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Thread: Favourite Roads?
Post: RE: Favourite Roads?
| as mentioned the Buttertubbs pass is awesome as is the road from the Ribble viaduct to Hawes plenty of opportunity to dice with the bikes :)
both the above are great and I'm sure all those mentioned... |
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The Couch
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10-01-2014, 07:52 PM |
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Thread: Local Garages/Mechanics
Post: RE: Local Garages/Mechanics
| Wakefield West Yorks I'd recommend Illingworth Automotive Services 01924 272727 -07876387062 ex car and bike racer so very knowledgeable on tuning / brakes etc |
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budd |
The Couch
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10-01-2014, 07:36 PM |
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Thread: Duggan Case
Post: RE: Duggan Case
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Dum-Dum Wrote: (10-01-2014, 07:08 PM)
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budd Wrote: (10-01-2014, 07:00 PM)
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I haven’t mentioned the Lib Dems but as they are largely irrelevant I won’t bother.
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You sir have rep.
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budd |
The Couch
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10-01-2014, 07:13 PM |
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Thread: Duggan Case
Post: RE: Duggan Case
| The problem with reports/ surveys/ statistics etc is the results are open to interruption, the same data can be made to support various theories, politicians love this as it allows them to give credib... |
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budd |
The Couch
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10-01-2014, 07:00 PM |
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Thread: Duggan Case
Post: RE: Duggan Case
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Kezzieboy Wrote: (10-01-2014, 05:10 PM)
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I'm glad you see that there is an underlying issue, and that it wasn't just mindless violence and thievery from the start, unlike most people seem to think.... |
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budd |
The Couch
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10-01-2014, 06:05 PM |
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Thread: Duggan Case
Post: RE: Duggan Case
| Interesting debate, if you listen to radio/ watch the news on TV etc you could be forgiven for thinking (judging by the screaming shouting hordes heckling the Police spokesman) that public opinion is ... |
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budd |
The Couch
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7,293 |
10-01-2014, 02:58 PM |
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Thread: Which web host??
Post: Which web host??
| I fancy having a go at creating my own website, nothing fancy just a basic business info page really, I already have a domain name so now I need a web host, here it gets a bit confusing there's loads ... |
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budd |
The Couch
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09-01-2014, 08:53 PM |
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Thread: ebc brake components
Post: RE: ebc brake components
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cully Wrote: (08-01-2014, 12:49 PM)
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EBC had a lot of bad press cause of pads breaking up and also squealing but since then they have turned themselves around and made improvments.
but as always ba... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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08-01-2014, 05:32 PM |
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Thread: ebc brake components
Post: RE: ebc brake components
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cully Wrote: (08-01-2014, 11:18 AM)
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budd Wrote: (08-01-2014, 11:13 AM)
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but for every day use a premium brand OE spec pad would be equally competent, so really you are just paying EBC to paint ... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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08-01-2014, 11:31 AM |
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Thread: ebc brake components
Post: RE: ebc brake components
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BigTallPaul Wrote: (08-01-2014, 12:53 AM)
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EBC green are OK if you wanrt a cheapish pad as an upgrade for a daily driver.
However, if you like to press on a little or use -roads more than motorw... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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08-01-2014, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: Xsara VTS suspension overhaul plus upgrade (hopefully)
Post: RE: Xsara VTS suspension overhaul plus upgrade (ho...
| not done much in the last few weeks so I better get my finger out, unfortunately my DIY lower rear bush as failed as predicted (ripthrough) the resin did indeed break away from the rubber oh it was wo... |
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budd |
Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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03-01-2014, 06:15 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
| yes I'll thread lock the retainer :) |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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02-01-2014, 08:53 PM |
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Thread: ebc brake components
Post: RE: ebc brake components
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Alan_M Wrote: (28-12-2013, 03:13 PM)
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I had Greenstuff in my old 205 many moons ago and they were absolutely fine. No squeal nor excessive dust from them, something that you will get with Mintex 11... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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28-12-2013, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
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ConorTRG Wrote: (28-12-2013, 03:58 PM)
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Yea you can swap over the inserts in them once you find one the right length etc.
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sounds worth investigating, I'm going to have to remove the strut/hub ... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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28-12-2013, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
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ConorTRG Wrote: (27-12-2013, 09:26 PM)
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Also budd theres nothing you can do with the internals of budget coilovers. They all have a sealed shock insert inside the coilover body unlike the better br... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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28-12-2013, 10:15 AM |
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Thread: ebc brake components
Post: RE: ebc brake components
| that's probably the first time I've heard good comments on EBC pads, generally people seem to have massive downer on them, a few years ago quality was very suspect, I've personally had Greenstuff pads... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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27-12-2013, 01:02 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
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Rippthrough Wrote: (25-12-2013, 08:17 PM)
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See edit to my typo, should have been 'work' not 'worse' :D
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no need for clarification I understood your point :) , and I'm not even sure it's possibl... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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25-12-2013, 08:52 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
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Rippthrough Wrote: (24-12-2013, 03:12 PM)
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Budd, the issue is the internal friction, they have shitloads, which is why they feel stiff and then bottom out the minute they hit a pothole - it takes a... |
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25-12-2013, 03:49 PM |
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Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers
| completely agree with the above, cheap and cheerful I don't know how they are able to do it for the money although I'd guess it involves slave labour in a Chinese shanty town, be hay ho
As stated don... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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24-12-2013, 11:45 AM |
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Thread: which uprated engine mount ??
Post: RE: which uprated engine mount ??
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miles Wrote: (23-12-2013, 08:13 PM)
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Spoox just re-brand Vibra Tech which I use solely now and have stood up to the car's I run in various trims better than anything else I have used
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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23-12-2013, 08:36 PM |
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Thread: which uprated engine mount ??
Post: RE: which uprated engine mount ??
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Tom Wrote: (23-12-2013, 03:46 PM)
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I got a bbm one and the car vibrates a bit. You havent said if your petrol or diesel?
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car is a Xsara VTS so XU petrol, not to worried about access NVH, and I... |
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Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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23-12-2013, 04:03 PM |
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Thread: which uprated engine mount ??
Post: which uprated engine mount ??
| well I tried to up-rated my own lower engine mount by filling it with polyurethane resin but despite looking good failed pretty quickly so I'm going to have to buy a proper one, but which of the widel... |
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budd |
Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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23-12-2013, 03:27 PM |
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Thread: Whats happened here :O
Post: RE: Whats happened here :O
| as said above pipe off drain fluid, if I were you I buy 5ltr of fluid change then leave it a week or so and change it again flush all the crap out of it, re the cause of the contamination, PS problems... |
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budd |
Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking
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20-12-2013, 02:55 PM |
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Thread: Diesel cats??
Post: RE: Diesel cats??
| I sold mine at trinity metals in ossett west yorks, mainly because they are just around the corner from where I live so not far to go to drop it off, the guy I dealt with had a chart listing all the d... |
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budd |
DW10 HDi section
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19-12-2013, 05:18 PM |
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Thread: Diesel cats??
Post: RE: Diesel cats??
| Maybe I should have used a different scrapy :) but seriously there are a lot of factors governing the value of cats not least current metal prices but type make size all effect value if I could find s... |
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budd |
DW10 HDi section
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18-12-2013, 10:21 PM |
