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Megane Megane 280 cup
- Thread starter Renny 5
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Renny 5
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Last bit before the ring trip, this was supposed to be done at the same time as having the res-delete but I had a knocking on the front which seemed to be one of the drop links which didn’t arrive in time so had to make a trip back to Danny Afro’s garage once they arrived. 
Purchased this directly from eibach as Ktec had them in stock but usually their delivery times are horrendous.
New drop links
Made aload of difference and no more knocking. Also took before and after photos for the lowering springs
20mm drop all way round on these eibach which i thinks enough for everyday driving. Will probably get some aftermarket wheels with a smaller offset next year to give it a wider stance. Overall though I’m proper chuffed with it and after a weeks driving the eibachs just feel like the standard cup springs
next update will be after the ring trip.
Mark.
Purchased this directly from eibach as Ktec had them in stock but usually their delivery times are horrendous.
New drop links
Made aload of difference and no more knocking. Also took before and after photos for the lowering springs
20mm drop all way round on these eibach which i thinks enough for everyday driving. Will probably get some aftermarket wheels with a smaller offset next year to give it a wider stance. Overall though I’m proper chuffed with it and after a weeks driving the eibachs just feel like the standard cup springs
next update will be after the ring trip.Mark.
Renny 5
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Yep, I’m not gunna go too mad. Standard offset is ET54 so I’ll be looking somewhere between ET40-45. End of the day I just want to make it bit more stanced without having it rubbing day to day or on the odd track day
Renny 5
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From my experience you can only tell at low speeds in a car park, it’s really easy to get into tight spaces and round mini round abouts. Apart from that I can’t really tell.
Renny 5
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Just a quick entry before my ring trip. I’ve been wanting a new GoPro for awhile now and after asking afew mates what their newer GoPros have been like I’ve just been told that the older generation GoPros were more reliable. My current GoPro 5 session has been faultless for 6years but I was limited to 4k30 with no stability settings. Decided Togo with the latest DJI Action 4 camera.
Also bought some ND lens filters
It’s very small, not much bigger than my hero 5 session but had front and back touch screens which surprised me how clear and comfortable way to use they are. Adjusting the camera settings is a doddle too!! Here’s a quick preview of what I filmed. This has been done in 4K25 with 1/50 shutter speed to give plenty of motion blur.
Enjoy
Also bought some ND lens filters
It’s very small, not much bigger than my hero 5 session but had front and back touch screens which surprised me how clear and comfortable way to use they are. Adjusting the camera settings is a doddle too!! Here’s a quick preview of what I filmed. This has been done in 4K25 with 1/50 shutter speed to give plenty of motion blur.
Enjoy
Renny 5
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It is mate, night and day difference between my old GoPro and I’ve not really added much colour grading either. Only problem now is that my laptop is blowing through its arse to render it
This is just a screen shot off my phone whilst I was watching it on YouTube
Renny 5
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It does, I’m well happy with it and it sounds silly to say but I’ll probably not have another GoPro again or for atleast awhile.
Renny 5
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This is picture heavy so apologies in advance!!
finally!!! The week I’ve been waiting all year for has arrived. Our group consisted of six cars and eleven people, all met up at trowel services off the M1 setting off at 9pm Sunday night planning to arrive in Adenau Monday afternoon. Had a steady drive down to the euro tunnel just incase anything happened.
Managed to get there with not issues
All of boarded the train.
Past through France and Belgium with no problems and because we made up good time we decided to make a stop at the Micheal schmacher museum in cologne which is free!! Really enjoyed it. So much stuff there to view.
After the Schumacher museum we just had a 90min drive to the ring.
Obligatory Nurburgring photo. After having a nosey round we went to our accommodation which was in kottenborn (5mins from Adenau) was a huge 8 bedroom house with garage and lovely garden.
All of us got unpacked, shower, dressed and drove to Adenau and went to Pinocchio’s for pizza
Had a walk round town after to get our bearings… what I lovely town this is.
Tuesday… started the day with intermittent rain so we decided todo the ring museum and the castle.
View from the top is stunning! The rain got worse so we left and headed to the ringwerk museum.
The weather dried up and luckily for us there was TF on the GP circuit so we decided todo that today and do the ring on wensday and Thursday. I’d was €30 for 15mins which was enough in my eyes as the track is really fast. Glad I did it as it’s an amazing track however I didn’t realise how much heavy braking there is especially after the pit straight.
The megane did really well however I was running out of tyres after 3laps. I couldn’t believe how well the car handled especially with the 245/35/19 PS4S screaming their tits off but still managed a 2:40
So happy with the car and definitely could’ve gone a lot faster with better tyres. Wensday we went out to the usual breakfast place (cockpit) for their amazing eggs and bacon with a roll.
Chilled out alday untill the TF started. Totally for how much elevation changes there are on this track, it’s absolutely krackers!! On my first lap I have a very close call and nearly hit a Yaris GR after a Tesla had smashed up on Schwedenkreuz.
I kinda lost my head after that and took it steady, my second lap was better but still wasn’t great and we decided to call it a day as the track was closed due to yellow flags. Some of the pictures were great though.
After getting back, we got ready and headed to pistenklause.
Thursday, one of the lads had an issue with his Silvia, his tyre had rubbed through the loom (commen fault on these apparently)
After sorting this we went for a drive out to Brünnchen to watch the morning track day
Once again TF started and we jumped on track again but I had to nip to the arel garage to top the tank with 102!
Also bumped into this guy….
Got into the northloop and unfortunately there were some yellow flags again, still did a solid lap… 10
0 with two major yellow flags.
Again we got some awesome photos… even better the the first lot.
We all decided to have a bbq that night to finish the week off.
Nipped out in the car to get afew pictures and top the tank up.
In the way back I went to meet up with aramjit “base” as he was only 5mins away from my AirBnB
Friday was our day to return home, nothing to report… megane blasted the miles away and we got on the eurotunnel feeling sad not wanting to come back to England
The week went really fast, loved every minute of it and it now wanting me to go atleast once or twice next year.
Sorry for the big update and heavy picture upload.
Mark.
finally!!! The week I’ve been waiting all year for has arrived. Our group consisted of six cars and eleven people, all met up at trowel services off the M1 setting off at 9pm Sunday night planning to arrive in Adenau Monday afternoon. Had a steady drive down to the euro tunnel just incase anything happened.
Managed to get there with not issues
All of boarded the train.
Past through France and Belgium with no problems and because we made up good time we decided to make a stop at the Micheal schmacher museum in cologne which is free!! Really enjoyed it. So much stuff there to view.
After the Schumacher museum we just had a 90min drive to the ring.
Obligatory Nurburgring photo. After having a nosey round we went to our accommodation which was in kottenborn (5mins from Adenau) was a huge 8 bedroom house with garage and lovely garden.
All of us got unpacked, shower, dressed and drove to Adenau and went to Pinocchio’s for pizza
Had a walk round town after to get our bearings… what I lovely town this is.
Tuesday… started the day with intermittent rain so we decided todo the ring museum and the castle.
View from the top is stunning! The rain got worse so we left and headed to the ringwerk museum.
The weather dried up and luckily for us there was TF on the GP circuit so we decided todo that today and do the ring on wensday and Thursday. I’d was €30 for 15mins which was enough in my eyes as the track is really fast. Glad I did it as it’s an amazing track however I didn’t realise how much heavy braking there is especially after the pit straight.
The megane did really well however I was running out of tyres after 3laps. I couldn’t believe how well the car handled especially with the 245/35/19 PS4S screaming their tits off but still managed a 2:40
So happy with the car and definitely could’ve gone a lot faster with better tyres. Wensday we went out to the usual breakfast place (cockpit) for their amazing eggs and bacon with a roll.
Chilled out alday untill the TF started. Totally for how much elevation changes there are on this track, it’s absolutely krackers!! On my first lap I have a very close call and nearly hit a Yaris GR after a Tesla had smashed up on Schwedenkreuz.
I kinda lost my head after that and took it steady, my second lap was better but still wasn’t great and we decided to call it a day as the track was closed due to yellow flags. Some of the pictures were great though.
After getting back, we got ready and headed to pistenklause.
Thursday, one of the lads had an issue with his Silvia, his tyre had rubbed through the loom (commen fault on these apparently)
After sorting this we went for a drive out to Brünnchen to watch the morning track day
Once again TF started and we jumped on track again but I had to nip to the arel garage to top the tank with 102!
Also bumped into this guy….
Got into the northloop and unfortunately there were some yellow flags again, still did a solid lap… 10
0 with two major yellow flags. Again we got some awesome photos… even better the the first lot.
We all decided to have a bbq that night to finish the week off.
Nipped out in the car to get afew pictures and top the tank up.
In the way back I went to meet up with aramjit “base” as he was only 5mins away from my AirBnB
Friday was our day to return home, nothing to report… megane blasted the miles away and we got on the eurotunnel feeling sad not wanting to come back to England
The week went really fast, loved every minute of it and it now wanting me to go atleast once or twice next year.
Sorry for the big update and heavy picture upload.
Mark.
Renny 5
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Been on the cards for awhile, will definitely be going next yearlooks like an awesome trip, some great pics too
Gp circuit is good but is a brake killer especially the hairpin after the straight. Last lap the pbs pads were getting hot and I was running out of brakes. Think I’m gunna upgrade to winmax pads next year.
