Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Fresh rubber finally arrived 
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
Location: Wirral
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Not interested. You need to wrap it a wacky colour now haha
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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Grey. Yawn.
I've abandoned the sterling grey brotherhood
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by --ToM--
Not interested. You need to wrap it a wacky colour now haha
never.
Absolutely live sterling grey when clean and waxed.
If i wrapped it purple I would get slaughtered at work
Gavs is all show, no go 
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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Haha what you on about, my car is exactly the same as yours now lol. No exhaust. Just induction 
Ha ha I get stick. I don't give a fuck though, it's hardly a manly car to begin with according to most people.
I love sterling grey, it just doesn't stand out enough from the rest
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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I get the hairdresser car comments also. Mainly from people in diesel mondeo's and tiny engined fiestas though so I just laugh at them
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BeetleGav
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Yeah it doesn't bother me. They haven't a clue what's under the bonnet, they just presume it's like an mx5 or something
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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Did nic Barnes give you a good price on them tyres? You could of got him to fit them for you if he was qualified.
Joking asking I do love the grey but the purple looks mega too, Iv got a weird urge to get my car done chrome lmao
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Ben G
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nah no angry northern men were involved in the sale or delivery of these.
Ordered from Tyreleader in the end on Wednesday evening. Free delivery from France and they turned up Friday morning. Great service!
Tyre's look lovely and chunky, tread wise. Having constant traction issue's so can't wait to get these on.
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
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Mate where did you order your disa valve rebuild kit from? Mines fucked. Rattling it's tatty bojangles off!
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Ben G
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got it from i6 automotive on ebay mate. I paid. £49.99 but you can do a best offer apparently and get it for less.
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BeetleGav
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Says 64.99 for the 3.0 one?
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Ben G
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Yeah it appears they've put the price up as this was £49.99 buy it now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160984813142?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D160984813142%26_rdc%3D1
Put an offer in for that amount and see what happens. The 2.2 and 2.5 ones are the correct price. Unsure what the difference is.
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BeetleGav
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Yeah I tried got declined. Cheeky fuckers I'm sure the disa valves are identical?
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Ben G
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Possibly. Can't see why there would be a difference.
Go on realoem and see if the part numbers for the 2.5 and 3.0 disa are the same. If so, buy the 2.5 one.
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Ben G
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Needs silver wheels
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BeetleGav
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Did you take that picture through frosted glass?
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Ben G
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My Z1 is slowly dieing mate, takes awful photo's now.
Anyway, the old wheels are back on as the 19's are getting refurbished. I also had a puncture and it wasn't worth repairing as the tyres were absolutely finished.
Upon removal, it was pretty obvious they were no longer legal no wonder I was having traction issue's!
Rear's 
Front's:
Not hugely bothered about the wear as the camber is rather aggressive iirc. Around -2.5 degrees on the rear and 1.5 on the front's.
I wanted to be able to use the car whilst the refurb is being done, but also didn't want it looking crap, so ordered some 20mm spacers for the rear wheels.
Whilst the wheels were off, I cleaned up the calipers and applied some copper slip. Previous issue's with hub's sticking to the alloys mean I always do this now.
And all sorted, pressure's at 33psi front, 36psi rear, giving it a shakedown around the country lanes. Handles so much better on these wheels.
I know it's summer but it looks cool with the hardtop on. Think I prefer it as a coupe tbh
[Edited on 06-06-2015 by Ben G]
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Close to the wire with the tyre there!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Jason x
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looks cool with the hard roof
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Ben G
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Cheers Jason. I do like it with the roof, but unfortunately it means you can't use the folding top. Only takes a minute to remove though 
Phil, just a bit close I knew they were low on tread, but didn't think they were that bad! can't wait for the Hankooks to get fitted.
[Edited on 06-06-2015 by Ben G]
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Jambo
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I had Hankooks on the M3, Ventura Evo or something, good quality for the money
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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I don't think you've put enough copper grease on there mate! Haha
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ShEp
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The s1 evo, and v12 evo are great tyres, I started singing their praises on here years ago.
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