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    Hey guys,

    I've provided the following link - https://www.driftworks.com/rota-grid-17-in-flat-black-17x8-5x100-et42.html

    looking at this set of rotas but dont actually know much about offsets and so forth and find it awfully confusing.

    anyways, my car is currently stock and im after something slightly thicker (hence the 8") and thought these look pretty nice. 

    will these be a suitable straight swap; i am currently on stock suspension.

    also, is this a reputable brand of alloy to buy from?

    any advice will be greatly appreciated! 

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    Those venty things on your window look neat. Do they just sit over the top? I'm going to get my windows tinted on Monday so can these just sit over?

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    Think drop in brakes disc and pads should be sufficient but if you are changing brake fluid, maybe worth getting it changed with some better fluids.

    I personally wouldn't go bbk with just street use. Regular tracking then I would.

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    Toyota dealership over in Yeovil. Which was just over 100 miles away for me.
    If I was less picky on mileage I could have got one closer, but I'm near London.
    London - you don't see many 86/brz round here. I've seen one fella with a facelifted version who I think is local and one other with a 12 reg but that was only once thigh I hear he's local too. But these cars are rarely seen round here.

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    Normally on a GT86 if it's outside the 5 year warranty, they you give you 12 months at the Toyota dealership. If it's still within the 5 year warranty they won't extend it for you unless there's less than 12 months remaining at which they will give you 12 months.

    At least this is my experience

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    Shims!  That's the word lol
     
    Glad its pretty much sorted for you!
    The shims do get dirty as hell. One of the pads was stuck and I had to remove the caliper to bash it out! That was the loudest squeaker!

    Guess I have a set of OEM pads for sale soon. Plenty of life in them, probably 80% pad still left.

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    those are the shims right lol.

    haven't got round to picking them up yet from eurocarparts.

    i actually took it to a quiet road and got it up to 60mph like 4 times and emergency stopped and became travel sick hahaha.

    so thought it might have cured it but it hasn't lol

    had to change my braking somewhat to minimise the squeal but will head off to eurocarparts tomorrow to pick up the pads. ordered the ones for 16 inch wheels!

     

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    I've had this before, it's likely a sintered bit of pad which is slightly raised. You can take them off and file down the raised bit of pad. I did this with mine but it returned and then I just ignored it till the pads needed changing. Changing them sorted the issue. 
    Thanks Lauren. Stupidly I got so frustrated and posted thread without even Checking for other threads! Saw plenty on this so stop techs incoming! ;-)

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    rear tyres/brakes are squeaking excessively and its really loud especially when braking.

    at really low speeds eg. creeping traffic, the rear tyres also squeak without even being on the brake!

    at first instance i thought i would just replace the disc and pads but im starting to second guess this now that they are squeaking without even being on the brake!

     

    anyone else have any similar problems?

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    You are going to be severely limited in choice with a 10k budget. There aren't many around so they tend to hold their value pretty well. Prices drop and seem to be holding around the 12k Mark. If you can dig around for another 2k you will have so much more choice.
    This is spot on. I've been following the price on these cars for several years now. In the last couple years they've ranged from 13-15k for a decent one but they now seem to be sticking at 12k. ABIT under 12k you're looking at higher mileage ones but I'd say 14-16k you can get some pretty good ones.

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