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To get a premium for under 2k as a 18 year old is bloody good really. Enjoy the car! 

To get a premium for under 2k as a 18 year old is bloody good really. Enjoy the car! 

Different dampers Church. This only seems to be an issue on stock dampers.
Its good practice not to use that method anyway. When a damper rod has a hex/torx socket recess or flats built into the end of it, its usually there for a reason.
You can tighten the top hat nut sufficiently with a ring spanner. Not to mention to the correct torque setting, no need to an impact gun, its not like your trying to whack off crank pulley bolts etc.

Its not the springs themselves its when they are installed where the damage is caused. Its caught a few people out, if you impact gun the top nut or spin the damper spindle/rod when removing it, it trashes the seals and causes the dampers to leak.

Its not the springs themselves its when they are installed where the damage is caused. Its caught a few people out, if you impact gun the top nut or spin the damper spindle/rod when removing it, it trashes the seals and causes the dampers to leak.

One from the Adrian Flux meet the other week!

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Its his car Church. The question was do they fit. Why do you feel the need to challenge everyone who doesn't necessarily do it the way you want?

Very tastefully done Ross. One of the only cars I'd consider if I was to replace my 86. The wheels suit it well, got a nice OEM+ look to it. 

I reckon Aviva or Adrian Flux is your best bet.
Oddly enough my my renewal this year was very similar to yours. Admiral renewal came in at £688 and the cheapest insurer from price comparison sites was £540 from Esure.
Having seen how much people were paying I still wasn't happy so tried the brokers. Yeah its a pain but definitely worth the effort, i ended up ringing back 3 or 3 times. In the end the best I got was £420 from both Aviva and Adrian Flux. Flux clinched it as their price included legal cover which Aviva didnt. 
Make sure you jot down your cheapest quotes and who they are with as the brokers need this info.
Im 28, 8 years NCB, clean license, mods declared.

and some slidey bits
 

Stutopia: take a look for this sample chart friction Mu vs temps:

Other vendors probably also have pads covering different temp ranges as optimal operating ones for them. This helps to see why those cold stops for some pads may have friction worse even twice or more for first stops in cold and why/how it differs for different pads designed for different uses. Luckily it's rare one needs heavy braking from car just started, as it's usually waiting a bit for engine to warm and slow moving in yard inner roads to normal ones ..
Check nfo in links / charts here for example.

And this matters why? Who cares, If you bought a GT86 to out drag other cars then you bought the wrong car. Personally I enjoy driving not comparing, I couldn't care less what everyone else around me is doing. Pretty sure every GT86 owner knows what they are getting into when they bought one. There are plenty of quick boring cars out that you can blow everyone away with on public roads if thats your thing.
'200bhp isn't enough' has only come around because manufacturers have cranked up the power of their cars in a bid to outdo each other.  Nobody whinged several years ago when most hot hatches etc were knocking around that mark,. I've driven a Harrop 'charged car back to back with my own and yeah it was a hell of alot faster but it wasn't anymore enjoyable, just ended up sitting on the brakes all the time.
Each to their own.

LOL, I see the no modding is going well Stutopia...
Fitment on the listed wheels is conservative so you wont issues, my choice from your listed options would be the 18x8.0 ET45 TE37's.
Studs ands centre are also correct. 
You will need 60deg tapered wheel nuts too, IMO I'd stick to steel as a material. Alunimum/duraluminum/alloy whatever nevers seems like a bright idea to me.

"Mic drop"

I think the stock suspension is pretty good, (many reviewers out there believe this to) if you pick a spring without silly spring rates you can't go far wrong. I went for Tein Luxury Masters as the spring rate was the closest I could find to stock, which will obviously help keep within the spec of the dampers and keeps the same handling characteristics as stock. This is the only car I've owned which hasn't had aftermarket coilovers and I'm more than happy with the results.
If you are purely lowering your car for aesthetics and want to keep the drop moderate (i.e. less than 35mm) then it would be silly to spend a load of cash on a set of adjustable coilovers.
 

I think the stock suspension is pretty good, (many reviewers out there believe this to) if you pick a spring without silly spring rates you can't go far wrong. I went for Tein Luxury Masters as the spring rate was the closest I could find to stock, which will obviously help keep within the spec of the dampers and keeps the same handling characteristics as stock. This is the only car I've owned which hasn't had aftermarket coilovers and I'm more than happy with the results.
If you are purely lowering your car for aesthetics and want to keep the drop moderate (i.e. less than 35mm) then it would be silly to spend a load of cash on a set of adjustable coilovers.
 

Abbey will install and map whatever you want them to.
 
There are plenty of good combos out there. Seems to be a current trend on this forum that TD is the only good option which isn't true.

Probably the time to pull out this pic

Not noticed any change on that front and I've done three decent length motorway journeys since they were fitted the other day.