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Post by diag2000 on Jun 12, 2004 4:57:41 GMT -5
Just to add my bit to this thread Wheels are "unsprung weight" and as so will not effect your suspension at all.The difference felt in the drive of the car is more due to less tyre side wall movement and as for the more weight in a 17" wheel it is quite possible for them to actualy weigh less than the orignal steel one's. When fitting 17" alloy's on a 1.1 performance will be loweras the engine carn't produce the extra torque to turn them as well as it can on standard 14".Apart from the speedo reading wrong (lower) the top speed might increase a little but will be limited by the turque of the engine.The best motors to fit big wheels to are the HDi's as these have loads of torque and can make a noticable difference in the performance etc. hope this helps
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Post by M3RAN on Oct 13, 2004 18:40:13 GMT -5
AT LAST i took the car into Peugetot 2day for a fault check up! right dropped it in the mornin@9..they rang me @11 sayin cars ready to be picked up & our engineer cant see a fault! (excuse my french) i said to my self f**k that i aint having it n aint cofin up £68for them to tell me der int nothing wrong wth my car! so went down der kicked off for a bit stating what i had metioned to be noted down on the report sheet was not n that i was not happy with the result outcome when i no my cars brakes are buggered! after explaning to them for the 4th time that there is pressure buildin up in the master cylinder they go its ur servo! so bobs ur uncle they'r ordering the part in costing me £200 including labour!! i jus hope the fault is that other wise they are gona get a right mouth full again! though i did get myself a link in peugeot who's a engineer there.he goes any time u need jobs done come see me first do it on the side keep u updated once the cars been back to them
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Post by LeeXS on Oct 14, 2004 6:49:31 GMT -5
Thats cool mate, at least its getting sorted now!! Bloody Pug again , sounds like they wont do n e thin unless u shout rant and rave!!
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Post by M3RAN on Oct 22, 2004 17:12:31 GMT -5
had the car fixed yesterday! feels bloomin marvelous now! i can get now get speed out of the f**ker!! they changed the brake servo, front brake hose n a gasket for the servo!£205 for the whole job...
might take it to my local mechanic to jes bleed the brake fluid.... but iu must say i was happy with the outcome...some things are jus better left to the people who make&sell the car..
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Post by chi_chee on Oct 22, 2004 18:31:23 GMT -5
cool mate..........wanna race? nah only joking....me also want to get me brakes bleed and done again, just to see whether it has any effect on the sponginess of the brakes!
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Post by M3RAN on Oct 23, 2004 7:44:04 GMT -5
ye bring it on....north circular 2nite from the BP station at the bottom of Middlesex UNI.....(but slow down for the speed camera though right after the bridge ;D ;D)
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Post by chi_chee on Oct 23, 2004 8:29:22 GMT -5
ok, but we can over 50 incase there are under-cover feds lying around?
btw the speed camera faces the opposite way as you drive westbound, it faces back towards palmers green and edmonton......tho there is one just as you start to approach henleys corner!
u know the flyover from brent cross and as you go down the flyover heading towards stonebridge, i got flashed by the camera there once, but was only doing 50mph in 40 zone......but never got done!
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Post by LeeXS on Oct 25, 2004 7:16:51 GMT -5
How close do you two live to each other then?? I hate speed camera, I have no real experience with them so when I see one I drive mega slow!!!
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Post by M3RAN on Oct 25, 2004 8:12:15 GMT -5
make it 45....u nvr know mite get over 1mph over the limit & get booked & given a cavity search or summin....
i got flashed on the north circular past the ikea for doing 30mph......made me panick coz i was driving my mates clio 1.8 16v n was racing a corsa sri down to them lights...but was only doing 30 couldn't figure out why that happened! no1 else was infront of moi.... aint heard nothing though
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Post by chi_chee on Oct 25, 2004 8:18:32 GMT -5
ok, u decide and let me know........hehe......
....did you win the race then?....against the clio?
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Post by M3RAN on Oct 25, 2004 8:25:42 GMT -5
i was driving the clio ye the bre got shook wen i cut him up n slammed the brakes on coz he was getting cheeky at hanger lane round about
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Post by chi_chee on Oct 25, 2004 8:29:48 GMT -5
AHEMMM.......i think we have our first admiting boy racer on here........hehe
well if he was being cheeky, then he bloody well deserves it!!!
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Post by LeeXS on Oct 25, 2004 8:30:13 GMT -5
Hey stop talking bout these land marks (hee) i dont know where they are!! ha ha
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Post by chi_chee on Oct 25, 2004 8:33:27 GMT -5
come down to london and we will show ya. its on the old london orbital road (before m25 existed) hanger lane joined onto the a40, which connects to m40 (i believe) and near ikea is the joining for the m1. dont worry its a london thing....hehe!
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Post by LeeXS on Oct 25, 2004 8:35:45 GMT -5
I should be off to London soon to see a mate thats a Uni, not see him for ages!! Taken some mates wit me!! Should be cool!! I havent bin to london for ages!!! Mite go shopping wit GF for xmas!!
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