Mat

yup, ive been looking at the Rams for over a year now, and you can get the SRT viper ones for around 20k i can get a new Tax free 2009 Ram Laramie with the HEMI for £14 im looking at others at the mo, and the Toyota Tundra is pleasing me a little even if i was looking for a viper ram, this one would be no good as i need a double cab

wow, such an improvement, amazing how the little things add up to be impressive...nice one matey

i think the drifting will be there again, the 3 series run in the Uk, now attach themselves to various events, only BDC runs some tracks on its own

Parked up either in front of an open/closed garage or on a trailer or being trailered Is that event on every year Chris? thats several positions....which open/closed garage pics are they, not any ive seen, or recall and i seem to recall pics of it on track on the forum posted by tony, maybe you havnt seen them

That should be safe then.... will you be over my way to get it done.... It'll be great to catch up i would have to get it done here first, i think the 600mile journey may have some detrimental effect on tyre wear... Blimey it's any excuse nowadays.... fo Sure ill pop in when im next over, i ended up settling with 225/40-18 on the front ...£80 each and 255/35-18 on the rear....£97 each

That should be safe then.... will you be over my way to get it done.... It'll be great to catch up i would have to get it done here first, i think the 600mile journey may have some detrimental effect on tyre wear...

well tha handling is crap at the mo...in the wet, its coming up about .5 inch at the front

looking at throwing away the factory headunit...as its crap, well its not its ok, but the cd player is goosed. so been looking at a few of the kenwood double din units....the most expensive im prepared to get is this one which is £598reason i like the Kenwood ones are that it will match the dash better than some of the more flashy ones with chrome knobs and buttons, plus the backlight colour can be adjusted to match the factory dash orange it has Nav, DVD, Bluetooth..Tv, radio.....bla blah blah but they get cheaper, if i dont have NAV, or BlueTooth, so we shall see, and ive been informed it will power the factory speakers, but not the rear sub, so will have to swap that out aswel. managed to get a quote to get the glass tinted...£195 so lets see what happens next with this old Dog

actually it was Australian Dollars, so around £36.77p

so which , brings me uptodate as it is now..... anyhoos, got the wheels on today, to see what work would need doing regards any work on the arches.... i had 2 spare 225 tyres so popped them on the rim and stuck em on the car. front wheel clearance is ...... well they dont rub. rear looks a little better.....bigger tyres will be going on the back, what.....not yet decided, and i still have to fit the 25mm spacers overall at the moment, the general stance of the car, is spot on......however, it scrapes, on the speed hump into/out off work im thinking of sticking with the blue and white wheels for the time being... so far the total cost, including the car...has been around £750

ok so i chucked the Tein coilovers on today whic took it from this to this... it was a piece of wee to do, in fact it took me just under 90 mins...to have it all done and dusted, ...alot easier than doing the IS200 i still need to get the geo sorted but im giving it a while to settle, but god, it drove like **** and as for the TEINs...dog****, dont like them, they knock like hell, and the c spanners and locking rings should have been made so they actually work together.... but....the cars lowered, so thats all that matters

i wasnt going to do anything to this car other than drive it.....but i couldnt let it fall apart, so i traced the coolant leak.... ...i had a constant drip which, i eventually traced to the waterpump-block seal. so as the water pump had to come off, and i had no history on what was done and when. i changed the: Fan and Viscous fan hub Water pump Cambelt Cambelt tensioner Aux belt tensioner New Radiator Bypass pipe and seals, and most of the coolant pipes, as many had hardened with rust deposits on the insides. i then found some cheap coilovers...$73 so had to get em... and i dug out a new set of wheels i had set aside for the Monster i ordered some spacers for the rear... and new ARB drop links....i found a company in Australia that makes limited runs of Bars for the GS

after a long....long time i got round to sorting the car out, (about 18 months) it has sat, unloved in a compound somewhere in wiltshire since June 08. before returning to ze fatherland i fitted a new exhaust and main cat, front bumper...all thanks to Austin on Lexus Owners Club. and a new battery.....rad cap and numberplate then fitted 2 new tyres, and got the ball joints done, flew through the MOT, its was insured and taxed and i drove away in my old and abused armchair all the way back to Germany.......it never missed a beat, shortly afterwards i made a trip to the south of France in it...and again, never missed a beat however on returning to Germany, started having a funny issue.........

couple of years ago i picked this dog up from manchester...for nowt, it was a dog. First of all when i got it back to Wiltshire...where i was living at the time....i thought id give it a wash and a clean, i mean, even dogs need a wash....interestingly, i managed to get water into the plugs, so it ran like ****, so much so the cat overheated ( i mean proper overheated, like, the front and mid cat were glowing red hot......)and as a result set fire to some underbody plastic. not bad for the first day of ownership, ...... Then, i started to look at what needed sorting on the car.... the things that need doing......erm.... get it running on 6 cylinders sort the blowing from the exhaust, i think its the front section front bumper needs replacing headlight washers dont work the steering wheel doesnt come out to greet me, tilts up and down though radio....hmm its saying SEC on the display, but i cant seem to get it to do anything... thats was basically it...at first, it has pretty much a full service history, after a wash then...it had its MOT well its had its MOT and its interesting, i have a little bit of work to do.... Exhaust emissions high, ..................well i expected that, the cat is knackered, ive found a new one for 200 quid Exhaust front joint leak....................erm, obviously will be sorted with the cat Rear tyres need replacing.................i will be replacing all 4 anyway so those jobs i was expecting..... these i was not both front lower ball joints excessive wear... offside front brake binding.......................... front wheel brake imbalance, .....................well thats pretty obvious if a caliper is binding

well done Mr N....awesome...result

Seemed like a gt day out with some cool pics. I see 36 was in its usual position and what position is that then.... great pics Chris, i didnt know Jon was going up untill i saw these.. he ran the car in the morning, by all accounts,

If you come across any links please let us in. for sure...

yup some excellent film tricks used

good video, was you there then Tony, did Jon run ...i heard he may not be able to make it?

i, who knows, what is there not to suggest that putting it on "a" 2 poster could have caused the damage?

yup Dexron II

so has Jon, brought the car in...? i havnt spoke to him in a fair few weeks

the shaft broke at the first BDC event he did i think it was April, it broke because the garage that replaced the shafts, after the car was used in October, by someone else failed to install them correctly, and never fitted the snap rings, which allowed movement, and caused the bearings to collapse, At the last event he did which was JDM Allstars he finished 9th, i think Jon is driving this weekend at wembly

looks like the is200 and GS upper wishbones could be modified to fit these, id be interested to see if these fit my GS300

im still reading