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  1. Tony!...you have pm!......I'm really slacking when it comes to these things now lol.
  2. this looks like a nightmare :glare:
  3. alnug

    Geo as a Career ?

    this i agree with ..it all depends how passionate you are and how much you are willing to push!! as well as a certain amount of luck!..best of luck
  4. just want to add my thanks to Tony as well and from all the other members from the Accord Owners Club. I didn't get my car on the ramp otherwise you could have shown the lot about the camber adjusters as well as the coilovers and other cosmetic and under the surface mods I 've got on mine, but to be fair I knew you were knackered ..well so was I and it was a long day and really i wanted the other members to get on the ramp and have their car's seen to since I know mine is in good knick . The club is getting together some donations for you for the day...I knew you guys don't like accepting this sort of thing , but the members felt this was the only decent thing to do! Where else would be open on a Sunday and provide food, knowledge and a HUGE LCD TV and not ask for anything in return . I'm sure you'll be seeing more of our members in the future. On behalf of the club I have to say a HUGE thanks to you Tony and Mark and the little boy for being so patient with us lot and parting some knowledge to us. I'm sure pictures are going to be popping up on the club and I'll get some nice ones on here to be viewed all in all the day was nice with VERY LITTLE RAIN!!!! and the sun even came out!
  5. hey tony.....sorry to hear of this. It does look like the lip is mainly for cosmetic reasons and hence the shear....could the Boss not be adapted to use a Haweka centring system that holds through the bolt holes? It's only an issue when you've got a raised thin wall like you have on that wheel. Is it just to raise the centre cap above the bolt face? Cannot see why it's designed that way. On a normal square shoulder you'd never have a problem, even if they're magnesium alloy. Seemingly it's nothing more than a cosmetic "stylistic" centre cap holder..... Issue i have is there's no streagnth in the design since it's cosmetic. Catch 22 for me but a learning curve since the BOSS has a unique "grasp" of the wheels. Live and learn comes to mind but a heads up from the manafaturure would have been nice!!
  6. sounds like a good turnout..shame about the cars ....just hoping ours will be just as fun ...without the damaged cars that is.....
  7. i think there maybe a few issues here the CV joint maybe out and also the coil. First off..are you SURE that they even changed the coil?? is there any accident damage? It seems that with the multiple of problems with the car I wouldn't feel confident on driving it with the family for the 300 miles if it did happen to break down you're going to be a long way from home...plus you've got the wife and kids to worry about.
  8. Another thing you could try is maybe swap your tyres front to back to see if anything changes on the pulling front..it could be the tyres...
  9. cheers tony for the reply...but i was just wondering how the bottom end of the piston is held into the shock body? would it be a one peice construction like a piston of a car or would it be a piston rod with a larger piston at the bottom of it held on by a nut or other fixing? my concern when i was doing it was..what if it is a rod with a piston held onto the bottom with a nut or similar...if the spring tension was holding the piston at an end stop or similar (due to full extention) then what if winding the rod around would unseat this lower nut on the piston ...am i thinking about this correctly or am i just worrying myself ...never taken apart a coilover or damper before so i maybe barking up the wrong tree.... oh and thanks for the reply Tony!
  10. Thought I’d use some of my WIM gold privileges and ask for some advice.  Just thought I’d stick it in this forum Anyway Tony, as you know I recently aquired some Tein comfort sport coilovers, They came preassembled with the spring and upper mounts in place already and basically ready to fit onto the car. You can see a pic of them here http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php...um=sp4rks#23617 Now I have had conflicting advice….some people say to wind the coilover to the top since adjust lower is easier that going higher (I guess true since you’re pushing WITH the spring instead of against it) But as I was winding it up….since the spring is in contact with the upper mount and hence the piston it rotated the upper mount (piston) with the winding motion……I stopped after 3mm of this because it didn’t feel it was right….so I wound it back… My question is with rotating the piston with the spring could I have done something to the piston?? The suspension is on the car now and is riding fine with no noises etc…but just thought it’s useful to get some feedback….
  11. just wanted to add..you said it's not a smooth wear.....what dampers did they fit the springs to and how old were they? It's actually quite easy to find whether the bushes are at fault...with a machine such as the Hunter ones it's very easy to set up the equipment (unlike some other four wheel alignment machines!)...basically do the alignment and then drive off and drive back on and read the specs again...if the bushings are out somewhere it should show....correct Tony?......it's machines such as this that make it possible to diagnose these things quickly in my view.....that is assuming that the Hunter has great repeatability :ph34r_anim: which i no doubt it does!
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