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well its got a hillpower polyeurothaine (sp) dogbone mount, this is the only lower engine mount on the car i think :S and ive just ordered an uprated engine mount from ktec as the one in there does seem to give a lot of movement, hopefully this will fix it!

ahh, look after my babies!! they did me proud! will be watching this for the updates :D

Im not 100% certain, as i see bikes all the time riding around during the day with a solid front fairing (no headlight at all) however you would not only not have the headlight, but you would not have a front indicator either, and there is a dirty great hole in the front of the car! so id...

i miss my lensos already :(

I just wondered if it is worth replacing the springs on my valver?? theyre supposidly 60mm eibach springs, the paint is starting to flake off! so no evidence of brand can be found, Do springs go limp after time? and not have the same loading strength (or whatever) that they should?? or will...

do you mean, gearbox mount, or engine mount?? or actually the gearbox?? well ive got next week off, and i should be doing some work underneigh the car, so ill have a look! lower gearbox mount is powerflex so it should be that, i did need to change the engine mounts at somepoint anways :D

lol, every single person ive asked has said spax, so this thread can be locked tbh :D thanks for the advice!

if it interests you this is the rears on 25mm and the fronts on 30mm

On a valver! have spax adjustables on the rear, need to change my front shocks! i intend to do a wide track conversion in the summer, at which point ill get coilies, but until then, i want to upgrade my front shocks for around £150 for the two, both spax and apex fall around that area...

annoyingly in an attempt to change some of the rotten bolts in the exhaust, ive managed to make it knock :(, something ill be looking into this weekend, also intend to fit all new ball joint bolts as one is in very poor condition and managed to work itself loose! (scarey drive home) and...

were this the case, surely it wouldnt be present while reving the car stationary! ill have a check before i next drive it either way!

wont be until tomorrow i have a chance to have a look now! but i shall have a long butchers!

Oh joys, a knocking noise! were my thoughts on the way to college thismorning! ill describe the knock!! it seems to come and go, it doesnt sound like an engine knock, and you can kind of feel it through the pedal! it does it over sharp bumps, single knock or maybe two knocks, but it also does...

Oh joys, and knocking noise! were my thoughts on the way to college thismorning! ill describe the knock!! it seems to come and go, it doesnt sound like an engine knock, and you can kind of feel it through the pedal! it does it over sharp bumps, single knock or maybe two knocks, but it also...

you owe me a 10 second car! looks good vick, bet she kicks like a biatch!

you cut me deep rob! it does come up very nice when polished, but its not in great nick bodywork wise, one arch has a big paint run, the entire front is chipped to fook, bootlid is very rusted around the bottom on the window, and one arch has very matted paintwork. basically needs a...

that looks savage mate! glad my coilovers went to a good home!!

yup, hovered it one day, the next day i got in with dirty shoes, and that happened! i thought the exterior looked rather nice tbh, but ive now been told otherwise :( tbh, the paintwork isnt amazing, im glad you like the numberplate! :D

that was washed polished and hovered!!! what are you trying to say :( lol lol jokes, its for the best the clutch went, at least i know what the problem was, and that it's sorted!

ill probs go for the 172 track, just collect the bits over the next months! but i dont know how long itll take the find the part, let alone afford them (student budget!) did want unprated shocks in the meantime! i guess i could just get konis for the now, and sell them when time comes to do...

but i want new shocks NOW!! theyre really bad! i shall have to ponder, whats the perks of having a widetrack??

ahh, well that sums it up! im in a bit of a pickle then, The shocks on there NEED replacing! do i A) buy some koni adjustable shocks valver fitament, and do a wide track conversion next summer, sell the konis and get some shocks williams fit! B) Not get new shocks, and try and do the...

fingers crossed, new shocks koni adjustable front shocks will be on the way with the money i sell my wheels for! so hurry up adam! lol

i do want to do a widetrack on it! will also change the rack for a non PAS rack, my one wines like buggery! how much work is fitting a widetrack??

note, foglight is missing as im in the process of making a cold air feed, and one cetrecap is missing as some dirty scrote stole on! (or it fell off) new one is on the way!

Sorry for the lack of pictures, im not usually into the whole "blogging/doing write ups". but as im bored, i thought id give it a go! So late august year, my love afair with my low **** finally came to an end, too much beaching on speedhumps had taken its toll on the gearbox/diff and it locked...

Couple of snaps from our little meet, turn out could have been better! ill never understand why people say theyre going to come, then not bother showing up?! lol

argh im late!

Really the nuts & bolts that fix the hub to the ball joints on a mk1 ph1/2 valver!! not sure about the width of the bolts, but feel free to give me both and ill just buy loads!! desperate to get this sorted tbh! ALSO are the nuts/bolts the same for mk2s and mk1s? cheers

define "vertical play"? shock bolts not tight enough?? i managed to do that! just get it on a jack with the wheel off, and have a mighty good shake, thats what i need to do in the morning unfort :(