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WOW, thats a hell of a smash. I see the crash bar look relativly intact. You not going to get the wheels off it? They really suit that car too

So effectively you just have a pipe going from the downpipe to the rear hmm what does that sound like, got any clips of it? I had contemplated getting a mufflerectomy but wasn't sure how loud it would be

I would suggest resseting the gear linkage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9ggefOjAE Its an easy thing to do but you have to make sure your gear selector on the gearbox is pushed all the way up before trying to push it down slightly (Took me ages to figure out wjy mine wouldnt move as much as his did in the video) its all very simple from there

How can the back be heavier then the front? :wonder: Also i noticed that the weitecs are only rated 1000kgs for the front and the back but they seem to work fine the vRS.

Well after a Month of waiting for my Jom redlines to appear, I rang Venom Motorsport who told me that Jom did not have any redlines in stock :wonder: The bloke on the phone then asked me if i would like to choose something else. At the time i just wanted the redlines, however, the bloke on the phone said he could give me some AP coilovers for the same price as the Joms (Result ) So 2 days later my AP's arrived and they looked great. However, looking at the part number is was clear they had sent me the Audi A3/ Beetle/ Leon/ golf mk4 versions not the Octavia. I was abit worried about this but had read that the AP's for the Octy are abit too soft, looking up the weights for my version they were capable of taking 1020kg on both axels where as the ones rated for the octy were only 1000kg. Once fitted i thought OH **** i've made a big mistake, i couldnt work out if they were abit bouncy because they were new, or because they were that stiff the ride was solid. After a week of driving they seem to be a little better but im still not sure if there bouncy or break your back rock hard and causing the car to bounce. There is absolutely no lean in the corners watsoever so im swaying towards the too stiff to really move explanation. Im totally used to it now and i love them. Here are some pics of them fitted

Id say red mate, That looks so much clearer i think

Like the look of that U got anymore pics of the car?

do you think that TIP has made any difference in performance? i bet it was a bi*ch to fit

23 Years old and pay £700 through Bell. My previous car which was a scooby, I got a quote of £320,000

I think its the other way round, The cat tends to be about 400 cell where as a sports cat are either 200 or even 100 cell

Well after waiting 3 weeks for my JOM redlines to turn up, I rang the company i had ordered them through and explained i had not recieved them yet. They told me JOM didn't have any in stock at there end. So the bloke told me that i could have some AP coilovers for the same price as i paid for the JOMS. Looking on here at reviews for the AP, there seems to be a general concensus there ****. Anyone no if they have improved or updated them?

It certainly does sound as though costs can spiral I will have to sit down and workout a budget etc and see what we can afford in terms of rent and all the utility bills, Thanks guys

Me and my girlfriend are thinking about moving into a flat together, What is included in the monthly rent? Does it include things like Gas/Elec, water etc? There's so many different bills to pay im not entirely sure we could afford to move out from our parents houses :S

You could go down the route of replacement OEM shocks with H&R springs. I think the reason why people dont is because after 5 or 6 years, the standard shocks on the car get abit squishy and with the stronger springs it can cause the shocks to fail. If you had new shocks I dont think it would be an issue

I get a little bit of a black cloud on my petrol octavia vrs. Just running abit rich which i would expect it to do because its been remaped and therefore more boost + more air and fuel

Not so much a definative answer but... If i was having these problems with my car i would go down the line of replace the backbox (as its free to do) see if its cured the issue. Failing that you could try a map for that specific turbo

lol no beating about the bush with you eh