xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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Drool
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JamesMc
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Registered: 15th Aug 10
Location: Rainham, Kent
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Car looks great! always liked these 
Just wondering do you live in Medway im sure iv seen your car going through Rainham a couple of times :/
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Piér
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Registered: 4th Jan 10
Location: Gloucestershire
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Car looks awesome man, no wonder you won a prize 
How about doing the wheels anthracite instead of black?
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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Looks great.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Looking good as ever, let us know what you think of the tyres
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Cheers lads. Will do Gav!
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Originally posted by Ben G
Some money been spent there  Nice one, looks great. That gauge pod looks so much better than a pillar ones imo.
Id be tempted to refurb the wheels black though, couldnt handle cleaning them every 5 mins lol
Could say that! All been well spent so far though every mod has made the car better! Definetly, plus you can't have A pillar ones on these as it's an air bag so you'd get a boost gauge in your face if they came out 
It's the only thing making me want to do them black, has been winding me up but where the wheels are only rattle canned at the moment it's harder than normal so I'm hoping once they're refurbed white they'll be ok and the dirt will fall off with the amount of wheel sealant I'd be putting on when they came back freshly painted!
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Originally posted by JamesMc
Car looks great! always liked these
Just wondering do you live in Medway im sure iv seen your car going through Rainham a couple of times :/
Ta mate! Yeah that would be me I only live down the road from Rainham but got loads of mates who live down there so am usually in the area
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Originally posted by Piér
Car looks awesome man, no wonder you won a prize
How about doing the wheels anthracite instead of black?
Doesn't really match anything though, and still hides the wheels alot!
Got the downpipe fitted today...
Got these tonight too
[Edited on 03-06-2011 by Graham88]
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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Looking Awesome on the MOs
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3i_gaz
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Liverpool
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them old school MO's look mega what stud pattern are they dude?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Cheers lads. They are 114.3 mate, Jap fitment
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N7 THD
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Registered: 22nd Oct 08
Location: Kent
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this car is so frickin cool!
is that just a new panel to remove the fornt number plate? how much better does that look!
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Ta mate!
It's just the numberplate mount but the big bit of plastic has holes in it  I have tried getting hold of one from Mazda without holes in it but they won't do it :-/
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Phil W
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Registered: 1st Jul 05
Location: Shropshire Drives : Focus ST
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Ta mate!
It's just the numberplate mount but the big bit of plastic has holes in it I have tried getting hold of one from Mazda without holes in it but they won't do it :-/
Why don't you wrap it in Vinyl?
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3i_gaz
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Liverpool
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such a mega choice in wheel, wish they were easy to find in 5x100 i'd give my left tessy for a nice set
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Vinyl won't look right. I'm going to try and message someone on an American forum to see if they'll go and get one from Mazda and ship it to me, gotta find someone I can trust though :s
Cheers Gaz I'm lucky with this as it's jap fitment so loads of choice!
[Edited on 12-06-2011 by Graham88]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Very cool. You just don't see them about and certainly not looking as nice as yours!
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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been busy man then G
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Cheers Matt!
Yeah been busy Dale, trying to get rid of those annoying niggly jobs that I never get around too before I go to Ring again next month. Put a new driveshaft in to replace the CV joint that was gone and had a nightmare with the circlip that holds the shaft in so it popped straight out....then the pinch bolt for the lowe balljoint stripped the thread off so gotta go get a replacement tomorrow. Times like this I wish I just paid people to do stuff for me but I prefer doing it myself! Shame you're so far away 
Need to get my Powerflex bushes on now, the people I've asked have given the "that's gonna be expensive look"....then tracking re-done to the settings I had done on my fast road setup, wheels refurbed, track tyres put onto my white wheels, oil change and wire in my oil pressure/temp gauges at the same time, brake fluid flush and new 5.1 fluid. Then just general check over of the car.
I put Mintex 1144's in the other day to give them a try as they are half the price of the DS2500's but supposed to be compareable, but so far I'm unimpressed, but only driven the car once so far and I need new brake fluid to see if that improves them.
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N7 THD
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Registered: 22nd Oct 08
Location: Kent
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an idea... that you would have to make worth my while....
I'll be in the US in a month, i can try to sort you one if you can get part numbers, pre order etc?!
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Would be handy, but that's cool it's massive mate it'd be a serious handicap lol. I found someone that can ship it for £50 including the price of the part, then import tax which shouldn't be much if anything.
In other news, my nice new recon'd driveshaft blew itself to pieces tonight at 'speed'. Seriously big set back considering I'm going to Nurburgring in 2 weeks
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N7 THD
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Registered: 22nd Oct 08
Location: Kent
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oh dear bad news about the driveshaft!
ok mate, thats a good price, im out there for work so wont have too much spare time.... thanks!
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Not alot of progress really, feel like I've spent loads but not much to show for it
I've got my gauges wired in properly now, feel much better knowing I can monitor what my oil is doing now! Did a full service on the car aswell using Millers:
Also put ITV22's in, no noticeable difference from them so far but haven't really driven the car properly for a very long time. I tried Mintex 1144 pads but they really didn't inspire me so I went back to a fresh set of DS2500's with new 5.1 fluid as it's been a year since I last put it in, the fluid still looked like brand new but it's recommended to do anyway and it's not expensive.
Got my wheels refurbed by Lepsons in Medway, very pleased with how they've come out, also fitted with my AD08's in preperation for going Nurburgring again tomorrow
Building up my stock of Paradas pretty well
Got the fuel pump internals still on it's way and I had to cancel the map due to unforseen circumstances, which I wasn't too fussed about as I was very nervous of something going wrong so close to my holiday. That will be getting done once I get back and get the internals fitted.
Roll on tomorrow, I've got to go and pack now
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3i_gaz
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Liverpool
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http://www.tourifotos.de/displayimage.php?album=23&pid=16728#top_display_media
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by 3i_gaz
http://www.tourifotos.de/displayimage.php?album=23&pid=16728#top_display_media
Dead link?
Well, I had an amazing week, was such a laugh going out with so many friends this time, can't wait to go back.
Car performed pretty well, had 2 issues, blew a boost hose off due to it getting so hot as it's the one that comes off the turbo. Will need to look into a permanent fix to ensure it can't happen again but it's just a case of tightening it back up but just annoying. Also blew my 2'nd recon'd driveshaft, so not very happy with that service. Will be taking the obliterated driveshaft down there and see what they say. It shouldn't matter how the car is being used as my genuine one is still taking the abuse despite having a knocking CV joint for months. I'm going to try and get my money back and just bite the bullet and get a new genuine one, stupid Mazda design not being able to buy CV joints seperately.
Here's a few pictures from the holiday...
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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How come you went for white again? id love to see these in black against the red
Absolutely love the car, youv most certainly improved a "very good as standard" car
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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How did you find the AD08s?
I'm likely ordering a set for my Corsa at the end of the week...
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