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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
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
I have both a standard airbox with an ITG pannel filter,
and an open cast K&N filter,
personally i think the k&N did look marginly better and sound much better,
but will it be bringing the power down by any noticable amount??
i can make a cold air feed for it also if need be!
any input...
mounting a bar between the two legs that go down toward the rear arches.
the cage is held on by 4bolts on each legs going to the arch,
and two bolts each leg that mounts to the bottom of the Bpillar,
the bar would be welded in,
however my worry would be, in the even of the an accident,
all...
wheels really need a refurb, theyre letting the car down!!
can somebody shop my wheels black!
or any other colour they feel might look good!
the more the better! :approve:
and if anyone can lower the back to match the front easily,
it would be very much appreciated!!
thanks
im not sure what it is called, but its black, and hard, :eek:
its like a sheet of the stuff stuck to the bloot floor,
looks almost like tar, im guessing for reducing road noise??
how do i get it off! i want to paint my interior to complete the stripped look,
and it is getting in the way...
I have a williams blue valver that ive stripped out.
blue seats, red harnesses and a white cage.
so no chance of the interior matching!
im stumped as to what colour to paint the interior!
it looks ver shabby the colour it is!
and blue is a bit boring!!
i wanted to do white, but a friend...
driving along today, and heard a bang, followed by a noise that sounded like bouncing metal as if something had falled out. Upon slowing to a hault, the NSF wheel locked up, and refused to budge.
really needed to going, so managed to get rolling again, and continued until i could get off the...
The owner of this car works at a shop at the top of my road.
So everytime i go up my road, ive seen this car slowly evolve!
it started life as an odysee blue (i think) clio grande,
and now it looks like this!
you can kind of see the origional colour at the edge of the bumper!
it...
is the name of one of the rallys in the FIA european championship,
was great fun to watch, and took these snaps of clios and thought id share them with you guys!
i am aware that my photography skills leave a lot to be desired, but i did my best!
While driving along, ill go over a bump and the speedo will die,
just return to zero, and the tripcounter stops counting up.
sometimes it will come back to life after 10 minutes, but most of the time it will stay dead.
slowing down to zero, and pulling away again usually makes it come back...
Engine seems like it's getting too hot,
it smells like burning under the bonnet (and coming through the vents)
the fan comes on and stays on after the engine is turned off.
the water temperature on the dash however stays at a normal level
both water level and oil level are between min and...
Can it be done without raising the car??
if i raise the car, and simply lower it back down after, it will put the tracking out!
im really not sure how tracking is done on car so not sure how easy it is to do on low cars!
the main problem arises because the car is a bit lower than low...
Used to unlock and start fine.
then all of a sudden, it is completely dead,
nothing at all.
Bumped it and left it on for a few minutes,
park it on my drive and leave it for a week or so,
go to start it again, completely dead again, not even enough charge to unlock it!
so i put it on...
I need the bolt that connects the hub to the ball joint,
i rounded both off when fitting new hubs so i stole them off my spare clio,
but not i want the spare one working so i need to get them.
Where is the best place to get them from??
do places such as autocare and euro sell the bolts on...
i want to see how far my coilovers are from the bump stops,
however its quite low and the bumpstops are all the way up inside the chassis, and obviously the wheel is in the way,
jacking the car up means the suspension isn't carrying the weight of the car!
can i take the wheel off, and slowly...
Finally on coilovers,
Maybe a bit too low for some peoples tastes, but I love it!
and believe it or not, only the splitter catches the floor, no tyre scrubbage either! win!
Bearing in mind one wheel is in the gutter!
And a couple more,
Plans are to get some silvervisions and...
tips on getting the track rod end off the hub, all it seems to do when i undo it, is spin the bolt on the ball joint.
I and not actually unscrew,
probs because the thread on the end is abit rusty.
how are you meant to get the nut off without using an impact gun??
thanks
Didnt want to pay so much money buying Vmaxx coilovers for my car, since its only a 1.2, i wast wanted to go looww,
i set about converting my car to the 58mm hubs,
needed,
hubs
callipers
pads
discs
COILOVERS!
heres a pic of everything i collected!
Rokkor coilovers (£168)
Callipers...
Has anyone got any good tips on how to remove the hub from the ball joint,
im having a hard time doing it, i can get the nut off,
but the bolt seems well and truley in there :(
any hints would be grand!
When i brake hard, the rear brakes lock up long before the fronts.
The fronts are only half on and the rears will lock up, causing the back to become very unstable under hard braking.
ive had to remove what looks like a load bearing valve from the back because of the lowness, and the rears...
These used to be an event on the social calender a few years ago,
they were on bank holiday monday, always meet up at lakeside (thurrok) services around 7pm, and move on from there
used to be a mental turnout! some really nice cars sometimes too, among the seats of bodykits and chavs.
does...
i have 52mm bolt spacing on my hub,
if i bought a set of coilovers with a bolt spacing of 58mm,
is there any reason why i couldnt mill the bottom hole 6mm toward the top one, then perhaps weld a washer over it to stop it moving,
if the bolts are done up tight, and the top bolt is still...