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I had to post tis snippet from a Webber interview published in the Telegraph about how the Chinese GP unfolded..............funny I thought..............Poor Schumie!!! "In the latter stages of the race Michael Schumacher and I had a competition over who could drive the slowest - which he won - and Vitaly Petrov was able to pass me with just a couple of laps to go".

Crazy and exciting at the same time! Who would of thought after Bahrain that we would have races that would have ample stops, carnage, OVERTAKING, and all the things that make F1 bloody brilliant! How well did Nico answer the questions at the post race interviews. Did well not to overshadow Schumie! Im not going to bag Lewis out because strongly believe the sport needs more drivers like him!! Sure he doesn't always say the right thing off the track, but damn he can drive...........................sure he rips into his rubber, but how exciting is he to watch when he overtakes where others wouldn't dare.........(calculated mind you)! I must admit though, I was concerned near the end that he was going to make a move on Jenson and they were both going to wipe out in the wet and on failing rubber!! I bet Whitmarsh was freaking too! Whats up with Alonso taking Massa coming in though.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Vettel pushing LH into the painted area.............................(had to do it mate, hope you understand)!!! The RedBulls might get it right one day>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!

All this talk about suspension.............................Here are the specs from the commonly used springs and coil overs to remind all.....................! Please feel free to add!!! Ldc, I assure you that there is substantial difference from the sports to prestige ride height! I think you are right in thinking around the inch mark, should look cool!!! As for the wheel scrub, dig up a thread I posted way back about a guy that fixes wheels mobile. Did a great job with my wheels when I had em!!

Hey Ldc, Like Danny said, you can drop as much as you want with those wheels! Plenty of clearance with that width and off-set. It is your call!! My opinion though would be "less is more" in this case. These rims are "non aggressive" so to speak! Like I mentioned earlier, oem look with the wheels should reflect a oem drop. Not too much! As far as fitment of the springs, if you are buying local, get that joint to fit em! Probably cheaper if they do! Should cost you about $200-$300 tops! or you will find common places like Jaxx that will fit them! Again, like Danny said, for a Jap car, I would go with the reputable springs like Tein, Eibachs, F-sport, H&R, etc. Dig through the threads!!! BTW, 1 other thing, did you keep the Lexus C caps from your 16's?? Everyone knows that the black ones are imitation and you can get them from ebay!! Put your oem ones in, they will look a treat with those wheels!!!

Congrats on the purchase. Mate, just a suggestion, post up a pic with the new wheels. Alot easier to make suggestions regarding the amount of drop. If the wheels have an oem look, and don't fill the guards in regards to width, I wouldn't go to agressive with your drop because it just won't look right in my opinion. As far as this "pin", I assume you are talking about the steering arm. Regardless, the drop won't have a huge affect on how close, but rather the off-set you went with. What are the specs of ya wheels?? Again, pics LDC and lets see what we can come up with. As for the Pedders, I know nothing about them. Find my suspension thread. If you aren't after a drastic drop, try the Eibach pro-kit. Chat soon!

Take it easy now!!! I wouldn't rate Jenson ahead of Hamilton just like I wouldn't rate Schumie ahead of Nico. (Just yet in the Schumi stakes))(I think)!! Jenson can drive, but look at Q1 and Q2.................Lewis clearly couldn't get it together in that 3rd sector on his hot lap. the first and second sectors were in the purple and for what ever reason, where the Mclaren should of dominated, the 3rd sector fell. (error???) Don't know. Race will be awesome never the less!! 4hrs to go!!!

Concave wheels like that always look tough!!! I am a fan from way back too!

I know!!! I guess instinct takes over when you heading towards the wall!!!!

Thats crazy!!!! Wouldn't you freak if it were to happen whilst on the freeway!>>!

Must be decent rubber...................I wonder................ if Melbourne City do $300 a rim, if Sydney dealerships would have a sim price>>>> Dis-lex-sic, is that the going price for the rims??? Thanks in advance guys!! Franky, what size rubber come on the X's?? 255 rears?

Yeah, like I said brother, electrical noise , perhaps!!! Ha! As for not picking up your calls, sorry bro!! Don't be cut..........you always call when im in a meeting or just can't get to the phone!!! Sorry again Dan, won't happen again!

Thanks for the heads up?!?!...............please brother...........you have had your HIDS installed for what, 3-4 years now J!! I understand that the Ballasts put some heat out, but please, the engine bay gets hot in general. (nah) HV electrical noise, perhaps (but unlikely in my opinion).....................HV arcing from the ballast, hmmm......unlikely. In a nut shell, doubt it.

Well Im with Franky on this one.......................... I really like the 'X' wheels.........no disrespect Dan!!! The 'X' have a modern vibe. No sharp edges like the sports and the darker silver makes them still look like a pricey oem. Gsaab, which dealer did you find the 'X' wheels for that price?? For $1200, you gotta get them. You lucky to get tempe's for that much and we really don't want to go there! (sorry ldc). You will find a better quality wheel else where mate and sure, a little dearer but guarantee worth the extra cash!!

Interesting!!!! Sutil is ya roughy hey!!! what is he paying, I might have to put some cash down! Im not sure how Seb is going to go. That back straight is bloody long.................! Practice 1 and 2 went to the Mclarens. Interesting enough, the Mercs were up there as well. I was suprised to see that Ferrari fitted their version of the F-duct to Alonso's car. I don't think any of these other teams will get it working as well as the Mclarens f-duct for quite some time! My roughy will be Nico for a podium finish. I reckon he is just as quick as Vettel! Lets see how Qualie goes tomorrow fella's!! On another note, what about Buemi's car.............lucky boy that it wasn't worse!

Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.677Nico RosbergMercedes GP1:36.7480Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.7750Michael SchumacherMercedes GP1:37.5090Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault1:37.6010Robert KubicaRenault1:37.7161Vitaly PetrovRenault1:37.7451Mark WebberRBR-Renault1:37.9801Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:38.0081Felipe MassaFerrari1:38.0981Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari1:38.1611Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:38.3751Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:38.4211Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:38.5691Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:38.6181Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:38.6782Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari1:39.9393Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:41.5314Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:41.7795Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:41.8305Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:42.1815Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:43.8757Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1:43.9497Fernando AlonsoFerrariNo time6 Ok guys, here is Fridays 1st practice results. (Sorry about the formatting)!! Looking good for Mclaren!!!! The Alonso's Ferrari had engine failure and Buemi had complete suspension failure leaving him with no front wheels and in the wall!

Hey Lexo, As Dis-lex-sic mentioned, welcome to "our" F1 thread! Yes, Friday practice is upon us for another meet. Can't wait to check out the times. Hamilton has driven well here in the past. 2007 sliding off and 2008 coming back for the win! As mentioned, the straight is long and plenty of opportunity at the end to bring it up under brakes for the overtake. With Lewis's agressive style, and the Mclarens speed down the straight, with no mistakes, Im putting my money on Lewis. As for Jenson, I am Mclaren through and through so I do hope he does well. A podium would be brilliant. I know that after Malasia he did fly back to Woking to spend time in the simulator. With his own admission he has suggested that he hasn't been feeling the car so well! Lets see. Redbull, Sebastion is quick, lets just say Im curious to see how the other teams go in qualie.... I have a feeling that Redbulls dominance is slowly deminishing. Whitmarsh has done well to really make the active ride height issue a "real issue" so to speak. All eyes on the teams that are suspected of taking advantage of the prior wording in the rule book! Who you backing dis.............?

Hey Jom, Im afraid to say it, but thats exactly how my one started!! It took me a bit to put my finger on it though as like you said, it comes and goes. Near the end though, it was really bad...............your description of the loose speaker grill was spot on!!! Sorry! Like Justin said though, they changed my one no questions asked!!

Hey mate, Yeah, its the Subwoofer that has given up. I had my one replaced about a month ago. Prior to that, even at low levels I too had the "annoying" distortion. I don't play music that puts it through its paces too much, and I hadn't heard of anyone else with this problem. I think I just got a dud speaker driver in my car! Anyway, hope this helps!

Nice work Milad!!! It has been a while since someone has posted a Tute!!! Well Done....................................The Angel eyes look pretty cool too!! The parkers need changing to LEDs though! Mate, I would like to see more on the heat gun stage!! Nice work again!

Yeah, I reckon you could be right!! The carnage come the first corner has become almost expected! I do hope Webber has a good year this year! There is alot of pressure on him to perform. I hope he out performs Vettel! 1HD rocks! 7hrs worth of Friday action televised today! How good is that! There are other fans here but I don't think they have seen the thread yet!! Im sure we aren't the only one here that love the sport! Im looking forward to Qualifying. I can't wait to see how the front runners go!! Albert park being a track that hasn't changed unlike Bahrain, I really do think the the results here will be an awesome indicator for the remainder of the year! One last note, what about the Virgin team.....................designing a car with a fuel cell that is too small to finish the Aus GP!! Crack up!!!

Hey brother, Can't believe that you are leaving us.............................You have helped me out heaps with all the advise that you have given me. It was almost as if I shadowed your every mod. I hope you hang around and I do hope your new toy is a Lexus brother!!! Keep in touch Q!!! (You have my email)!! Denis

Well, they are all in town quite early this year!! I had the opportunity to be present at a LH appearance but of course I had to have a work meeting on at the same time!!! Not happy! Not long to go now!!! Anyone got a grandstand ticket for race day that they want to sell????? Just not the Schumi stand!! Anyone got a prediction for Sunday??

Yeah, without question, both Alonso and Vettel are pretty quick!! But, the Red Bull cars especially are bloody quick at the moment. Im not sure if they just had the superior setup at Bahrain but it was obvious that they had some decent down force especially through that bumpy mid sect! Things can change. I think Bahrain was a reality check for most of the teams and there were some lessons learnt! I think we will still see some huge improvement from Mclaren and the Merc teams. With Ross Brawn at Merc, and the history with Schumi, I do think if the car is up to it, there is a good chance that we might see a result from Mike! Only thing is, how much control over the teams destiny will Brawn have with only the one pit stop. If you remember last year, Brawn used the stops in several races very well to put both Jenson and Rubens to a massive advantage even though the cars weren't that quick in the later part of the season. Hmmm! I think alot of us do want to see him with a result just to spice things up! Rosberg so far does have the edge but I do think that will change! Mate, regardless, lets hope that we see some "Awesome" racing this year!!!! BTW, thanks for the off topic chat!!!!

Yeah, I read about that! Four teams in all were asked to change their diffuser design. This included the merc team. I find it funny how these teams exploit the "fuzzy" definitions in the rule book. Imagine changing the starter motor size in-order to increase the hole size on the diffuser......Love it! Can't wait for Melbourne. I think at this late stage that I will only go down for the race day. Flights coming home to Sydney on the Sunday night are crazy though!!! Oh well!!! Anyone else here going to the GP??? Hey, you didn't mention who you backing this year!!!!!!! Fella's, who you betting on???

Well thats great that the comparison has now been done. If you can't separate the kit, and depending on the colour you need, I might be interested in paying for the front lip if that helps!