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Run for it, quick!

Good on you mate, I always flash or wave, if i don't get a responce, well never mind, not everyone feels the same as we do about our cars, it's a fact of life, some of us care, we care a heck of alot more, it's not our fault that we hug our cars from time to time. Plus according to a few, i'm having a mid life crisis, so be it, i'm happy!

Mr T wasn't up for going any further, unless i was prepared to cough up more ££'s, so i shy'd away from them, not knowing how much it was going to cost me. Still as ams has a good one (see message to TMOUSSE) I'll probably go with that. Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated mate

Ha ha, Funny you should message me Tom, ams just done the same, telling me you had the same prob's with your car! He's got an import one, the whole rear, 3,000 miles in very good nick for £150.00, and he can deliver to me as he has folks in Huntington he's visiting the first week in September, RESULT! My local garage recons on leaving it as is,but, i know what i'm like, not happy unless things are as close to perfect as i can get, always like to give the car a chance to drive with maximum advantage to the driver, after all thats why we drive Celicas, so i think i'll probably go with it, it's only money!!! Local garage will fit for £300.00, i dont know how many hours it takes, but is alot cheaper than Mr T ( £1000.00 + for new one and fitting) Hope all is good with you and yours, Cheers Chris.

Cheers ams, just a bit worried that i'll be wearing out tyres quicker than i should, don't want to be buying new ones every 6-8 months, in saying that, i'm happy to stay with it as long as i'm not hurting/ putting too much stress on other ajoining parts and it costs me more in the long run.

Hi all, Had car lowered on eibach springs about 250 miles ago, time for laser alinement. Went to see Mr T, only one close to me with laser, quoted £84.50 over the phone, went with this , although steep price, told "you'll drive away straight and true" went back after 2hrs, only done the front,nuts and bolts on rear rusted on, so it was agreed i would go back the following day and they would have another go,for the same price, when i returned after another 2hrs the next day, the mechanic explained to me after he had WD40'd, heated and hit everything with a big hammer, still nothing moved. Mr T manager and mechanic not happy to cut nuts off incase bolts still stuck," it could open a large can of worms" , New back axle, wish bones and bushes. Now i don't mind spending money on my car, but with labour, £800.00'ish for the full works. Went to my normal garage ( 2 man and cheaper) explained the story, they have told me to carry on driving the car but keep an eye on the tires for wear, then to assess the situation in 2/3 weeks. Below are the figures from the laser alinement, thoughts anyone !?!?

I think it's all to do with if you're in the club or not, i always flash, wave or thumbs up all Celica Gen's in my area, sometimes i get a reaction, sometimes not, and there are times i'm not concentrating when others sign me and i miss it I don't mean to, but there are times when we all have a s--t time at work and the last thing you're expecting is a flash, i don't take it too seriously, but i keep waving so hopefully one day everyone will respond I'm 57 by the way, age has nothing to do with it, you're as young as the woman you feel and the car you drive. On the age thing, i hope i'm still driving my Celica when i'm in my 70's, I'll still wave at you DigitalG, because you drive a great car,respect to you sir

You know i'm a Gen7 owner!

Please dont encourage him, he doesn't need it!

I knew i was going to get this! But i'm not going to be detramentle to you because you took 2 pic's of my car at Ace. Thanks Splinter, at least there's someone on here who can give a serious answer, Cheers for the clicky, that clears that up. now all i have to do is sort out Danny boy

I'm probably behind slowjoe in the Q of car knowledge,this is probably a stupid question****** but,I've just had eibach springs fitted a week ago, done about 120 miles, so now i've got to have the geometry checked, please explain what this is!!! sorry i'm just a simple chef, i bow down to your far superior knowledge.

Great pic's mate, thanks for posting.

Thanks for your thoughts everyone, probably stay with stock, i'm no mechanic,and without the knowledge,will mean extra cash for someone to mod stuff for me so it fits right. I'll be in touch soon ams.

Hi all, So i had eibach springs fitted today, while the mechanic was having a check around, he noticed a small leak on the bottom corner of the radiator, talks took place, 12 years old, probably had its life, o.k. no probs. I've seen posts on here in the past about Aluminum race/fast street radiators, i have a 2000 Gen 7 140, in good nick, plus i've done afew things, to make it mine. I don't mind spending more money on an aluminum one, but in your opinion, is it worth it, what extra will it give me for my money, if anything? For a stock one approx £50- £60, Aluminum £190 Is it worth the extra cash? Thanks in advance Chris.

Thanks mate but i've bought the Apex ones off ams, Cheers for the info though.

Ok mate will PM you

Usual questions, how old, in good nick? From the remarks on here, they are one of the best makes. Is there anything else i have to worry about when getting these fixed? Sorry for all the questions, just making sure

Does anyone know of a corporate member who supplies lowering springs. Thanks in advance.

Bugger i missed your runs down the strip! next time can you kick me in the leg (not too hard! ) would have loved to have seen it. Hope you can fix the problem cheap, fingers and toes crossed. Good Luck.

Ditto, also are you wipeing your dip stick with a cloth thats been used for polishing or waxing, that will give you broken/patchy reading, use clean kitchen paper, see if it makes any difference. hth.

I've just started a new thread ' Cambridgeshire meet ' Anyone interested give us your thoughts, Cheers Chris.

ok mate i'll do that over the weekend, i'm off to Beccles tomorrow morning to purchase a Scorpion backbox from Christy off here, a 4 hour round trip, a good outing for the car haha,Between us i'm sure we'll make it happen, thanks for your support, I'll be in touch soon. Cheers Chris. P.S. Any thoughts on where we meet, it has to be a fairly central spot so it's atractive to most people, the more the merrier!

My thoughts exactly, even if it rains all day we can still talk Celicas, everyone has info to pass on. We need a few people to put their names forward to get the ball rolling, and of course a date and time we can all agree on. For me i can make any Saturday in August at the moment. Just need more to commit, come on guy's it's a good day where we can all soak ourselves in Celica stuff. I've been to 1 or 2 meets and never regreted it, believe me, you'll have a ball. Chris.

I've been thinking about what dr3bin said about local meets, I'm happy to organise a place for us guy's and gal's to meet up if enough people are interested. I've been to one in Chelmsford on a Saturday, most people arrived at 3.00pm, it was at a pub so we could get a drink and then at 6.30pm we had a bite to eat. A good day was had by all, even if the weather was rubbish! Just needs a phone call to make sure owner/manager is ok with a bunch of phyco Celica freaks frequenting his carpark and bar for a few hours. Shall we just see who would be interested in the first place and then i can take it a step further. Sometime in August maybe? Get the bigger meets out of the way first. Regards Chris.