What have you done to your car today?
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Until you start looking at the MPS again, that is.
How much of that is parts vs labour?
Granted I don't pay labour as I do it all myself, but a lightened flywheel and uprated Exedy clutch (I hate the whole stage 1/stage 2 etc thing) for my old Impreza WRX cost me just shy of £400.
I wouldn't have expected to pay more than £200 labour to have it fitted... and that involves dropping the propshaft and most of the exhaust from the turbo back.
Granted I don't pay labour as I do it all myself, but a lightened flywheel and uprated Exedy clutch (I hate the whole stage 1/stage 2 etc thing) for my old Impreza WRX cost me just shy of £400.
I wouldn't have expected to pay more than £200 labour to have it fitted... and that involves dropping the propshaft and most of the exhaust from the turbo back.
[TW]Fox;29953947 said:
Installed and mapped. On stock exhaust so limited in max output but a decent increase from stock.
Stock/Mapped
BHP: 280/304.3
lb/ft: 270/340
Next up is new exhaust, which should get me to 340-345bhp and 400lb/ft
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Put a tenner of BP ultimate in 
Feel dirty
Feel dirty£220 labour for the lot. Supposedly it's 8+ hours
Upgraded the brakes.
Gone are the 312mm Golf GTI brakes (unsure if them being off an edition 30 has any relevance), and on go a set off an S3. So 345mm. Just with OEM discs and pads just now, HEL brake lines, and some racing brake fluid.
They sure look better behind them wheels. And she stops pretty fleetly too. More than adequate for my almost stock power.
Gone are the 312mm Golf GTI brakes (unsure if them being off an edition 30 has any relevance), and on go a set off an S3. So 345mm. Just with OEM discs and pads just now, HEL brake lines, and some racing brake fluid.
They sure look better behind them wheels. And she stops pretty fleetly too. More than adequate for my almost stock power.
What on earth happened to buckle all four? Did you drive up a raised curb at 60MPH?
Nothing too major, just several pot-holes along my un-lit lane which used to catch me out every now and again.
Admittedly, the rears were only minor and nothing a few extra balancing weights couldn't rectify... just wanted to piece of mind knowing they were all sound really
Remap incoming?
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Meant to be going to pick up new car tonight.. Get a voicemail to say 'there may be an issue'. Give them a call after work.. "sorry sir but we've gone to tax the vehicle and can't find the v5. Oh and while it was getting transferred between dealer branches they've chipped an alloy" 
Meant to be driving down to Devon first thing Friday morning.. Looks like I'll be forking out for insurance on the gfs car and doing some serious haggling on price next week
Meant to be driving down to Devon first thing Friday morning.. Looks like I'll be forking out for insurance on the gfs car and doing some serious haggling on price next week
Spent all day cleaning my old brakes ready to sell on eBay. Now as anyone whose changed a set of brakes will know, they're absolutely filthy and after a few hours in the lovely sunshine sweating away and wiping bugs from my face I must have looked a right sight to the poor Fed-ex man when I, a stocky (fat) 20 stone 6ft ex-military rugby player with his face all blacked up like a navy SEAL, surprised him at the door just before he could knock. It would probably explain the parcel he dropped and the little squeak he let out
The cleaning rags filled a 35L bin to make them look that good!
The cleaning rags filled a 35L bin to make them look that good!
Spent all day cleaning my old brakes ready to sell on eBay. Now as anyone whose changed a set of brakes will know, they're absolutely filthy and after a few hours in the lovely sunshine sweating away and wiping bugs from my face I must have looked a right sight to the poor Fed-ex man when I, a stocky (fat) 20 stone 6ft ex-military rugby player with his face all blacked up like a navy SEAL, surprised him at the door just before he could knock. It would probably explain the parcel he dropped and the little squeak he let out
The cleaning rags filled a 35L bin to make them look that good!
Would they fit my mazda 3!? They look ace
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Is this a troll account or something?
6 Pots on a mazda 3 diesel. Those calipers probably wouldn't fit under the wheel and the discs are probably as big as the wheels ... plus those brakes are probably worth as much as the car.
I am guessing they are RS6 discs and callipers?
... plus those brakes are probably worth as much as the car.I am guessing they are RS6 discs and callipers?