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Gibbo said:
Doing it right mate, orange and blue, I added orange by painting calipers, you did it just by buying another second EPIC car. :D

Oh praise the bitcoin! :D

When does M2 CS arrive? What colour? Bright green to keep the loud colours going? :)


P.S. Seems Mclaren are just as bad as Jaguar at aligning panels some of those gaps you could smuggle stuff in and un-even bits, guess thats hyper car ownership 101. :D
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M2 CS is for wifey and she's sold on Long Beech Blue. I'd be tempted by the new Hockenheim Silver.

I don't think they do PTS and the colour choice is more standard than the M4. The M4 CS blue would be really really nice.

Panels look fine to me... those gaps are for like aero and downforce innit ;)
 
Conscript said:
Moar details nao plox.

Also, recognise the plate of the one on the right. Seen it in a pic somewhere, owners forum perhaps?
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Mine had:

40mm drop on Tuned UK's Eibach springs.
18x8 Rays CE28's with Yokohama V105S XL
Carbon wing canards
Rear quarter louvres
Full alignment and set up

The red one is Mark-in-Stoke's, he lives fairly close to me. The suspension I had fitted was his, he was running it temporarily for a month whilst his normal Ohlins coilovers were being resprung to a slightly softer rate. At the last OcUK meet we went out for a ride and we couldn't believe how good the springs were. Rich (who's now sole owner of Tuned UK) also works doing suspension and alignment for two BTCC teams so he's pulled off some crazy voodoo to get these v2.0 springs to work on the OEM dampers. They're obviously not adjustable like coilovers, but the ride is really good. Way less body roll, but without being super firm or crashy. Obviously you don't want to go hitting pot holes, but the car still feels good on Welsh A roads which was a real surprise. Given the price comparison to his Ohlins Mark was saying that considering they're about a 10th of the cost, for general road use they aren't 10x worse like the price might suggest. I love the way the car sits now. I guess it could do with a bit more poke at the rear since it's running -2 degrees camber which tucks them in a fair bit a the top, but it's not something I'm going to make a priority. I do want to change the side repeaters though, they need smoked replacements sooner rather than later.

Louvres:

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Canards:

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Not a big fan of the louvres and canards, but the changes to the suspension bits sounds good. And 40mm sounds like a lot, but looks great in those photos. Has it improved the handling as well?

I've been against modifying my suspension so far; I lowered my old MX5 slightly, and whilst is made it fantastically sharp to drive, it was a bit busy on bumpy roads and meant daily driving was a chore, especially speed bumps and cushions. Hence going for wheel spacers, which give the car a better #stance (bro), without dropping the ride height. I wouldn't mind the car being a little sharper though, and after reading the thread about reducing understeer on the owner's club forum, I might go to Abbey and have camber bolts and rear ARB upgrade installed.
 
Yeah the louvres and whatnot are proper marmite.

There's very little body roll now which is great - whereas before quick steering wheel movements would have the car leaning around, it just turns now. Feels very go kart like which I've found gives a bit more confidence in faster corners. Speed bumps are a concern but haven't been show stoppers (yet). Generally I avoid routes with them where possible anyway. Never been comfortable even at stock height.
 
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