Sounding like a mega job, assume you'd have to totaly strip the calipers down and re-build them?

 

yeah think so. although he did say you can spray them but he wouldn't recommend it, as it doesn't last as well. I've got a few other little jobs I want to do before the brakes....... all I feel like doing though is

 

I hadnt thought much about them, untill the prospect of new wheels and then being able to see the boring calipers through them. Will you still be heading to the meets over the weekend? or a weekend of ?

 

nope sleep can wait. I wanna see some rota drifts

 

Should be getting them fitted tomorrow, not saying I'm excited or anything ..... but lol

 

I bet!!!! You got decent wheel nuts to set em off nicely??

 

Yup, came with the wheels, nice shiney black (think they're tuner) nuts, still in the pack and stretched rubber

 

mega jealous mate!! what tyres you got??

 

Falken, not sure of the size, but fit nice, bit of stretch but not OTT.

 

I hate my Falkens, cannot wait for them to wear out so I can get something I trust on the car

 

your going to have to buy some coilovers now so you can run some nice negative camber and lower the car down....get a really nice stance on it!! personally I would do that before the brakes who needs to stop anyway

 

lmao, Jason has a set of BC coilover for sale at the mo. Dont think mrs will let me spend any more on the car for a day or 2 now lol

 

common, it would be rude to the wheels not to

 

Are they that bad?!?! I had the impression that they were a pretty decent tyre
On Sat, do we have to be there by 10am, or can we get there when we get there Terry?

 

Maybe after Christmas, and selling a vital organ I might manage it

 

It opens at 10 mate, the magician is there till 12ish, lunch buffet is served from 12ish and it finishes at 3

 

My style of driving suited the Toyos far better, have had a few iffy moments on the Falkens and there is far more road noise too

 

Ive got T4R's and seem pretty good even on high boost.... Road noise i couldnt comment on as i cant hear sod all over the fuel pump anyway...

 

What are T4Rs mate, sorry, dont have much of a clue bout tyres

 

they are toyo proxes mate,

http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/ts/Man...=Toyo+Proxes+4

had no real issues in the wet on launch control at the last drag days running 11.6 1/4s

 

Mine were T1Rs on my 17" rims

 

if your camber your car , does one side of your tyres wear down quicker ? and put more strain on them ?

 

depends what you do to it, it aleady has either positive or negative anyway. If you adjust camber you may need to change caster and toe as well

 

Sorry I wont be heading to Ashburton today. Been really rough. Hope you have a good day and it all goes well, it deservs to with all the effort thats gone into it!!

If I can get it to work, heres a pic of my new rims

 

loving the wheels , im tempted to go black now , what width are those ?

 

Thanks Craig, they're 18x9.5s mate.

 

My thanks to ll who took part today. Without you guys turning up these events would be a non starter. Also a great round of thanks must go to our hosts and friends at Ashburton Motor Works and I hope you all feel that it would be worth putting some trade their way.

Merv and his team did us proud today and I was impressed that so many of you stayed for so long. I personally enjoyed my drives in the BRZ and Cozzie but also in the 03 plate WRX that had the Super Pro upgraded bushes fitted. I can recommend them from what I felt driving them today and will be ordering some pretty soon.

Darren James and the team from Subaru UK were really enthusiastic about meeting us all today and I am sure there was a good exchange of ideas and information going on. Thanks to them also for their kind donations of prizes today.

Between us all today we also raised £55 for the Subaru UK/Ashburton Motor Works charity for the orphanage at Cosa in Cambodia by sale of SIDC keyrings and stickers - along with anything else donated in the bucket.

Thanks everyone and I look forward to seeing some of you at our next event over the Christmas breake with a drive out planned to Weymouth

 

Pics here. http%3A%2F%2Fs187.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx70%2 Fjazz1000_1%2FAshburton%2520Subaru%2520Open%2520da y%25202012%2F&h=SAQErSn2E

If anyone wants to use any of the pics please make a donation to the Subaru UK/Ashburton Motor Works Charity for an orphanage in Cambodia. Monies can be given direct at Ashburton Motor Works, thanks

 

has anyone got a picture or 17" and 18" on standard rideheight scooby so i can compare the two ?

 

Mines standard height Craig