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Cheers bud, if I'd only put them on without tearing I'd have kept them on permanently, as I really liked them. Gone for something totally different this year, the final batch of vinyl arrived this morning so I can start putting it all on soon!

Bear in mind that mine's a ragtop, the noise may well reverberate differently in a tintop but I still maintain it's nowhere near that extreme. Pop the bungs in and it's very sociable.

It's not that loud, don't worry! Even with the bungs out I could happily hear the Bose over the exhaust, roof up or down.

Pretty sure I couldn't do as bad as job as Nissan did even if all I had was a set of blue Crayolas

Sounds cool bud, what colour you going with ? Ummm... Azure blue! I wasn't entirely sure on the colour at first, but it's really grown on me and I'd just like to get it perfect as it should be, and the only realistic way of doing that is a respray as the car is stonechipped to buggery I'd like to try something different, but unless I strip the car right back to a bare shell there'll always be a remnant of the old colour there, and as much as that shouldn't hurt the resale value I know it will, so I'm trying to be a little sensible as well.

I'll pop mine up as well... 1. New discs all round 2. Get the stickers on for Le Mans! 3. Fit the rest of my Summit bracing 4. Plenum space & MREV2 plenum 5. Lowering springs 6. Some kind of chip, not sure of piggyback or full replacement yet 7. Full respray, pro detailing and a healthy dose of Armourfend 8. Engine swap if I keep the car long enough And hopefully in that order too! First three will be done very shortly, others may take a while longer but I'll get there eventually.

Who wants to speed on motorways anyway? It's boring and no fun at all, far better to stick your cruise control on and just relax.

Aphex Twin, Cypress Hill and (early) Linkin Park? This man speaketh much sense. Bonkers is alright, but it's going to get very boring very quickly. Must admit I'm a bit partial to some of Slipknot's last album right now, and I'm listening to Out Of Control a fair bit in preparation for seeing Girls Aloud in a couple of weeks

I hate it! I liked his last album, but that song is just like any of the Euro dance crap that comes out every single year. Dull dull dull. I had the iPod on shuffle on the way home tonight, and with the roof down and the volume up Layla came on and sounded superb

You need to be driving like a complete arse to do more than £1.7K worth of damage to your car though IMHO, so unless you are driving like that then you're never going to get the benefit of the insurance. And if you are driving like that, don't expect to stay on track for very long Tbh I'd quite like to see track insurance made mandatory, even if it's only for 3rd party cover. That's what you really want, as then as long as you're driving okay you've got nothing to worry about.

Thought not. Never mind, plenty of other options out there.

WD-40 is no good, you need proper penetrating oil like PlusGas or even Halfrauds own brand.

Do they do rear discs as well, I've only ever been able to find them in the fronts?

I'm going down on the Tuesday and won't be back in the UK until the following Saturday: A couple of of us leaving Le Mans on the Monday and heading down to Millau, and then coming back up and doing the Normandy beaches again. If you've never been to the landings, please try and go whilst you're over in France, as they are an absolute must-see place in your lifetime. Very sobering.

Personally I wouldn't dream of going near the Ring unless I'd been on at least an airfield day first, to at least give you some idea of what it will be like in a far more controlled environment. A couple of trackdays would be a lot better, but I see that as the minimum. Bear in mind there is practically zero run-off on the Ring, and it might not necessarily be your fault if you hit the (very expensive) armco if some dipshit comes flying out of a corner and taps you... At least if you have some track experience you'll know roughly where you should be and how others will drive, and where you should be looking apart from the obvious answer of everywhere. That said, it's a proper experience and every driving enthusiast should do it once in their life.

Amen to that, we'll have arrange a mini Zed meet on the circuit at some point.

Alternatively, invest in some driver training as that'll have you going far quicker than any combination of mods would ever do.

Check your tyre pressures, as that could easily cause the issues too. Also I'm presuming that all four are Bridgestone RE040s? 3mm difference between the rear tyres shouldn't cause that much trouble, not to the extent you're describing anyway.

Full marks for not quibbling and just paying for the damage straight off, far too many parents absolve themselves of any blame when it comes to their kids too easily nowadays. You have my full respect

What kind of tyres were you planning on fitting? Unless you're already running really grippy stuff like A048s/R888s then upgrading the width is a waste of time, as you could simply put a better tyre on whilst keeping the stock width, which would give you better grip without compromise.

:bye: My second year on the trot this year, taking the missus as well for her first time so it should be interesting if nothing else! I should be doing my stickers in the next couple of weeks, just waiting for a few of them to arrive. Here's mine from last year, minus the big 24 logo stickers as I didn't get them until the day: Can't wait now, it's only 5 weeks today until I go!

You're very right, it wasn't helping matters at all! Played with it a bit more this afternoon, turned Loudness off, Defeat on, and adjusted the bass and treble frequencies as well as the crossover point. Needs a good test at speed with the roof down, but so far I've got a far better quality sound without sacrificing volume at all. Thanks for the hint bud, really did make a huge difference.

Yup, doesn't really make that much difference though. It seems to work more on the treble than the volume, which does distort the final quality somewhat.

It's a bit iffy atm as I need to delve into the sound setup on the HU a bit more, as right now I've got loads of bass at low volume but it gets drowned out at high volume by the treble, just a minor issue that will sort itself out once I start fiddling. The sub isn't quite there yet as it was with the Bose in due to this (well, it's fine on some songs but not on others), but when it is right it's perfect and I have no doubt that a bit of fine tuning will give me everything I need. The sounds quality has improved greatly too, as you can really hear the subtleties of the music that got lost in the Bose.

Fitted mine today, very nice piece of kit indeed! My install doesn't look quite as neat as yours though as the MY06 DIN adaptor forces the HU to sit a lot further back in the console, but it's not so bad that I can't live with it. Besides, I wanted it for what it could do rather than how it looked and the iPod control is flawless. Just for note as well, if connecting to Bose sub + speakers you DO NOT need a line booster, as the volume is well within normal limits. Might save someone else buying a line booster unnecessarily