What the postie brought today!

[Rednop1]

After not having the best couple of weeks this arrived today 

 

Nothing like abit of black gold to lighten the mood 😍

 

 

I best get that autoclave fired up got some orders to do 

 

 

Stay lucky 

[RickRack]

On 05/08/2025 at 07:31, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Took a punt on these, e-marked, amusing Chinglish instructions!

 

Testing them on Thursday Cheshire club meet

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Andy, are these just headlamp dipped and full-beam or do they have side lights incorporated? also where you get them from? Cheers Phil R

[mega ade]

3 hours ago, Rednop1 said:

After not having the best couple of weeks this arrived today 

 

Nothing like abit of black gold to lighten the mood 😍

 

 

I best get that autoclave fired up got some orders to do 

 

 

Stay lucky 

That's nice ive just put the same on my megablade it's a lot louder than the AB one I removed I just need some carbon cycle wings to go with it when your taking orders again ash

[Greenstreak-Andy D]

3 hours ago, RickRack said:

 

Hi Andy, are these just headlamp dipped and full-beam or do they have side lights incorporated? also where you get them from? Cheers Phil R

Just dropped you a PM

The horizontal bar illuminates as a DRL, with dip above and beam below. Flat cut off for dip. 
Not tested at night yet but I do prefer the clear lens look. More modern feel 

Andy

[mega ade]

They should be super bright white light like the ones I recently fitted to my megablade I took a punt at 40 quid for the pair brilliant lights halo side or drl doubles as indicator best 40 quid I've spent in a long time and they went through mot.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

New boots! Looking forward to seeing how the AR1 compares to the V70a, R888r's, ZZS and ZZR 

 

 

Also picked up a PX600 airbox for a bargain price, hopefully this will help keep me below the 98db drive by at Donington!

 

[markcwalker]

34 minutes ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

New boots! Looking forward to seeing how the AR1 compares to the V70a, R888r's, ZZS and ZZR 

 

 

Also picked up a PX600 airbox for a bargain price, hopefully this will help keep me below the 98db drive by at Donington!

 

Hi rob , what size wheels do these fit on please 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

33 minutes ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

New boots! Looking forward to seeing how the AR1 compares to the V70a, R888r's, ZZS and ZZR 

 

 

Also picked up a PX600 airbox for a bargain price, hopefully this will help keep me below the 98db drive by at Donington!

 

 

 

Wow! Those tyres look great! Very low and wide though. Do you do a lot of track work?

 

I run 205/60x13 all round, but even at that size some people still say to go smaller on the front. I don't really understand why tbh, my front end grip is brilliant and the steering isn't heavy anyway. Less weight with say a 185 of course but also less grip?

[Flying Carrot Steve]

2 minutes ago, markcwalker said:

Hi rob , what size wheels do these fit on please 

 

 

That was my next question too. 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

 

 

 

New Victor Reinz exhaust manifold gasket for when I find time to remove the manifold and turbo and finally fix the loose turbo nuts once and for all!

 

Locking nuts, Nordlock washers and extreme high temp threadlocker on the way to me, hopefully they will stay tight with all that in place! 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

@markcwalker @Flying Carrot Steve I run a staggered set upon mine.

 

13x6 front and 13x8 rears.

 

On the front I normally run 185/60 R888R or 185/55 Avon ZZS or ZZR, although I'm trying 205/60 AR1 on one set.

 

On the rear I normally run 215/55 Avon ZZS or ZZR or 235/45 Kumho V70a. The 235/45 AR1's in the photo are replacing the Kumho's on one set.

 

My "wet" set will now have 185/60 R888R and 215/55 ZZS.

 

My "dry" set will now have 205/60 and 235/45 AR1.

 

I do adjust the ride heights between the 2 sets to keep the nose down attitude (stops understeer) but that only takes 30 mins with a C spanner.

 

In terms of front end grip, the 185's are fine even with the heavyish MegaS2000.... The semi slicks like a bit of heat so going slightly narrower doesnt make a difference when pushing on. On track it keeps a nice balance between just a touch of understeer at the limit and over steer at on the power (the S2000 engine easily overwhelms the rears!).  

 

For reference, the Caterham 620R uses the same 185 and 215 staggered set up (I use the Caterham Apollo wheels from the 620R). Now the Avons are out of production, Jack Webb are recommending the Kumho V70a in 175 section on the front.

 

We will see how the 205's do on track at Donington in a couple of weeks 🤞

[Flying Carrot Steve]

6 minutes ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

@markcwalker @Flying Carrot Steve I run a staggered set upon mine.

 

13x6 front and 13x8 rears.

 

On the front I normally run 185/60 R888R or 185/55 Avon ZZS or ZZR, although I'm trying 205/60 AR1 on one set.

 

On the rear I normally run 215/55 Avon ZZS or ZZR or 235/45 Kumho V70a. The 235/45 AR1's in the photo are replacing the Kumho's on one set.

 

My "wet" set will now have 185/60 R888R and 215/55 ZZS.

 

My "dry" set will now have 205/60 and 235/45 AR1.

 

I do adjust the ride heights between the 2 sets to keep the nose down attitude (stops understeer) but that only takes 30 mins with a C spanner.

 

In terms of front end grip, the 185's are fine even with the heavyish MegaS2000.... The semi slicks like a bit of heat so going slightly narrower doesnt make a difference when pushing on. On track it keeps a nice balance between just a touch of understeer at the limit and over steer at on the power (the S2000 engine easily overwhelms the rears!).  

 

For reference, the Caterham 620R uses the same 185 and 215 staggered set up (I use the Caterham Apollo wheels from the 620R). Now the Avons are out of production, Jack Webb are recommending the Kumho V70a in 175 section on the front.

 

We will see how the 205's do on track at Donington in a couple of weeks 🤞

 

 

Great info ta! As well as the front ride height changing between 185s and 205s, do you find any issue with the front wing width?

 

I'm really keen to get your view on how the 205s do on the front, so will be looking out for posts on that. 

[mega ade]

Im due new tyres again on front i run the same as you steve 205/13 but at yesterdays club meet most other members were saying i needed to get away from 205 fronts and go 185 and i dont know if i should try as like you mines light to steer and handles great i guess theres only one way to find out why and thats try.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

34 minutes ago, mega ade said:

Im due new tyres again on front i run the same as you steve 205/13 but at yesterdays club meet most other members were saying i needed to get away from 205 fronts and go 185 and i dont know if i should try as like you mines light to steer and handles great i guess theres only one way to find out why and thats try.

 

 

Did any of them say WHY you should change? 

 

Again, keen to hear what you discover when you change them. 

 

What other changes would be needed?

 

Lower the front ride height, make sure the wings sit nicely over the narrower tyres I guess, or change the wings?

 

Would it affect anything else?  

[mega ade]

Well i was concerned about the width of my arches it might look a little silly with skinny tyres im not sure if thers much difference in height both being 60 profile they said it would feel much sharper turning in to corners and less heavy to steer which it isnt an issue to me .