Since i got my VRS after buying it last weds.. 03 plate 87k

I have done or had done: (prices i spent are approx and alot i got on trade, or a crafty friend of the family favour)

Oil Pump £50

Water Pump £13

Timing Kit £40

Oil Senser £13

Oil Pickup £40

Oil Pickup Gauze £9

10w 40 Oil for full oil change £17

Oil filter 99p (massive trade saving on that one meant to be about £7)

Brembo Rear Pads £12

Rear disks £52

NGK Spark Plugs £27

4x tyres all around Falken 205/50 17" Y rated £308 fitted

Front pads and disks were brand new on the car when bought

going to be running like a beaut on thursday when my insurance switches over

Not all necessary but all need to be done at some point and now i know theyve bin done

Run it for a week or 2, get used to how the engine runs THEN....

then i can start pratting about with the car on the road and with parts/mods and the true fun begins!

Edited 1 November, 201015 yr by Milkybadger

Should run like a beaut Are the tyres good? I need two new ones on the front.

Timing belt kit for £40,did that include tensioner and hydraulic damper?

Timing belt kit for £40,did that include tensioner and hydraulic damper?

included the replacement wheels etc cus the bearings go...

And the lin for the tyres are here but im sourcing them locally, they look a pretty mid ranged tyre, i refuse to buy things like pirellie for double the price just to ruin them in 6 months.

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&Cookie=froogle&details=Ordern&typ=R-125536&ranzahl=4&nichtweiter=1

Says summer tyre but thats aload a rubbish, the wet tracks look alryt tbh

nice but if changing all 4 tyres i would have gone to the 225/45/17 imo

cheap prices

oil pickup oem??? as there £14 from skoda

Was that a trade place local to you?

If they are the fk452 then they are good tyres at sensible money.

If you are driving hard (eg track days) then 225s could be a bit on the wide side for the 7" rims, could start to give you issues with pushing the tyre off the rim.

If they are the fk452 then they are good tyres at sensible money.

If you are driving hard (eg track days) then 225s could be a bit on the wide side for the 7" rims, could start to give you issues with pushing the tyre off the rim.

A fair bit of it was trade at GSF, the oil and filter were trade at halfords then a few crafty ones

I wanted Kumhos, ive had them on all my ZRs but couldnt immediatly grab them for thursday, so the falcons look good in my opinion

And does driving around on the roads like a racetrack count? im not insured till thursday so ive only drove it a little, and i expect the tyres will be getting a bit of a hard time.. Never looked into BYO car track days

Edited 2 November, 201015 yr by Milkybadger

If they are the fk452 then they are good tyres at sensible money.

If you are driving hard (eg track days) then 225s could be a bit on the wide side for the 7" rims, could start to give you issues with pushing the tyre off the rim.

what are you talking about lol :thumbdown:

225 are perfect and no it doesnt have issue when driven hard road or track