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Postby CJ » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:21 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:Did you check out the Rota GTR's?


I did, yeah, they look a bit sh!t to be honest.

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Only messin' ;)

There was a few head-the-balls in the place at the time and they were a bit busy, I'll drop into 'em again for a gander and take a look.

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Postby Marie » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:34 am

Well Wear! :wink:
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Postby CJ » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:50 pm

Updated pics, theres a set of Rota Torque bronze wheels on order!

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Postby Bernard » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:09 pm

I see someone's making good use of a buffer, excellent job :smt023
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Postby Dragonheart » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:40 pm

Oh man! Love that engine bay! Its so........full!
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:40 pm

Wow CJ - nicewan.. very clean looking..

Saw one of these in an Irish Carmag advertised for 15k.. 99 :-)

Bronze Wheels will defo add some gangsta charm as well ..
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Postby Kace » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:06 pm

CJ wrote:Updated pics, theres a set of Rota Torque bronze wheels on order!

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Wow! :shock:

Looks like a real weapon.

Are there any UK/I versions of these on the road here or are all imported ?
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:11 pm

Looks REALLY clean allround. Is that a set of coilovers I spot??

The Rota Torques will look well under there.
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Postby colm_mcm » Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:19 pm

what do the 4 lights in the bottom of the bumper do, 2 of them are foglights, what do the other 2 do?
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Postby mcgon1979 » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:26 am

love to hear what it sounds like...engine bay has me jealous..... :P
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Postby CJ » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:07 am

Cheers lads. Buffer hasn't been out yet Bernard, it really is a very clean car. It has a set of Tein colivers alright, very compliant ride, not in the least bit thrashy. After the wheels, all it needs is a cambelt change, new ARB bushes, ATF change and AYC fluid changes (3 different fluids!)

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Postby kevinod » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:55 pm

Try http://www.modifymycar.com - has the VR4 and all, you can try different style wheels, see what it looks like.

Car looks excellent btw, well wear!
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Postby kevinod » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:58 pm

Oop, already ordered rims! Ah well, worth a look for the craic anyway sure.
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Postby fatboyfat7 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:22 pm

Savage motor CJ, best of luck with it!
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Postby CJ » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:29 am

Heres a couple of more pics with the Rota Torques fitted, I like 'em!

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...and a couple of interior shots:

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Postby adrian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:44 am

Oh wow! :D How wheels can change a car. It looks mean and a bit evil :twisted:
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:29 pm

Very nice CJ - good choice..

I've been looking out for you the last couple of days going home from work - but this far I've been unable to spot you :-(
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:31 pm

Amazing what a nice set of rims can do - you should weight the old vs new to see what the difference is as well.
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Postby ftolam13 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:37 pm

the wheel made a big diff. lovely car
if you still had control, you haven't been fast enough 8)
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Postby Bernard » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:52 pm

Very nice, not too big and plenty of tyre there too.

What size are they?
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Postby CJ » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:03 pm

Bernard wrote:Very nice, not too big and plenty of tyre there too.

What size are they?


They're 17 x 8 , 18's would have on without too much trouble but I didn't want to detract from the car by going too big on the rim size (that and the fact I didn't want to screw with the handling and end up with tramlining etc). I might drop the suspension ever so slightly, that said, I think it looks OK as it is. The standard suspension is set very high as this Carzone ad illustrates:

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Mitsubi ... .5/908344/

(@ MfFTO, think I prefer to Torques to the GTRs ;))

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Postby Bernard » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:24 pm

Same size (17 x 8) as mine,
The brembos from a EVO might bolt straight on but I can't see the discs fitting...
Saying that, I could well be wrong.
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Postby CJ » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:33 pm

Bernard wrote:Same size (17 x 8) as mine,
The brembos from a EVO might bolt straight on but I can't see the discs fitting...
Saying that, I could well be wrong.


EVO V + Brembo calipers will bolt straight on, this is a mod I have planned (the stock brakes don't cut the mustard), from this perspective, wheel choice was key.

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Postby johnny » Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:40 pm

CJ

How much were the wheels? What tyres they wrapped in?

EDIT - Found price in previous post of this thread DOH! 1350...hummm....

Would love a set of them Rotas for my Levin...you wouldnt mind me being a copy cat would you? :lol:
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Postby power » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:00 pm

sweet car, really liking whts under the hood, looks agrressive! :wink:
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