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[CocoPops]

Best mod yet. Genuinely, I think most of us that bought one recently, wish we did it a LONG time ago.

[JG]

Yep makes all the difference. most of my passengers couldn't tell that i had left it on. You can get the tyres to chirp under heacy braking. go and try and do that with the standard system.

[TazN]

Excellent, I guess it goes on the list for when I come to renew the brakes then...after the suspension gets some loving but before I start doing engine work. Oh JG you have pm mate reg bolt set. Any plans for the near future or have you finished the project for the time being?

[CocoPops]

James' car will never be a finished project.... there's always something Interior is on his list at some point I think.

[FLD]

Yep makes all the difference. most of my passengers couldn't tell that i had left it on. You can get the tyres to chirp under heacy braking. go and try and do that with the standard system.

I must be the luckiest owner there is. Mine's stock, was left on at the national and was fine, even with 16/17"'s!

[CocoPops]

Yep makes all the difference. most of my passengers couldn't tell that i had left it on. You can get the tyres to chirp under heacy braking. go and try and do that with the standard system.

I must be the luckiest owner there is. Mine's stock, was left on at the national and was fine, even with 16/17"'s!

Or you were braking like a ?

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Yep makes all the difference. most of my passengers couldn't tell that i had left it on. You can get the tyres to chirp under heacy braking. go and try and do that with the standard system.

I must be the luckiest owner there is. Mine's stock, was left on at the national and was fine, even with 16/17"'s!

You aint braking hard enough.

[TazN]

After reading more about it I know realise that what I thought was something wrong with the brakes is the 'ice mode' It's scarred the s%&t outta me a few times on the back roads where I genuinely thought it wasn't going to break enough for a corner and had to take it way faster than I'd normally. So definitely going on the list Now interestingly this has only happened since switching to Europa wheels with standard spec potenzas....

[FLD]

Yep makes all the difference. most of my passengers couldn't tell that i had left it on. You can get the tyres to chirp under heacy braking. go and try and do that with the standard system.

I must be the luckiest owner there is. Mine's stock, was left on at the national and was fine, even with 16/17"'s!

Or you were braking like a ?

Probably. I do tend to be cautious.

[JG]

Got quite a lot to do before le Mans.

Jimmy* wore the inner toe link out so in need to change that.

Some of you will be aware that i hit a dog on the motorway late on the way to the national (4 miles from the hotel). It made a mess of the dog and of the clam which has now been approved for replacement under a very large insurance claim (£6k). Luckily nothing else underneath hit or damaged.

Unbelievably thee clams in stock so it will be repaired quickly but after le Mans.

Particular thanks to Ali for making me email the relevant insurance people on the night of the event when i got to the hotel.
Funniest bit was seeing people point out the dirty bits as i arrived at the hotel, unaware there was a bloody great big hole on the other side

*alright i might have

Since this thread is full of pics here i suppoe i have to post a couple:




PS: if you hit a dog, report it in person to the polce within 24h, else you'll get into a little bit of trouble. I left it a bit longer and did it by phone to the displeasure of the police.

[JG]

In happier times

[ArticMonkey]

£6k to fix that!? Bloody good job you've covered the car for over 20+k. Hope it all gets sorted. Recon the armourfend helped hold it togther. Might of lost abit more IMO.

[jules_s]

^^^ I said the same re: £6k Then JG sent me the breakdown......it soon adds up

[J4EY D]

Sorry to hear about this mate Good shout about reporting it to the police quickly though. I reversed over a dog in my old van, took the dog and the owner straight to the vets and made sure the dog was going to be alright and then went home... Then a week later I get a letter from the owners solicitor saying it was a hit and run on the dog and that I owed £3k in compensation. Luckily I was in the police then and made a report straight away after the incident and that's what saved me! It turns out that a dog comes under personal property laws but cats don't! So if you're going to hit anything, hit a cat

[JG]

In this case a vet wouldn't have beeen very useful.

[rob999]

Glad it looks like a quick turnaround and it's all been agreed James.

[J4EY D]

In this case a vet wouldn't have beeen very useful.

That bad!! I'm surprised the Vx hasn't got more damage! I suppose the all the wax on it provided some protection

[Goosenka]

I have to say it was a rather surreal place to be at near on midnight by the side of a road with JG, Lee, a random trucker, a dead dog and a damaged car Even weirder was all the lorries going passed and driving over the damaged car bits on the carriageway.

[JG]

shhhh i'm trying to forget that noise

[Goosenka]

shhhh i'm trying to forget that noise

Yeh I know what you mean!!