12 hours on the road and broke

[leighk18]

well got my car mot and taxed finaly after 9 months of sitting around because of been revoked so got it all sorted so me and my mate took it out he drove for me i filled her up £38 worth of petrol and then we set off and after bout 90 mile we started hearing a knocking noise under braking and and then this just started to get worse but head up we did mange to get the car to do 250 miles for the first time in 9 months which should of helped her.
now i really think the probelm is to do with the back drums as under braking the pedal drops and the rear wheels start to clunck and is just does not make a nice noise our could it be back wheel bearning going? how much am i looking for new drums and handbrake cable as the hand brake comes up really high bout 12-13 clicks but have been toying with the idea of going to back disk as i dont have abs have not got to worry bout the abs ring how much would i be looking at for this?
also since putting my apex 60mm kit on the front wheels it camber like this \ / as we had to drill the bottom hole out to make them fit and im just not happy so would it be ok to temp put my standerd shocks on with the 60mm springs in ?
but all in all was a nice day to finaly see my beast back on the road as have dun quite a bit to it since been off the road and quite quite a few looks off young people and even older men checking it out on the lights and stuff thanks for any help you can all offer will get some pics up later if it stops raning

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

u told the insurance about these modifications u dont want an ins on your licence!

 

[leighk18]

im with quinn direct they dont mind bout mods as long as its not performance

 

[marchowie]

post some pics of your car mate iv got a 1.2 grande looking for some ideas also with quinn direct insurance is this true that they let you mod but as long as its not performance ? would performance include exhausts and springs or they class performance as cams and s**t ???

 

[lemonnobby]

The problem with the rear brake is down to the brake linings coming off the shoe i expect this is why the handbrake comes up high and the pedal travel is long

 

[leighk18]

The problem with the rear brake is down to the brake linings coming off the shoe i expect this is why the handbrake comes up high and the pedal travel is long

would this explain the cluncking noise as it coming off

 

[leighk18]

post some pics of your car mate iv got a 1.2 grande looking for some ideas also with quinn direct insurance is this true that they let you mod but as long as its not performance ? would performance include exhausts and springs or they class performance as cams and s**t ???

im 99.9% sure as what it says on there website they let me add my mate who is 19 and 1 yrs claims for free on my policy and im 19 with 6 points so ya think its only big power mods as end of the day an exhust on a samll car does nuthink for it probbly slows it down

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

any modification to the suspension, wheels, exhaust, air filter, are still classed as performance modifications.

 

[leighk18]

bump

 

[Ben.]

i used to be insured by quinn direct on my old mk1

lowered my car 60mm and put alloys on, phoned them up and they said they dont mind! no extra charge

*sorry cant help about the brake issue*

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

most companies dont mind but u have to tell them regardless otherwise u'll ebd up with a revoked licence again

 

[leighk18]

i used to be insured by quinn direct on my old mk1

lowered my car 60mm and put alloys on, phoned them up and they said they dont mind! no extra charge

*sorry cant help about the brake issue*

cheers mate yup i need ring them up as sumthink on my policy aint right so will tell them bout mods then