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Howdy all, id like to find a different front bumper for my BA '6T, cos I think the stock one looks a little plain. Obvious train of thought leads to a GT, typhoon or DJR copy (something different would be even better) but all the companies ive looked at use fibreglass. Anyone know of any companies that make em in something a little more flexible like the proper ones? Because my stock bumper has seen some abuse ...unless someone happens to have a gt or typhoon bumper just lying around? Vixen colour would be nice...

Should pick up an el cheapo multimeter mate. I was lucky enough to have one handy when I did my gauges (I have one for work) but I would have been f****d without it btw I connected mine at the ignition cos I didnt wanna play with the fuse box, just make sure you fuse the line. I used a 150mA fuse which works fine

miss aly, loving the xr8 bonnet and shaker! looks great

Id say youre right. Theres no other reason for it to be there lol. Ill see about getting some pics posted on the weekend

Nah mate mines a red one! on my exhaust, where I suspect the cat would be isnt a nice neat bulge as on that one. its more like theyve just welded a section of slightly larger pipe into it, if that makes sense?

might be an obvious one but check the service history? mine was an 02 model and when I picked it up early this year it still had what looked like a stock fuel filter - certainly not recently changed anyway, although you cant just go pulling this dudes car apart looking for faults! check around the rear wheels for rubber too :/ are the tyres new? are the panels all exactly the same colour? If not it might have been pranged. also when you test drive, get the owner to take you for a spin first, and take note of how he/she drives it. other than that mate just browse the tech forums, should give you a fair idea of what generally goes wrong with em. good luck!

Yeah it wouldnt surprise me mate. Ill definitely be having it fixed, hopefully sooner rather than later. I was just kinda hoping that this might be the cause of some idle issues Ive been having. Time will tell I guess!

Can be convenient. I only use mine on long trips really, so I dont forget to let it cool when I stop for fuel. around town I just hit the stop button after I take the key out, and usually dont even realise im doing it.

Oh ok, but yeah I dont even think I have a cat to speak of. So would this decreased restriction be making my car run better or worse? because the exhaust creates back pressure which makes the engine run better right?

lol. so, erm, what IS a punched cat? Pardon my inexperience...

Cheers mate very informative, but the piece I was looking at looks nothing like on the article! Its just a section about 20mm wider than the rest of the pipe; could just be a join or something. In which case, I have no cat! Is this ok?? I thought it was illegal??