Matt's Monaro VXR
Discussion
Hi Guys,
I thought I should start a proper thread on my car rather then keep adding to my "newbie" thread to keep a log of the Monaro I purchased from Danny (who is a member here) in December.
One of the ad pictures...
Now fitted with my plates... (shoddy photo but will get some better ones soon)
First thing that needed doing was a new rad cap so ordered one from Monkfish and fitted that today.
spec so far (and I can take no credit for this, all the PO's work.)
Pedders coilovers
Pedders Strut brace
Pedders rear end pack
Harrop diff cover
K&N element in standard airbox
Magnaflow exhaust with GTS cutouts
Anthracite wheel refurb.
Next modification is to me, I like to think I can drive pretty well but this car has shown me I have much to learn still. I've been speaking to this chap...
http://www.donpalmer.co.uk/car-control.html
and will be going on one of his car control courses in the next couple of months.
This is a weekend toy along with my 205 GTI... I have an Insignia for daily use with a... erm, firebreathing 1.8 :-)
Hope to bring the 'Ro to some meets.
I thought I should start a proper thread on my car rather then keep adding to my "newbie" thread to keep a log of the Monaro I purchased from Danny (who is a member here) in December.
One of the ad pictures...
Now fitted with my plates... (shoddy photo but will get some better ones soon)
First thing that needed doing was a new rad cap so ordered one from Monkfish and fitted that today.
spec so far (and I can take no credit for this, all the PO's work.)
Pedders coilovers
Pedders Strut brace
Pedders rear end pack
Harrop diff cover
K&N element in standard airbox
Magnaflow exhaust with GTS cutouts
Anthracite wheel refurb.
Next modification is to me, I like to think I can drive pretty well but this car has shown me I have much to learn still. I've been speaking to this chap...
http://www.donpalmer.co.uk/car-control.html
and will be going on one of his car control courses in the next couple of months.
This is a weekend toy along with my 205 GTI... I have an Insignia for daily use with a... erm, firebreathing 1.8 :-)
Hope to bring the 'Ro to some meets.
Looking great EmmaJ said:
Interesting! I've been looking at the same course, it's a toss up between that or DriverDP. I need to either go back to my stock VXR wheels or sort out the rubbing beforehand though.
Good luck with it, let us know how you get on. Nice 'Ro btw
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I had a good chat with Don the other day. He really grasped the areas I want to improve on and was happy to talk around it. Really gave me a confidence in his teaching ability, easy guy to talk to as well.Good luck with it, let us know how you get on. Nice 'Ro btw
.Will let you know how it goes.
Just ordered a pair of MPSS for the rear as they seem to get good reviews on here.
Mysteriously the current rears seem to have somehow erm... lost their tread quite quickly
Quick recent pick of the old girl at the caring with cars while i'm updating. (apologies for the hipsterish filter)
Also used as my transport to my recent wedding :-)
Now just over 30K miles so i've done about 4K since I bought it, still really enjoying it. Next step is going to be an upgrade to AP's over the winter as the stopping power lets it down for me.
Then it's going to be undersealed etc as it's mint underneath but not terribly well protected. Other than that, just one small mark on one of the skirts which I will have sorted and we should be all good for a while.
I still need to sort my session out with Don Palmer (for which I shall be swapping the Falkens to the rear to see them off) I needed to get used to the car enough to really benefit from the training in my mind so I feel i'm ready for a lesson now.
Mysteriously the current rears seem to have somehow erm... lost their tread quite quickly
Quick recent pick of the old girl at the caring with cars while i'm updating. (apologies for the hipsterish filter)
Also used as my transport to my recent wedding :-)
Now just over 30K miles so i've done about 4K since I bought it, still really enjoying it. Next step is going to be an upgrade to AP's over the winter as the stopping power lets it down for me.
Then it's going to be undersealed etc as it's mint underneath but not terribly well protected. Other than that, just one small mark on one of the skirts which I will have sorted and we should be all good for a while.
I still need to sort my session out with Don Palmer (for which I shall be swapping the Falkens to the rear to see them off) I needed to get used to the car enough to really benefit from the training in my mind so I feel i'm ready for a lesson now.
Edited by mattrg on Thursday 17th July 18:00
Xpuffin said:
Watch the high speed corners with Falkens on the rear, they really arn't right for the Monaros running 19's.
Agree with that, mine was incredibly skittish when I had them on when I bought the car. Running MPSS's now and massively improved the car. Given me a lot more confidence it won't swap end in the rain too. Not too much to update but this has just gone straight through it's MOT... Now on 31,500 miles (up from 26K when I got it in December so at least it's getting some decent usage now)
Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
mattrg said:
Not too much to update but this has just gone straight through it's MOT... Now on 31,500 miles (up from 26K when I got it in December so at least it's getting some decent usage now)
Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
Got shot of those Falkens yet?mattrg said:
Not too much to update but this has just gone straight through it's MOT... Now on 31,500 miles (up from 26K when I got it in December so at least it's getting some decent usage now)
Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
Yeah love my MPSS tyres too. The amount of tyre smoke they produce is awesome as well. Everytime I light them up I'm convinced I've vaporised 3mm or more but it's always a lot less they I think Still loving it, the MPSS have transformed the handling. Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
LS2Noir said:
mattrg said:
Looking forwards to getting some AP's on soon.
You're not the only one waiting for AP's, how long have you been waiting ?If you have cash burning a hole in your pocket it might be worth looking at Wortec kits but they are more expensive.
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