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The diffuser on my 197 has been melted by my aftermarket tips. So i've got a replacement i'm gona put on and bin the tips. But how is the heatshield held to the diffuser? As I need to remove it from mine and install it to the new one. A quick look underneath looks like some sort of rivets...

Impulse ebay buys FTW! £650 sounds like a good buy! I've looked every now and then at them on ebay and most are closer to a grand and have no ancillaries!

Went to pick up a supposedly dismantled bench today for my Uncle. Drive 50 mins there to find that the seller hasn't managed to dismantle it because it was welded together :thumbdown: We were all convinced it was a wasted trip, but thought we'd give it a try before I left. Had to strap the...

Wow! Such classy cars these are too. I work in Wilmslow and walk past an Aston dealer everyday for lunch and I cant help but admire!

Yeah it was horrible, as soon as I tried to buff it off I realized i'd made a terrible mistake haha It was fully hardened on pretty much. I'm only gona leave it 2-3 mins next time before buffing. It probably took me over an hour to get one coat of sealant on the wheels in the end and I gave up...

A few people on here who've had their center silencer cut out of their car and service was decent. Not sure if anybody had a full exhaust made by them though. adamgregory1985 had a scorpion system fitted there today as far as I know so he might be able to provide a review

Got a few pics here of my results using Bilberry, Iron X and Poorboys. Unfortunately its still not resulted in a one hit cleaning process, but i'm sure this is more down to the finish on the OZ wheels than the products themselves. Wheels weren't too bad to start with, they only got cleaned 2...

I was under the impression that the 197 system is completely different like this...

Im in Manchester so thats not too far for me. I'll put my name forward and PM you after work for further details.

I'm interested but where would I need to get my car to for the day?

Were the wheels lacquered after painting? If not and its just bare paint on them i'm not too surprised that happened.

If I was bleeding my brakes i'd have all wheels off and the car on stands anyway, and then just use one of those wheels. My Ezibleeders got quite a long hose on it so I just left the wheel on the floor when I did it on my last car

Whats the fitting of them like? How are they held on?

Surprised your enjoying it so much coming from something so powerful, as the clios low down power is pretty poor tbh. But once above 5k it flies! Agree on the handling though, a clio will run rings around an Astra

I got my 197 for £5500. An 09 plate Lux model with 78k miles on it and immaculate history. The Lux model is pretty much top spec apart from Recaros.

Glad i'm not the only one thats found this problem with the finish on the OZ wheels! I've ordered some stuff so i'll see how I get on with it next weekend. Think i'll take the wheels off, give them a proper clean and seal them with the poorboys sealant. In the end I ordered some Bilberry over...

Although I thought my black ultraleggeras would be better cleaning wise as they wouldn't look dirty - They're actual worse, as the satin finish looks really dirty with even the slightest layer of dust/dirt on them. At the moment i'm using AG clean wheels with the AG wheel cleaning brush to...

These look great, much better than standard reflectors

I know what you mean but I think at that point the tyre would be dangerously close to the kanvas or beading

I'm stuck with whether or not to get this done! Some videos it sounds really good, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVb9meHQGgY Then others it sounds too tinny/raspy and tbh best way I can describe it is it sounds like a cow mooing on overrun haha