cat 1 alarms

by Chri5, 19-07-2018, 08:40 PM

ok so my insurance has ripped me off and now to add insult to injury they insist i need to pay £x and have a cat1 alarm system.
not such an injustice tho as my alarm is now 15 years old and obviously dont work as good as it should.
my question tho is this.....
which gives best value for money???
which has best features to be added???
not overly bothered by brand name tbh as long as it works and has a few gimmicks that'll probly never be used lol
what can anyone reccomend???

Snowfoamed the is today.

by jomo, 19-07-2018, 02:19 PM

Snowed is200

12 hour Endurance Racing at Ebisu Curcuit (Japan) - 28th August.

by Miguel - Newera, 19-07-2018, 01:40 PM

After a friend and I experienced our first 12 hour race with a Group N Civic EG6 2 years ago as guests of a well known Japanese racing driver, we got so hooked we started TGR about a year ago to help introduce racing to people here. 5 of us clubbed together & bought 20% of the car each. We use part of the race entry contribution from each to add parts to the car - doing most of the work ourselves & have occasional guest drivers joining us. It makes for cheap & affordable racing, where typically it costs each driver 500 pounds or so to compete in a day's racing with a properly competitive machine.

In a little over a year we've produced a competitive car from what started out as a very clean, but near standard Prelude Spec S and the fun's getting better every time


We're often looking for additional drivers especially when an owner can't attend for any given reason. Next event's in November, a 6 hour race, then there will be another in Spring, Summer & Autumn of 2011...

Watch our progress on TGRacing Datalog.

... I hope these posts will encourage some of you to think about cheap racing in the UK, as it exists (They do a 2CV 24 hour race series for example). It's actually very close racing believe it or not!

This weekend's event been one of our greatest races so far, bettered of course by our previous class N 1st placed finish by Simon, Tom & Mike in June – but no less eventful for it.

I think we’re all pleasantly surprised at how well our Prelude Spec S has developed (touching wood as I write this..!) and how it’s taking the punishment in it’s stride.
Simon commented during the race that Honda’s top brass should attend one of these races and see how many 10-15 year old V-Tecs are used in this series and note the following and enthusiasm their performance cars have and I think he’s right. TGR sticks out like a sore thumb as the single foreign team in addition to driving the only Prelude amongst a sea of EG6 Civics, DC2 & DC5 Integras, Mazda Roadsters, Silvias, etc.



As the Prelude Spec S is considered a heavier car than the lighter Civics and there’s a lack of tuning parts in Japan for it (Many of our parts were imported from the USA) it’s unlikely other teams will follow suit, but we have every intention of making our car even more competitive... possibly at the risk of upsetting a few of the more competitive Japanese teams. The further modifications will come not only before November, but also in winter whilst we have more time to work on the car. If all goes to plan, by Spring we’ll have finished the development on this car as we’re running out of things we can do to it, being an N (Road registered) classed car but I’m sure we'd all like to see it become the fastest Group N car we can possibly create.



For this event James, Simon & Sumi mostly took care of the preparation and fitting of tyres, pads, oil changes, etc., whilst Mike and I were away to avoid the August heat & humidity.
I returned home the night before leaving for Fukishima, to drop off my wife and daughter. Friday morning I packed up our Toyota Hiace Diesel with a full compliment of tools & supplies and cruised 400km to Koriyama, to meet Mike and James for around 6.30pm. Arriving an hour or so too early – I drove around till I found a large Cainz home centre and bought the things I needed for that night’s work on the car… James had volunteered the task of driving up in the Prelude – a brave task getting out of Tokyo in the raging August heat with 70% humidity & no air conditioning! Everybody on the team except Sumi & myself had wisely invested in a cool shirt and Mike had made a cool iced water pumping system with a clever way to remove the water and replace with ice blocks. That night, in the Hotel car park Mike fitted it, whilst I put safety nets on the window frame of each door.
We now had a properly prepared car for endurance racing in the heat..

With our Spec S Prelude’s handling finally improved to the point it’s wayward under-steer & tyre wear problems have been banished forever and wearing a much better set of suspension springs, I was looking forward to driving a well sorted car. It had been over a year since I last participated in a race, having only driven our Prelude a few laps since when I came to be team manager in November last year. Looking back it’s come a long way, as has TGR and so I was looking forward to this whilst praying nothing would go wrong!



Mike didn’t manage to sleep at all, but did admit to finding the porn channels (Again)! I woke up at 3am and couldn’t sleep any more either. At 5am we all met at the hotel’s reception. Overnight, Simon had arrived from his business trip to China and Sumi had “launched” himself all the way from Tokyo direct from his office. We turned up at Minami Ebisu circuit at nearly 6am with full tanks of fuel and loads of blocks of ice. We immediately unloaded and begun preparing our pit for the day ahead. The car was still filthy from it’s last race so Jil, James and I gave it a quick once over with some wet cloths and gave it a polish to remove the rubber marks all over the bottom line. In the 7am driver’s meeting I found my T-shirt was soaked through with sweat already. It was going to be a very hot & sticky day…



At 8.30 Simon went out and set a scorching 1.13 lap, putting us just in front of the middle of the grid. With 37 cars out there all trying to set their fastest lap, that was about as quick as Simon could have gone in all that traffic in front of him.

16v car to 8v?

by Saraj, 17-07-2018, 08:34 PM

My sisters astras engine has gone, hers at the moment is a 16v, but can she put a 8v valve engine in?

Lexus Paint!

by posty, 17-07-2018, 05:45 PM

I have found myself a spray painter who is going to do a homer for me and respray my bootlid for me. The only thing is that he has told me to source the paint my self....

He told me to get two pack paint or something like that. So I need help with two things

1. What is the paint code for Astral black (is there more than one?)

2. Where can I buy it!!!!

If anyone can help that would be fantastic!

Virgin 50mb, any experiances?

by Saraj, 17-07-2018, 09:51 AM

Hi everyone,

50mb is finally available in my area and with my BE contract coming to an end in september im tempted !

however has any got 50mb with virgin and is it any good? what is it really like when it comes to downloads?

i see it does not even have a fair usage policy which is ideal !

if anyone could tell me of they experiance and how they download stuff !

thanks

i think i have fell in love

by banky, 16-07-2018, 11:21 PM

Ultra Blue Metallic Saloon.

5000cc Petrol, Automatic.

European Satellite Navigation,Reverse Parking Camera,19" Alloy Wheels,Mark Levinson Premium Audio System,Bluetooth Handsfree Connectivity,Adaptive Front Lighting System,Dual Zone Climate Control

the new is F wow:tongue_smilie::thumbup:
found it on piston head

Windscreen Chip

by parthiban, 16-07-2018, 05:37 PM

Something hit my screen yesterday, didn't look like there was any damage but noticed today that there's a small crack in it. Is this the sort that's repairable or will I need a new screen for this one? Going to call insurance after the weekend to get it sorted anyway but just wondered how bad it is (sorry about the awful pic, just a quick snap off my phone)

Few pics of the Supra

by Lofty, 16-07-2018, 02:55 PM

Now if this is in the wrong place I apologise but cant see any other picture topics

I only got the Supe in Feb and only being 21 the insurance is pretty tight on me so I could only afford a stock looking Supe so heres the pics after I got it:









Now since those pics there has been a few simple / very cheap changes such as removal of all stickers, different front plate, set of coilovers and most importantly repairing all the problems that were on it when i took ownership of it.

As for the mods, like I said only being 21 Mr Insurance man would love me to mod it to shoot up my premium so nothing major has happend! only replacing bits that wont really effect the insurance thus keeping my premium at a manageable price so here we go..

Alpine double din, got this for my old car but never got round to fitting it so with some slight adjustment to the dash we got it to fit (i know its not exactly straight but soon got some new dash bits coming then it will)



Sticker plate, illegal I know but for the time being looks good and is a major improvement on the standerd plate (new plate on the way very soon)





Konig sets, also brought these for my old car and with problems with the sub frames i never got round to fitting them so again straight into the Supe



BC Coilovers, the old suspension had collapsed and wasn't exactly safe so then I invested in these



Since the above ive made a few more changes to the Supe but have not had a chance to get pics but most importantly ive been doing plenty of research into parts and future mods making sure when it comes to it only the best parts will do! Im going for a more JDM / OEM look rather than big bodykits etc but keep an eye out over the next few years for the finished piece

again sorry for the boring stock look lol

im back...

by ormi, 16-07-2018, 10:05 AM

yous have prob not noticed that ive not been on but i havent ive been away on holiday.....
just back from egypt......... oh well back to the norm...
and i have missed yous!!:thumbup1: