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    Great thanks, my three little petrol heads will love it :-)
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    Count me in, is it the sort of thing that the kids can come to too, or is it not really kiddie friendly?
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    The first proper mod i want to do is uprate the brakes, so i'm hoping that you guys and gals might be able to offer some suggestions on what is the best way to do this. At some point I'm hoping to have a lot of power going through the wheels so want to get as much stopping power as pos. Am I better off going for an off the shelf big brake conversion, or using calipers etc from a different car i.e. a TT or R32, i'm looking to keep the 17inch wheels on that I have. I'd be gratefull for any suggestions, thanks
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    Ooops nearly forgot, the first mod is courtesy of my better half, a striking pink head unit, oh well they say love is blind, I just never realised it would extend to my motor :S
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    At some point further down the line the car will have a turbo, but I want to get the brakes and handling spot on first, no point making it go faster if it wont stop or go around corners. Once the MOT and tax is sorted i'm going to run it for a little while to shake the car down, it hasnt been on the road for nearly 6 months, so want to get the car right before tinkering with it
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    As this is the 3rd car we have, the only place to put it is at the end of the garden, so time for some child labour laying some flags to put it on Any way, back to the car. The first job is to get it through its MOT. Dropped on 4 almost new tyres on ebay for £90, they're only cheapies, but they'll do the job for now, then it should just be a matter of new pads and discs all around and sort the ABS light. Whilst im sorting the brakes i'm going to do the bearings and seals at the back end at the same time, also replacing the ABS sensors and rings, its a cheap job and if they arent the cause of
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    When I bought our 97 5dr VR for the princely sum of £350 it was with the intention of it being a family project (well at least that seemed like a good excuse to get my other half to agree with me spending the money on it :-)) The car came with no MOT, but very tidy bodywork, good leather interior, an intermitant ABS light and 2 bald front tyres. The engine and gearbox are really sweet and I love the polished team dynamics 17 inch wheels so all in all it seemed like quite a good platform for a project
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    That's cool! It's like parts of Stoke on a friday night
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    Not got around to doing it yet, I was going to get it done tonight, but then found out that I was wrong, I was going to be plastering the hall way instead, my missus really needs to get her priorities straight!!
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    Just looking forward to seeing what people have done with their cars, you dont have to be a fan to appreciate their hard work, besides campers are coooool
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    It looks like it from the website, but there should be some modern stuff there too, besides if I arent there i'll end up being press ganged into decorating :-(
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    Shoehorning 3 kids and the missus into the VR for its first outting (fingers crossed that its on the road by then!) Think i'll be raiding the piggy bank just incase I come across any new shinny bits :-)
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    No mate, its Stafford in Staffordshire
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    Hi all, I'm still pretty new on here, so still trying to find my way around. Is anyone going to Dubfreeze in Stafford on 20th Feb? It would be great to meet other members in the flesh
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    was the donor VR OBD2?
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    I got myself a little Toyota Aygo to run around in, £20 road tax and 70MPG plus its group 1 insurance, its like the Yin to the VR's Yang :-)
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    Thanks guys, im replacing the discs and pads all round, so think ill replace the sensors, bearings seals etc etc whilst im at it, hopefully that'll do it
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    I've got a 97 OBD2 VR6 with an ABS light that keeps coming on and off (i know how rare that is! lol) VAG COM has given me 01276 as the fault code. Ive read a few threads that point to fuses by the battery, which mine doesnt seem to have, I think they are under the steering column on mine. Because it is intermitent im thinking that its more likely to be the control module rather than the pump or a bad conection some where, but before i pulled it all to bits I wondered if you fine guys and gals on here could shed any light on it or point me in a certain direction. Cheers
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    Hi all, I've had my 97 VR6 parked at the bottom of the garden since december whilst we've been doing bits of work to it and waiting for the weather to get better. Because we only bought the car as a family project we havent really been in any rush to insure and tax it, but as we've been sorting out all of the little niggles that the car came with the urge to get it out on the open road has been getting stronger and stronger so we started to phone around for insurance. Baring in mind that we are both in our mid 30's with full no claims on the family s-max and 10yrs of company car experience, we
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    HAHA its better than my 0.5 :-(
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