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Mark's Black Edition 30 - No. 0148

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Mark_DF05:
Bit late on the update with this, December was pretty hectic and then with Covid the car barely moved for 3 months but finally took the plunge and took advantage of the APR Black Friday sale to get the Stage 1 map at the back end of last year. Think I've done about 5k miles since and loving it. Was a real shock at first, especially on cold and wet winter roads :evilgrin: Still chuffed with the BCS too, it's got a bit deeper over time but is just the right balance for me.

Not much else has happened other than little bits, repainted the faded front grill and replaced the broken 3rd brake light most recently. Booked in for new wings and a front end respray next week which I wasn't too sure bout as the cars getting on a bit now and it's not a cheap job but everything's been done properly up to this point so to scrimp now would be a shame.

pudding:
Great torque curve  :happy2:

CAPTAIN BRITAIN:
Very cool

Mark_DF05:
Expensive couple of months for the car, finally got the rusty wings replaced. Picked up some genuine ones and got the bumper and bonnet painted at the same time as it was starting to show its age. Really happy with result, quite a bit more than getting the Lothian ones but worth it for me, even sanded and polished the headlights for me whilst it was in :smiley:

A couple of days after picking it up I heard a clunk whilst driving - turned out one of the front springs had snapped.  Struggled to find a pair of replacement H&R fronts for a decent price so got a full set and had them all changed.

Not long after that one of the front wheel bearings began to sound like it was on its way out. I'd never replaced them in my ownership so at 160k decided to get both. Ordered the FAG ones, attempted it myself but couldn't get the hub off so gave up and took it to a garage  :signLOL:

Getting 2 new Eagle F1's on the rear tomorrow and hopefully that's it for this year now

A few pics of the paint after a quick wash - will post better if this rain ever stops.







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