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Do I understand you to say your tyres are 22 years old? If so I'm amazed they hold air, and I certainly wouldn't want to be driving on them! New tyres would transform the feel of the car I should think!

I would concur with you, Cleggy. I know the older ones were not brilliant in a crash, don't know about the new ones. Of course, if you don't like your kids, this really isn't an issue. My dad said to my sister in the middle of one of her full-on teenage episodes, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you back out of it and make another one look just like you." He never laid a finger on any of us, but it did get her attention!

Dude, you must be REALLY lonely..! Sorry...

Mine were 19 years old when I got the car, although I hadn't noticed until..........on my way to my first monthly meet, a guy stepped off the kerb a good distance in front of me. Imagine my (and his) surprise, when on a completely dry road, the wheels simply locked up and the car slid silently across the tarmac!

Corr 22 year old tyres. Barney Rubble springs to mind lol

Ohlins would be more than £1k a corner. You could probably get Penske for £650

Hullavington has been selling out early recently. You may recall that I missed the last one and asked if anyone here was unable to go and sell me their place. I am already booked for this one!

Funnily enough I PM'd our usual team to see if anyone else was up for it, Tom- a few waiting to see re weather, but I'll take a punt on this Indian summer thing actually happening. Rain be damned....I'm going.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2015/09/21/volkswagen-recalls-own-pants/#.VgF2A59wbqA

A Westfield, whether on the road or not isn't needed to come to meets! Even if a run out is planned, there's almost always a passenger seat you can hop into...

good time to buy vw shares then :0

Hammerite just isn't what it used to be, sadly. I wouldn't touch it now i'm afraid. There are a few alternatives that have been suggested in other threads, though I can't say I've tried them personally as yet. As far as the chassis goes, for high wear areas around wheels etc that tend to get blasted with road grit, and for the areas that will be inaccessible later, POR15 is a fantastic product. It's designed to go over lightly rusted steel etc - just get rid of loose stuff first, and is incredibly tough. It's also evil stuff if you get it on your hands etc and let it dry - it won't come off till it's worn off! POR15 itself isn't UV stable, so in areas exposed to daylight, it's best to give a top coat of their chassis black, or possibly one of the alternatives to black Smoothrite.

Once you got it in your system you've got it for life I gather. Oops! Sorry, that's herpes....

If they are better quality you should notice a difference in feel Did you keep the spring rates the same,as if these are different again it will alter the feel.

Definitely Saturday!

The clams do extend a bit further down the tub, but replacement sides at the front would get rid of most of the mounting points. Alternatively, if you have a look on eBay, there's a company doing vinyl strip kits that includes side stripes that would probably cover some of the marks/holes. (Obviously there's full on wrapping too for anything really bad.) I'm not sure if you have interior side trim panels and outer tub aluminium panels, but you will need to either remove the trim panels and cut some access holes in the outer a, or just cut access holes through both, to get at the two sets of securing nuts on each side, nearest the back of the car. (Assuming they've been fitted as per build manual). If you've been very lucky, the builder may have fitted captive nuts, in which case, no trim removal needed! (Where's that smug icon, when you need it!)