I'm an optimistic idiot.

[Djw John]

Yeah, it has illegal tyres, a broken spring and broken abs sensor. Given what I've paid in total for the car and parts its still a proper cheap car. Atm I won't drive it as a tyre is through to the cord so its pretty pointless it sitting there.

Put it this way, I've got that lot for less than the cost of 2 tyres.

 

[dann2707]

LOOOOLLLLL!!!

Your comment made me piss myself laughing hahahaah

 

[Djw John]

Fixed the water leak into the boot.

And cleaned the interior, for 169,000 miles the inside of it's actually good, doesn't match the outside at all 😂 also removed the stereo since all it did was go on or off, nothing else at all.

 

[Stay Puft]

That is grim

 

[Djw John]

That was grim

Efa. Might keep an eye out for one with a ruined interior and good bodywork, make a decent one out the 2.

But as I've not driven it bar the test drive I may not, might be s**t to drive 😂

Had a look underneath and it's nowhere near as bad as the bodywork, such a weird car.

 

[MarcB]

Aye, Jay was saying he lift off oversteered into a sign!

Yip in the snow when we had "Beast From The East"

 

[Djw John]

Yip in the snow when we had "Beast From The East"

Is that when he stopped giving a f**k about the exterior/last time it was washed?

 

[MarcB]

Is that when he stopped giving a f**k about the exterior/last time it was washed?

Prob, as far as I know Keith crashed it and within weeks jay bought it and both of them never gave a flying f**k about it.
It was just used as a daily sh*t box

 

[Cookie]

Prob, as far as I know Keith crashed it and within weeks jay bought it and both of them never gave a flying f**k about it.
It was just used as a daily sh*t box

It looks like someone has literally used it to s**t in

 

[Martin_172]

coming from the guy with the 19yr old clio van, I couldn't drive that!

 

[Djw Dave]

I was on holiday for 7 days....

 

[Djw John]

This is mostly your fault.

 

[yeecup]

😲

 

[Djw John]

You lot are gonna love the wheels, I just know it.

Good tyres at least!

Got springs too, I can tell they're lowering ones cos they're red.

 

[R3k1355]

So very council

 

[Djw John]

Apparently they're powdercoated black underneath all the plastidip but I'm not sure I can be arsed taking it off.

 

[R3k1355]

I'm still shocked someone went to so much effort with them s**t alloys.

 

[Djw John]

He's a mate and loves a bit of plastidip!

I didn't actually realise they were 17s until I got them home.

 

[Djw John]

I did things to it tonight!

Well on the way to concours winner now.

Never seen a rear tyre like this on a fwd car.

new wheels and lowering springs which are probably higher thanks to the olds ones being very broken.

And then breathed on the old wing which fell off and put the replacement on. I'll need to figure a way to secure the bottom of it as the sill is quite far from where it should be 😂😂

I know it's always going to be s**t but it's already doing what I bought it for. Came home from work feeling really s**t, choices were go to bed and sleep/hibernate/hide from depression or go and potter at this. I aimed to get it up in the air and took it from there so feeling much better than I would have if I'd just lay about feeling sorry for myself.

 

[R3k1355]

The rear tyres are fucked because your rear alignment is massively out, usually because the alignment bolts are seized.

You'll have a sound like a worn wheel bearing while driving and obviously you'll ruin the new tyres pretty quick.

 

[Djw John]

Ah right, I guess with it being too low thanks to the fucked springs that'll have exaggerated the camber?

I reckon I'll use it for 2-4 weeks so hopefully they'll last that long

 

[R3k1355]

If they're rubbed the outside edge to f**k it's not camber it's got mega toe-in, which is common when the alignment is borked.

 

[Djw John]

Na it's the inside. For some reason that photo is upside down!

 

[Djw Dave]

Unusually for me I don’t have new car envy 🤔

 

[Djw John]

Weirdo

 

[R3k1355]

Na it's the inside. For some reason that photo is upside down!

Same problem, different bolts.

From my experience it's not something you can easily fix, even on a ramp it's perilously close to the fuel tank to be waving a gas axe around.
Basically you end up dropping the rear subframe and replacing all the rear arms.

If you're only gunna keep it a few weeks then ignore it, new tyres have gone on already so no worries.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah, the f***s level is low 😂