Recent content by Doridori

Hi mate, had a nice chat with you at the car park near the children's playground, your red car was gleaming in the sunshine!!

what i find is that for the first 30 seconds or so after cold start when the car is idling high, the car will jerk violently however gently you apply the throttle. After the idle drops, the car becomes much smoother /normal to drive. What I tend to do is to pull away from cold start using the...

I was the guy who gave you a thumbs up from a Defender (my wife's car) when we were stopped at the traffic lights before the big Sainsbury's roundabout. Fellow pearl white owner here 🙌🏼🙌🏼, it's the first time I've seen another on the road; looked stunning and we've definitely picked the best...

Welcome! Plenty of space over in West car park for us, how are you finding your new car?

White one is me :) The silver one has its own reserved space it seems, had to pop by for a photo when I first saw it!

It's on about 1700 miles at the moment. From some alignment spec sheets I've seen floating around the net, it seems the tolerance for rear camber is between - 0.5 to - 2 deg, so my car is probably still within spec (clearly I'm on the unlucky side though...) The reason why I wanted a touch of...

I've been finding the same issue; loss of traction when accelerating over undulations. I reckon the stock dampers are just a bit too firm under rebound at the rear over sharp bumps... I've tried the following, both helped significantly: 1. Over winter I sourced a set of standrd OEM 17" alloys...

Had my car in for an alignment following the fitment of 14mm camber bolts at the front, ended up with the following: Front Camber: 2.0 degrees both side Toe: Asked for 0.1 degree total toe in, got 1.2mm (anyone know how to convert toe in mm to degree?) Rear Camber: non adjustable so these are...

I think increasing the static front camber should help significantly with the heavy understeering you felt on a track, where you are pulling much higher levels of lateral load. With the stock near zero deg camber up front, the front outer tyre will be folding over onto it's sidewall under...

Correct, stock wheel without spacers. Does look a bit silly at the moment! With the added camber I think it can benefit from some spacers for sure; top of the wheel does look a bit too sunk in; I reckon 15-20mm will bring them almost flush with the wheelarch.

I am having exactly the same dilemma as you currently so thanks for sharing your journey! Would like to lower the car a touch to make the wheel arch gap more reasonable, but I wouldn't want the ride to be any firmer than stock as the roads are quite bad round where I live. Indeed, I'd love a...

Now that my car is fully run in and have some time to drive the car a bit more, I've noticed a few strange quirks with the engine... Anyone seen these as well? 1. Strange 'wooshing' sound when lifting off the throttle at low RPM; maybe between 2.5-4k. Last time i checked our cars are naturally...

Just fitted a set of whiteline 14mm camber bolt to my car (camber bolt bottom, stock 14mm bolt from the bottom moved to the top) The gain in camber can definitely be seen visually (see picture), car is going in for alignment later this week; aiming to get as close to 2 deg as possible. A quick...

I used to run a Nissan 200SX (S14a) where the road noise and all sorts of squeaks and rattles used to drive me nuts... Whilst my GR86 at speed is certainly not as loud as that, I agree that we can do better! I spent a couple of weekends in my old Nissan applying a very similar sound deadening...

Wow, better make it an event to make your round trip in the 86 worthwhile then! Perhaps a cheeky after work convoy to C&M is on the cards?