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4 hours ago, Patt said:

I have a nicely patina on that boot lid for you - bird poo, tree fallout wood and plaster dust... It'll will colour match perfectly when you pick it up 

Crikey - forgot all about that....  sounds like it's ageing nicely though

Will pm you.

1 hour ago, Pinewood said:

I had high hopes for you,  young Skywalker .... until the last line ?

Sorry to have dashed them - if it helps it's more of a "Millennium Falcon" vibe car.  

16 hours ago, map said:

Er I washed it and cleaned the interior - for the few of you that have met me and seen my car you'll know this is worthy of recording.....

11 hours ago, Loz987 said:

What brought on such infelicitous behaviour? 

Absolutely, this was out of character ? behaviour  - appreciate your concern....

Oddly enough it was a four day trackday trip to Spa and a shared drive - roof down all the way and by sitting in the passenger seat for a few road stints I had time to realise it was all looking a bit meh - you know grubby/uncared for rather than daily driver/track "patina".

First time in 11 years of ownership that the leather on the dashboard and door cards got a clean beyond a wipe over with a damp cloth and then another first - I treated all the leather with conditioner.  Arguably the driver's seat needs some "out of the car" attention to make it 100%.

I won't be straying to Detailing World nor is the car going to be bothering a spray booth anytime soon - normal service is resumed - as you were.

Er I washed it and cleaned the interior - for the few of you that have met me and seen my car you'll know this is worthy of recording.....

5 hours ago, ed80 said:

Sounds like just what I need, thanks!

I fitted a console delete to mine today, it improved the interior no end. Planning on fitting a sat nav mount to it so I have a nice out of the way place for a tom tom.

So.....  

New disks all round today, kept the front RC5+ on and replaced the Pagid rears (longish story) with new RC5+

Fronts barely worn compared to new set that were ready to go on - so the new set have been put to one side until they're needed.

Have to say the brakes are squealing like piglets at the moment - will clear I am sure with some "proper braking" which will better match the brake pad faces to the disks.

The low level of front pad wear was astonishing - that said the disks were pretty tired - fine for a pootle but outside my wear thresholds for the trip that starts first thing tomorrow.

Will update once the trip is over and expect to be a positive as I was in previous posts.

23 hours ago, ed80 said:

Please come back with a review once they are bedded in. I am considering a set for road and track duties 

20 hours ago, edc said:

I think this is @map second set now so if you search you may find an earlier commentary. 

This isn't my first set - I rate the RC5+ very highly.  They were originally recommended on this forum by one or two folks and that was reinforced by the guys who look after my car (01/02 986S).

As road pads they're not as noisy as Pagid Blue albeit they do squeal occasionally.

On Track I think they're epic - braking points have moved closer to the apex and the retardation at high speed is something else.  There is a significant "drone/rumble" from high speeds/very late braking and some folks find this concerning - in my experience the noise has no detrimental bearing on braking performance.

My car's braking system has been tweaked and is made up of:  upgraded fluid, flexible lines, enhanced cooling but standard callipers and disks.

So, with my upgrades in mind, Yes, I recommend them.

Purchased a full set of CL RC5+ pads to be fitted ahead of a trip and trackday to Spa..... ?️

On 6/23/2018 at 10:54 PM, Sazzy said:

A good thought at that. I'm not sure about the 986 v 987 but the one it has on it is definitely wrong, it's an old style one for cars up to 1994. That's why I wanted to get the proper (shiny!) one on it.

I lined it up with the new one and the pins are in the same place though. It's gotta be 'cos someone just bunged it on any old how with a ton of glue. Still not decided what I'm gonna do about it long term. 

What about the ultra lightweight approach and use the printed decal like Porsche did with one of the GT# cars (997GT2RS?)

Removed the carpets in the Froot and took them to the local car wash place to be jet washed, vacuumed and dried after an oil container leaked.  

In fairness the oil container was squashed by a crank and crank cage which I put in there....

Put it all back.

Have to say I am pleased with the service and policies I have with A Plan - both cars are heavily modified (engines, brakes, suspension and drive trains in each case) with both are covered for proper business use and daily driver mileages although the SC hasn't been used nearly enough in 2016.

Have to say A Plan Thatcham seem to be one of the few who don't "sigh" we we start running through the mods.  The SC was a bit of a challenge this year but the guys at AP Thatcham sorted it out for me and at a net lower price than the previous year.