Daniels Blue 182.

[Amos91]

Only the beam bushes and rear shock top mounts. The latter being pointless I'd imagine.

 

[dann2707]

Will be painting it black before it goes on, picking up my wheels and paint from my parents house tomorrow. All hope is not lost after all!

I want to fit the powerflex black series rear beam bush but just waiting to hear back from someone about them now.

 

[dann2707]

Only the beam bushes and rear shock top mounts. The latter being pointless I'd imagine.

Already done those anyway

 

[dann2707]

Well my Dad collected my wheels for me, such a bargain to say they include the centre caps however they're pretty manky. Can they be disassembled and cleaned does anyone know? Looks like the plastic that is faded.

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And made a start on removing my megane shifter and modifying it for the new shaft and extension.

Luckily everything came off easily thanks to me copper greasing the balls off everything when I refit stuff.

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I then removed the internals

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Please take a moment to admire my lift up reverse bodge bracket when I first fitted this as it snapped off haha

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This is how i'm doing the lift up reverse now, using a 17mm bore bearing shaft collar, fitted an M6 grub screw long enough for two nuts, inbetween those two nuts is going to be my extended wire for the lift up reverse, joined by simply using a cable joiner. More pics of that tomorrow. Can also see my cut out for the pin on the silver shaft - not the neatest of jobs wish I had access to a milling machine.

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This is how i've extended the shaft overall, grub screw in the middle and tapped rod. Might have made it a little too big but i'll test it first before I make it shorter.

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And altogether, just need a few little things doing tomorrow as I need some side cutting pliers.

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Pretty happy with it. Ordered another 17mm shaft collar for the lift up reverse bit for your fingers to grip. Will be spraying it black too.

 

[Jekyll]

So much love for this car.

 

[Jekyll]

Love your knob too.

 

[Clio_fool]

With a big knob like that I'd expect to see p**n on the pc.

 

[dann2707]

Haha cheers guys! Excited to test it.

 

[182_Ads]

Holy F*ck @dann2707 the cage looks awesome! Need to get mine sorted, i've got the BG 182 on instagram you've made a comment about my harnesses before! :L

Such a shame about the rear wheel! definitely has to be a wagon that! You'll get it sorted in no time as always!

 

[dann2707]

Holy F*ck @dann2707 the cage looks awesome! Need to get mine sorted, i've got the BG 182 you've made a comment about my harnesses before! :L

Such a shame about the rear wheel! definitely has to be a wagon that! 😧 You'll get it sorted in no time as always!

Cheers dude! Was this on instagram? I can't remember now!

We're sorting it this weekend and should be taking delivery of some rear beam bushes today (although they haven't arrived yet and i'm getting worried) . @Louis' @Matty1303 and @leeds2592 are coming over to help tomorrow, can't wait to have a car weekend!

 

[182_Ads]

Yeah it was pal! Did try to edit my post to say instagram but it wouldn't let me!

Should be getting a cage in the next couple of months to resolve it anyway!

I'm slowly building up parts (mainly polybushes) and I'll have a big car weekend in a couple of weeks

 

[leeds2592]

Cheers dude! Was this on instagram? I can't remember now!

We're sorting it this weekend and should be taking delivery of some rear beam bushes today (although they haven't arrived yet and i'm getting worried) . @Louis' @Matty1303 and @leeds2592 are coming over to help tomorrow, can't wait to have a car weekend!

And Barry, don't forget Barry!

 

[dann2707]

#lestweforgetbarry

So today has been productive as balls and i'm now finally sitting down and relaxing.

I have:

Finished my gearstick pretty much
Removed stub axles from rear beam
Removed the old bushes
Fitted new powerflex black series bushes
Wire brushed the beam
Painted the rear beam
Painted the stub axles

So, the gearstick!

I needed to lengthen the lift up reverse cable so I'm using an adapter that uses a grub screw to hold two cables in, like so!

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Which feeds through the gearstick to the top:

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Then I'm using a screw with a nut to clamp the cable, probably going to put some washers on that a later date as at the moment it's purely just the nut. Sturdy as though

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I had a change in direction with the angled extension tube for the linkage side of things. Decided to just use a straight bar instead and bend the gearstick at the top end.

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One extended linkage!

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I then bent the rod a fair bit. You can see the difference here compared to the last pic

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The cable was then trimmed down

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And attached to my outer shaft giggity.

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Rubber cowling attached

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And finished. I'm just waiting on my shaft collar for the lift up reverse now. Then will spray it all black.

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Really happy with it now, think it looks pretty good to say it costed around £15-£20 overall. Just time and thinking energy that took the most resource I guess.


Here is the lift up reverse in action too.




Now on with the rear beam

This is how I started

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Got the old bushes out. Thanks to advice from @JP83 and @optical I drilled holes in the rubber bush, smashed out the metal insert, then hack sawed a line down the outershell then hit that out with a hammer.

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The new outer shells went in ridiculously easy as I put them in the freezer for a few hours, simply slid in and required a little tap from the hammer

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I then painted the rear beam and stub axles. Much better than what they were like before!

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Also, I do believe a celebration is in order. I have now black series polybushed everything, black series evol dogbone and solid engine and gearbox mounts.

 

[Louis]

gary the f**king goat m8.

That gearstick is awesome though, cars nearly there! Such a shame about the damage but atleast its now all bushed

 

[imprezaworks]

Awesome work.

 

[Mr Plums]

I enjoyed the last part the best, I particularly like the furthest away goat in the bottom pic as I want to grab a hold of its ears and rev them like a motorbike

Good work mate, could you do me one of those gear sticks please? My shaft is small and floppy and I dont have the balls

 

[dann2707]

I enjoyed the last part the best, I particularly like the furthest away goat in the bottom pic as I want to grab a hold of its ears and rev them like a motorbike :smile:

Good work mate, could you do me one of those gear sticks please? My shaft is small and floppy and I dont have the balls 😧

Hahaha, I wish I had the facilities to make them properly. This was just a one off as bit of a project.

Cheers though dude!

So today me and @Louis' tackled the rear beam. All went really well, bolts removed nicely.

If I can give any advice, if people are removing the rear beam or fitting rear beam bushes - LOWER THE FUEL TANK. Don't do what me and @Bear Head did when we fitted his arb and remove those 6 bolts for the rear beam carrier.

The fuel tank is held on by 4 13mm bolts that come off so easy and the fuel tank simply lowers allowing you to get the rear beam bolt out. So much easier.

Anyway, we cracked on removing the old beam

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And it's out. Really simply, disconnect a few brake lines, xenon sensor etc

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Empty

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Side by side

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We then had a romantic stub axle fitting dinner date

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Ready to go in

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Used the jack to my advantage, raising the rear beam

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This is how I clamped my brake lines. Worked a treat as I saw the other day someone did the same swap and left air into their master cylinder - UH OHHHHHHH

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New beam in, whiteline connected, new updated ARB bushes fitted also. From a suzuki swift 88 believe it or not

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Now its all on but will get to the "problem" later on this post.

We then had enough time to fit the gearstick. Genuinely can't believe how it worked perfectly first time. Simply bolted in and every gear selects, reverse selects well too. Excuse the dirty car. My only gripe is that it's not angled enough towards me I don't think - as much as I'd like anyway. So I might remove it after a bit and bend it more. See how I get on.

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Quick vid showing it.





Now the problem. The right wheel sticks out a bit more than the left! It's only by about 1mm but we both noticed it. Quite annoying.

Swapped the wheels over and its still there so its not the wheels. Used the same stub axles as the one that was provided with the new beam. Stub axle spacers the same. The rear beam lined up perfectly with the carrier holes so don't think that's bent.

The ONLY thing that is different from left to right is I used the new beams disc on the right. And my old one on the left. Would a mismatched disc really have that different tolerances? Pics below. Hard to get pics of it.

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[Welsh.Dan]

Great work. I wouldn't worry about 1 mm! Lol.
My car was out on rear by around 5mm. I questioned it and read into it and there's often a discrepancy on the rear beam. Tony Hunter told me his was around 10mm out.

 

[Mr Plums]

My rear wheels are like that Dan.

 

[JackD]

Car is looking great mate, glad it's all sorted now. Can't believe you've had to go through all that though, just from hitting a pothole [emoji6]

 

[dann2707]

Great work. I wouldn't worry about 1 mm! Lol.
My car was out on rear by around 5mm. I questioned it and read into it and there's often a discrepancy on the rear beam. Tony Hunter told me his was around 10mm out.

Jesus that's quite bad haha! It's just a niggle in the back of my mind. It also looks like it's gonna scrub but im about to go for a drive soon to see what it's like.

My rear wheels are like that Dan.

Do you have a pic or anything mate? Just so I can compare?

Car is looking great mate, glad it's all sorted now. Can't believe you've had to go through all that though, just from hitting a pothole [emoji6]

Thanks Jack! I know haha I should really look out for those but it's hard when midget.

 

[S-JM]

Awesome work pal! :up:

 

[incy-spider]

Hey steve, good stuff!! Braided lines needed on the rear I recon?? As per the difference side to side... The shim behind the bearing on the stub axle the right way around or missing or something? Just a thought?

 

[Mr Plums]

Jesus that's quite bad haha! It's just a niggle in the back of my mind. It also looks like it's gonna scrub but im about to go for a drive soon to see what it's like.



Do you have a pic or anything mate? Just so I can compare?



Thanks Jack! I know haha I should really look out for those but it's hard when midget.

I'll get some later for you mate, I could tell a lot more with camber shims so I removed them.

 

[S-JM]

Hey steve, good stuff!! Braided lines needed on the rear I recon?? As per the difference side to side... The shim behind the bearing on the stub axle the right way around or missing or something? Just a thought?

Not sure mate you might have to ask Dan if I'm honest :grin:

 

[incy-spider]

Not sure mate you might have to ask Dan if I'm honest :grin:

Cheers Gary

 

[dann2707]

Cheers guys, I was up your end today Steve for Fathers day. Weird weather though!

Well as you saw I fitted the new wheels to the back. Boris was catching a bit on the drive to my parents house but I didn't think it was this bad 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

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But as Elton John once said, "if you aint scrubbin', you aint dubbin'"

I measured them to be ET25 after seeing them like that not 35 as the seller told me! My current ones were ET40 so that's a 15mm difference on either side

So looks like my stub axle spacers had to come off, which I did. Also used that time to check to see why the right is sticking out more. I noticed this and thought it might have been pushing the wheel out. So sanded it all flat and smooth.

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this has a little nubbing on it too which came off

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Can see it's raised a bit there.

And one final pic of the cockpit/gearstick I promise! Will write up my drive home below.

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Well after removing the spacers and the car not catching I can write about how it drives. I feel it's sometimes very easy to fit uprated bushes and kinda forget about them and not give any feedback. Well after giving it a hoon with the black rear beam bushes it feels incredible, it just feels way more responsive and twitchy but not as in unstable. Twitchy as in more direct with the steering wheel. The best way I can describe it is if you were driving along and turn the steering wheel it almost feels like there is a lag of when the car turns and almost feels like its swaying a bit well from fitting these its a lot more flat - especially when going around corners at speed. Didn't it chance to give it heroic beans as it was raining. But its put a bigger smile on my face.

The gearstick also feels brilliant, as I raised it 50mm from the already lengthened scenic shifter its much closer to the steering wheel allowing for a shorter movement to the stick. Driving with it feels a lot better with it being ever so slightly shorter shift, 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th feels great when accelerating. I'm so happy with it. Said to Ethan earlier I don't think i'm going to bother with the lift up reverse collar infact as it looks much cleaner. It lifts up easy enough. I do need to fettle with it a bit though as I want it angled even more to me.

I'm going to set up my dashcam on my cage and have it permanently there so I can get some driving footage with it.

 

[leeds2592]

 

[dann2707]

Busy busy tonight and it's finally there. I wasn't fully happy with the angle and I could have lived with it but as you know it's me and it's gotta be right or I get annoyed.

So I took it off and bent it some more.

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This is it now in neutral

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First

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And fourth

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I haven't been for a blast yet but after sitting in and changing gear it feels so much better. Can't wait to test it on track!

 

[Mr Plums]

I find the reach fine tbh bud and im only 1" taller than you.

3rd gear isn't really a problem at all.

 

[dann2707]

I find the reach fine tbh bud and im only 1" taller than you.

3rd gear isn't really a problem at all.

Now try it whilst strapped in tightly in harnesses with absolutely no forward give

 

[Mr Plums]

Now try it whilst strapped in tightly in harnesses with absolutely no forward give

Naah, I prefer a fast road car that I can take the kids to pound land in

 

[dann2707]

Naah, I prefer a fast road car that I can take the kids to pound land in :smile:

You had a beer lol?

I meant in mine, with the harnesses when you're strapped in you can't just reach forward for 3rd like you would with normal seatbelts matey

 

[Mr Plums]

You had a beer lol?

I meant in mine, with the harnesses when you're strapped in you can't just reach forward for 3rd like you would with normal seatbelts matey

Nope no beer mate, I know you was on about yours, thats why I i said I prefer normal seats/road car so I havnt got that trouble when I take the kids to the shop

But no I havnt tried it strapped in with bucket seats mate.

 

[dann2707]

Nope no beer mate, I know you was on about yours, thats why I i said I prefer normal seats/road car so I havnt got that trouble when I take the kids to the shop :smile:

But no I havnt tried it strapped in with bucket seats mate.

Ahh i'm with you! Come to CSF and you can have passenger laps on track! im on in the am

 

[Mr Plums]

Ahh i'm with you! Come to CSF and you can have passenger laps on track! im on in the am

I'll let you know when I get to know for deffo mate,

Thanks for the offer

 

[dann2707]

Fitted the super grip to the cage last night preparing for the track day at Blyton. Didn't think the viewing angle would be all that great but i'm really happy with it. I'll be keeping it like that too for day to day driving.

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I just want a 90 degree angled USB cable now as a normal one will stick out and look untidy

Anyone know where to get one from?

 

[Amos91]

eBay . Search right angle micro usb or whatever size it uses.

 

[dann2707]

eBay :tongueout:. Search right angle micro usb or whatever size it uses.

Good shout, I think i've found one. Just had a look through your thread great work mate! Are you coming CSF?

 

[Amos91]

Good shout, I think i've found one. Just had a look through your thread great work mate! Are you coming CSF?

Not this time mate, going to Germany for a few days in August for the ring & WRC. Saving the wear for that trip