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Good luck tbh mate, I've got a knock coming from somewhere in the front suspension sort of area, I suggest you check there too....
Wisbones
Ball joints
Lower arm bushes
Suspension top mounts
Renault? A small fortune.
Get yourself a second hand headlining off here, if yours has gone mouldy, it's pretty much time for a new one, the sunroof can probably be fixed by taking it all out and refitting with a bit of silicone etc.
Update:
It does it even when the handbrake is on, you have to take it quite far, so it almost stalls, but then it does it.
Up and coming video...
You can see the steering wheel kicking as I pull off, admittedly not by a lot, the video under exadurates.
Top mounts have done 300 miles tops, the metal spacers I was missing are now installed, if you look at my top mount thread here: you'll see how they're fitted...
If you look at my top mont thread you'll see, the thread on the FK's doesn't seem that long, (no where near as long as standard) so that's as tight as it can go. The metal on the bottom of the "top hat" hits the metal spacer below.
What have you changed/tried?
I'm quite sure it will do it...
Ok, so confusion has now been overtaken by flat out anger.
The car has BRAND NEW top mounts and is on FK coilovers, (the topmounts dont seem to fit overly well) See picture below.
I am getting an insane amount of knocking now...
When pulling away, it knocks, and the steering wheel jolts...
You'll have to join up to be able to see the for sale section mate, well worth the £10, more information than you'll know what to do with is available within the site :)
Looks bloody lovely that mate!!!
I was going to say the wheels are the only thing letting it down but the plans sound near perfect, FYI - Ford Gloss Black is the colour you want. It looks superb on my wheels, a really deep black.
Will do mate, I know they don't clamp down (I've seen you mention it many times before), but as you can see in the pic, I can get my finger in the gap! Which to me doesn't look right.
I'll get them taken apart tmrw evening and see where I get.
Muchos gracias for the information so far, I'll...
These were assembled off the car fred, the only thing I did whilst on the car was add the spacer to the setup. I'll give taking the whole setup off and assembling it a go though, I'm a fecking pro at removing/fitting suspension now.
Cheers mate.
If they still don't go tight, then surely solid...
Fred, oh wise one!
Any thing to offer on this? Or is how they're sitting pretty much as good as it gets?
If so I think I'll sell up for some solid ones...
I know you say they're not supposed to touch, but surely there shouldn't be THAT much clearance? As when I go over a bump it's able to...
Touching up damage on fresh wheels is easy as though!!!
I thought they'd be a bugger to refurb due to the "double lip" type thing they have going on?
You'v made a nice job of those mate, makes me want to do another set, but then I remember how much I hate sanding them down! lol!
I know? Like HUGE! I'd heard there was a gap on all of them, but that just looks silly :(
I definately still have a knock, but it's possible that may the dogbone mount, I've been waiting 13 days for my bushes to come from Kam racing....
Saying that, the knock "feels" like it's coming from the...
Yeah but without there being anything pulling the donut tight to the car, surely all that is holding that donut in place is the weight of the car? So it's really going to end up moving around and knocking?
Yours is like that standard? With a gap THAT big??
h3ppy - if you could take some pics...