RobPhoboS
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I've seen how quickly heat can transfer from a battery to a misplaced ratchet - it was scary !
Glowing red then starting to go white, could have been a mess like the above.
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Yeah I thought with the camber I was quite lucky, maybe a tad too much on the rear but still not bad.
I can only assume it's because the car is sitting slightly lower but I spent some time trying to get them close to the same height.
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I thought I'd just get it quickly checked today to see where it is after fitting the GT1's:
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I'm sure loads of you have seen this before but I hadn't, so thought I'd share as it popped up
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haha - look at the video tutorial on this page, brilliant:
http://www.lingscars.com/car-leasing.php#models -
I love the design on that - although I *think* this is what it'll be, which is still good:
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That's really great to hear !
I've been absolutely stunned at how good the customer service and communication has been, and of course the product itself so far on the road has done exactly what I wanted it to.
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I shall be back again soon
Sadly the Bilstein suspension is off, I found with the SPL metal bushings the ride became quite harsh and irritating. I found myself scanning the road constantly for drain covers, twigs, leaves and so on.
It's simply due to the gassing they've chosen to pressurise their shocks with, meaning it takes more force to get them working, usually that's completely fine when you're on rubber bushings but not the metal ones.
Great shocks but a bad combination I didn't consider.
I'm now on Meister R GT1's (first in the UK on the Z), and these feel fantastic !
There were plenty of options to go for, KW V3 were going to be my decision but I opted out for a couple of reasons.The GT1's have hugely reduced the harshness, and now of course I can dial up or down the rebound/compression quickly and easily for track fun.
I'll book a tweak again during February
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My aussie flatmate is also capable of going full on nuclear
He managed to clear a 10m square area in a packed Serbian nightclub, I was dying with laughter.
As well as either perfect coincidental timing, back in London, outside a pub, he dropped then some guy made a screwed up face then threw up
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Eeeek - that's pretty scary !
I know Roger Green (Evo mag) had a serious fire like that during the N24 a few years back. -
" The Grand Tour " what a pony name, sounds like a trip around a West End brothel.....
That sounds pretty good to me, PM the address !
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Well only you can figure this out bud, I enjoy working on my car so prefer to do as much as I can, then go to a specialist when it's beyond me.
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Change the selection to 55mm, for some reason the link keeps going to 50 !
Product Dimensions 15 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm
In my case it was probably air that caused the problem, kms are really good to deal with and they said they'd replace it if leaking still.
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I got my one from your second link, kmsdirect.
It's adjustable for height which is more useful, so I wouldn't bother with the table top style one.
Feels sturdy enough, 6 ton would have been fine but I wasn't sure so more is best right ?
The jack bottle has been leaking but it could have been trapped air so I did the normal jack 'bleeding' thing, and have some hydraulic oil to top it up at some point.Ebay:
131262360181So I ordered the shortest piece and asked them to cut it into 3 sections (they can't do smaller than 250mm total).
Try this for size:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-S34-50-WallDrive-Socket/dp/B000R9XTD4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462293850&sr=8-2&keywords=sealey+50mm+walldrive(dimensions look right, I used a 42mm walldrive socket to drive a 57mm bushing)
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Is it wrong to wish every follower of ISIS was being slung into it as well ?
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I bought a 12 ton hydraulic press, and some various sockets (as well as the race seal kit), I also made a push/pull kit from some threaded rod + the sockets etc (but it would have been worth just buying a kit)
12 ton press = £75-80
6 ton press = £40-60 (the one you linked is on the expensive side for no reason)
You can use something like this - but check the sizes first.
262299121127I also bought some 3" pipe for exhaust (they cut it down to size) from ebay, and used that as a receiver.
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Good news and irritating news !
Firstly, Joe is brilliant and very patient - top guy you have there
Got the car up on the ramp and I said to him I'd noticed a knocking sound over speed bumps/rough surfaces, so I had been driving very carefully as I assumed it was a nut that wasn't tight.
Unfortunately we were confronted with this AGAIN !
So this now suggests that it's this particular monoball bushing that's at fault.
(no hard driving at all)
We took it out, and it dropped into the arm about 3/4 of the way then Joe pressed it in the rest. It's still holding up now and looks like this:
So luckily he was able to continue with the geo this time
And this is where we're at now:
Obviously I've emailed SPL, hopefully they'll send out a new one and I can replace it and finally get a track day booked.
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I made a proper tit of myself - I flipping forgot to install the little black cone thing in the middle by the old arm which was causing the nut to spin...
Joe was really helpful and understood (that I'm a plum), sorted out a quick temp fix until I got back home to sort it, thankfully no torn rubber boot on the new arm.
Take 3.
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Those cheap chinese arms often have that issue , we have some in stock we ordered to try but they are so poor we cant fit them to a customers car in good faith , you get what you pay for
Sometimes this is certainly true, and sometimes it's not.
Bare with me here.
I've seen some big changes in their manufacturing (copying) in just the last two years where before it certainly was junk, and now it's as good as X.
However I guess from your point of view if you have customers, you can ALWAYS rely on original or company X to deliver a quality component rather than taking a calculated risk (I understand that).
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You can always do things on a small budget but I wouldn't bother with this stuff, it'll get frustrating.
It just depends how much of it you already have, and I'd not buy 'the best' stuff as it'll quickly get out dated.Either way, it's looking great fun and trust me, once you've had a go with this stuff it'll blow yer pants off !
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99% sorted
I've just got to crawl under it and torque up one nut as it was clunky last night with weight transfer (was driving carefully back into town at 2am).
I should have brought the old arm with me but it looked like it was slightly elongated in the hole, either way it's for the bin -
One or two generations in, these will be nice little gadgets to use.
Some of the in-car racing stuff is really cool with 360 video:I'm really looking forward to trying a racing game with a VR head set.
A good friend has been making an Oculus Rift VR game, so I've seen many iterations of the hardware over the last year or so, and it's hugely impressive. If you don't already have a decent gaming pc, you're going to want around £3-4k all in to spend, trust me(one step further but overall, just the VR set + PC is great)
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Nothing i can other than
The Right one has just turned up.
So I'll head back tonight and fit it, hopefully the hole is ok
Broken Spring - What Caused This?
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Same thing happened to my sister, in the same car !