#91: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:15 pm ---- looks good did the bars come out easy? how much is it lowered?
#92: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:19 pm ---- Believe it or not, the backs not been touched it was actually quite abit lower than the front to start with so we just did the front (dropped 40ish) and WD-40'd the back ready to drop that at a later day when we can be bothered/have more time haha!
#93: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:23 pm ---- aahhh cant really see the back you took it on that angle on purpose lol. but yeah good idear let them soak a bit. and 40 is about right imo.
good luck with the back when you get onto it lol
#94: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:33 pm ---- haha you'd think the back was really high but it's not tbh it's wierd lol! But were still going to drop it slightly
Yeah I like 40 too tbh, sits just nice, although I feel I want to go lower for 'looks' but now I'm at about 40 I love the handling and going lower will just reverse that
I'm thinking coilovers is the next step so I can just drop it down for show days, and lift it to 40 for the rest of the time haha!
#95: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:35 pm ---- thats what i do mate anything below 40 and speedbumps do my head in allways lower it back down to about 60 70 for shows tho lol. just pain when they seize up.
#96: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:37 pm ---- Ahhh see if I had coilies I'd constantly keep them clean I'm a clean-a-holic lol!
#97: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:41 pm ----
Ste206 wrote:
Ahhh see if I had coilies I'd constantly keep them clean I'm a clean-a-holic lol!
its better now its dryer i do clean them umm every month dad owns a garage so take them apart and clean them up but its just a pain but i left them over the winter and they would not move for love or money.
thier needs to be a cover you can buy to protect them.
#98: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Mattie-RS, Location: A Track near you ;)Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:05 am ---- glad you like the front
you want that back lowering now like my mystery one
#99: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:36 am ---- The next stage for the car is now in planning...
Big ICE!!!!
and some more cheeky lowering - dropping to 60mm all round, and refurbing the Fordre's black
Watch this space peoples
#100: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:50 pm ---- Chapter 7 - From Then To Now..
Well it's just before New Year 2011! So to revive a dead thread and keep you updated on the progress of the car, here's what I've been getting upto - It's not alot, but it's an update
Firstly, I decided after looking at my car it was seriously time to get her lowered! So thats exactly what happened..
Off everything came..
Will cleaning up the bolts lol.
And all back together.
Ahhhh thats better!
The old vents were looking abit tattered and needed a good polish, but instead I decided to re-sand them flat and fully polish them back up to a nice mirror shine.. Here's a 50/50 one is sanded the other is polished..
And re-fitted
While I was in the mood of making things look alittle better I also re-blacked the calipers.
And de-badged the rear even though I said I never would lol..
Then came some HEKO wind deflectors..
I then stopped modding for awhile again to build up some money, only to be met with this 2 days before my MOT..
Which was a straight MOT fail as I knew, so the car never went in for it's MOT instead this lot was delivered to my house and fitted.. At the same time we also changed my topmounts as they were on the way to failing too.
Also while we were fitting all that we noticed my break pads were pretty worn and low and the droplinks had also bit the dust so they were replaced too - which lead to one puggy sailing through yet another MOT!
It pays to check your car a month or so before the MOT - saves a heck of a lot of hasstle having to go back and forth, I do it everytime but left it slightly late this year lol..
Anyway moving on, It's nearly the end of the year and my 2011 plans for the car are already moving, I want a new exhaust in the new year which reminded me about a nice little item I bought last year..
So I dug it out of storage and got it sprayed up today..
It still needs laqcuring but that can wait until tomorrow to give it time to dry fully
Also a few days ago this nice little addition arrived at my door
RRP £130+ I paid £25 delivered - there's slight damage to the fiberglass on the drivers side which will take all of about an hour to fix properly, then a nice sand down and respray in EZR will be done and the bonnet gap filled!
#101: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: jimbo2470, Location: englandPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:15 am ----
Ste206 wrote:
Chapter 7 - From Then To Now..
I then stopped modding for awhile again to build up some money, only to be met with this 2 days before my MOT..
Which was a straight MOT fail as I knew, so the car never went in for it's MOT instead this lot was delivered to my house and fitted.. At the same time we also changed my topmounts as they were on the way to failing too.
REALLY?? your being had then mate..im an mot tester and i asked about this at my refresher course...He said "minimum standards appyl" Its not an MOT failure as it not a complete failure of the rubber bush, its perishing.. and i doubt very much you would be able to fail that joint on excessive movement!! Id pass and advise all day long..
#102: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:00 am ---- It was pretty bad tbh mate, the picture makes it look better than it was was about 2mm of bush left before you could see the centre bar. a week later when I jacked it up to fit the new ones it had split fully at its weakest point.
The front bush on this side would of been an advisory, and the two on the other arm would of too as they were just starting to go, but the guy said that ones gone just that little bit too much to put it down as an advisory because it'd dryed out so bad it'd go within days/weeks.. Which he wasnt wrong about - The car never got MOT'd as I spotted the problem and asked their advice and the MOT was canceled and re-booked for 2 weeks later after the work had been carried out ( I had over a month left on my MOT Cert at the point I took it to get checked )
tbh though your not the first one to say it would of passed, I had mixed feelings weather it would or wouldnt but thought I'd get it checked because I dont like her failing lol..
#103: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: jimbo2470, Location: englandPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:47 am ----
Ste206 wrote:
It was pretty bad tbh mate, the picture makes it look better than it was was about 2mm of bush left before you could see the centre bar. a week later when I jacked it up to fit the new ones it had split fully at its weakest point.
The front bush on this side would of been an advisory, and the two on the other arm would of too as they were just starting to go, but the guy said that ones gone just that little bit too much to put it down as an advisory because it'd dryed out so bad it'd go within days/weeks.. Which he wasnt wrong about - The car never got MOT'd as I spotted the problem and asked their advice and the MOT was canceled and re-booked for 2 weeks later after the work had been carried out ( I had over a month left on my MOT Cert at the point I took it to get checked )
tbh though your not the first one to say it would of passed, I had mixed feelings weather it would or wouldnt but thought I'd get it checked because I dont like her failing lol..
lol, pics do no justice..
i heard stevie wonder does a good mot...
#104: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:40 am ---- out of curiosity how did you go about polishing up the black plastic? would like to give that a try very nice looking car!
#105: Re: Project Slow - Ste206 Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:06 am ----
Antknee wrote:
out of curiosity how did you go about polishing up the black plastic? would like to give that a try very nice looking car!
Megs finishing paper 2500grit used wet, sand it all smooth and dry it but dont go through the lacqure (It's pretty hard to go that far down with 2500grit though), then some AG SRP and a heck of a lot of elbow work took me about an hour to do the bonnet vents
P.S. They're sprayed gloss black but had started to fade with the sun and lack of TLC hence needing to bring them back to life
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it was actually quite abit lower than the front to start with so we just did the front (dropped 40ish) and WD-40'd the back ready to drop that at a later day when we can be bothered/have more time 
haha!
was about 2mm of bush left before you could see the centre bar. a week later when I jacked it up to fit the new ones it had split fully at its weakest point.
