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Wont the knocking mean play within the joints though?

Hmmmm tempted to at least try them out

Crap for seaside use then

Wow that is quick

Can i cover them in some greese to slow this down?

Yes mate thet are.

https://www.compbrake.com/product/vauxhall-astra-v-track-rod-ends-pair/ Track rods and ends are comimg to replacement time so thought about giving these a bash??

Now i know the correct parts list etc ots Probably a £1000 job parts and labour depending in how cheap the parts come up at Ive spent £600 now but thats due to wrong info before the build

Probably quite abit given the amount of extra time it haS taken. I need a custom rear mount now as the mk4 gearbox bracket is different shaped and rests on the steering rack. Might invest in a vibra-technics mount

Couldn't of made it more awkward

Yes mate it is.. Havnt got round to getting mine measured as yet due to other problems

Hey how did this go? Did you lower it etc? Jist lowered my mk5 sri turbo 30mm all round..

Yeah i hate run flats, mates mini cooper had em on. Runs on some funky lookin kumho now

No mate runflats was swapped out ages ago i think

So i shave over half off of the original quote (including geo) and im laughed at my response was carry on replacing rear tyres every two months then Why do people have the same cars if they cant afford to maintain them

that is a good question mate. Providing everything comes undone as it should (unlike mine) it shouldn't take much more than 5 hours if that,mine required heat on most nuts and bolts, things snapping/breaking ( bad condition water pipes and boost pipes and the oil cooler was brittle and also broke while trying to remove coolant pipea off it) So strip out and replace the clutch was day one... Day 2 saw to gearbox in and eventually the subframe back on once bolts and things had been replaced but then qe hit the problem of wrong info on the conversion and therefor had to sorce correct engine mounts and new driveshaft so the car spent a week sat outside a mates workshop.. Following Saturday mounts and shaft fitted and then dragged it home to sort exhaust and vibrations out.. (that was the following Saturdays work to do... Did all that and then had a dilemma of clutch slip to rectify,this went on for quite a while as we was all stumped by this time, turns out the exhaust clamp for the downpipe was restricting the actuator arm from going all the wau home each time(this was creating overboosting and other running issues) as the oem clutchs dont hold much more power then the 200 bhp spec the clutch was slipping anything over 3000rpm as ot was basically running full boost Sorted now though. Life with a 5speed ain't ain't to bad tbh. Got longer gear ratio and not constantly changing gear makes it a little better on fuel too.. I need to refine the conversion a little as its a bit noisy now and the vibrations when startes from cold is awful so ive got another flywheel to have machined and made good again as its likely yhe flywheel that was on the zafira is infact crap

Yeah i usually dip all bolts in this when reffing. However my astra gave me the hump so much when n changing gearboxes i literally threw it back together That will come apart soon though as i want more power so either way another new clutch is required.. Back to the beema. Thanks for the all ths input looking forward to doing this job..

Excellent mate thank you

Nope not that i can see in the pics.

Will the range of +2 to - 4 be sufficient tony?

What with copper slip?

There we go mate From what i can work out the e60 and e61 (tourer) share the same parts

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REAR-CONTROL-ARM-CAMBER-for-BMW-E39-E60-polyuretane-75ShA/223469015270?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40745%26meid%3Da99a1387bfc7452cb37a7d7ec6045921%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D223469015270%26itm%3D223469015270%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A1d9247d5-01ac-11ea-a0aa-74dbd180a863|parentrq%3A47efdf7e16e0a4e883690fa4ffedd486|iid%3A1

223469015270 thats the item number mate.. Copy and paste that into ebay search bar mate.. I cant paste any links dirct from the ebay app

Ok mate thank you. Ill drop a link for the adjusters ive found later