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    bb tuning

    do they still exist? what happened to them?

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    Re: bb tuning

    A few of them are now working for another company they have started, they still do the 172 turbo conversion etc, can be found on eBay. They are based in Kelvedon now. Not under the name of BB performance tuning though.

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    Re: bb tuning

    so does that make k tec the only company that do upgrades for r 5 other than cgb?

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    Re: bb tuning

    gt tuning ?

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    Re: bb tuning

    oh yeah forgot about them

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    Re: bb tuning

    What upgrades are you thinking of doing? As everything which which these tuners do you can find elsewhere and more than likely cheaper.

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    Re: bb tuning

    got a few things in mind

    hopefully sorting out coilovers and poss t28 turbo and uprated fuel pumpthis weekend

    trying to sort out an intercooler although am talking to some one on here about that

    once saw some carnon fibre door cards quite fancy them as mine are worn where the speaker cover twists on

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    Re: bb tuning

    GT Tuning aren't still working on 5's are they?

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    Re: bb tuning

    they have bits for sale on there website

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    Re: bb tuning

    Intercooler can get front mounts off eBay there is an article about them.

    Wouldn't advise carbon door cards as have heard stories of accidents and the carbon shattering and going into the persons leg

    Turbo and fuel pump are easier enough to source elsewhere. Coilovers just go direct to one of the suppliers or through a known distributor which wont up the charges loads.

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    Re: bb tuning

    parts wise drop kenobi a pm i know he can supply a whole host of parts at very reasonable prices

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    Re: bb tuning

    Dont forget prima racing, k-tec,GDI, RTOC Club Shop... RTOC members often do a better job supply & fitting parts at a better price to.

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    Re: bb tuning

    Quote Originally Posted by BriC View Post
    GT Tuning aren't still working on 5's are they?
    Aren't they bum ****ing the Mini and TT owners nowadays with there over expesnsive modded dump valves and other crap

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    Re: bb tuning

    That's what I thought.. and I thought they gave up on GTT's

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    Re: bb tuning

    still want a brand new gt turning bread bin and they sell brand new carbs still it says

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    Re: bb tuning

    GT Tunning still do 5 turbos they just might have to order stuff in where as in the past they kept it in stock.

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    Re: bb tuning

    Quote Originally Posted by Arrows View Post
    GT Tunning still do 5 turbos they just might have to order stuff in where as in the past they kept it in stock.

    buy a turbo from them if you wish to waste hundreds of pounds lol

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    Re: bb tuning

    Quote Originally Posted by JRP View Post
    buy a turbo from them if you wish to waste hundreds of pounds lol
    I would rather not i know where and whom to get them

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    Re: bb tuning

    Quote Originally Posted by James5 View Post
    Aren't they bum ****ing the Mini and TT owners nowadays with there over expesnsive modded dump valves and other crap
    Correct I have sold them sold second hand 5 turbo bits and when I went down there they had a Mini and a TT in the show room and loads of bolt on crap!!!

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    Re: bb tuning

    Thats the company im talking about

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Renault-5-GT-T...d=p3286.c0.m14

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    Re: bb tuning

    my bro bought avo coilovers from bb less than a year ago, and they are rusting where they are painted (not on the threads for the platform)

    are engine dynamics totally diff company, so they can avoid having to replace them?

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    Re: bb tuning

    They are a totally different company. Jon from ex-torsion tuning is working there, plus 2 people from BB (dave and cant remember the other blokes name) and another person who used to rebuild race engines locally. They have merged all together really.

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    Re: bb tuning

    so for my bro, the lesson is dont buy avo coilovers again lol

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    Re: bb tuning

    Might be worth speaking to AVO see what they can do, were they new when purchased? paid for on credit card?

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    Re: bb tuning

    brand new from bb's stock, not credit card tho, but debit.

    avo said its not covered by any warranty, the 1st email back they said he should grease the threads, even though he explained that its not the threads, its the 'red paint finish' on the shock bodies, after the understood this they decided that its not covered because they plate then paint the shocks

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    Re: bb tuning

    Learn the hard way or fight it out with saying it was going to fail after a certain time, but you have to prove that. Im guessing it will be under the same laws as any item you buy, but they could just say its wear and tear

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    Re: bb tuning

    i may start a seperate thread if he has no luck.. my gaz's are over 4 years old, and look newer than his 'less than a year' avo's in terms of corrosion... its crazy! lol

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