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Old 13-12-2012, 12:35 PM   #161
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Old 13-12-2012, 07:32 PM   #162
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Sweet as man. Notice much of a difference?
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Old 13-12-2012, 09:29 PM   #163
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Get a rear sway bar and go drifting :P
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Old 13-12-2012, 09:37 PM   #164
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Nice purchase, you must be chuffed with how much of a difference it has made to handling

I can remember when I threw my old SP20 one on the wifes old laser, improvement in handling was improved ten-fold!
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Old 14-12-2012, 06:50 PM   #165
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Sweet as man. Notice much of a difference?
The difference is unbelievable! I don't notice much understeer anymore

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Get a rear sway bar and go drifting :P
Hahaha sway bar will be ordered soon

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Nice purchase, you must be chuffed with how much of a difference it has made to handling

I can remember when I threw my old SP20 one on the wifes old laser, improvement in handling was improved ten-fold!
Arguably the best purchase I've made for the car. The handling is amazing now; Almost perfect. All I need to do is replace the shocks (leaking slightly) and then grab myself a rear sway bar and then all shall be sweet
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Old 14-12-2012, 09:11 PM   #166
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I want that strut bar in my car for few hours Nick :P
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Old 14-12-2012, 09:20 PM   #167
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Haha thats fine You should get one though, makes a massive difference. Next meet I'll install it in your car for a bit
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Old 14-12-2012, 10:04 PM   #168
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Found these on Gumtree Nick! Thought you'd be interested in

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/walkl...f-4/1010996800
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Damn they're nice!! Thanks for the link I'll go and check them out some day!
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Old 16-12-2012, 10:12 PM   #170
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Gave the "washer mod" a shot today, worked perfectly! Peace and quiet now when I go over any bumps

No pics as of yet as I didn't bother getting the camera out, but it looks pretty funny with these massive silver washers just chilling in between the top hat and the top hat bolt
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Old 16-12-2012, 10:16 PM   #171
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Good to hear the washer mod worked!
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Old 04-01-2013, 11:32 AM   #172
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Sh!t happens sometimes





Having to throw off all other mod plans to repair this. Shouldn't cost too much but its just rather annoying
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Bummer.. what happened?
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Old 04-01-2013, 12:45 PM   #174
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Sucks to see dude, time for Mazdaspeed bumper?
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Gave the "washer mod" a shot today, worked perfectly! Peace and quiet now when I go over any bumps

No pics as of yet as I didn't bother getting the camera out, but it looks pretty funny with these massive silver washers just chilling in between the top hat and the top hat bolt
you did this to the front struts? that will just be a temporary fix for you
the REAL fix is to replace the bearings underneath the top hats... they're plastic crap that breaks over time
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Old 04-01-2013, 06:17 PM   #176
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Old people don't know how to park their cars haha

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you did this to the front struts? that will just be a temporary fix for you
the REAL fix is to replace the bearings underneath the top hats... they're plastic crap that breaks over time
Yep, just a temp fix. I'll fix them later though; I just did the mod to see if it worked or not.
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Old 04-01-2013, 11:09 PM   #177
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Someone reversed into you?
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Old 04-01-2013, 11:11 PM   #178
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Nope, they drove straight into the front :/
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Old 04-01-2013, 11:37 PM   #179
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Old 06-01-2013, 04:20 PM   #180
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Also got a new head unit, a Kenwood KDC-X8019BT. It does everything and has Bluetooth in it (which I need); Much better than the old JVC I had

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