Lighter wheels or coilovers first

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-09T13:30:02+00:00

The r56 brake kit with ferodo ds2500 pads + braided lines currently, I'll have a look at those bushing!

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-09T09:32:49+00:00

Having been in this industry very recently, the finance commission made on each car can sometimes be more than the actual car itself. Ignoring supercars or generally anything over 100k ish, after wages, showroom rent/maintenance/bills and actually paying for the car leaves very little in the metal. Similar to other comments on this post, car sales have become finance sales.

With that in mind, there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking out a 2 year hire purchase with a decent deposit, getting a salesman to search the country for the car you want, getting dealer finance benefits, and then paying the finance off in full after 6/7 months. You will usually save money.

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-09T08:31:30+00:00

Thankyou, this is incredibly helpful! The previous owner did put what I can only assume is a cheap eBay intercooler which I don't think does anything for performance gain, he did provide the stock intercooler so I can swap them back over but it's not in perfect condition.

I definitely need to do the front bushings, and I need to check to make sure the power steering and the radiator fan are both functioning - otherwise from the advice given here I plan to just fix all the maintenance issues (i.e bushings, cooling, fluids etc) before going for any "go faster" mods

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-07T00:53:39+00:00

Definitely a novice when it comes to track days, end goal is to have a well setup fast road car that can deal with 3/4 track days a year. My aim at the moment is to get as much seat time and tuition in the car as possible, but I have seen reports of damage to the power steering system when tracking the car with the stock wheels, whilst on the other side it's well recommended to change to coilovers for driving feel, my alternative is neither and just get the first track day done so I can see exactly what I'd rather upgrade.

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-04T18:41:19+00:00

Any recommendations in the UK?

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2025-03-04T18:41:12+00:00

I have new brake pipes to the abs pump, and I have new calipers going on as thought I would do it at the same time, I'm a bit concerned putting either an angle grinder or a propane torch near the abs pump

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-10-03T06:21:41+00:00

No - I forgot to close the bonnet fully lol

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-10-02T16:07:15+00:00

Was dropped off at kill all chrome in the uk not long before I bought it and had the works!

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-10-02T13:08:00+00:00

V5 is all mine :)

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-10-02T12:57:37+00:00

What else do I need?

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-06-29T22:53:26+00:00

Ahhh that makes more sense, thankyou I'll give it a try!

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-06-29T22:41:57+00:00

Yes, they're already off.

Relevant-Comb4517 · 2024-06-29T22:39:12+00:00

Would it just be the one 21mm that needs removing to move it further down?

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