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  1. dark_is200
    Welcome to the club. How about trying nitrous on the N/A engine, it would give similar power to the S/C at a fraction of the cost - good for short term boosts of performance.
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    Hmm, assumed it would be a carpark not a normal road with oncoming traffic, that is completely nuts.
  3. dark_is200
    You can actually do the whole lot without removing anything - although you won't ever return the car to standard afterwards.
  4. dark_is200
    Will it be released in time for JAE? :winky:
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    Yeah, I think the fixed penalty was lucky, police man was saying that normally if you are more than 20 over the limit its off to court. + point was he didn't mention the ProLex HIDs so no problem there it seems. Busterds :tsktsk: ...I almost got caught there earlier as well, but for some reason I was within the speed limit (good place to rip it though ) Wait till it comes and it's officially on your licence :) ←
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    Police speed gun on road from Excel to City Airport (coming back to Docklands). Fixed penalty, 3 points, £60 fine - licence on its way to DVLA to get points put on - does that mean when it comes back tell the insurance?
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    Got caught speeding yesterday (first time ever). Do I need to tell insurance company? Or can that wait till renew?
  8. dark_is200
    I have the same problem, keys just stopped working. Took it to a dealer who tried to reprogram ECU which they said failed, charge would be around £1000 for new ECU + locks. Decided to keep locking it on key.
  9. dark_is200
    Thanks for the tip, will try this tonight. Hardly worth having locking nuts if this works! yep colin - i passed ur mesage on! ←
  10. dark_is200
    Searched all weekend and am 100% sure I've lost the key that comes with these nuts - any idea how to get them off since the front pads are almost totally gone and need replacing.
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    got them from the toms-trd shop in hong kong (i'm on holiday here at the moment - coming back tomorrow). yep, still want to do the covers just been mad busy at work! and now lazing around in Asia!
  12. dark_is200
    Bought the new (blue tint) JDM front lights today, got the ProLex HID kit a while back - think this is going to be too blue and cause police problems?
  13. dark_is200
    Anyone know the address of the Toms & TRD shop in HongKong? Will be taking a Taxi there so something I can give a taxi driver would be good! Thanks
  14. dark_is200
    Adjusting the belts is a two person job I think, last time I had them adjusted was at TDi - haven't slipped for 9 months. TDi used a special tool they have to get the adjuster as tight as possible (think its called a crowbar but mark can confirm that!). Also, make sure you've got the belt on the right part of the pulley, I don't know if its just me but the S/C pulley on my car has more grooves than the belt with the belt on the wrong set of grooves it was pulling down too much on the S/C and causing lots of slippage.
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    Just arrived in hong kong for 2 week holiday. Any suggestions on good places to buy bits for the IS?
  16. dark_is200
    Very, very black and sooty
  17. dark_is200
    Black IS200, Supercharger at BlueWater today around 4pm - anyone here?
  18. dark_is200
    HKS hiper dampers HKS anti-roll bars Cusco strut braces
  19. dark_is200
    8.5 +37 on front I'm not so sure. This post on is300.net has some useful info and pics... 19 x 8.5 +45 front, 19 x 9.5 +45 rear. With +37 you'll be 8mm further out than the IS in these pics.... http://www.is300.net/forums/showthread.php?t=210167 Compared to standard http://toy4two.home.mindspring.com/offset.html, standard is 7 +45mm, 8.5 +37mm. Over current settings this will be 11mm less clearance on inside (fine), 27mm less on outside - not so sure about this, 27mm is a lot on the front.
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    I have 18 x 8 +37 on the front - fits fine (225 x 40 x 18). 18 x 8.5 +41 on the rear (245 x 40 x 18). The front is fine, the rear rubs slightly, rolling the rear arches will fix the back. Lower offset will stick out more so you will rub arches at some point - this is easier to fix that rubbing on the suspension, brakes etc... When trying wheels on my car the garage had 19 x 10 +55 on the back, this clears the arch without tyres but would have needed a bit of work with fat tyres on. My car is lowered although not sure how much, its about half of maximum drop on HKS Hiper Dampers.
  21. dark_is200
    How can the engine light not come on when the engine has blown up?
  22. dark_is200
    Just under 20K miles with the stage 1 (0.5bar), most of that at full throttel :D
  23. dark_is200
    Got my pass in the post yesterday, thanks to claire for organising this. So, how many people taking cars up the strip?
  24. dark_is200
    All stage 1 owners are now searching for wood to touch with this comment, fortunately my desk at work is wood some I'm alright.....
  25. dark_is200
    yep, and the wax, and polish, etc.... took bloomin ages, need to do it again too
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