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Postby ampz » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:59 am

Huh?

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Postby StanTheMan » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:07 am

I'm not a Carbon Fibre fan......but id does look better than the chrome.

On another Note.....I've got to get those stands back to you too ampz. :mrgreen:

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Postby Sean » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:56 pm

StanTheMan wrote:cheers Sean.....Don't stress though :mrgreen:


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Postby Craig » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:11 pm

jules wrote:I'd go a later model. Craig knows all about them..


Too right! 8) :lol: :oops:
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Postby StanTheMan » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:36 pm

Got bore today so I decided to raise the rear suspension in the pooring rain


gees that took all of 20 min




took me almost as long to resize & upload the pics :lol:
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needs to settle a bit. Now need to take it for a drive 8)
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Postby Hot Rodders » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:18 pm

:shock: Is that the rear spring settler on the ground behind the car?
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Postby StanTheMan » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:40 pm

I just came back from a little drive the rear has setlled


Here you can see the shock with the cup that holds the spring. The cup is held in place by a clip. Just below the cup you can see a grove which is the lowest setting.

It is now at the higest setting. So all i did was force the cup higer & moved the circlip to the highest setting. To lever it I used the handle from the sledge hammer. Rather than taking out the whole shock , take the spring off , move the circlip & then put it all together again.

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so this is how it now looks with the suspension settled back into place. Thats about 8mm extra travel before it starts to hit the bumpstops.

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It may be just my mind but I did the front a few months ago. so maybe I aslo mucked about a little with the ballance of the whole car.

It appeared a little more stable even though its now higher but its defenatley a little better over big bumps
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Postby AJ » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:45 pm

you still haven't given craigs roof back :lol:
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Postby StanTheMan » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:15 pm

There has been a No of attempts. I guess he's busy tonight.
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Postby marcusus » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:34 pm

StanTheMan wrote:pooring rain

As compared to the riching rain? :P

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Postby sabretooth » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:51 am

Did you do that without removing the shock assembly from the car?

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Postby Craig » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:22 am

AJ wrote:you still haven't given craigs roof back :lol:


I'm getting it back tonight hopefully! :mrgreen:
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Postby StanTheMan » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:10 pm

sabretooth wrote:Did you do that without removing the shock assembly from the car?


Yes I did. I also used a crow bar to push up the cup evenly.
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Postby Craig » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:01 pm

I got my hardtop back today...looks a little red though! :shock:
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Postby Okibi » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:10 pm

Craig wrote:I got my hardtop back today...looks a little red though! :shock:


:shock: Over spray? :shock:
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.


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