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Thing is that easy needs £1500 spending on it so it’s not a bargain anyway, wise move to leave it methinks.

I wouldn’t touch that with yours. It’s an absolute mess of a car.

Bloody hell mate, not good! Glad to hear you’re on your way back now though

Erm no. Run, don’t walk, even at that price.

If you think that all that matters is whether or not a machine says the alignment is in the green, then this isn’t the thread for you. Yes, places discussed above are expensive and for most people unnecessary, but if you want an expert to set your car up in a specific way then that kind of work does cost. Also if you think that places like CG simply give you an alignment then you’re missing the point entirely: I can assure you that there’s a lot more that goes into a session than that.

What did you want, a hundred people saying they don’t know the answer?! That’s less helpful than people saying nothing at all, but even then that’s significantly more helpful than someone who has the answer but refuses to share it out of spite. Doing yourself no favours here at all, my friend.

Honestly, a day there is a true experience. They don’t just set up a geo, they test all your suspension components on road and on machine, they guide you through every step of the process and listen to exactly what you want. They turned my 911 from a cooking version into a car that wanted to wag it’s tail on every occasion, and my 6er from a barge into something that would happily attack corners on circuit. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Never heard of them, are they a local garage or a performance outfit? Equipment used is irrelevant to a point, there’s pro guys out there that still swear by string (!), it’s all about what you ask for. I would always recommend travelling to a place that understands handling and performance driving demands, such as Center Gravity if you want the absolute best (many other Zed specialists on here can do the same though), and telling them how the car handles now compared with how you want it to feel. They should be able to tailor your geo to you, rather than just use a machine to get it to within default under steer factory defaults.

Who did the alignment? What did you ask them to do?

Check out the Torqen site and have a look at the Ultra Racing stuff, ideally you want as much as you can justify but the front and rear bracing made more of a difference for me than the centre, but tbh I certainly wouldn’t ignore that if you can stretch.

Those tyre ratings for wet/dry/noise are pretty much useless, and whilst you could compare a c rated hankook with an a rated Pirelli and find a difference, overall compound and tread style will make a vast difference even between an AS3 and an AS4 (as it should, given rapid tyre development these days). If it’s a tighter feel you’re after, then def do the tyres and geo but I would also give serious consideration to purchasing some chassis bracing instead of the arbs, it made more of a difference on my old Zed than anything else. Gave a lot more feel and pointyness than even I was expecting, and worth every penny.

The car is probably twitchy due to mismatched tyres tbh, or your geo, or both. Read the Sticky about mixed tyres for more info.

The MPS4 (which is what I run as I cannot get MPS4S in 17”) are like a perfectly cooked steak with chunky chips, steamed beans and the sauce of your choosing. The MPS4S are like the same steak, but served by a nude Scarlett Johansson offering herself as dessert. In short, they’re both excellent but you’d be mad to not go for the latter. Just move up a width front and back to suit, they have them in those sizes.

Tbh, you’d need the specs of all the dampers and the spring rates to make an informed decision as much as people saying “yeah I’ve had these and they’re great”, as it depends on what kind of feel you want from them.

Didn’t know you were in Japan, now it makes more sense why you’re only looking at JDM options

BC Racing BR also well worth looking at, I’ve had them across three different vehicles (including a 350) and found them to be excellent in terms of quality, adjustability and damping levels.

If I had the money I’d buy that in a heartbeat. Great ad Stu, and that car is worth every penny of what you’re asking for it.

And you have just saved me minutes of my life, Colin I thank you very much kind sir!

Fancy summing up the results for those that don’t have YT access at work?

The 104mph was on the A12 near Lower Hacheston, Suffolk. So def not somewhere you just pay the coppers! Truth be told the officer mucked up the paperwork by putting a NI code down and not a English one, so when I took my documents to the station the officer at the desk couldn’t actually process it. I got very lucky, and since June 3rd 2004 I no longer speed on motorways/DCs. Not worth it, way too easy to get caught.

Which numpty voted for the second option?!?!

More money than sense? I’d spend an awful lot of money to ensure I didn’t get a ban tbh, that would seem to be the sensible option! Fun fact: I once got caught doing 104mph average over a 1/4 mile speed trap, in a 70 zone. Walked away with zero points and zero fine

It’s really not. The law specifically allows for circumstances to be taken into account, for example if you are the sole carer of someone who would be harmed by you losing your license then you’ll get a massive fine and points instead. So you’re wrong. Unless you can point me to the exact legislation that backs you up, which you can’t because it doesn’t exist.

No it’s not. Likely yes, but guaranteed no.

Actually France is one country where they automatically deduct a percentage for fluctuating speedos or dodgy calibration, so when you’re caught you’re caught. And that comes from someone who was stopped for doing 180kmh in a 110kmh, and the adjusted speed was still significantly naughty enough for them to take my licence and €750 there and then