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Fresh Nankang Ar-1 fitted to my spare set of cup steels. One of the wheels was marked spare on the inside possibly from its cup racer days.
Neww tyre day is the best day.
I was going to get them refurbed but i think the ratty look will suit the van and be more discreet than shiny...
Update.
Ordered Ferodo Ds1.11 from Oreca on Monday, arrived today. Quick for overseas, every time ive used them its 4-5days from order. Only place that list them for sale/in stock for gtt too.
Feel a bit arse raped over the price + import tax but cant put a price on good brakes i guess..
Neww...
Id just run it if the caliper is not sticking, and no other issues i.e caliper hitting disc or duff wheel bearing causing disc to move.
Get some pad material onto your discs and go from there.
Id give them a bleed and let them settle in.
When you say right hand side i assume you mean o/s/drivers side. This caliper always works harder than the passenger for whatever reason, i always see more brake dust on the o/s front on both of my diesel clio's with calipers working as intended.
If the brake pedal is decent then assume its bled up right, always bleed outer nipple first then inner. Sometimes the 4 pots take a few goes but the pedal is crap.
Bed the pads in properly and go from there.
My trophy wilwoods were doing all sorts of crazy s**t when i fitted new ds1.11 and...
I believe for the points system to work the monocoque needs to be unmodified. This is off the .gov page.
Local lad near me has an Astra J estate turned into a 2 door van. It looks mega and something happened a year or 2 ago resulting it getting pulled in for a check and they put it on a Q...
Following, sounds like a great project.
With the modifications required to the monocoque shell for 4wd, itll defo fall under iva territory if your wanting it 100% legal.
No complaints here either. Step up from ps4 in terms of grip, the slightly stiffer sidewalls on ps5 aid turn in.
Mine also gripped very well with low tread. Changed back to my summer wheels with a fresh set of ps5 on and the difference was marginal.
Ive not used solid top mounts on a clio, but use them on other cars. As @Ph1 Tom said ive found them to be more than acceptable for road use and hardly any nvh increase, worth fitting if you want the handling to be on point.
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Kangoo not moved for a couple of weeks, had a few bits to pick up today so took it for a run out.
Anti Social parking as usual.
Work van nothing to see here.
Perfect vehicle for the task.
At max load capacity.
In other news my billet throttle adaptor should arrive this week...
Weekend update
Dying again with man flu or whatever so motivation was pretty low, anyway pulled my finger out and got it back together yesterday.
Bumper and grill back on, repairs to grill mounting points that have been broken since 2008 with plastic welder and epoxy rapid, no pics as working...
Probably wont hurt but never bothered personally, i leave them with minimum amount of fuel in and not had any issues over the years.
My extra van has been sat since Anglesey last year and it fired right up on last years fuel no issues. I did crack the ign on a couple of times over the year to...
Bumpstops always fall to bits on these, as they are used as secondary damping when lowered. I destroyed a bumpstop riding the kerbs at Blyton.
Id imagine the springs are progressively wound so will touch coils a bit.
Parked it up after Anglesey and done nothing until this week.
Small list of bits to do.
Reseal sump - c1j are a leaker anyway but this was getting to be horrendous. I have an undertray fitted and it was getting over the edge of that but hardly using any on the stick.
Assume position.
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