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Great stuff, fully extended my swearing range during the fixing process much to the disgust of the other 1/2. I applied the rear wing, door openings and had plenty of bits left over, so i cut pieces to fit around the bonnet catches and also applied a strip across the leading edge of the nose cone and front cycle wings. Have covered about 3K since applying and not a single stone chip so well worth the pain in the 🙆🏻. Word of warning , ask for additional fixing fluid as you must keep the area flooded otherwise the film sticks instantly on contact and will stretch if you then try to remove it, practise first!! good luck and if all else fails then have a good swear!

I read the recent account of Peter C's engine failure due to a shredding fan belt and thought the following to be somewhat important. I was recently changing the exhaust manifold on my 1.6 k to replace it with a Powerspeed system, anyway it became apparent that it would be easier if I took of the alternator to achieve more room etc. When I took the fan belt of I noticed there were masses of tiny particles of grit and broken fragments of glass imbedded in the grooves between the ribbing. Some of these had penetrated right down to the webbing, this is after 4000 miles. It would appear that the configuration and layout of the K series in a seven is perhaps slightly prone to picking up road debris, naturally I changed it straight away, if left then it may cause premature failure. I do live in a rural area which I suppose you could say has dirtier roads than a built up environment. Thought you might like to know about this, by the way I don't work for the Rover group! Phil

Steve, you can get these from Caterham I think they are about £8 for the two, dead easy to fit although the parts dept. will say you need a hydraulic press which is b---s--- good luck, phil

I've just fitted a Powerspeed 4.2.1 with repackable silencer to my 1.6SS and the difference in the mid-range is superb. The car really picks it's self up and the sound-- well, awesome. I polished mine with various grades of wet and dry and then mop polished with Mother's Mag, took hours but it now looks ace. I'm a happy bunny 😬

My wife has just popped into a Rover dealer to collect an exhaust gasket for my 1.6 K she was charged £26.17p is this right I'm still trying to recover, bang goes having a pint tonight. phil

I'm about to change the standard exhaust manifold and system on my 1.6SS and replace it with a 4 into 2 into 1 manifold with a repackable silencer. On the standard manifold the lambda is situated in the collector, however on the 4.2.1 manifold it's sited in the 4th primary, will this make any difference?

I'm about to change the standard exhaust manifold and system on my 1.6SS and replace it with a 4 into 2 into 1 manifold with a repackable silencer. On the standard manifold the lambda is situated in the collector, however on the 4.2.1 manifold it's sited in the 4th primary, will this make any difference?

I also use Puma Roma about £40, comfy and really narrow so you don't catch the other pedals plus you walk round all day in them, phew can smell them from here.

How much tread depth is left and what mileage have they covered. Price seems a bit high, have you seen the 5 prisoner alloys £175 covered 4000miles. If you are prepared to drop your price I will be interested

Is it sold? if not please let me know

I changed mine last weekend. Used a sykes pickervant ball joint seperater and used plenty of grease on the rubber boot to allow the splitter to slide under, tightend it up and bang the joint split apart very easily. On re-assembly smeared a little copperease to assit any future work, good luck, phil

My 1.6SS is running on 16"HPC rims. I've the chance to get 4 brand new Dunlop SP3000 245/45 16 W rated for a bargain price of £200. What are these tyres like? your thoughts cheers phil

Simon, have sent you mail cheers phil

The buggers! if you want to sell the fire extinguisher separatley then I'm interested, cheers phil

Hi Luke system looks great intend to go the same route myself with a 1.6SS. However on a different note the colour of your car appears to be the same as mine and I intend to colour code bits etc. I'm having problems tracking done a paint code so if you can shed any light on the proper name and perhaps more importantly the paint code itself would be very much appreciated cheers phil

I'm off for a trip soon and need a boot rack, anybody got one lying around surplus to reqirements if so perpared to pay about £20 plus p&p, give me a ring on 01544 230124, cheers phil

Thanks Peter when are you next going to eat Arnie up phil 1.6ss

I'm off to France in a couple of weeks to get some sun--ha ha anybody got a boot rack going spare, the wife insists on taking a change of clothes!! will pay all postage etc. Give me a ring on 01544 230124 cheers phil

I'm just about to upgrade the pads and have gone for a set of Mintex M1144, they've come with 4 thin sky blue self-adhesive pads, are these supposed to be stuck onto the back to stop brake squell? I asked Caterham and they said " um yep I think so, but you better check". The other interesting thing is these blue stick on pads are not the full width of the brake pad, any ideas! cheers phil

I'm just about to adjust my ride height do you set up laden or unladen? ie rear height with two people on board,cheers Phil

What tyres are on them and what is the general conditiion of the rims, scratches, kerbing etc, where are you? cheers Phil

Can anyone enlighten me on the following. I have big brakes on my 1.6ss but the bite seems iffy especially when compared to my roadgoing Cossie which also has uprated brakes. The pads on my caterham have M1202 stamped on them, what type of rating is this? cheers Phil

Thanks guys I intend to give it the old heave and smack it one but thought it best to leave it till Sunday just in case I U S it and miss a P C victory on Saturday!!

Thanks guys I intend to give it the old heave and smack it one but thought it best to leave it till Sunday just in case I U S it and miss a P C victory on Saturday!!

Count me in for a few,1.6k, what about the gaskets? ANY CHANCE OF BULK BUY?, cheers Phil