Is the Borla ricey?...
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I'm pleased with the look.They wanted to hang it a little higher but I asked them to lower it slightly so I can get a cloth in on the top of the exhaust for cleaning.I am going to seal it with some Alloy wheel sealer tomorrow when its cooled off to try and keep it looking good.
The sound is a deep burble (V8 like?) on idle and low throttle and not much different I dont think at high revs.
The 70k service was done too and the fuel filter was full of crap.Much more responsive since the service and feels a bit more torquey with the new exhaust.
Thats the good news.
The bad news is I need 2 rear lower arms, rear brake pipes and an engine crank(case?) seal within the next 6 months.The guy doing the service reckons the seal is a 1hour job.This explains using 1.5 ltrs of oil between service and none lying on the ground.
The sound is a deep burble (V8 like?) on idle and low throttle and not much different I dont think at high revs.
The 70k service was done too and the fuel filter was full of crap.Much more responsive since the service and feels a bit more torquey with the new exhaust.
Thats the good news.
The bad news is I need 2 rear lower arms, rear brake pipes and an engine crank(case?) seal within the next 6 months.The guy doing the service reckons the seal is a 1hour job.This explains using 1.5 ltrs of oil between service and none lying on the ground.
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ORIGINAL: JimC64
Hey Buck, looks pretty good.
Not sure about the sound though..........too much radio interference in before clip to really try and differentiate.
Jim
Hey Buck, looks pretty good.
Not sure about the sound though..........too much radio interference in before clip to really try and differentiate.
Jim
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+1 on the sport! Nice post there buck, you should do the same thing for the after as you did for the pre as far as video is concerned...nice and quiet! I was watching it and you were getting in on the right side and I was like what the heck is he doing? So weird to see your guyses steering wheels on the right (passenger) side. One thing that I did notice is that was manual transmission correct? How come you can start it without the clutch being depressed? And when did you do the red leather? You just dye it? Any link about that?
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ORIGINAL: aquill1
+1 on the sport! Nice post there buck, you should do the same thing for the after as you did for the pre as far as video is concerned...nice and quiet! I was watching it and you were getting in on the right side and I was like what the heck is he doing? So weird to see your guyses steering wheels on the right (passenger) side. One thing that I did notice is that was manual transmission correct? How come you can start it without the clutch being depressed? And when did you do the red leather? You just dye it? Any link about that?
+1 on the sport! Nice post there buck, you should do the same thing for the after as you did for the pre as far as video is concerned...nice and quiet! I was watching it and you were getting in on the right side and I was like what the heck is he doing? So weird to see your guyses steering wheels on the right (passenger) side. One thing that I did notice is that was manual transmission correct? How come you can start it without the clutch being depressed? And when did you do the red leather? You just dye it? Any link about that?
The seats/door inserts are Cranberry leather straight from the factory when new.It was one of the things that sold me on the car when I bought it.Soon after a salesman at a local sealer said he had never sold a car with Cranberry in all the years he had been selling.
The calipers are being painted one by one as and when I refurb each wheel.I use high temp red spray paint (from Halfords) with a couple of coats of clear lacquer to seal it in and give the calipers a nice shine.
The car is a manual so dont need the foot on the brake.
I like the look too.The fitter wanted to put them a little closer to the rear lower valence (which had to be cut because its a diesel one from the sensor upgrade which I didnt know until I was told at the 70k service yesterday as it has a slight cut out on each side) but I asked for him to lower it slightly so I could get access to clean it.Off now to put a good coating of Alloy Wheel sealer on the tips to keep them looking good.Then its off to Spain.
Adios (for a week)
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Yeah these guys know what I was saying do you have it bypassed or is that just another thing that you guys have in europe? Those seats are freakin' sweet! Be nice and easy to get remtote start considering you don't have to hold the clutch down. Here you can get one for manual but they do extra stuff to bypass the clutch. You lucky sons of guns you!
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Just takes that right pain in the ****! They usually won't do anything to you until they catch you doing something stupid or feel like an idiot when they can't give you a ticket and they have to find at least something to get you for...especially if you're a ***** to them!
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Man those guys will always get you on sumthin.....no matter how trivial if they want to!
Been there, seen it and done it - unfortunately.
Being a smart ***, took me a while to learn to keep my mouth shut and take the basic slap on the wrist.......lol
A little older and a little wiser now.
JC