Should have come and said hello.