Lucas

Correct. 57GETTER. No longer available.
Lucas

Thanks Lucas, order placed!

Hi guys, just a quick heads up. RAYS had some 'special' stock wheels and I've managed to find a colour that is not normally available, so I've ordered 2 sets of Dark Bronze 57CR in 18x9.5 +38. We should have them within the next two weeks, so I will take photos of them to show you the colour etc.
They are very rare, as RAYS don't normally produce wheels in non-catalogue specs, so keep an eye out and get your PayPal credit ready  
 
I think that it could be a colour very similar to this, however I haven't seen them and all I know is that the colour is Dark Bronze, so it might be even darker than the one on the picture.
 
Price: £1411.20

You have my attention. 

You should definitely get RAYS  Quality Japanese wheels! 
https://www.part-box.com/index.php?route=product/isearch&search=gramlights 18&description=true

Stock seats are sufficient. You can't really get "comfy" bucket seats.. Let me put it this way, bucket seats will be alright for daily driving as long as you don't travel long distances, but you'll have to sacrifice some level of comfort if you want to be strapped in the seat.. unless you spend a lot of time on the track, it's not really worth it imho.
Then obviously a reasonable recommendation would be Corbeau seats.. or Recaro / Bride that you can get through us. 

Invidia Q300. Expensive but worth every penny. 

I have some OEM wheels - I'm a bit of a long way from you though.  Not looking for aftermarket wheels either as Lucas already sorted me out with something suitably shiny 

One from the other week.
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On Saturday I dropped my car into bodyworxs just outside of Bristol and after 4 days it was ready. Had the side skirts and spats resprayed and fitted on to my car. 
First off I would recommend the body shop to anyone, really helpful and professional. The work was completed to a high standard, definetly would use them again. 
Now to the car, really happy with the difference the aero styling makes, completely changes the stance. 

#nofilter #outfitoftheday xoxox

One from the other day. 

Nice photo Lucas!
Excuse the background, this was mine yesterday - took the photo to play around with ride height in the Suspension Master app, just for fun.  I need to give it a proper clean and go somewhere scenic, but even parked outside the garage I love the way it looks   

One from the other week.
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One from the other week.
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One from the other week.
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One from the other week.
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Yes, we are  Just drop me a message when you're ready to buy, I'll send you a coupon code.

See its stuff like this that winds me up. Its utter lies. On a proper calibrated engine dyno they made a bit more than 230bhp. That same engine stock tune, stock exhaust made 193hp. 
You cant compare a rolling road to a multi million pound calibrated to British standards, engine test cell. Those cells will give you the same results every day/month/year because all fluids and air is controlled to British Standards and the dynomometer is calibrated regularly to account for drift over time and usage. 
Rolling roads are for comparisons and nothing more. 

We have an auto. I did not like the occasional elastic band surging feeling,   occasional bouncy changes and always disliked the lurch when starting from standing.  I too checked for harm with the Snow mode trick but could not get a straight answer.
Solution: have just fitted the differential bush inserts part KDT925 by Whiteline. There was no noticeable increase in noise/vibration/harshness, a 60% improvement in the surging and a 100% improvement in the starting lurch.  Even the wife noticed it. 
Cost $60 - $80 and simple enough to DIY  or get it done next time the car is up on the hoist. It is a no-brainer for the auto imho. 

So this arrived yesterday.


The box was absolutely wrecked so I half expected to find it in about 3 pieces, but luckily it's OK. There's a couple of tiny imperfections if you get a magnifying glass out, but nothing I'm overly worried about. Hopefully fitting it at the weekend.

If you're after an Exhaust, I'm sure you can find something that suits your needs below
HKS

Manifolds - GT-Spec EL with a CAT / SS EL without a CAT / Super Manifold UEL
Cat-Backs - Hi-Power Spec L Carbon Tips / Hi-Power Spec L Red Carbon Tips / Hi-Power Spec L Titanium Tips
Legamax Premium / Legamax Sports / Legamax Sports Titanium Tips
Hi-Power V2 Single Exit
Front Pipe - SS Front Pipe - Catless
TOMEI

Manifold - EXPREME 4-1 UEL / EXPREME 4-2-1 EL
Overpipe - EXPREME
Front Pipe - TYPE-60 Straight cut
Cat-Backs - TYPE-60S / TYPE-60R / TYPE-80
COBRA

Manifold - UEL De-Cat
Front Pipe - De-Cat / High Flow Cat
Overpipe - Sports Overpipe
Cat-Back - Resonated / Non-Resonated

Also depends how strict your MOT place is  but yeah, definitely make you sure it's warmed up just in case

So yesterday was the day I'd been looking forward to for the best part of a month - parts fitting day! @Mark-in-Stoke and I were booked in with Rich at Tuned UK to have suspension work done to both our cars. I won't spoil Mark's update, but in a nutshell we were taking his 'temporary' suspension and putting it on mine, and he was having his newly resprung Ohlins coilovers put back on. This all came about after the OcUK meet in April. Mark had popped over and took me out in his car, after being somewhat surprised at how good TunedUK's 40mm spring collaboration with Eibach was. I was very sceptical expecting the ride to be trashy, rock hard and sat on the bump stops. I couldn't have been more wrong; the ride was firm yes, but not uncomfortably so. Body roll is far better controlled and the stance looks fantastic. No issues with clearance and no smashing of bump stops. Given I don't do track work and have no intention to, coilovers would be nice but probably overkill for me. So Mark offered me these once his resprung Ohlins were ready. 
We got to TunedUK nice and early and whilst Rich set about Mark's car, Mark and I set about mine with a couple of body mods. I'd been away recently and managed to get a set of rear quarter louvres brought back from the USA. The company (Ikon Motorsports) were great and sent them to my hotel and the package was small enough to bring back in my hand luggage so no problems with them being damaged.

As I've seen from Facebook these are very much a marmite thing, plenty of hate for them (including 'oh noes, how will you see out the back of the car?). I can't actually see through my rear quarters due to the passenger headrest, so it makes no odds to me. They attach easily with 3M tape and the fitment is absolutely spot on. We also fitted the carbon winglets to the front wings properly and with the weather being so hot yesterday we got a really good solid fit. 
Before long Mark's car was sorted so it was time for mine to get on the ramps. I was nervous to say the least, I wasn't 100% sure if everything (especially the CE28's) would fit. But everything came good bar my drop links being stuck and needing to be cut off. Luckily Rich had a set of Whiteline adjustables in stock so we chucked those on and then he got to work with the alignment. The springs drop the car 40mm, but the 18's with 225/40/18 tyres raise the height by about 5mm. Even so, this was putting a fair bit of negative camber to say the least. The back was virtually spot on even and ended up sitting at -2. For the fronts on Rich's advice for my type of driving we put the camber bolts in the other way around and neutralised the camber a little. I've never known someone so precise and OCD about alignment, everything was done with a real sense of care to get the best possible result. This was the end result, pleased is an understatement! Note the car hasn't been cleaned and is in strong sunlight so yes, tyres and louvres aren't as black as they'll normally look.



Under more normal light:



 
On the drive back home even with the car full of stock wheels I was able to get a sense of the improvements over stock. We took a scenic route down lots of twisty A roads to avoid traffic which was great fun. Turn in is nice and quick, body roll is loads better and I feel a lot more confident. I'm looking forward to trying it out more over the weekend.