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    Tom21 reacted to Kaltorak in K-sport brake info   
    They do indeed, the 330 leave a small amount of the pad compound "free" and not in contact with the disk. It gives a lip to the pad, but other than that no issues with it.
    I track the car with the 330 K-Sports and stock rears. Cant fault them at all!
    The kit fits C5555 pads which gives great availability and range of choice.
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    Tom21 reacted to Samwise in K-sport brake info   
    I use PB Brakes which are made in the same factory as K-sport & D2 brakes (And they're cheaper!) and as far as I'm aware yes, when you specify the larger disk size it's all the same gear just with a different bracket.
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    Tom21 reacted to Luke in MOT emissions- put car on valet tune?   
    Biggest bit of advice is make sure the cat is really warmed up before it goes through emission checks as you’ve not got the primary cat the secondary cat needs to be warmed up by running the engine. 
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    Tom21 reacted to Luke in Post your GT86 / BRZ pic of day!   
    Is that a Primo edition?
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    Tom21 reacted to SimonG68 in Post your GT86 / BRZ pic of day!   
    Somewhere in the Swiss Alps






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    Tom21 reacted to BOBEL in Post your GT86 / BRZ pic of day!   
    Tracking shot from a recent Trackday
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    Tom21 got a reaction from Stutopia in Post your GT86 / BRZ pic of day!   
    Don't know why the side lights look yellow but I can't resist a sunset shot

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    Tom21 got a reaction from Stutopia in Post your GT86 / BRZ pic of day!   
    I tried some light painting recently...

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    Tom21 got a reaction from Lauren in Desmond Regamasters   
    Just saw these for sale and thought I would let people know as they are the same fitment as mine and they look great on our cars in my opinion.
    Wish I had those center caps tho .
     
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    Tom21 reacted to Tweedbean in Burst Hel braided brake line   
    Strange, I've only heard good things about their lines, they are very popular in the new mini space and not heard of any failing.  Hope you get it sorted.  
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    Tom21 reacted to nerdstrike in Burst Hel braided brake line   
    Until evidence to the contrary, it sounds like a manufacturing defect. I've heard of lines abraiding on the suspension when they're not the right length, but not rupturing like this.
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    Tom21 reacted to likaito in FOR SALE: Original Valenti rear lights and bumper light BRAND NEW   
    🤣exactly! I offered him £100 for which HE COUNTERED £113 which i accepted lol. feel bad for the guy, probs spent all his cash stockpiling loo roll
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    Tom21 reacted to Church in Recommendations on brake pads?   
    No coating will help if one uses brakes as they should, especially if tracking car. Though that is good too from other POV, rust on rotors doesn't matter too, as few hard braking will clean it off via abrazing as it will coating.
    I just wrote off non-dusting as "nice to have" but of less importance among miscellaneous pad properties. To me most important bits are for main function, braking that is, working reliably well wherever i use those pads (and if it's hybrid pads we are talking about, - then both for daily driving and track), and for them to not squeal loud. Later would annoy me much more then dusting, if i had to suffer that at each traffic light stop. Availability, price, not too aggressive to rotors, and for dust to not be chemically agressive to wheels also would matter to me more then dust itself.
    So by my priorities DS2500 did well, and i could live with worse dusting.
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    Tom21 reacted to Church in Recommendations on brake pads?   
    These are not exactly performance (if under that term you think - "track") pads, more of oem+. As in they are obviously better then stock on track (rather easy to overheat/glaze), but i'd still keep track sessions to eg. 15min. And also change brake fluid to higher temp one. Then again most "real" track oriented pads are close to unusable for daily driving unlike these. As most track pads working temp range is much higher, they often have less brake friction when cold until heated up, and also with light braking that is more common in daily driving, bedded layer with track pads soon scrubs off rotors .. and one becomes idiot with loud squealing brakes each time one brakes. Yes, one can again go outside city and do several acceleration/heavy braking cycles to rebed brakes for few days, as bedded rotors with transferred layer from heated pads onto rotor should quieten most brakes, but it's PITA.
    Best choice possible is to have two specialized pads sets for both daily driving & track and switch prior/post track day, but well, if one decides against such and uses one set all the time, of course there will be some compromises/limitations to keep in mind.
    I tracked on DS2500, and for those 15min they mostly held up fine (on a bit grippier tires then primacies, eg. 215 to 225 wide PSS/PS4), rather consistent brake feel from cold to hot, it's when i kept driving more to 20min i start feeling fade. But as after 15min i also started to loose concentration and wear down myself, see no biggie in driving off for cigarette, coffee .. and brake cooling at that time :).
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    Tom21 reacted to Test Drives Unlimited in Recommendations on brake pads?   
    I am on my 4th set of EBC Yellowstuff and have the 5th set waiting in the boot.

    Would recommend them.......

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    Tom21 reacted to infernouk in (SOLD) Cobra Non-res Catback   
    thanks mate, yeah its an awesome exhaust, best ive heard! and i got jumped by like 10 people for the lights but they had to go to the first person to offer listed price
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    Tom21 got a reaction from Nimz in For Sale: Desmond Regamasters 17x8   
    Any close ups??

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    Tom21 reacted to Stutopia in Clean cars thread   
    Quick maintenance bath this weekend, then took her out to get all dirty again, ready for the next wash.

     
    I think I'm in love with this shade of blue, so much so I've booked in for a paint correction to deal with the PO's one bucket full of sand washing regime.
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    Tom21 got a reaction from MartinT in Newbie   
    Thanks Martin, saw a nice spot whilst driving so had to stop a get a piccy haha

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    Tom21 reacted to MartinT in Newbie   
    Welcome and great photo!
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    Tom21 got a reaction from br0wny in Newbie   
    I've tried many times to correct my silly typo in the title but I don't think it is saving so ohh well

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    Tom21 reacted to Lauren in Newbie   
    Well, there is a lot of choice that is for sure. I've always thought that the Blitz SUS Advance Suction Kit sounds the best, though the Takeda intake is also very good. As for catbacks, avoid Milltek they crack. The TD Resonated or non-resonated sounds pretty good and I've been very happy with mine since I swopped to this after going through four Milltek exhausts. One thing worth remembering is that if you think that you are going to go for a manifold and remap later down the line (easily the best power/torque gain mod you can do), then think about going for a resonated exhaust because when you lose the primary cat it does increase the volume a fair bit. 
    Corrected your typo. 
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    Tom21 reacted to Minion in Newbie   
    Welcome, I've always had a soft spot for the Subaru wr blue but decided to go Toyota over Subaru in the end. Whatever you decide to do with yours I know you'll enjoy it!
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    Tom21 reacted to Lauren in Newbie   
    Welcome aboard. Any plans for it? 
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    Tom21 reacted to McDude in Newbie   
    I have also owned a 62 plate blue BRZ since September!
    Great choice! Welcome. 
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