Ok time for an update!
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First things first, when I got the car I thought the brakes were TERRIBLE! Not one to do things by halfs, I got onto WMS brakes and ordered up this little bunch.
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Consists of Front WMS 4 pot calipers with new 300mm discs, braided hoses all round, new discs and EBC yellow stuff pads all round.
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Also upgraded the fluid to dot 5.1 and freed up the sliders on the rear calipers.
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Manky old set up
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Replaced with this
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I'm really impressed with this set up, now the pads have bedded in these brakes can rip my face off and I can lock the brakes easily at any speed.
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Also a massive improvement in steering feel, due to how much lighter these are than the standard brake setup.
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Overall, very impressed and can't wait to try them out on a track come spring time!
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Next up was to get some new wheels.
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The wheels it came with looked nice, but I wanted a proper staggered set up.
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Ideally I wanted some 16s
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(the smallest I could clear the brakes with), but these 17s came up on ebay and I really liked the look of them.
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They had just been refurbed and fitted with all new bolts and came with Michelin Pilot Sport Exalto tyres which I've always been a fan of, fantastic grip in wet and dry.
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Fronts are 17 x 7.5 and rears 17 x 8.5 with a nice dish.
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Shes now sitting like this
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And today I finally got round to getting rid of the STUPID short shifter that was fitted.
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I hate short shifters, completely loose all feel of the gear change and was horribly notchy.
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Stripped out
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New shifter swapped in
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Finished, just need to get a decent standard gear knob.
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.if anyone has one PM me
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Car feels a million times better to drive now, no more wrestling matches to get the sucker in gear
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That's it for the time being, I have a few more things in the pipeline so will update in due course.
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