So long as it has a smooth gel coat on it, I'd be amazed if any decent parts supplier didn't provide something pre coated. Don't know if it's even possible actually!
Off topic but I didn't realise smudge had been banned!
In some ways it's nice that sparkys threads come up every few months as it shows how influential he was here
Thanks for everything SexyCrayola, muchos appreciated Will there be a stand plan, or will it be decided on the day? Just want to make sure we don't have to irritate anyone to get on/off for the track time.
I think I'll need to stow 2 spare wheels somewhere when we go out if it's possible? Even if it's just on the floor with someone who's not going out so they don't get pinched.
are they ugly? are they likely to shatter into a bazillion pieces at the first bump in the road? Are they so concave they won't clear the brembo brakes?
If you can say no to all of these, crack on
in 3 years the nuts won't be too bad. The main difficulty at home is the top nuts between the manifold and the cats. I used about 5 extension bars and went in from the top of the engine bay. It's possible at home, but would require some patience. Jez a horsham developments only charges about £70 to do them if I recall correctly.
I had to have them cut into 3, rotated and then re welded up because they were the wrong shape. They used my old cats as a template to get the new ones to fit.
I've got japspeed cats and they were an arse, I've got an 04. They're flat out lying to you though because I sent them a set back which were faulty as they didn't fit. They told me the same and I know of other people who have had the same issue.
Once mine were modified to fit they've been fine though.