Daddy Phantoms Christmas prezzie arrived!

 

Can you guess what's in there ?!

 

Suspension :O

Suspension :o

lol... not yet , but you're cheating, you know thats coming soon ;)

Looks about the size of a roll bar

A flat pack house for the kit-cat?

Intercooler?

Sump guard?

loving the guesses, but no one wins! Its an original set of Octavia blinds, to give that tinted window look to the back half of the car !

 

been looking for some of these for ages....

 

the cat is incidental... he seems to think all boxes belong to him regardless..... (cattrap)

Finally got a replacement door mirror... I've only been after one for about a year~! £10 ... bargin!

 

new summer boots have arrived... these should survive the nurburgring! 

 

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37 minutes ago, sharkrider said:

new summer boots have arrived... these should survive the nurburgring! 

 

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Whats these tyres like for every day driving Sharky, they look a bit slicky, wet weather driving............?   Are they grippy ?

1 hour ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

Whats these tyres like for every day driving Sharky, they look a bit slicky, wet weather driving............?   Are they grippy ?

Haven't tried them yet Andy... sick of the RSR's splitting and going oval, these are a similar price, (£81 each in that size!) reviews are good, and I know a few people using them that like them..... same as most semi-slicks... good in rain ("B" marking on them!) but still a bit **** at cutting deep water....... I avoid puddles at speed anyway.... and incredible in the dry! the NS2's are quite wide too compaired to most of the same size, and stiffer sidewalls too....

 

I'll put up a review when I have put them through their paces! off to castle coomb spring action day this weekend

 

any road tyre simply disintegrates on the track though , as proved by my expensive bridgestones last year, brilliant road tyre, **** track tyre....

well, got the new track tyres on for summer season.... I knew the NS2-Rs were apparently wider than standard tyres, but was amazed at how different they look in situ ....

 

here is the winters 225/40/18 Dunlop D4's (awesome winter tyre!) 

 

 

notice how the sidewalls come in a bit, as its a 9 inch wide wheel.....

 

now look at the NS2-Rs .... apparently 300 mm wide!

 

 

dead straight sidewalls, fill the 9 inch wide wheels nicely... (Still 225/40/18s)

 

fill the arches well

 

 

chunky!

 

 

 

I'll do a little review when I have driven on them a while, then when they hit the track for the first time!

Edited 5 April, 20179 yr by sharkrider

All Clean, ready for the Castle coomb spring action day! rare thing this....

 

16 minutes ago, sharkrider said:

All Clean, ready for the Castle coomb spring action day! rare thing this....

 

 

Rare that the car is clean or it's off to Castle coomb............Or both    

Chris pointed out I missed the tailpipes! pmsl......

See you've painted the House door frames Meteor Grey, Good choice  

 

 

 

Edited 6 April, 20179 yr by Auric Goldfinger

6 hours ago, sharkrider said:

All Clean, ready for the Castle coomb spring action day! rare thing this....

 

Looking good.  I've got to give yellow peril II a splash of water tomorrow eve ready for Combe too!

see you there!

 

Looking good Dave, see you at Coombe.

 

well 766 faultless miles over the weekend.... going to treat him to a service next week, new oil, filter and NGK 7s

 

 

new under bonnet shiny thing  should get rid of my puffs of smoke, with my crappy blocked up breather system.... got to find the time and willpower to fit it now!

 

Edited 20 April, 20179 yr by sharkrider

another part for the summer upgrade!

 

Will be fitting one of those with a quick rack next month if im lucky, is that the purple or black one? Might get the black series as its not a suspension bush. I do find it odd that the rack is solid mounted and then rubber on the other end

19 minutes ago, OutlawKen said:

Will be fitting one of those with a quick rack next month if im lucky, is that the purple or black one? Might get the black series as its not a suspension bush. I do find it odd that the rack is solid mounted and then rubber on the other end

 

purple.... I will be doing the suspension, and a rusty power steering pipe replacement too...  

 

I have a "feel" through the wheel, a little looseness, that I am convinced is the bush being knackered... the lower arms are polybushed, the track rod ends new last year ... new ball joints too.... steering is pretty sharp around the straight ahead, so fairly sure the rack is ok.... just get the feel that there is a miss somewhere, this is the only place I can think of!

 

I would love to do the TT front end etc, and Haydn offered me one he has in his garage, but too much work for me at this point... when I came from the fabia II vRS, i realised how slow the octy rack was, but i've gotten used to it now.... does make me cry after i drive our lasses Abarth though, as that steers like a go-Kart! lol... we'll see if this bush sharpens things up!

Edited 22 April, 20179 yr by sharkrider