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ELM327 so will be fine, I use on on both the zed and my daughters Imprezza, handy little toolset really.

I've just had the Invidia Gemini with Berk HFC's fitted to my 350, and am totally over the moon with it. Was on the motorway last weekend and totally no drone at all, just nice silence.....unless you hit the loud pedal. All round it has a lovely tone whether it be on tick over or giving it full beans........but definitely no drone!!

Yep Meguiars Last Touch is spot on for a "Drying Aid", I have a bottle mixed up at a rate of about 20% QD 80% Water. Wash and rinse the car(s) quick spritz with the QD Drying aid, then dry off. Always given a lovely shine and is just the job if you only want to do a quick wash without having to Wax, etc. And its relatively cheap if you buy it by the 5L

I run the Invidia with Berk HFC's and find it perfect all round, has a nice tone to it without it being "yobbish" and more importantly NO DRONE at all at any RPM. My last exhaust which was a "HKS True Dual Style" had an awesome deep burble to it, but just too loud for my ears......Cant go wrong with the Invidia and Berks.

You would think it wouldn't cost extra Ewen. But I recently (Saturday), had a quote to replace the clutch, which they supplied, I then asked the question "Would there be any additional cost to fit the flywheel at the same time" response was an addition 2.5hrs charge. Guess they wont be getting my business ...... Would you mind telling me how much the quote was to replace the clutch.as I have been quoted just over £1000. Sorry bud missed your post on request for price. So. They STRONGLY advised a competition clutch (god knows why, the car is standard and never goes on the track), full clutch kit was £440 (ex flywheel) and fitting a further £270, so total of £710 drive in and drive out, but bear in mind this excludes the flywheel, and the price from them ranges from £231 to £350 (LUK DMF). Also, you could save a good few quid on the clutch kit as our traders are talking around £330 for the Exedy. HTH

Hmm interesting..... Think I will give them a call on Tuesday just to confirm everything and to make sure I can collect when I drive down to Portsmouth, looking at Google they are not that far off the M1 and ultimately if I get there and they try to sell me something other than a LUK Flywheel I can at least walk out the door and continue on my way. Thanks for the info Arkwright, really appreciate you checking it out.

You would think it wouldn't cost extra Ewen. But I recently (Saturday), had a quote to replace the clutch, which they supplied, I then asked the question "Would there be any additional cost to fit the flywheel at the same time" response was an addition 2.5hrs charge. Guess they wont be getting my business ......

Thanks for the info Arkwright. One option is to collect from them as I will be passing by their business on Wednesday, so may be worth dropping in and taking a look, assuming its a stock item and not drop shipped from LUK or other!

I know you have to be careful with everything these days, hence the reason I asked on the Forum. To be fair to them though some of the negative reviews, especially on the Rovertech site, could have been avoided if the buyer had read their terms and conditions. I can understand their point of view on the buyer returning the goods when they are in Southern Ireland. They did offer to pick-up if in the UK. I always try to go with the traders, but when you are talking about a difference of £100 on a single item, its significant. I fully appreciate that the traders on here are the top of the tree and give us a superb service, but at the end of the day if I can save that sort of money on a purchase, then I have to look into it. There are a good few other suppliers out there supplying the Genuine LUK DMF for under £270, and the more I save, the more I have to spend on the Zed

Yep seen this yesterday and was tempted and still in 2 minds really as the car is only a weekend car so does very very low mileage.

I've been talking to Ewen via PM, not spoken to Cougar or anyone else, but going by the prices on the site, they are still £90+ dearer for the LUK DMF

Just want to see if anyone has used the website "Buypartsby.co.uk" which is Sutton Auto Factors? I'm in the market for a new clutch and this site is advertising the LUK Dual-mass Flywheel (which all the traders supply) for £231.73 inc VAT which I think is an excellent price, and represents nearly a £100 saving. Would be useful to know if anyone else has used them and if they were ok. Thanks

Hi Guys n Gals, Quick Bank Holiday bump for this fantastic setup. Its just got to go as I am fed up with seeing it sat there They dont come any cheaper than this!

Awesome show, been going for about 8yrs now, current site at "Wicksteed Park" has to be one of the best venue's. I have been on various MR2 club stands and we now have our own stand for the Jap cars in the Northeast, so if the 350's have a stand I'm torn between the two. Likewise if anyone is lost for somewhere to show their car, we always welcome visitors and happy for them to put their car on our stand (NE Japs) a friendly welcome will be given to one and all.

Responded via PM. For the benefit of others outside the UK, Here's the same deal I offered Simon. Happy to send anywhere outside the UK (within reason), however, the £115 incl delivery does not mean delivery outside UK. I am happy to pull up prices from Royal mail, etc and you can then decide on which service to use, I will knick £10 off the price of the goods to help towards your courier costs. The £10 is roughly what it would cost me me to send secure and tracked in the UK. Bear in mind that there are some very cheap services with couriers, but these don't necessarily include tracking or cover the amount under insurance, so cheap is not best!!!!. Thanks for looking Graeme

responded to PM. Thanks for looking

Further to Andy's questions, as this may have just wetted my appetite ........ Are you guys running Forged engines? whats the downside of NOS ? if any

Its is but I guarantee it wont look like that the first time I take it out.........that's the bummer with Black paint :-) but wouldn't change it for he world

Thanks bud......Black is a nightmare to keep clean, but when you give it some TLC they always look great......just got to find a way of keeping it like that.......apart from locking it in the garage :-)

Pity that these days the effort kills me for days........but standing back and admiring the view is worth it Thanks for the comments everyone.

Thanks guys for the nice comments........Makes the effort feel even more worth while

Well I currently have a whole range of waxes, things such as FK1000P, FK Pink, Collinite, Blackfire Blackice, DoDo......and the list goes on. This soft99 certainly gave it a wow factor in looks, more than any of those above I have used in the past. Went on super easy, and as long as you only let it half dry, comes off super easy. For around £25 its definitely well worth the money, and I will be sticking to this one for now. I am interested to see whats its durability is like, but given that the car don't come out in crap weather, it doesn't concern me too much. I would say its definitely one to have at hand its that easy to use, and as you see gives superb results.

Cheers Bud..... I can say 1001% its worth it, there is something very relaxing about waxing the car, I find I mentally sort my working week ahead when waxing.

Cheers Bud.........My arms feel like they are ready to drop off but I can ignore that knowing that the Zed has been given the TLC it deserves.

Well seeing as its been such an awesome weekend for the weather, I decided to get down and dirty with the Zed, which hasn't had any TLC since I picked her up about 4 months back now. Apart from an initial through going over. Now I don't profess to know much about detailing, I am one of them "Triers" who gets suckered in with the usual hype about a product, hence I have a garage lined with everything you can think of. My latest "Sucker" moment was on DW when people were talking about the "Soft99" products, at the time there was nobody in the UK supplying it, so I went to Ebay Australia and purchased the specific product for "Dark Colours" Car was washed with Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo, dried and then the body was checked for any fallout......She was still nice and smooth from her last treatment (Garage queen). So on with the wax, and soon learned to only do a couple of panels at a time. It goes on really easy and feels and looks like and oil. Packing says to leave until half dry and then polish off.......So this I did. On a panel I decided to leave it a good while to see how it came off. It stuck well and put up some resistance, but came off fine with an extra bit of elbow grease. Did the whole car in about 3hrs (Inc Tea breaks). All buffed off with some decent quality MF's. I did find that going back over an hour or so later, seemed to bring out a bit of extra bling. Anyway I will let the pics do the talking, but needless to say, I am well impressed with it. Side View: Wing Shot: Bonnet Shot: Looking face down into the bonnet: All in all and excellent weekend......and not wasted just sitting around.