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Actually if you changed the wheels and gave it a new more subtle paint job thats not too bad, i much prefer it to the failside and its a million tiimes better than the iberhausen (or what ever its called )

Agreed, just check the date stamp, when they arrive, anything older than 3 years send them back

he's not bought 2nd hand tyres he's bought new tyres, they just happen to be a brand/make that is no longer in production which means its the last of the stock being sold off. if he's bought them from a company like camskills or another online tyre place he should be fine.

its the weekend i doubt its been processed yet, they probably have it, or its waiting to go through customs. i found the USPS site to be very slow to update if at all when shipping to the UK,

not a big toyo fan myself, have run them on a couple of cars don't rate them to be honest and that was the T1R's just be aware toyo's tend to be greasy as hell when first put on and require very gently run in for the first 100 miles and a steady run in up to 500 miles. side walls can feel very soft with a lot of lateral movement, when i first fitted them i actually pulled over because i thought i was running on jelly. but if you up the PSi a bit this does help to compensate. once bedded in they aren't bad but would have taken the conti's or the GSD3's over the toyos any day.

other option might be someone like chips away, they can repair stuff like this for less than a bodyshop. might be the cost effective option. just do an online yellow pages search for smart repairs and see whats in your area

M3 Vert looks good as for the maserati, lovely looking cars but will spend most of its life being fixed in a garage. I looked at them a while back, but my mechanic friend warned me off them. if you have a good sized wallet then go for it. but then saying that i bought the XKR so i'm still fixing things all the time

I had a GTi6 and a CTR and they were great fun, i have to say my GTi6 was possibly my favourite FWD was a real hoot to drive regardless of weather, a real confidence instiller of a car. it weighed bog all but handled like a go kart. i'm fairly confident i could lose a zed on wet back roads if i was back in my old GTi6 and that was standard as well.

Tarmac, i'm currently working on something as an RTCustomZ project, but it migth be right up your aisle. whats your importing relationships like with australia? i'll give you a bell tonight or something

Myself and 5 other colleagues are entering in the 3 peaks challenge; we pay for everything ourselves, but in order to able to enter we need to raise a set amount for charity. We've just set this page up as all our donations go to action medical and it would be great if people off the forum were able to sponsor us. http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/teamfarlingaye as for the 3 peak challenge if you've not heard about it we're basically asending and desending the 3 highest peaks in the UK in 24 hours. if you want more info you can check out here http://www.thethreepeakschallenge.co.uk/ is anyone else participating in it this year?

its the track equivilant to a backpackers rough guide to the planet, becuas eyou have the book you think your going to find some paridise eutopia, but everyone else has the book as well, and when you turn up its rammed with tourists. the hidden days of the ring are over, it used to be a place to go if you were in the know so to speak, but everyone knows about it now and for that reason i don't think its as magical as it used to be. every man and his dog seems to have driven the ring now.

have to agree with what you said on this. one of the big things i found is that FWD is more fool proof for less experienced drivers, its far easier to correct an out of control FWD car than it is a RWD if the driver is not experienced. The rewards with RWD is not that its always quicker but the fact you have alot more control over the car, and in a sliding situation a driver of a RWD car can get more feedback, feel and deliver more control. I've driven a race prepped 370Z in the qualifiers for the nissan challenge a few years back and it was a great example of what i said above. there were other drivers there who were based in FWD cars and were bragging at how easy this was going to be and just watch them own that track. there was a lot of confidence form most of the FWD boys. but it was funnier still watching them spend most of their time going round in circles as they couldn't control the back end. they were too used to being bailed out by FWD that they tried to do the same thing and the RWD just chewed them up and spat them out. i think you can probably go faster in a FWD in alot of situations but i think RWD takes a bit more skill to drive and gives more feedback. as for the best setup for a car. i would say mid engined 4WD with a 70/30 split on the front to rear bias.

thats a cool looking car

he's a 32a-28-30.... oh you mean the monkey

its as easy if not easier than the 3M stuff. just make sure the surface is clean and de greased and should go on well.

what about Zedley

its glossier than the 3M stuff, i'd say more satin finish there are some pics in here viewtopic.php?f=38&t=49257&hilit=rtcustomz+vinyl

if you move me down the list, i can always do a hand over to scotland in early june to someone like Neil when i'm up at fort william for the 3 peaks challenge. so if i have him last 2 weeks of may or something like that. i have to laugh it sounds like a custody hearing

i use and supply the hexis carbon vinyl as i think it looks better, and is easier to use. if you want some let me know.

hmmmmmmmm bit gangsta innit don't mind paper planes; must admit i've got to a point with music at the moment where there are tunes i like but have no idea who performs them. in this thread alone, i've learnt that the song i like from a while back is called paper planes, and that the artist i've never heard of is called MIA; learn something new everyday. i wouldn't go and buy it, but if it came on the radio i'm not going to try and pour candle wax in my ears to stop the noise.

as someone said above, it might be worth buying a part finished project, one that someone started but didn't finish. or you can buy them direct from westfield in varying part built setups if i remember rightly, but the cost goes up the more they do for you. i plan to build something in the not too distant future, currently trying to save for a 3 wheeler but not the kind that comes with Trotters Independent Traders on the side i've been looking at something like this the rayvolution or the marotti there is method to my madness, i'd love a bike but i know i'd kill myself in a week, this should give me at least 2 weeks before i go out in a ball of flames. also my single garage is only just big enough to get a car in, it would be an arse to try and build one in there. something like this will take up less space, and also being bike based it will have less parts and should be easier to work on. and is possibly more likely to be finished, and not sit unloved behind closed doors. if all goes well i might progress from there on to a caterham, and then from there on to a GT40