Samuel Scott
Member
Have had my R19 16V for 3 months now and not spent a single penny on it apart from a tenner on two centre caps.
But having decided it's a keeper after 3000 trouble-free miles - have treated it to four brand new Toyo PX4's(bargain at £120), laser tracking and all new exhaust rubbers -- the car was fun to drive already but it's superb now, has the proverbial handling like its on rails, I reckon the Pirelli P6000s on it must have been over a decade old, they dont wear out it seems, just go old, hard and perish which must impact on the handling. not having the exhaust knocking on the axle is a revelation too and i appreciate what a quiet and refined car a factory standard R19 16V is!
thinking of biting the bullet and getting my rust-free bonnet fitted and whole of the offside painted along with the rear spoiler to bring the cosmetics up to scratch, but can i justify spending £400 on the old R19? but then i would have to get new side window scrapers as the bubbling rubber would look so obvious against new paint and irritate me, then the wheels would need powder-coating... maybe i should stick with the shabby look. At least with the way it looks now i never clean it as bad bits dont show up with a few months of road grime covering it...
But having decided it's a keeper after 3000 trouble-free miles - have treated it to four brand new Toyo PX4's(bargain at £120), laser tracking and all new exhaust rubbers -- the car was fun to drive already but it's superb now, has the proverbial handling like its on rails, I reckon the Pirelli P6000s on it must have been over a decade old, they dont wear out it seems, just go old, hard and perish which must impact on the handling. not having the exhaust knocking on the axle is a revelation too and i appreciate what a quiet and refined car a factory standard R19 16V is!
thinking of biting the bullet and getting my rust-free bonnet fitted and whole of the offside painted along with the rear spoiler to bring the cosmetics up to scratch, but can i justify spending £400 on the old R19? but then i would have to get new side window scrapers as the bubbling rubber would look so obvious against new paint and irritate me, then the wheels would need powder-coating... maybe i should stick with the shabby look. At least with the way it looks now i never clean it as bad bits dont show up with a few months of road grime covering it...