So done a few little bits on the car since the site went down....

Painted my calipers yellow, had my spare set of clones refurbed in a dark gun metal, and vinyl wrapped the petrol caps in this carbon immitation stuff which isnt half bad, prefer it to the standard plastic anyway.

Passenger side needs redoing as its quite hard to get the vinyl around the curved edges without making it look shit.

Really pleased with the cyclone refurbishment. They did a very good job for quite a resonable price....for anyone whos interested i recommend BJV Engineering in Flaunden, Herts. They also do engine parts too if you want.

Anyway heres some pics....still need to take a few more of the cyclones as i only have the one at the moment.











Forgot to mention cyclones are now wrapped in 195/50/15 Uniroyal Rainsport 2's and so far im quite impressed. Good in the wet with no aquaplaning yet. And i have been in some flood water i can tell you!

Expected the ride to be a bit worse than in the 55's but i actually prefer it on 50's....seems softer and more controlled, steering wheel feels a tad lighter too. Bit more of a go-karty feel!

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

I like the clones, but not too sure on the colour of the calipers with the colour of the car.

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team: Stealth

Good job with the RS2's. I had P6000's before and the Uniroyal's are (obviously) much better overall but the sidewalls are quite soft so it does tend to roll onto them. I felt a noticeable difference between the two tyre models (depends what you had before though). Not to say that they aren't grippy though: once they car's leant onto them there's an awful lot of grip: again, more so than the P6000's.

It's nice not to fear aquaplaning anymore

nice !

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"Gotta Love The 6"

According to my wife i think the 6 is the fastest car in the world, perhaps she is right LoL !

I don't like my RS2's at all, i had eagle F1 gsd3's on before and PE2's on my other '6 and in comparison the RS2's just feel all wibbly wobbly. They have only been on a few hundred miles and i have already chamfered all the edges of the tread, it just feels like the back end is wanting to constantly come out when cornering hard. I've pushed them hard in the rain and was very impressed by the grip but the wishy washyness just doesnt inspire confidence in the dry for me unfortunately.

Thats my rant of the day done.

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Goldie the track car.

I bought them for their great reviews in wet weather and intended to use them as my wets for trackdays, but i get bored so have a little play at weekends.
I kind of regret not getting some PE2's now but at the time money was tight.
I have 39psi in each tyre now which has helped the soft sidewall a little, but still feels like the car decides where its wanting to go to some degree.

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Goldie the track car.