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    Right, first thoughts on potential mods

     

    As a background - this is my weekend car, with estimated 3-4k miles p.a and hopefully 5-6 track days a year (and may be occasional long bank weekend trip to Wales or Cornwall). Main objective is to keep it comfortable on London and S&E roads and manage abovementioned occasional track day.

     

    Will keep stock 17" wheels for now considering limited track plans (not sure 18" will make much difference for me apart from being able to fit larger brakes and tyres)

     

     

    1. Brakes - thinking about replacing fronts with Tarox 328mm kit (grooved or japanese) and rear with Tarox disk and paint calipers to match fronts (red or black?). APs are just a lot more expensive - cant justify then considering limited track plans.

    (Alternative is to keep stock for a while and just paint calipers or may be replace disks only).

     

    2. Tyres - will keep stock, but let's see how they perform. Then will change to YokoV105 or Pilot Sport4.

     

    3. Coilovers - good offers now at DemonTweaks. Was originally thinking about FlexAs, but tempted by KW Variant 3 (at £300 off). From reviews I like Bilstein B16, but wonder if thats ott for what I am after.

     

    4. Cosmetics - just tint back and small sides, cant think of anything else for now (may be get black Toyota badges).

     

    5. New exhaust and remap - thats probably for next year. Very tempted with TD offer, but its just so far north from South London . Will need to keep it reasonably quiet.

     

    Would appreciate any recommendations/ thoughts and constructive criticism 😁2139aa03b08c830785a6f2d7e9c14217.jpg

     

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    Yeah I was looking at consumables aswell. It is mainly for road / track work (5-8 a year). I was using standard disks ds2500 and gt3 ducts on a Hot day and was braking quite hard and they just came apart.

    My considerations are:

     

    1. Fit under standard wheels

    2. Dust Boots

    3. Brake Bias

    4. Consumables

     

    AP are on my list but just looking round at others at the moment as AP are pricey.

    Are you considering just front kit or both front and back? And how much difference does it make? Looks like your considerations and short list us just like my, but clearly you ve done more thinking and research .

     

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    What about Tarox? Rob had a good review. They are quite a bit cheaper. I am also considering BBK as my first mod on a new car. Planning for max 5-6 track days a year (wish could do more but fairly unlikely). Heard good words about AP Racing, so still undecided.

     

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    Hi guys,

    I am thinking of Catdrivers Performance Driver & Optimisation courses @ Millbrook on August 21st-22nd. Some of you have attended it already and looks like had a good fun. I am looking to get some training and more performance driving experience before joining others on the open track days.

    These are 2 full day courses and for 2-2-1 basis. Catdrivers price is £1,270 per person for 2 days (and I cant justify for myself the cost of 1-2-1 course).

    Unfortunately my work buddy can not attend these days (unlike me who have entire family away then), so if anyone is interested let me know. I think it would be interesting to have someone from the club and do it together.

    I will be at Tunersfest this Sunday (EJ17 XOT) if anyone wants to chat or share their Millbrook experience with Catdrivers, or just drop me a line.

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    Has anyone with the new Touch and Go 2 system used the Mobile Mirrorlink option?

    Tried, but didn't succeed. Also could not get the system to use my mobile internet connection. Will be looking for some guidance on the internet.

    Guess you had no success either?

     

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    Finally my grey auto GT86 2017 arrived (after nearly 3 mths on the boat and over a week in the port ). After first 50 miles - fantastic, even better than the 2 test drives i recall.

     

    Looking forward meeting you guys, particularly if there are any events close to SW London.

     

    May not be the right place to ask, but

     

    1. Does anyone know if 2017 version comes with reversing camera (mine does not have one, but brochure raves about touch2 with reversing camera). If not, any recommendation for aftermarket options (close to SW London if poss).

     

    2. Would love to see cars with aftermarket turbo and SC, although with a new car and 5y warranty may take me some time to make up my mind (but "The Dip" is there indeed).

     

    3. Any recommendations for a group 1-3 child car seat (my 2 yo had an eye on Ferrari, but had to settle for next best thing). But he demands the ride now...

     

    Cheers

     

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