GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

There's a Noble Push Button Install video here, if that's of any use? The whole switch just seems to pop off with a pry tool (see 0:56 in the video)..

 
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Extracted the GR86 from 6 months of Winter storage at 0900 this morning. Car started perfectly first time. Arrived at Vertu Toyota (Hamilton) to be told I wasn’t down as a ‘waiting appointment’. I exclaimed that it should have been, as I was hardly likely to be wanting to walk back across Scotland to Dunfermline was I? Then the coffee machine packed in and I had to wait on a reset. Just praying that my car survives ‘contact with the enemy’ and comes out unscathed - unlike @Alistair31, and his scuffed alloy from the receptionist at Edinburgh o_O .
Now settling in for several hours sat on this firm chair and considering hitting the pastries 🥐 🤔

Update 01: Latte and Cinnamon Swirl consumed :coffee:🍥. Vehicle Health Check completed with no issues, except that the Engine Air Filter WNBD this service as I have the Performance Intake with lifetime K&N. Car now off for MOT. 🤞🏻. Time for another coffee? 😁

Update 02: All done. Clean bill of health ✅. Managed to snatch a chat with the Master Tech too before I left.
Total Cost with MOT (minus cost of Engine Air Filter) = £401.51

Minor booking hiccup aside, which wasn’t the dealership’s fault, it was a decent customer experience.
 
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Today saw me add a few CF bits to the engine bay (pulley covers & fuse box cover), red metal engine cover and a performance oil cap.
Am now thinking about a CF cover that goes at the front of the engine bay and maybe a full replacement cap set, but prices are a bit steep at the moment 🫣
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Haven't done anything as such but after dealing with excessive oil consumption for a while did the oil filler test for pressure... blowing. Looks like it's new PCV valve time.
 
Sonic said:
Today saw me add a few CF bits to the engine bay (pulley covers & fuse box cover), red metal engine cover and a performance oil cap.
Am now thinking about a CF cover that goes at the front of the engine bay and maybe a full replacement cap set, but prices are a bit steep at the moment 🫣
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Let me know if you find a decent price for that cover, I saw one on-line but silly prices for postage
 
Today I may venture out to try and find a petrol station that's (1) Not Closed (2) Has Super available and (3) doesn't have a queue half way around the block. :mad:

Found some: 189.9 per Litre 😬. If this carries on I feel I may have to review my planned leisure trip in the GR86 to Milton Keynes and back via SCITP. The local Tesco, Shell and BP were all out of Petrol and I don’t think it’s gonna get better any day soon …
 
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Today I may venture out to try and find a petrol station that's (1) Not Closed (2) Has Super available and (3) doesn't have a queue half way around the block. :mad:
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My local tesco has increased the price gap between 95 and momentum 99 from 7p to 9p per litre…
 



Loads of dirt at rear of the bumper was there for 5 minutes and dirty coming out
 

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Today added a splash of colour. First impressions are great, more finesse than stock, more control, a more planted feel.
After 80+ miles not seeing any negatives vs stock other than the cost of Vpower.

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It's these or the HKS Hipermax S for me. Did they need much adjustment from out of the box? Thinking of getting all the next lot of bits together and getting one place to do it all.
 
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Today I had to use the horn for the first time when some nobber pulled out in front of me.

It’s not a loud parp, is it? 😆
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These are direct upgrades if you want a beefier "honk". I'm quite content with the Roadrunner "meepmeep" our cars do.

If you want to go crazy there are Hella Horns which Grimmspeed do a wiring harness for. Some of those things hit 120db+ which is absolutely mental for a car horn.
 
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Did a bit of gymnastics and cleaned the interior of the rear window. Noticed that the sticky-back felt I’d used on the harness covers was completely sun-bleached from its original black to dark grey. Rather than replace both pieces I made use of an old bottle of Black Dylon Leather Shoe Dye I’ve had on the shelf for about 10 years.. Seems to have done the job innit. I only wish I'd worn some gloves as my hands look like they've been subject to a fingerprinting.

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It's these or the HKS Hipermax S for me. Did they need much adjustment from out of the box? Thinking of getting all the next lot of bits together and getting one place to do it all.
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I definitely had a man install them but they did need setting up, taking apart setting correct pre load etc.. I think I read that you're going rustival? I might go too. Or I'm only up the road from there can set something up? Msg me.
 
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