had a good day today! thumbs up for 'the tool'

 

haha im still puzzled by that tool

. ill need to get a pic of it!

car is now waiting to be driven

 

I quite liked the look of the old 'rat' nose cone, especially the red zip ties!! But looks good as it is now.

 

much prefer it with out the red repairs , looking good

 

Looks great

Is the rat bumper fixable, or is it properly shagged?

 

Swap your bootlid with that other silver 5, I reckon it looks better without that spoiler

 

iv stilll not decided if the spoilers staying. i like it a lot. my other bootlid has a huge key mark on it, so i swapped it for the bootlid spoiler. plus i got it for 22 quid delivered.

took the car out for a spin tonight. new exhaust system has made a noticeable difference. feels a bawhair faster. very smooth acceleration as well. also idles a lot better

doesnt sound much different tho

 

You appear to have fitted tyres that are much too small for your wheels.

 

 

the new bumper

Was there any point fitting a new bumper with tyres like that though

 

Rory thats a top job man. Looks sik!!

 

Nice Job, one of my fav MK1's in here.

 

I like the old bumper more. Stll the car is awesome.

Deffo loose the rear spoiler!

A.

 

Well done, looks great.
The old bumper looked kinds of hard core with the red stitches.

 

Its different, its kinda wider at its lower point.

 

rory has been causing heart attacks on here since the slam/stretch lol

loved the old bumper shame it was so battered though i kinda liked that to, but much cleaner now.

 

i loved the old battered bumper as well. but its different when your driving it you get sick of it. gotta love the stock bumper tho eh.

although it is a shame the old bumper was destroyed. if i was going for any aftermarket bumper i would go for that one. maybe look into fixing it up?

i dont mind the spoiler i think it goes well with the hardtop and makes the car look fatter from the rear. i dont like a plain bootlid.

 

I like the old bumper but the new one looks good

cars coming along nicely!

 

Looks spot on!

 

Use a lip spoiler then, not this one.

 

lollercaust

 

lol internet

 

This forum is getting more and more pathetic everyday...

So anyone answer me this... Is it or is it not dangerous to try and generate twice as much power in some cases as standard ina little 2 seater open top car, when the car wasn't designed for it?

Its just as dangerous and in some cases as pointless as running low and wide...

Its each to there own int he world of modding cars.

So some people just need to deal with it and get with the times.

 

This forum is getting more and more pathetic everyday...

So anyone answer me this... Is it or is it not dangerous to try and generate twice as much power in some cases as standard ina little 2 seater open top car, when the car wasn't designed for it?

No, within reason it is not dangerous to increase the potential power of your car. Following that logic, if you reduced the power of your car you would make it safer, whatever "safer" means.

As far as im concerned people can follow like sheep whatever fashions they want when it comes to the bodywork and stuff (if you really have no individuality and think that anything from japan is gospel). However, when it comes to components on the car that are designed to keep you on the road (like tyres) then you stick within the manufacturers guidlines. Theres a reason why companies spend millions and millions every year in R&D - its because they understand how tyres work and how to make them better and safer - and thats why kids who have watched Fast & Furious too many times shouldnt be allowed to put spastic looking tyres on their car and drive them on public roads.

 

Looks great. Preferred it without the boot spoiler though dude.

 

Martin,

No one is hating on anyone.
I've already said i like and respect Rory.

All because i don't like a certain aspect of his car does not mean i ignore everything good about it or him.
Put some perspective on it.

Tyre companies put 10's of thousands of pounds into development.
They arrive at recommended wheel sizes for certain sized tyres for safety reasons.
They publish these recommendation and are easy to find on their sites.
They say anything outside those recommendations in unsafe and should not be done.
These are the people that design and produce these tyres, their opinions should matter.

They say stretching a tyre beyond it's recommended rim width is dangerous.
The ONLY reason anyone would stretch tyres to fit a rim is purely 100% for looks.

So to my mind anyone that cares enough about looks to risk other road users simply and purely for looks has some foooooooked up views.

I'll bet 1000 quid that it'll be a MOT failure within a few years

So to try and put some perspective on it for you.
I like Rory, i respect him, i think he's a decent guy and is a fantastic addition to this forum.
If he came here i'd happily take him out for a few jars.

I like most of his car and fooooookin luv his wheels

But i think the fact he's fitted stretched tyres is twatty.

I don't think he's offended by my opinion, so why should you?

Again i'll say.
I regularly do twatty things.
But using twatty things i do as a defence for someone else doing something twatty is, well it's even twattyier.

Cheers
Mark

 

Yawn

 

Mate i was therea long time ago...

 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I wouldn't dare try and shut somebody up because of it, i'm not that kind of person.

We all like speed and driving, some don't but there is nothing dubious about tunning a car provided you back it up with other suitable parts. If someone got 330bhp from say a 1.6 with piddling little brakes and ropey suspension, then i'm sure many of us would come to the conclusion that it really isn't suitable.

Stretched tyres offer no benefit to anyone in any practical terms. As Gixxer has said it's 100% done for looks.

All I would say is talk to your insurer and VOSA. Tell them what you've done and see what they say about it. As they're in the buisness of assessing risk, i'd happily go with what they say. If they're ok for you to run like that on the road then fair enough, so am I.

Just don't run like that on roads i'm on.

 

Stretched tyres offer no benefit to anyone in any practical terms. As Gixxer has said it's 100% done for looks.

its done so the wheel will fit on the car without fucking up the arches.

 

re Jim Clark Lotus: Not wanting to add to one side or another, but recently I was looking through pics' of historic racers (f1 and sportscars such as Lola's and Chevrons) and a lot of them had the appearance of stretched tyres, but I was thinking that perhaps this was more down to the circular-section nature of inflated cross-ply tyres of the period and it wasn't until steel reinforced tyres came along that tyres began to have a perpindicular junction between the sidewall and tread?

 

re Jim Clark Lotus: Not wanting to add to one side or another, recently, I was looking through pics' of historic racers (f1 and sportscars such as Lola's and Chevrons) and a lot of them had the appearance of stretched tyres, but I was thinking that perhaps this was more down to the circular-section nature of inflated cross-ply tyres of the period and it wasn't until steel reinforced tyres came along that tyres began to have a perpindicular junction between the sidewall and tread?

Quite possibly mate, but if you could find out, that would be spot on.

 

back on course for you martin..... great car, great individuality, love the rims and tyres love the stance my only but is, im also not a fan of the rear spoiler with the theme of your car.

great work it becoming a legandary nutz car

rob