Daniels Blue 182.

[Apg100]

Found a pic haha when I washing my car....slight Hijack but im sure all appreciate it
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Is that a Lada in the background?

 

[Apg100]

Found a pic haha when I washing my car....slight Hijack but im sure all appreciate it
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Sorry, replied before read rest of thread. Is the Lada a runner? I may have a use for it, on a hiring basis, if your interested?

Sorry for hijacking, bay the way

 

[tuningmeisterjj]

Awesome!!! Cheers bro!!!

 

[dann2707]

You're very welcome mate. When purchasing i'd get them to double check they're sending you 60mm ones. Screw waiting a week for you to receive 54mm ones haha And when you're choosing shipping location, if you spend less than 15 minutes looking for what England is classed as on their site you're doing better than me. @optical did you have that trouble too or is it just me that might be that stupid? hahah

@Apg100 no worries at all. You're very close to me btw! Where about in wakey are you from?

 

[Apg100]

Flockton? Between Wakefield and Huddersfield. What about you?

@Apg100 no worries at all. You're very close to me btw! Where about in wakey are you from?[/QUOTE]

 

[Gus]

You're very welcome mate. When purchasing i'd get them to double check they're sending you 60mm ones. Screw waiting a week for you to receive 54mm ones :wink: haha And when you're choosing shipping location, if you spend less than 15 minutes looking for what England is classed as on their site you're doing better than me. @optical did you have that trouble too or is it just me that might be that stupid? hahah

@Apg100 no worries at all. You're very close to me btw! Where about in wakey are you from?

HAHAA f**k.... yeah yeah i was there for ages too, think I google translated england into german and still didnt find it. haha

 

[dann2707]

I genuinely thought for a long time that they didn't ship to England for ages, but yet they deliver to Zimbabwe

 

[JoeMarano]

LMFAO I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY HAVING CHICKENS AND YOU HAVE ALPACAS HAHAHAHA

 

[dann2707]

DO THEY LAY EGGS!

 

[JoeMarano]

(had a few drinks lol)
They are gone now but they used to lay THE BEST EGGS. The best!

 

[incy-spider]

My mate @DV8 spreche sie deutsch, here's a pic of some pain I experienced one eve at work in my excitement I didn't check what spacing I had been sent...

Literally the last bolt to go in and AH WHAT THE f**k!! Top hole didn't line up, Had to take it all back off again and put the old stuff back on, only gave myself an hour to do the job!! [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35]

 

[dann2707]

Man i'd be pissed!

Car is currently at the garage having the clutch done Can't wait to see how it feels after, as the dragging of it has been so frustrating for the past 4 months or so.

 

[incy-spider]

May as well get new polybushes on the rack while they have the subframe down?

 

[dann2707]

They look brand new mate. Had a gander at them when I was trying to source a handling issue and the mounts themselves are that newish looking, clean metal colour and the surrounding bits were dirty so looks like they were replaced fairly recently.

 

[incy-spider]

Cool, I only did mine just for the hell of it while I had my engine out as I noticed a 2mm mark where it looked like the rack moved from side to side, couldn't see anything, I had to put my finger on it while someone worked the steering, probably was a bit anal!!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Is that a Lada in the background?

most certainly is haha

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Sorry, replied before read rest of thread. Is the Lada a runner? I may have a use for it, on a hiring basis, if your interested?

Sorry for hijacking, bay the way

bugger only just seen your other reply haha. It hasnt ran for a while but im sure she will run again but sadly the shell isnt in good condition.

 

[dann2707]

Well guys, I got the car back from the garage today after having the clutch done. Went for a Costa with a friend through the day. Fully recommend the orange hot chocolate, it was amazing!

20141212_135801 by dann2707, on Flickr


Anyway I got in the car and...

I nearly put my foot through the bloody footwell. I couldn't actually believe it, it felt so light. I genuinely was concerned they hadn't done the job properly. I went for a drive back home and it feels amazing. So smooth and so effortless to press now, it engages so quickly. Can't get over how happy I am with it. I'm not the one to exaggerate over something so bleak as a clutch but it's improved the drive SO much Only cost me £175 in labour too in the end. £25 cheaper than I anticipated.

I got home and started fitting the 10mm stub axle spacers from Pure

It was very cold and I had to do the job quickly as I wanted to take the car back to the garage to tighten the hub nuts back up to 175nm as they have a torque wrench but here are a few before and after pics.

Fitting them was really easy. Simply undo the 2 x 17mm nuts holding the rear brake carrier to the hub, then undo the 30mm (I think) hub nut taking care not to lose the washer that is under the disc and taking note which way it goes on as it's very important!

Then this reveals the 4 torx bolts. I find it bizarre how 3 of them are the same and 1 is a smaller size. I thought someone had bodged it initially with wrong sized bolts!

20141212_164843 by dann2707, on Flickr

Then slide the stub axle spacer in and fit the new bolts and nuts.

Now for some shocking before and after pics. HATE the dark. You can sort of see the difference. It is only 10mm though.


Before:

20141212_163302 by dann2707, on Flickr


After:

20141212_174353 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

[incy-spider]

Sweet, nice one mate! Bet you are desperate for these now

 

[dann2707]

Put the dribbler down and send them my way

Haha yeah I can't wait mate.

 

[incy-spider]

Haha!! On it tomorrow mate

 

[dann2707]

Cheers Man!

 

[Mr Plums]

Coming along nicely this mate, theres so many mods to do its unreal isnt it lol, and as many as you do, in most cases the car looks exactly the same haha.

 

[dann2707]

Tell me about it @MrTom !! Thanks though :smile:

Btw do you live near Hemsworth? GF has a football match there Sunday and might drop her off if you're around for a chat? I should probably watch her play, but in all honestly, I can't f**king stand football hahahaha

 

[Mr Plums]

Tell me about it @MrTom !! Thanks though :smile:

Btw do you live near Hemsworth? GF has a football match there Sunday and might drop her off if you're around for a chat?

About 3 mins away in the car mate :smile:

If im not busy Dan, ill pm you and come through for a chat etc. Your gf plays football?

It will be good that mate, ill probs be free.

 

[dann2707]

That's awesome! Yeah I'll confirm if i'm dropping her off or not and let you know.

Yeah she does, don't worry I call her a lesbian all the time hahah

She plays for Harrogate Railway Athletic FC

 

[Mr Plums]

That's awesome! Yeah I'll confirm if i'm dropping her off or not and let you know.

Yeah she does, don't worry I call her a lesbian all the time hahah

She plays for Harrogate Railway Athletic FC

Yes mate fire a pm over and let me know

I wouldnt mind watching that match :tonguewink:

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Couldn't deal with a lass who plays football, haters gonna hate but I can't bloody stand it! Now a lass who drives!

Now we are talking!!! :tongueclosed:

 

[dann2707]

Haha to be fair she plays twice a week so it keeps her active and maintains a beaut of a bod so I can't complain really

 

[debussetti]

Billies look good mate.

Having mine sat in their box til Feb is killer...

 

[Jekyll]

Cool, I only did mine just for the hell of it while I had my engine out as I noticed a 2mm mark where it looked like the rack moved from side to side, couldn't see anything, I had to put my finger on it while someone worked the steering, probably was a bit anal!!

I did mine also when I recently had the clutch changed. There was the same amount of movement. I went for poly bushes ones.

@dann2707 Billies look good mate, as do the rear hub spacers. Get those front spacers one and all set up correctly and you'll have a perfect stanced oem+ Clio.

 

[incy-spider]

Spacers boxed up mate ready to go @DV8 is sending them ASAP

 

[dann2707]

Today I ended up swapping the rear coilovers upside down as how they should be, also greasing the rears with copper grease as I did the fronts the other night.

I noticed when the car came back from the garage the other day or from when I raised the suspension for the garage, that it's making a twonging noise when turning the wheel much like the sound when my top mount bearing had fucked up on my last car. Is there anything I may have done incorrectly when raising the suspension or is it just supposed to twong?!

Sounds like a spring isn't seated correctly but i've doubled checked everything over and it's spot on! @incy-spider @optical

 

[incy-spider]

Do you have solid top mounts mate? Mine did this when I first put them on, I had preloaded bearings too which took a while to free up!

 

[dann2707]

Yes mate! Pure solid top mounts. So you think it's just settling in?

 

[incy-spider]

Yeah mate, same as me! Stick with it. Mine are perfect now

 

[dann2707]

Lovely, that makes me feel better, thanks Tim.

Can't wait to finally get the spoiler fitted too! My mates spray compressor jacked in last week or I would have had it on today. Should be done by the start of next week.

 

[incy-spider]

Lol, I'm Chris! Tim is the chap @DV8 that is sending you his spacers, I let him have first dibs to sell his first as he ordered and paid for them originally!

 

[dann2707]

You'll tell me anything, Tim!

 

[incy-spider]

Haha!! Yes I will Bernard!