looking well now kcd

Thanks lads, was kind of hoping I might make it up to Terenure for an hour or two but any chance of that is now gone out the window, and this is why....


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Top mounts on the front were completely w*nked when i took them out so need to get 2 new ones :fail: at least it's one less thing to worry about for the trip.

Got the back ones in with a bit of fiddling

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Should have top mounts for the front monday evening and with have them in that night all going to plan (pity nothing ever goes to plan :laugh: )

got my KYB top mounts today, had them and new springs fitted in no time

New top mounts

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New v Old

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This means I got to put on the wheels I refurbed as well, looking a lot lower and sleeker now

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Just enough clearance as this is my daily

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pretty happy with how it's sitting right now :)

Looks great dude well done. Kcd

Looks awesome, now put a reminder in your phone to clean them every week lol
I really like the headlights, what bulbs you using?

saw it on toc had to log on here again just to give you a kc

some good work in this thread -KC +1

keep it up

Thanks a million lads Nice to get some positive feedback on stuff you're pretty happy with yourself

@got92tubby: thanks mate, happy enough...for now....

@ spla: not a bad idea after all the feckin time i spent polishing them! The lights are 4300k hids, went for them as the higher up the scale you go the more they turn blue/purple and wanted a nice crisp light

@Cozzy: cheers dude, just sickened i missed out on the terenure show by a day

@eringobragh: Thanks mate, will keep working on it as long as my bank account/girlfriend allows me

Well done bommie lookin well sweet. At last thm springs are seeing road haha. How are they for comfort?
It cane together very well are you gonna cime to the toc sunday the21st?? Get a few frim galway to head up b good craic
Going up on the motorway for the terenure show was pretty lonely for me hopin someone will go to toc this time on the motorway wit me
What lights u running in the fogs.??

thanks dan

Ya, finaalllyyyy put them in! Talk about taking my time! haha

They're a bit stiffer than the standard springs but not bad at all! Delighted with them as i drive this car everyday and can't really afford a chiropractor right now

Might take a spin to the big meet if i can but since i'm from Waterford it would be a pretty long trip to go by yours first

just using the standard bulbs in the fogs, bought the fogs off peggyontherun and he had them covered in a thick yellow film, the Guards love them!

Haha I dunno wy I thought you from galway area haha oops

Ahh the film handy way I guess with the standard bulb the yellow looks well on black.

Ya u shud b good craic sure few mr2s and not too far away from u.?

Ya my hsd coilovers are bit tough on the road but I think there mighty not as hard as I tought anf the performance in second to none.

Do the guards actually like them cause a guard said to me b4 that they were grand on a friends car I was driving one night I tought he was gonna say turn them off but he said no there fine cause there not blinding..

haha no worries

ya i'll see how these go for a while and might think about coilovers then but for now these will do Heard a lot of good things about the HSD ones

you must have met a very nice guard! they hate them down here!

fitted the boost controller today with a big help from my mate
Still some fine tuning to be done to set the values where i want them but as for first impressions....HOLY CRAP!!!!!

Notting like more power

kcd for braving it what psi are you after turnig her up too?

thanks dude. Have it at 13psi (approx .9 bar) with warning limiter set at 14.5 psi (1 bar). Wouldn't feel comfortable going any further as looking to keep the reliability for the europe trip in a couple of weeks! Will prob be running standard boost 90% of the time but just nice to have the option. Didn't think I'd notice much too much of a difference but well impressed, pity it will only feel fast for a week

Sounds good. Mine for some reason is putting out a steady 14 psi with no bosst controller. Might have a diffrent actuator or something not complaining its bloody great.
Enjoy the power

haha nice one! There isn't a bleed valve in there by any chance??

Anyway, got bored again and decided i wasn't happy with the two radio look in the car so decided to mount the boost controller in a piece of real carbon fibre, left it offset towards the drivers side in case i find some new shiny toy to put on the other side Think it looks better to the side anyway, sorry about the crap photo, was dark when i finished...


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no fairly sure its just a one bar actuator

love the carbon wasnt all that gone on the second radio.

really want a black t bar if you every get up and your car is gone my drive way will be a good place to start looking

looks great all round dude well done kcd yet again

good stuff, plenty of poke with it running 1 bar
Good to know where to start looking if it does go missing
Thanks for the kc dude

In other news...the missus caught me getting in some sneaky practice for the Nurburgring tonight..

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got myself some new rubber for the back wheels today, 235/40/17 Federal 595's, only have one crap pic as for some reason the others won't load


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here's a pic that's a little bit better before i put them on


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got a loan of this bad boy off my cousin, time to get these back arches rolled so i can fill them with wheel


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I rolled the back arches today to give myself more clearance for the back wheels, addition of spacers soon


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Lip was about the width of my thumb

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Now only about a quarter the width so should make a nice difference

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Nice one might get this done is it hard to do? Hope the paint didn't crack? I brought my wheels out 15mm just meeting the arch lip but might bring out the wheels 25mm

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Nice one might get this done is it hard to do? Hope the paint didn't crack? I brought my wheels out 15mm just meeting the arch lip but might bring out the wheels 25mm

not hard to do at all, just kept the metal/paint hot with a heat gun and took my time so paint is perfect Really simple job!

here's a few pics my buddy took messing around with his camera yesterday..


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What do ye think :)

epic it looks really well now how do you find the lowering springs comfy bouncy?

Thanks cozzy, there a progressive spring so don't feel too hard until you put them under load which suits me fine as this is my daily, can feel a little crashy if booting it down a rough backroad though!

that sounds fine to me i might go down this route they do look the part

Sher I'll bring you for a blast next meet I'm at and you can see what you think before you go off and buy if you want