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From Germany? Give it a try to a local dealer up in the north of Germany. Maybe they will sell you those on discount.

I reckon you will have hard times to find a replacement. There are not many of those R around and to add to the tally, mostly they are used as weekend or second/third cars. Thus the mileage and brake wear is low. Thus less replacements. Hardly any company will go into the development of...

I never had any issues with the stock pads. Neither in daily driving or on race track. In daily I had during those 5 years maybe 3 times the cursed squealing. A single strong braking sorted that quickly. If I recall correctly the most extreme pressure I have put them under were those 15 minutes...

Hi there, I have always run the stock pads as supplied by Pug. Those are Ferodo DS2500

I never used leather conditioning products on the R's dashboard. Even the manual says it should be cleaned with caution. I used the typical Meguairs Interior Cleaner which also prevents from UV degrading. Proved to work all the years.

I feel your pain. For both, the R and for that rental.

The paint exposed to harsh Australian sun will thank you for years. Good job!

Thank you and Happy Easter to all of you and your families! Enjoy the beautiful weather and time spent with your family.

It starts with the question what your reason for engine tuning is. Do you want improve straight line acceleration? Or more power in the low or high rev range? What is more important to you, just the sheer power possible with an engine like that or to keep that balance of power/torque/traction...

Sure. As I wrote there are always those who don't know how to run-in and maintain an engine like the R has. I have a buddy of mine and he managed to kill the R engine on his 308 GTi within few months. Got a new one on warranty. Honestly I don't get it how he did that. The amount of stress and...

Mine R had no trouble reaching the stated 270PS. And I trust the dyno I did the measurement on. I did few other cars on that dyno with comparable results. I know about some bullcrap stories posted on FB coming from some tuning companies claiming the RCZ R pulls only about 250 or less ponies...

In what regards? During my ownership of the R I never managed to read out the IAT (Intake Air Temperature) on the engine. This would help me out find out if the IC gets too hot while accelerating. I always restrained from pushing her hard when there was +30°C ambient temp. But I also never felt...

There is never enough power ;) I for myself never missed power in my R. Sure, there have been those very rare occasions where I was pulling with an cockster or gayman at +120 MPH and a few more ponnies would have helped there. But those have always been the exemption. I valued the balance...

If the dealer has maintained the vehicle then the whole scope of works must be in the computer. They store it all. A print out should be doable. As for the plugs, just take one out and have a look at what type sits in your engine. This is a no-brainer job.

Yup it does that. But when you pop the lid up slowly there is no water ingress.

Hi there, It could be a blown head gasket. But it doesn't have to be that way. Blown head gasket can be verified quite easily (open the coolant reservoir, start the engine and see if air bubbles come up when revving up. This is a cheap do-it-yourself test). The other reason for engine oil in...

No, but I did the cleaning of intake by injecting a cleaning solution. Go back in that whole thread and you will find some info about it :greetings-wavingblue:

No rocker cover gasket. Yes, the turbo heat shield has been replaced twice on mine. First time on guarantee, second time on my wallet. I added it to the list above. No shocks or springs. Absolutely nothing on the suspension. Not a single part. The shocks got a bit tired towards the end but...

I managed 6.0 L/100 km (47 MPG) easily while travelling in Lithuania (in-town traffic included plus traffic jams in Vilnius). With all the speed section controls you have over there it is an easy to achieve target on the RCZ R 8-)

You'd live for a while in ze Germany, the headquarters of the EU. And then deal with MOT here. It is a mess. You cannot touch almost anything on your car without having it to be validated by a TÜV guy + paper work. And of course, money. I lost any drive to modify my cars at all. I just don't...