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I have just got to the bottom of it. The stub axle was flared at the end which wasn't allowing me to slide the new bearing on. I assume that someone had tightened it up without the spacer in which caused the issue. I even tried heating it up like I do at work to expend the bearing but it still...

Well I am back from Ski-ing so today I got on with the car again so the brakes would be finished for driving back to work. Anyway I came up against a problem with the drivers side rear. The bearing came apart and left the bearing inner sleeve on the shaft: The passenger side came off no...

Because my missus thinks 8" is so small I had to tell her my 15" wheels are measured as the radius rather than diameter!

I thought £63 per wheel delivered was a good price. What is trade price? Is that the £200 they advertised by mistake?

PMSL! There was only one way I could measure it was more than 8". ;)

TopGear.co.uk was the cheapest place due to advertising c**k up. I mentioned it on here which was a big mistake as by the morning they had about 15 orders. I had the thread removed. They called up the next morning and said they could only do them for £315 so I got myself some.

The big brute Nigel the Navara is getting traded in right this second. :( The Kia parked next to it is what I will be driving home. It will do everything I need of it but nothing exciting. I will have the Clio for Thrills!

Thanks. Eventually I would like it to be a race car as I miss the bike racing and paddock atmosphere. At the moment I am still using it to drive up and down to Aberdeen so will see how things go as I won't be able to do that when I start getting some camber. I am trading in the Audi and Navara...

I have plenty of empty buildings (or buildings I could empty) but none of them have a door big enough to get the car in. I have a tractor shed but it has other machinery in and the floor is always wet and quite far away from where a I keep all the tools etc. I really need to get something sorted...

I'm wondering if photos linked from Facebook will work? Soon find out. No work done on the car today as the parts never arrived. So here are some snow photos: No Horse riding today: The Goats decided they dont want to play out either: And the chickens have stayed in...

Can't wait to finish the brakes today!

I spoke to Nick about the exhaust being round and not slash and he said it was a mistake and they company who makes the exhausts for them must have got it wrong and they don't unwrap them before posting them out. Looks more purposeful being round but still not great on their behalf not knowing...

What did you order? I have a wish list as long as my arm after browsing their website.

Thanks. They look like they will suite it better than the Black Comp 2's Yeah the original brakes were fine I just fancied starting from fresh with a complete new set so I know what's what. I don't know what make the front discs are but they are fine condition so will put them up for sale. I...

Weather got worse all day!

Well no one but me has posted in this thread in the last two weeks but I'm going to keep posting anyway. Lol. I braved the snow and wind and finally got the front brakes on. They still need bleeding but I want to get the rears on first and bleed them first. After fitting the drivers side disc...

Well the brake parts have arrived but so has the snow! I wrapped up warm and just got on with it: And got the first corner done: Had a hold up on the backs as the spacer was missing between the hub and bearing so will do these tomorrow hopefully. Item 8 I believe!

The suspense is killing me but will we ever know now you know they are no use?

And when I put the new discs on these will be fitted: 75mm long so suitable for 12mm spacers.

And whilst the new brakes are on their way I stared to strip the rear one down just for a look:

Current brakes are fine but going for a full fresh set from G 172 so these drilled and grooved front discs will be up for sale soon. They are a little rusty but only from sat without a wheel on for a few days: Not so rusty here after being driven:

Car is currently on stands awaiting a few job. I have just been fitting the powerflex dogbone bush so have the front wheel off to gain better access:

I understand that getting the corner weights as good as possible by increasing or decreasing the preload and that keeping the wishbones parallel is best for the roll centre etc but what height from wheel the arch does this usually end up at or as a base to get started. I have adjustable coil...

Did you have the air valve working in the standard system as that may have been causing the kick which is now missing?

My switch it too big to fit in the space left by the radio but I will make it fit with some modifications!

I have recently been through the interior strip process so if you want to have a look at my build thread you will see some photos of what I did.

I bought a tow strap from eBay and managed to find one with a 15mm hole so I had less to file off. I have seen K-Tec sell them with a 16mm hole but their price takes the p*ss. I also bought one for the rear with 13mm hole. Anyway this is what they both look like: For the front I opened out...

Unlucky. Although really lucky not to have hit the lamppost as that would have made things a lot worse.

Alfa 145 would have wheel bolts rather than wheel nuts but I assume you just wrote it incorrectly. I have done a search and the 145 would use the following: Bolt shaft length 26mm, bolt shaft diameter 12mm, thread pitch M12x1.25 and hex head size 19mm. The 182 uses M12x1.5 so the thread pitch...

Finally got home from offshore to be greeted by these waiting for me: A thing of Beauty even with cheapy tyres fitted. 15" Team Dynamic Pro Race 1.2 ET35