another rare occurrence

yet again another one of those surreal days when everything just goes to plan.................... well almost...............


Clive very kindle offered to come over and help me fit my new AP calipers and discs, little did he know that when he opened his curtains this morning he would be greeted with 3-4 inches of snow :OMG:

however a mere 40 mile away at my house it was a loverly crisp sunny morning with not a snowflake in sight :dunno:

so after a bit of shoveling he was on his way............

Adam was still in bed nursing a hangover at this point! :merry:


anyway the actual changing of the calipers went very smoothly, once again all nuts and bolt behaving themselves and coming loose with just the gentlest of persuasion

a pic of the before





heres a couple of the during, please note who's doing the work !!





i wouldn't say there is a big difference between standard and large but




upon taking the wheel off the drivers side we were greeted with an interesting brake pipe arrangement :scared:




and heres the finished product....





after a couple of gentle runs up and down the street to make sure they were OK , we went for a short blast around some country roads

we let Clive keep his roof up!

what a total difference the larger brakes make, poor Adam had to back off as his standard brakes couldn't cope with the twisty roads

on getting back Clive was still looking for something to do and volunteered to put a bonnet vent in for me but i declined his very kind offer :yikes:



a couple more pics

at one point this strange student appeared to be moving into my house



although Clive didn't have the TF he still came in blue



Adam's special exhaust system, sounding good for £10..........

and Clive's ST with the rev limiter set at 3000 ( hope its OK!!)

it was a very enjoyable day and i must say a big thanks to Clive and Adam for driving over in bad conditions to keep an eye on me

many thanks lads :hurray::hurray:

Good job!

Clive, do you want to come do my APs :dc:

PMSL!!! What excellent pics Phil! Love that one of Clive with the mallet! :rofl:

Sounds like a fun day! And the AP's naturally look fantastic! Huge improvement and they suit the sporty alloys much more.

Well done guys! :piratebang:

Kara;9595 wrote: PMSL!!! Love that one of Clive with the mallet! :rofl:

only a woman would label a 14 pound sledge hammer as a "mallet"

no wonder men have "size" issues :dunno:

nice pics dude, what a difference tho, sets the new wheels up nicely :yesnod:

Gos;9597 wrote: only a woman would label a 14 pound sledge hammer as a "mallet"

no wonder men have "size" issues :dunno:

nice pics dude, what a difference tho, sets the new wheels up nicely :yesnod:

What??? It looks kind of rubbery to me... :blush:

Kara;9599 wrote: What??? It looks kind of rubbery to me... :blush:

:pmsl: :grouphug:

phil-hex;9591 wrote: what a total difference the larger brakes make, poor Adam had to back off as his standard brakes couldn't cope with the twisty roads

on

at one point this strange student appeared to be moving into my house

Adam's special exhaust system, sounding good for £10..........

it was a very enjoyable day and i must say a big thanks to Clive and Adam for driving over in bad conditions to keep an eye on me

£10 exhaust system for the win! managed to keep up with the big lad with his 1.8 lol.... i'd of moved in but i didnt want two Primer TF's fighting for the garage! :jedifight:

the drive over was great actually... between 60miles with the roof down and the cups of coffee you kept me fed with i managed to battle off the evils of drink lol


on a serious note (for a change!) if anyone is thinking of fitting APs DO IT! i think i'm a pretty good driver but after 15 minuets on some glorious roads my breaks were completely spongy and i had to back off, up until that point i'd had no problem keeping up with phil but my poor standard breaks just couldn't take it... and by the time we got back to phils his wheels were stone cold and mine were actually painfully hot to touch (and it wasn't a warm day!)

APs, a good set of pads and vented disks really make a massive difference!

Adam-MGTF;9624 wrote: APs, a good set of pads and vented disks really make a massive difference!

So does a 2.5L 5 cyl engine :yesnod:

Sam Luck;9594 wrote: Good job!

Clive, do you want to come do my APs :dc:

Oooh, depends on the snow. Might cost you a bit in fuel and accommodation though. Unless of course you want to come up here. :dunno:

CJJ;9629 wrote: So does a 2.5L 5 cyl engine :yesnod:

who's side are you on lol...

just cause you had to borrow the wifes car to keep up with the TFs :dc:

Adam-MGTF;9635 wrote: who's side are you on lol...

just cause you had to borrow the wifes car to keep up with the TFs :dc:

I think what you meant to say was I can keep up with you lot, even in the wifes car.

Great job Guys.

The local tourist office are going to start using this in their next promotion -

"Visit Northumbra and be close to CJJ"

Clive - you are a legend


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