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About LinkBacksI thought exactly the same, but then it also occurred to me that I really don't think the poor old girl will last another 20 years. :sOriginally Posted by Rusty 16v
I thought exactly the same, but then it also occurred to me that I really don't think the poor old girl will last another 20 years. :s
They're there, in their room.
A small but significant improvement today. Just before I bought the car Rusty had fitted two Debica Furios! That's their sporty tyre you know. Anyway, the rears were pretty poor, so I fitted two Firestone Firehawks. It's been that way ever since, and that was what, 5 years ago? And about 10k miles. Probably nearly 10 Combe sessions ago. The Debicas I think have distorted a little, mostly I think due to non-movement and going a bit flat over the winter.
I was also fed up of the tyres being so rubbish it stops full enjoyment of the car. So I wanted a brand name tyre and I wanted to increase the size a bit. On eBay I saw 4 Avon ZV3 in 195/60 R14, up from the previous 185/65 balloons. Har har.
I think there's less than 2mm difference in diameter.
Bit wider, and check out that tread!
Already got them fitted today:
Next time it's sunny I'll get the beast out and wear the glaze off these buggers.
They're there, in their room.
u going to coombe in this?
your rear speakers what type were they im after a set for mine. jbl something werent they? cheers.
He-ell yes.
I just measured the rear speakers and looked on good old eBay. Think they're 4"x7", factory in a Porsche 944 or something.
EDIT: This is what I posted about the rear speakers at the time: " The rears I found some JBL GTO6427 listed on eBay (£25) as fitting some VWs and Porsches, all being 4"x7". They aren't a direct fit as such, but as they're multi fit speakers, three out of the four holes can be used to mount them in the original spaces, so they're totally invisible and they plug straight in."
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nice tyres actually, doesnt sound as agressive as the debica though lol !
anrgy looking thread there.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
Thanks Darren. Is that the size you went for? I was you that gave me the idea of sticking with the standard wheels. Was tempted to go 15" Champion stylee or even Turbo rims.
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Hah.. Debica? Awesome.
They came from Fomula 1 Autocentre near me, I realised I had feck all tread and needed to run my mate up to Gatwick so got what they had. Surprised you left them there so long!
Yeah I think they're made of plastic, the amount of abuse they've taken. Bugger all grip mind. I've actually kept the old tyres to have fitted to a spare set of wheels to avoid leaving the car stood on the new tyres over winter.
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ive got 195-55-14, very odd size. i used to run 195-60-14 on my cavaliers as it happens, very nice proportions and blend of performance/comfort
Found this on another Forum....
RAF Odiham 1/4 mile open day.
He was kind and didn't start till about 5 seconds after the green light!
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Did you win Dan?
'power makes you faster down the straights, lightness makes you faster everywhere' mr c chapman.
Yep, only "lost" one all day. There was a Caterham with a 2.0 S/C Lancia engine, a M3 and a Monaro or two, and I only "lost" to a stripped out Clio on my 9th and final run. Best time was 15.15 for the 1/4.
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Avons are a good choice.. I'm running ZZ3's on the Vectra.. Feel a but hard when its cold, but warm up and grip nicely once they're going.. Having said that I don't push them hard, as it costs a mint to replace 235/35/19's..
Yep I'm dead happy so far. Too much grip to do a burnout on the launch strip, they just dragged the car forward, and the ride is much more solid feeling and far less bumpy. Result!
They're there, in their room.
Like in Blue Peter where they take the tortoise out of the shoe box, so I open the garage and awaken the GTE. It's been grating on me that's it's been entirely road legal since September and I'm getting no use out of it. It was looking a little worse for wear. I'd removed the headlining a few months back in preparation for sourcing a much better condition one from Dale. Thanks Dale! The original was sagging badly and I'd attempted to glue it back up which, although it did stop it sagging, also looked bloody awful.
My garage is only a pre-fab so it was also covered in dust and some condensation drips.
First up was to get a 2 inch hole in the passenger sill seen to. I took it to my guy and he replaced a good 10 inch bit with a proper sill section I had left over. Then he painted in all the wheel arches with stonechip and wax after giving it all a good inspection. He could find no other bits that needed the attention of grinder or welder.
So with the structure once again intact, I set about fitting a new locking kit. I spent some good time on it and fitted it nice and neatly. The old remote locking kit had started to become a little unreliable and I had an idea. So I ordered one of these:
Rightclick
...and one of these:
Rightclick
spent a few minutes on the vice with my needle files and I end up with:
It's actually waaay more awesome than it looks (which is pretty awesome). There's no real use for the boot button, so I ordered a Vauxhall logo from the same site and stuck it over it. Looks OK dunnit?
Next up before I refitted the rear 'door' cards I went nuts and emptied a whole aerosol can of wax spray into and over the inside of the arches and into the sills inside and out. This is over the stuff the welding guy did.
Driving home from a good old mince session at Benn's I was sick of the roof looking like this, and having no sun visors was a right pain!
So, I bit the bullet and set-to:
I washed my hands so I didn't transfer and grubby marks to the headlining and very very gently fed it in place. It was a bit easier than I thought and in no time the car was once again complete:
I'm vowing to stop worrying so much about using the poxy thing from now on and get some miles on it this year. Although very good condition overall, it'll never be a show winner and it's 152k miles is too high to really worry about keeping low. Plus we all know the stupid, outdated road laws in this country make it more difficult to do anything other than pay full whack and keep a car road legal unless it's going to be off the road for a very long time. Hopefully it's protected enough that some rain use won't hurt it. And if I'm going to be in it more often, I need to sort the tunes. The standard Vauxhall unit is OK and my plug in FM transmitter is fine for going to/ from shows, but it's a bit fiddly and today it kept turning itself off randomly. So I would like a cheap, simple head unit that takes SD cards and looks a bit.... well, miserable but does the job. It doesn't need to be pokey either as the speakers are hardly state of the art. A quick look on eBay brings up this:
eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace
Almost perfect I think. The extensive use of orange ilumination and the small display give it a retro look I reckon. And so cheap! Get it done. What?
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Funk me that looks better than the old one. Headunit is a bit cool too.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
I got my missus a similar sort of headunit from ALDI a few months ago. Does the job well enough, OK it's not going to win any build quality awards, but A2DP streaming is massively better than FM transmitting.
Well I'l be using a SD card but yeah, massively better.
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Ive got a usb one and one of these:
Verbatim 43941 Netbook 16GB USB 2.0 Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Which as you can imagine lasts a while!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
Holy crap that's tiny! Gotta have one at that size. Where do they fit the electrons?
They're there, in their room.
Not a clue but it sits in the front of the headunit and still fits happily in the case ;-)
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
nice to see some updates
nice
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