Paul_J
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Me and Butler woke up today at early o clock and met up at 6:30 am in a Shell Garage somewhere near the m40.
My car was going to need plenty of this ... 103p a litre  I cried a little.
The reason of our visit...
And we were greated by (Broster), but this 'young' scamp came in and pretended to be a secretary.
Some say he's a bit Gay, some say he needs (needed) a hair cut, some say he starred in the early series of skins as Sid, all I know is - his name is Robin and comes across a genuinely nice chap.
James was soon persuaded to fit this 'Inlet' to his car by Mark and Robin, despite it looking very similar to the thing fad's been waiting a while for...  I'm sure it's not fads  
Jame's car done... 
All in - James had (was talked into buying) a new cambelt, inlet, brakes and decat - he only went there to get a new cambelt
... Then we decided to go for a test drive...
James was literally struggling to cope with the power he had unleased
Now it was my car's turn...
I was getting, new clutch, brakes, decat and these coilovers fitted.
While waiting, I went and watched 'Star Trek' - Good film  and decided to try a 'Big Tasty'... which was pretty average.
My car finished
Err... I think it's lower?  Currently super soft, softer than standard... Rolling around like a boat at sea. Hopefully since it's got adjustable height, compression and damping i can sort that out - I aim to return to Jamsport next Sat and get it set up to my tastes (preferably when it's not raining for the test drive).
Definately needs to be stiffer I think...
Anyway top service by the guy's at Jamsport, thanks to Mark, Robin and Jamie (and the other people)  Had some good banter in the waiting room, including accusing Robin of being Pugnut, making a post on here that seemed to cause a major upset and texting fad to tell him Butler's just stolen his inlets.
[Edited on 19-05-2009 by Paul_J]
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Gareth F
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Sounds like a laugh, was going to say it didnt look different 
Looking good tho paul
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Paul_J
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Yeh well, I think the springs will settle a bit and may become lower... but otherwise I think i'd go a touch lower and stiffer...
After looking at 'before' pics - I notice the ride height is no different I don't really want to 'slam' it as I use it as track and I don't want it super stiff as I drive it daily... but it's currently defeating the point of buying them to have stock height with softer...
The coilovers are good though, just need to be re setup.
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Dom
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when did robin get a job? 
Looks good though How's the clio after the inlet?
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
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looks like a good expensive day
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Not expensive enough to blag a ride in the focus RS
I think I had to buy a supercharger to get a ride in it
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Paul_J
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but yes - definate hole in my wallet... Honda Clutches don't come cheap Note honda quoted £950 for the clutch alone... so jamsport saved me a bit of money there, but you can get an idea of the total cost from that  - Although jamsport did me some great deals.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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top service but your not happy with how its set up?
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
top service but your not happy with how its set up?
I'm giving it a week to bed in (springs will settle) and see how I feel with it, then going back on sat to get it set up for free
My own fault really, I said I wanted it soft as it's my daily driver and I was scared of the back end in the wet... so they gave me what i asked for really.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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top bombing then
the RS looks interesting
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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Lol at thinking that's up north
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Paul_J
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It was bloody cold Kurt. I can only assume due to how northern we were
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Ojc
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I wanted to congratulate you, but the bullshit on MSN is getting to much.
So in other news, I found a pic of your motorcyle.
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Kurt
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
It was bloody cold Kurt. I can only assume due to how northern we were
Southern fairies 
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Mertin
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If you want to go up north, cross the border
Then you really are up north
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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see a silver corsa anywhere
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
see a silver corsa anywhere
check ebay, iv sold it to someone else.
Paul, glad you were happy with the service, we await your return to on saturday to sort it out to handle in the dry!
How are your brakes butler?
[Edited on 19-05-2009 by broster]
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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Northampton is not North.
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taylorboosh
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this looks a fun day 
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M2RTY
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how the hell is that up north?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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if you live south of the intended destination then it is going "up north"
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loo_goblin
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i know how you feel paul, i had to go up north last week, Corby, it was terrible
also taking a day off for all that, tut tut
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Butler
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Feels more responsive top end if only slightly. Brakes are awesome again
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Paul_J
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Yeh Corby is up north imo
I don't go any higher than northampton as far as I'm aware the world drops off at that point.
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Gareth F
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I travelled 45 minutes up north to the guilford meet!
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