Recent content by MAXRUNDOWN

Got the plate in the boot floor, ended up doing it from inside the car as even with a bright work light under the car it was too much of a pain seeing what I was doing. Welded in with a series of quick tacks, I didn't want to fully dress the weld off because the metal is already so thin I...

Good few hours in the garage today, got the tank and filler neck out, there was about 10L of V power left in it which I've chucked in the Volvo, bonus! It was pretty good under the tank, just dirty and plenty of sticky black bitumen underseal Hours of cleaning later, it looks loads better...

Hopefully it's not too bad underneath, mine had a couple of 20p size paint blisters when I took the skirts off, which turned into a fairly big hole when I hit it with the knot wheel 🤣

Been sidetracked the last couple of days decorating the kids bedroom, back to the garage this afternoon I removed the back bumper and got the aft end of the spare wheel well cleaned up and keyed for painting I collected a 500x500 sheet of 1mm steel during the week, however I probably should...

Blackline (and Mfactory) are pretty much a straight copy of the quaife ATB made in China/Taiwan

@NorthloopCup fitted a blackline diff to mine when he built my box, makes a big difference to the way the car drives, they're about £400 cheaper than a quiafe too.

I've never had an issue with genuine Jubilee brand hose clamps biting into hoses, I always give them a little spritz of silicone spray on install to make sure the band slides on the hose as it's tightened rather than dragging it, If you're feeling flush Murray constant tension clamps are the...

Autodoc OEM part number cross reference says compatible with 8200681106 which is a 172/182 non cup shock and 8200681108 which is a 172 cup shock. Two of them plus some new top mounts and it's sorted.

That's not ideal, but at least with a flat floor it'll be much quicker to strip back

Another couple of hours under the car this morning, got 95% of the horrible bitumen underseal off the boot floor using wire wheels in a drill and thinners soaked microfiber cloths. Raptor will adhere nicely to the factory rubberised underseal as long as it's degreased and keyed up properly so...

How long before one of the dribblers thinks the coin for scale is the price of the item 🤔

So 24hrs into "this isn't going to turn into an underside restoration" I think we're probably there 😐 Cleaned up this bit of surface rust on the chassis cross member between the axle mounts I dropped the back box and heat shield, the forward most heat shield mount was very scabby, basically...

Yeah there's an amount of bitumen type underseal on mine which I assume is factory. Our road conditions don't remove it, it just turns into a dirty mess, and does a great job of hiding rust creeping underneath it.

I've got a couple of spare old calipers in a box in the garage, I might strip them down as a side quest this week while I'm waiting for my paint to turn up and make a tool for compressing the Belleville washers, it can't be that hard

Spent a few hours in the garage this morning, got the brakes stripped off the old axle, I need to decide what I'm doing with the calipers, either get them blasted and powder coated then rebuild them myself, or just send them out and save myself the hassle. I'll get a price for getting them done...