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how long has pip had your car now? i saw it when i was up there on the 16th of november!

the "caravan" looks awesome!!

Don\'t pay that price whatever you do. That\'s disgusting. Insurances are up because of all the scammers out there. I managed to get my insurance £120 below last years price by searching around and ringing my insurance back up saying I had found it cheaper.

They want your money at the end of the day.

i totally agree grant, i wont be paying that price haha, although i haven\'t rang anyone yet, it was just a search on a comparison site, same as i got the original price, pretty sure when i start ringing around the price will drop

There is a good list on here with lots of companies just hit the phones I had quotes near £700 to, like grant said squeeze them and look out as they will add on extras that add up like key care etc
I\'m using flux to but had a quote from the same company as the previous owner who was 10 years younger than me and they wanted to charge me more, guess it is just a moving market

I\'ve actually just looked at a list on here haha! and will defo call up basically all of them haha!


does anyone know if the specialist will even consider insuring me as a young driver? i know a lot of them are 25 + which sucks for me

Mind you I remember paying £1300 for a scirocco 1.8gti when I was 19

wow wish i could get insurance for price now!! although seems strange so far the cheapest car for me to insure that ive owned WAS the rx7 (quickest and most dangerous?)
even a 1.9D Peugeot 306 cost me £1100 about 3 month previous to first insuring the rx7 haha!

its is an fd btw

When i first insured my rx7, at 21, 3 years NCD i got a quote from flux direct (Adrian Flux) at £873 as a second car, which i snapped up 3k miles per year, social only, garaged etc ...

A year later now 22, with 4 years NCD, everything the same as the above, seems i can\'t get a quote for less than £1900, is everyone finding insurance is going up very fast, or is it just me?

i know im going to get the old "well your a young driver get used it" etc, im not complaining about the price, just asking if everyone is getting a ridiculous rise in there quotes?

Thanks very much nadz!!! Ill give them a ring in the morning haha!!

You say "have another kit fitted" I\'m guessing his already fitted one for you?

Wow thank nadz! Any chance you could pass on there numbers to me please? Assuming you have them that is

My email is sean_hyde90@yahoo,co,UK incase you don\'t want to leave their numbers on here haha

Many thanks!

ahh i see thanks lee, if i have a go ill defo use your advise! anything else you might be able to share? im very worried about making cuts to reshape it then making the shape completely wrong haha!


nadz, where abouts are they located? and do you know how good there work is?

oh wow ill go buy one tomorrow then haha!
does the heat gun mean i dont have to cut the bumper to re-shape, or is it only for small defects?

many thanks for your help lee, really appreciated!!

hmm never even considered a heat gun haha, how does it help? im guessing kind of bending / molding?

brought a fiberglass bumper for my fd, after traveling around to A LOT of body shops in my area no body seems to be interested in fitting it so looks like ill be having a go myself.
i completely understand that this is very tedious and time consuming task, just wondering if anyone has an experience with fiberglass body kits and could share some useful hints and tip, maybe some recommendations on tools (other than the obvious ones), which are useful or anything which will really help

Many thanks!!

Thanks grizzy!! Is there a particular method to check for leaks which works best? Or is it just stick your head in there and look haha

Oh sweet! Thanks very much philiwily! Ill do that in the morning and report back here!

Thanks again very much!

Even though there\'s no smoke from the exhaust using the new turbos? It seems to be the actual turbo\'s themselfs smoking

wondering if someone could help me a bit here.

swapped over an engine from one fd to another, when i got it started, there was a ton of smoke from the exhaust and a fair bit from the turbos them self, i removed the turbos (standard twins) to find i could basically pull the turbine around with it hitting on the side walls etc.
after changing to another set with no shaft play, i started the car again, no smoke from the exhaust, but after a minute or 2 the turbos start to smoke again, i haven\'t left it running for too long as i didn\'t want to cause damage to anything.
also the smoke smells like burning oil, but a little bit like clutch burn? :3Confused

is this normal after changing the turbos over? is there a problem? if so can someone point me in the right direction to fix it? or if anyone has any information at all that may me helpful I\'d very much appreciate it

thanks :cheers
Sean