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What rear lip diffuser are you using mate? And how does it attach? I have HT auto on the rear section of my bumper but wondering if a rear diffuser to go under the exhaust will interfere if it attaches via the same part from the bumper.

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45 minutes ago, matrixprotein said:

What rear lip diffuser are you using mate? And how does it attach? I have HT auto on the rear section of my bumper but wondering if a rear diffuser to go under the exhaust will interfere if it attaches via the same part from the bumper.

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It's a Verus rear diffuser and it attaches to the chassis at the arb mounts as well as to riv nuts in the sides of the rear bumper and to brackets that attach to the bottom edge of the fake oem diffuser 

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I picked up a Schroth Asm 3 harness for a bargain price from Amazon a couple of days ago and it arrived today. Plan is to try and get it fitted ahead of Mondays trackday at Bedford and see what difference it makes compared to the CG Lock I currently use. 

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2 minutes ago, matrixprotein said:

I think I saw you on the A12 on Friday alittle before mid day. Caught a glimpse. I was headed towards Colchester and you was in other direction?

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Not me I'm afraid 

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Had the pfc.08 pads and new front and rear discs fitted today at Rogue Motorsport. The pfc.08 pads certainly don't lack in stopping power to the point that the PS4's are now the weak link stopping wise with the abs triggering more easily now as the brakes overwhelm the tyre grip. 

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3 minutes ago, sam534 said:

You daily driving them?

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Not exactly daily driving as I don't use the car daily but I will be commuting with them occasionally yes

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When I saw these released I immediately thought they'd look awesome on your car! How spooky. What size are they? And where did you get them from? I'm tempted by a set in the matte silver.

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59 minutes ago, Varelco said:

When I saw these released I immediately thought they'd look awesome on your car! How spooky. What size are they? And where did you get them from? I'm tempted by a set in the matte silver.

Cheers. They're 17x9 and I got them from Wheelbase. The matte silver is lovely. 

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On 7/17/2019 at 10:00 PM, sam534 said:

You daily driving them?

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Drive them from stone cold today to the local tyre place to get some new tyres fitted. Braking performance from cold seems fine and there was no noise which I'd expected from a lot of the reviews I'd read. 

225/45/17 AD08RS's fitted to the Konig's. I was concerned they'd be a bit too stretched as it's a 9" wheel but they are fine and look similar to the stretch of my 225/40/18 PS4's on my 8" wide wheels

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Drive them from stone cold today to the local tyre place to get some new tyres fitted. Braking performance from cold seems fine and there was no noise which I'd expected from a lot of the reviews I'd read. 
225/45/17 AD08RS's fitted to the Konig's. I was concerned they'd be a bit too stretched as it's a 9" wheel but they are fine and look similar to the stretch of my 225/40/18 PS4's on my 8" wide wheels
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Ad08rs are a very wide tyre

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Also many thanks to @will300 for the expert help fitting the Schroth Asm 3 harnesses.

I'm still not 100% convinced by the rear mounting bracket that has to be bent and wonder if it would be better to source a longer bolt and use one of the supplied spacers? 

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1 hour ago, Mike said:

Bolted to the car body right? I believe one of the bolts that comes with the harness works with a spacer so you don't need to bend it. 

The longer one of the extra bolts didn't seem much different to the oem bolt so I was unsure that the spacer was a good idea as there would be less thread engagement 

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13 hours ago, Deacon said:

Also many thanks to @will300 for the expert help fitting the Schroth Asm 3 harnesses.

I'm still not 100% convinced by the rear mounting bracket that has to be bent and wonder if it would be better to source a longer bolt and use one of the supplied spacers? 

It's absolutely fine, using the bolt that goes through the rear seat belt reel. 

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Had an awesome day at Bedford yesterday with @willclarke and @will300. Car was absolutely faultless even in the near 30° heat and it was me giving out way before the car! 

Oil temps never got over 116° even after an 8 lap stint. Running with the bonnet vents open seems to be good for around a 10° reduction in oil temperature as @will300 was running around 10° higher than me and we have the same oil cooler.

The pfc.08 pads were absolutely faultless - stopping power was incredible, pedal feel was really good and they showed no sign of fade. Will gave me some caliper temperature stickers which showed the calipers were getting plenty warm but still no sign of fade 

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The AD08RS's were also excellent with fantastic grip and minimal wear in the high temperatures although even they went off a bit after about 3 laps in the high afternoon temperatures. 

Schroth Asm 3 harnesses were also really good and gave a really nice sense of connection to the car. 

Couple of random pictures from the day

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8 minutes ago, Tubbytommy said:

Awesome! bedford is a great track.

How did your tyres wear in the heat?

 

Tyres were faultless and wear looks very consistent across the tyres

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