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BHP show at Detling,Kent

Got her out for a local meet at the weekend in the sun! And a good blast on the B roads there and back too

Happy New Year all

Merry Christmas to you mate,and everyone on here,you're a grand bunch and wouldn't be without you

Epic,the old skool cars look awesome especially the Gen3/4 rally specials. ST165 still showing battle scars on the rear corner

The Irish boys do have some serious cars don't they.They get hammered in tax/costs to import cars over there as well though. Obviously loving the 162,wow. Not seen the GT Rally version in green before,that is a rarity.

You dudes,you.

Love that

This AI thing is fun,think doing backgrounds is ok as long as you don't enhance your actual car..

If you have a favourite make/grade,you can shop around really.Last year I was comparing prices for some Mobil 2000 (used it for ever in my Gen4 BEAMS and its not missed a beat since about 2014 engine swap), and found at that time Amazon were doing a deal on it,and ended up selling my soul again and ordering it from there I try to be loyal to Corps on the club if possible but we don't really have Opie or the like anymore,so..go where the wallet is happiest

She is looking gooood

Yeah I noticed the lack of access to the centre of the car with the scissor lift.Its horses for courses,and making the most out of flexibility with the costs really.

Point of note: low cars go easily up the ramps ,just have to watch the front splitter carefully as the safety bar at the front is relatively high.Mine clears it by a whisker. (the bar is removable,theres a hoop one that drops in after to stop the car going back for any reason).I do have heavy duty solid rubber chocks I can use ,but the splitter clears the bar so all good. Also with just a pair,watch the ground clearance at opposite end of the car when it starts to get high.Shouldnt be an issue but easily remedied with a couple of bits of wood to drive rear wheels on,or just a pair of those really low drive on plastic ramps,just to give yourself a few inches of breathing space if your car is REALLY low. 2 pairs of those will take your 1500 quid,the full prices with shipping and VAT bump it up.A pair is 700 quid to Kent.. But yeah they are really good,just need to decide if you go for an actual lift or these.

They're wide and very well built.The crap at the front of the garage there is being remedied this week,its the width of the space thats limiting for me. Regarding wheel off,you can just drive the car up ,raise it to the desired position and use stands and drop the ramps away.You can even do one side only and keep the other side locked onto the ramp if for example you need to work on a single caliper or suspension on just the one side. The hydraulic footpump has two separate release valves for each side if you wish,so on the one side you're working on,you can position a stand,drop that one ramp away and pop the wheel off leaving the other side on the locked ramp. A scissor lift will probably gain you more height I'd guess.But these do go pretty high.

Thats one of the reasons I got mine.I'll see how i get on,Its not much of an issue to get the underside done with just a pair,they go real high and can do the car in two half stages

https://cjautosheywood.co.uk/product/heavy-duty-scissor-hydraulic-car-ramps-1360kg-cr06xhd/ I stretched to a pair of these, (2 pairs would be ideal in a big garage though ) as in my thread Chris linked.Very heavy duty kit.And not cheap.Quick despatch though.Wasn't going to chance anything from Amazon or eBay,being squashed isn't on the menu . They go pretty damn high and have 4 lockable positions via a big thick bar that slots across set positions.You can still utilise axle stands for extra safety though if you want.Once locked you can disconnect the quick release hydraulic hoses at the footpump end and move it clear. CJ Autos do a whole range of stuff,I have a standard sized garage so I needed something I could move out onto the drive if I really needed to get round the car comfortably.Main point is to protect my dodgy back,moving the ramps themselves on your own is a challenge as they're heavy so I've got a wheeled dolly with a foldable handle I can get them on to move about.

Love to see Ezzy doing her thing.Well done mate

Ready for Simply Japanese next weekend!

All rare cars,nice to see them together.Yours sits nicely on the slot alloys . MK2 Capri's are pretty thin on the ground,I probably see a fair amount of MK1's and especially Mk3's at shows but MK2's not at all.I've never been a big Vauxhall fan generally,but the Firenza has good lines on it and the 'droop snoot' front end is pretty iconic.I had a neighbour years back with a Vauxhall Magnum 2300.It was finished in a metallic type green with a black vinyl roof,and sort of Rostyle-type wheels and always thought it looked pretty cool,aggressive looking double headlight front end and a dash with many gauges,battery status,all sorts.Coming from a world of base Escorts back then with no extras,a dash like that was pretty wicked.My friends sister had a Viva 1300S in a copper-ish colour with a cream vinyl roof and a similar dash.Was horribly unreliable but had the double headlight arrangement and the dash looked smart .Still remember the plate,RDY 970S. Long gone now probably.

Our little lineup at RunningRetros day last Sunday

That is an unusual water feature I was out today,Headcorn Aerodrome.Similar kind of thing,absolutely everything you could think of in attendance.I was in the top section of the field,the site was rammed with cars.Its a big old area as you can imagine being an aerodrome with a runway.Bonus was the twin cockpit Spitfire was there again taking people up for very expensive rides,and the biplane stunt team doing their thing too so lots to look at. I was down to one CCUK flyer in CJN,so I got that Gen5 'vert with it.

I had a JDM Gen5 GT-R for a short while,with TEMS suspension and 4WS.Reversing from an angle and down my drive was better with the 4WS in the locked position,first few times I was oversteering and wasn't exactly going in a dead straight line once on the drive with the 4WS on .It is odd. You had the turning circle of a London taxi though!

That 5 vert is a brilliant colour,by the way.