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Japan Racing Wheels JR5
should look great on those wheels. If you've not already made the change, getting rid of the runflats made a huge difference to the way my mum's R53 drove.
ricky2slicky-
Yeah I won't be going for runflats. Going to get some Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 in 205/55R15 which should be nice!
Took a punt on those MTec discs, I know they're not going to be AP Racing (thanks for making me feel better about all of my spending Dammit) but they should be an improvement over stock for now and keep the show on the road until I can have a think about maybe changing to an R56 brake upgrade or something spicy like AP Racing, Brembo or Wilwood. Should hopefully have everything delivered quickly so I can get them fitted before I aquaplane off the edge of the world with current tyres.
Nahguavkire
Vice Versa
I often envisage this as Dammit's weekend activities to be fair...
(Semenuk has actually just signed for Subaru Motorsports USA Rally Team)
So in R53 news I got my report back from visual inspection and diagnostics at Icetronix. The check engine light was the knock sensor. They've reset it and it's stayed off since.
I need new tyres (eyebrows were raised and jaws dropped, they're not even terribly badly work but they're bloody awful tyres), new brake pads front and rear, new brake discs rear, new battery advised before winter, small CV boot leak on passenger side, small oil leak and power steering fluid leak "somewhere" (I'm not convinced they weren't exaggerating it to make a bit of work for themselves as the engine bay is spotless so I'll keep and eye on oil and power steering fluid levels for now) clutch is a bit tired but fine for the foreseeable. Not bad for a 14 year old car, mostly consumables.
So seeing as I need tyres anyway I've just ordered a set of Japan Racing Wheels JR5 in matte gunmetal, I've also gotten a bit tarty and ordered a stud conversion set and some forged JDM extended wheel nuts in black, all from JDM Distro who are incredibly helpful to deal with and I couldn't recommend highly enough!
I'm awaiting a quote from MTec for a set of grooved and dimpled discs with black protective coating for front and rear and I think I'll just go for a set of Brembo pads as I need to wind it in somewhere the splurge (regardless of how good the EBC Yellowstuff pads supposedly are they'll have to wait until next time).
*not R53 brake discs