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Getting there :) wish i had to the get up and go to sort everything out on mine, slowly doing the wheels (2left) and i was looking at the engine bay to day and wanted to know how to do the inlet manifold bit, but seeing how easy it is i might give it ago soon :) do i need special temperature...
tracking was done and was out about a inch on the front left, just about to order the abs rings and the spacer i need and then back to normal minus the passeneger seat took it out to sow up but might get some buckets but not for a while, now starting on tidying things up, started with the wheels...
Some of us using fb have ordanised a meet on th 13th at okehampton, whitehouse service station, got 4 confirmed and some from top of south west on about coming too :D
getting tracking checked ina bit will ask them to have a poke and look around too and check the wheels hit to see if its still straight to see if i can out it back on cause the spare is low on tred
partly sorted now :) was a bent stub axle which i got from a local breaker for £30, just needs abs rings and a shim spacer for the left side and should be back to normal, Also got the 90degree bend today for the 'The fatty's' air intake setup and it sounds f**king AWESOME! and i think pulls alot...
Bad news i have noticed and checked with something straight that the wheel hit by the kurb has bent something major as the bottom and left side (looking direct at it) has been bent inwards slightly, idont know weather thats a arm of some sort or the wole axle... any ideas where i can get this...
abs is intacked but abit loose, its when ever i acclerate into a corner where my wheels are facing to past 10 past 12 if turning right and 10 to if left seems to be a certain angle it does it at
OH and a HUGE!!! thank you to PoBox and his sister and mate who was a massive help with checking on car helping with it and his sister for dropping me and my mate to truro great people :) appriciate it alot
will put up picks tomorrow but got to the car and jacked it up took wheel off and found a big crack around the brake disc and a chunck cracked out of the rear of the disc too, couldnt see any other damage apart from the wheel being scuffed to f**k and half the lip scraped off, so managed to get...
yeah :( haha went into in second and turned and front end just carried on straight think i got dud tyres there so s**t in the wet its stupid, and it wasnt even wet aha bit gritty
yh standard 172 ones, that would be good just got to ring insurance to see what they say to do, what way would you go about sorting it? im not to sure myself
Right, after the meet drove off with some fellow clio buddies and stacked into a round about kurb, currently left in st austall until i ring insuance and sort it :( back left wheel is buckled and hand brake is a little iffy as is it doesnt move smoothly and makes a scaping noise, and the...
Just seen this new thread and crazy how many people who has little hope?! same as buying ANY car! new or used you never no whats gonna go wrong with it if anything. looks good not a fan of them yellow bits tho ;) same wheels as on my mates yellow polo tho wouldnt mind a set myself. I have faith...