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I decided to go with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4s The reviews were really very good. Decent wet rating and the stiff side wall.

Hi guys So I'm on my second set of RE050s which are done. And I now need all 4 doing. So good time in my book to shop around. I could get 4 RE050s again but when you get to around 70% wear they really go off if that makes sense. Never found wet performance to be amazing either but ok. I don't really want to lose the stiff sidewall as the car really is suited to it with the suspension set up standard. (2014 tuned Fiesta ST so now putting out more torque than before when the last set of RE050s were fitted) So in short I'd like to keep the handling characteristics of the car but increase wet performance. What are people's views? Cheers

How have you been getting on with the levels and made any headway with a replacement?

I had to get WIM to free the rears up so it's likely they are bringing again mate. Only took them 20 minute to sort it.

It's such a shame the MPG is so poor as I love these cars. The looks, sound, interior, RWD (basically an mx5 handling wise with more grunt). I know it was a whilst ago I posted but I ended up buying Steves S3 from my MX5 and even after tinkering with 270bhp it still returns 30mpg on my commute of 48 miles. And that's giving it beans where I can. In all honesty if my job means me getting a train to work more I'd still like to have one regardless of the MPG as the mileage would be so low. It's an itch one day I will scratch but the miles I'm doing I would be filling up every 3 days costing me £120 a week. The same reason I got rid of my old STI @19mpg. A lot of fun though

Wuss! Chuck a couple of bags of sand in the boot and get the roof down. Driving in the snow was huge fun! The heaters in these cars are extreme.

Turbo the MX5

Indeed Steves S3. Enjoying having power again Although it doesn't have the razor sharp handling of the MX5 its a very sure footed motor with nice luxuries/comfort and Steve did a bloomin good job on taking care of it!

I'd say slightly more auburn than blonde Glad your enjoying it mate. Take it easy till you get to grips with a RWD car!

Now sold... And I'm sure the new owner will take good care of her

Maybe the picture confused me as its a mk3 shown Adam. Are the mk1/2/3 all the same for the height recommendations?

What is the perfect ride height on mX5's to keep the wishbones level?

I think we have "zen" Car and owner as one Great day with the motor in the sun and I've updated my blog post. Good work chaps. The tweaks have really sorted it.

After 6 weeks of tweaking and adjusting the coils I think it's now perfect. Adjusting the preload again, adjusting the castor and having the new drop links fitted have made a pretty big difference. Today the motor had quite a lot of time spent on it and then out on the country roads to test the tweaked set up. Tried the dry wash spray for the first time and was quite impressed! After a wash and vac, fitted the new stubby Ariel kit and adjusted the damping settings and took it for a blast. Massive grin when I got home. The car now holds the road really well and doesn't crash at all even after lowering it again. Mud flaps will come off at some point I think or trim the back as they scrub in hard cornering. Thank you to Joe for his patience with me on this and Tony for having a butchers. I appreciate the effort that's gone in to get it right for me. Here's how she's sitting at the moment https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=71137CB7529F3B7C!5172&authkey=!AILx32pp2PoEkew&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

Initial feel is that it's better. It's lost the floaty feeling at motor way speeds and the rear seems to be working harder. Only drove it down to Rickmansworth and back so plan is to give her a good old clean tomorrow and blow the cobwebs off round the lanes here. Been away for the weekend in the other car. Will provide an update tomorrow for you! I appreciate the work you guys (especially Joe) are putting into this and trying to get it spot on. Thanks for having a mooch over it Thursday tony. The plug and play Teins I had on the Subaru just got on with it. This stuff seems to need a little more config to get it right for the driving style. Joe lowered it a little after the preload adjustment, so far only caught the exhaust once on a mother of a bump with a full tank of fuel and two fat blokes in the seats I also hope that will be the last trip until something new to do as conscious of the time/effort spent on the car so far.

I would say about 6/7k but there's still plenty of meat on them. Think they were fitted last May? Can tyres go off? Drop links are getting done Wednesday before WIM and although not gone yet, they are being replaced as precaution as one looked weak. It's almost as if one of the shocks isn't working as hard as the other when braking at the front or a binding brake but if it was that I would expect a hot wheel etc etc. Will be leaving the car on the drive till next week I can bring milk but I hope the tea machine has been installed now

I did a quick measurement. Approx 320mm all round using a tape measure so that seems ok. But probably not exact. The only other thing which I think is tyre related is the rear end is very loose. But this could also be a symptom of the pitch of the car under acceleration and braking as above. Hard to explain but it's not inspiring confidence. I think I could take a corner quicker in the CRV at the moment. Maybe the only the only thing is now it has all fully settled something needs tightening

It's going in next week to get this looked over by Joe but not sure what's going on here. When sitting in the drivers seat it almost feels like you are leaning into the centre console slightly. Ie the car doesn't feel even. Under braking the front left (passenger side) compresses a lot further (dips down) than the front right meaning that the rear end feels like it wants to come round on me. Had this happen twice on the A41 when needing to brake suddenly. Testing on the way home on an empty road at say 30/40mph it does the same but not as extreme as i experienced twice before obviously due to going slower. I know the car needs a front drop link doing on the front left. Would this cause these symptoms? Changing the firmness of the dampers doesn't seem to change the behaviour too much either from soft to hard. It's probably worse on soft.

Those discs lot a bit mullered. Why are they red?!

Good luck mate. Its bloomin freezing out there today to be working on a car!

Could you book it in and rent a Van for the time period so you can still conduct your business? Or is that too much of a faff?

Yea the one on the site. They didnt even ask for a copy of the policy. Just turned up and said they would sort it with the insurance in the background. If i remember, it need to be more than 7CM from the edge of the screen and smaller than a 20p coin for a repair. Also if its in the line of the wipers and its that size, a replacement is likely. When i booked, they took the £75 over the phone. The chap that came out said he would try a repair as that would only cost £25 and refund me, if it failed he had a windscreen in the van. So worth getting them to bring one anyway to save two trips if it cant be repaired.

I should probably add that when i called to get it repaired... it wasn't Admiral i spoke to. It was the fitters direct even though the number was from Admiral's web site. From reading you dont have to disclose windscreen repairs at renewal.

The autoglass guy that did ours said it doesnt affect premiums and their web site states the claims do not affect your no claims bonus.

If its bigger than a 20p coin then its a replacement screen. Thats what they told me a few weeks back. Guy tried a repair but you will be looking at £75 for a replacement.