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Although those 35 gtr brakes look all nice and everything u gotta think about all the extras. U may only get one or 2 track days out of them before u crack a disc, so there goes a grand or more, then pads, then lines made up, mounts made up. Probably be close to 7k before u have them working how u want them to be.

epic lolz today at the mini driver crashing on the warm up lap of a practice session doing the zig zagin :P and not just a light hit were talking major front end smaking. ripped off front bar looked maybe a bit of steering damage to

ummm , not sure what suburb it is but the one on north east road near the ABC building :P

That's Collinswood.

You wouldn't have been on last night would have you? called in for a snack wrap for the GF and a Big Mac for me but when i got home there was no meat in the burger, both patties were missing.

I can hear them too. Makes me sad!

Oh well, I guess i cant complain...im heading to Gold Coast on Sunday for a holiday.

So, right, I knew my tires were getting pretty bad but last night I could hear this noise like I had a stone or something stuck in it. I get out and have a look and a huge strip on the inside going all the way around was coming off! I havent had a tire do this before. I pulled it off and now on the inside there is a 1cm wide by 2cm deep strip mising from my tire and I can faintly see metal in the hole. SHIT! I was going thorugh the hills the day before too and its my front tire. I deserved a defect.

That said, Pitlane said they can do me a deal on tires. Im pretty sure they use Federal but not sure. Anyone here use Federals? Im not planning on spending heaps and I think he said about $220 each so thats pretty good. 18".

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