Japfest 2007

On Saturday May 19th I went down to Castle Combe with my car and the NPOC for Japfest. We had a good turnout on our stand (about 20 cars) and the weather, after a shakey start, was good. We saw a lot of track action including some drifting, club runs and a few nasty incidents (an NSX rolling over and a highly modified impreza catching fire!).
I managed to finally pick up a clay bar kit from the Meguirs stand and got some good photos too. They can all be seen here
After the show we went for a Chinese and a few pints locally and stayed in a nearby B&B in Yate called Englands Guest House (highly recommended and very cheap). I then drove home in convoy with a few, more local NPOC members. All in all a great weekend :)

Prepping for Japfest

Show season is properly upon us again and this weekend is Japfest in Castle Coombe. I have been trying to iron out a few issues and get things sorted in time which has meant a few evenings out in the rain repainting the brake calipers, a weekend trying to find dry time to wash and polish and a few hours researching some bugs on the PC.
I was having a problem with the CarPC where the pointer would start jumping around the screen and clicking at random points. I have resolved this thanks to the registry fix suggested in this thread on mp3car. All that I need to do now is:

• Hoover out and clear the interior (Friday evening)
  
• Wipe over the plastics with some dashboard wipes (Friday evening)
  
• Get the tracking checked (Going in to the garage Friday)
  
• Replace the cracked headlight lense (Mechanic will do this while its in for tracking)

Hopefully the weather won't completely suck but it should be a top weekend anyway.

Low rider!

I am now running on KYB AGX adjustables with H&R 35mm lowering springs! I drove up to York on Monday to see Kev. It was a good day and fortunately the rain just held off long enough to do the job. We (and by we I mean Kev and Dave while I looked on and occasionally removed or replaced a wheel) swapped my suspension onto Kev's scrapper and put his lovely red shockers onto mine. It took about 3 hours plus obligitory tea and biscuit breaks!
I nearly left my bumper on his drive reversing out due to my new height but the drive back was lush. The ride is no where near as harsh as I was expecting but the handling is infinately better, zero body roll!