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c_jnz

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  1. Happy 9 Anniversary c_jnz!

  2. Backing off the throttle is one of life's little pleasures, super loud BOV followed by huge bang. May as well do something with all that unburnt fuel exiting the exhaust
  3. Mine makes a load of noise and backfires when hot, so I usually get the look of 'WTF was that'. Also quite a few people have said its a 'nice supra' nobody has confused it with a Civic though, then again I would rather smash my cock flat with a house brick then take it to KwikFit.
  4. The one guy I use started out to be cash in hand £10 balanced but its £15 now. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MANUAL-PORTABLE-TYRE-WHEEL-CHANGER-BEAD-BREAKER-TIRE-MACHINE-CAR-BIKE-15-21-inch-/131415402927?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e98f7e9af This machine would do the job fine with getting the tyre off and refitting but works on the method of rolling the bar across the face of the lip to lever it up. It would be fine for steels or winter rims not sure I'd fancy using it on decent rims. But in theory £50 for the machine, £20 for a tub of bead seal and £20 for a tub of tyre lube, tyres fitted for life. Except for balancing
  5. At the two places I use I get charged either £15 or £20 to have a tyre off re fitted and balanced, thats taking it there myself loose. I got caught short with a puncture and went to a kwikfit who charged me £25 last month, would have been more but I took the wheel off myself in the car park. With this latest set of wheels I just bought and the puncture I have spent around £100 just having tyres swapped over and resealed and will need 2 new tyres on the GT4 soon. When you look at some of the machines on ebay for around £100 it would work out cheaper in the long run, not necessarily easier and like you say, levering it off the rim is likely to fck them right up...
  6. I have quite a few sets of alloy wheels now and find a lot of the time after the wheels have been stored they develop leaks around the beads mainly due to surface corrosion inside the rim and need rubbing down and resealing. I seem to be spending a lot of time and money at tyre fitters, and after going again today I really feel its something I could do myself with a few tyre levers and bead breaker. Does anybody else remove and fit their own tyres, or have any recommends for tools?
  7. I seen a silver GT4 with toyota 3 spoke wheels finished in gunmetal a few weeks back and it confirmed it in my mind. There was a turquoise green GT4 replica some time back on the club and he had 3 spoke Rays fitted which looked awesome, I think the gen 6 can pull 3 spokes off well. Anybody remember the vauxhall cav slab wheels? I had them fitted on my mk3 astra and loved the look of them; almost want a set on the offchance I get a 4 stud vx at some point.
  8. I want a decent set of three spokes with center caps... i love the standard look, fitting an original head unit to mine.
  9. I have Led's in mine but they are still pretty meh, with the addition of having a tendency to flicker as I cant get the connection to fit. My next thing was looking at getting plasma dials.
  10. It sounds like starter, have you managed to bump start it?
  11. Happy 8 Anniversary c_jnz!

  12. Water/Meth injection to keep temp down and protect the engine. Another use for water injection I was watching some videos on youtube about steam cleaning the inside of an engine by spraying water into the intake, didn't believe it until I seen it but apparently it works.
  13. Yeah mine was covered in it, wondered where that was from.
  14. I have plastidip on the roof of another car and it only lasted 12 months and started to look shite, some of it is not uv stable, plastidip #uk dodged every question I asked them about its longevity and uv resistance. I have and do use plastidip on some small bits but would I use it to cover the whole car, question it.
  15. The GT4 is far more robust than this thread gives it credit for I agree. Be interested to see how a charged 190 fairs after 18years and 160k.
  16. I think Johnyboy hit the nail on the head perfectly, however. You have a itch that needs to be scratched imo, and I don't believe in what if's, don't do the typical bloke thing and over analyse it just go out and pick a good one and buy it. If you can then keep the gen 7 and have the best of both worlds, or at least until you are happy with your decision.
  17. Happy Anniversary c_jnz!

  18. Looks like they won't work with your wheels, any spacer under 27mm would not work with my old multifit alloys because of the same problem.
  19. There has been a few topics about the GT4 Toyota filters being poor on the OC. Although I thought this had been rectified with new Toyota filters?
  20. Has the your Vectra got the m32 gearbox fitted like the astra's? If yes then do not be tempted to up the torque via a greenbox or remap.
  21. Yep, sounds like a dealer; Make up a price and then double it add the word rare in the title.
  22. Happy Anniversary c_jnz!

  23. I have Osrams and LED's on 2 cars and they are not the same temperature light. To match the LED's you need around 6k, which I have only ever seen in HID's.
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