Olz you were trashed last night mate!!!
I think you might be a binge drinker!!!HA HA
How are the grinding and welding burns?
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Olz you were trashed last night mate!!!
I think you might be a binge drinker!!!HA HA
How are the grinding and welding burns?
lol Owned in deed - ahh well, spread the love when drunk...
Matt - certainly was a bit worse for wear, and no, my welding burns are hurting more than ever, infact, my left hand looks like it's been in an oven or I've been to Spain and forgot to put suncream on it! lol
Been down to use the ramps, and set my tracking parallel after doing it by eye, I was miles out, also measured wheel to wheel again both sides, both identical @ 234.7cm. Also both rear arches to the ground are 53.2cm, and both front arches to the ground are 56.5cm.
I unloaded the steering rack slightly so I could actuall turn past quarter of a turn, much better to drive now
Mainly for weight gains, but also cosmetics too as I like the look of them - Thanks to Oli for the idea on his WIP...
Take a standard door handle complete @ 290grams
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0828.jpg
Remove the thick soft rubber by slicing it up with a hacksaw (always thought it was just thin plastic)... down to around 170grams
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0829.jpg
The take drill bit, 8.5mm for me, and a grinder to the face to remove some of the 3mm thickness from the metal, down to just under 2mm, drill some holes (7 for me)... and finally 120grams... spose I added a coat of paint after this lol
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0830.jpg
From this
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0826.jpg
To this
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0827.jpg
Original handles @ 290g each x 2 = 580g / over half a kilo
After handles @ 120g each x 2 = 240g ... less than one handle used to be
340g saving lol every little helps...
Yes, yes, I know - work on the driver... its happening ;)
some excellent ideas on this thread olly, credit to you.
can see that dash getting chopped up next.
Nice one Olly, you ain't hanging around with this work are you!
Makes everybody else look like slackers :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by ben21
The slimline door handles look a bit nicer actually. Would consider doing it for styling if they didn't have the holes in.
just weld the little holes up , sand back, and paint :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
sorry i don't know if this has been asked but why did you now use coilovers at the back?
chris
Couple of reasons...
Firstly... Clearence issues...
I know a couple of people with rear 1.9" Avo coilover that have no problems...
Then I hear of others having to add wheel spacers as they catch the inside of the tyre... but adding spacers means the outer edge of the tyre will catch the arch.
Turretted rears or not, clearence is always an issue so it appears. ie: having to relocate the bottom shock mount more inwards on the beam etc
With me running 888s, and looking for some even wider full race slicks, I didn't want to have to start arsing about with clearence
As you can see, even with a single thin shock, I'm still fairly close to that, now imagine a thicker shock, and a spring wrapped around it in it's stock location
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0628.jpg
Secondly... this setup - which offers exactly the same benefits as "rear coilovers" as in ride height, high poundage springs, damper adjustability, and corner weighting ability... this setup cost me only £50, as opposed to a couple of hundred :thumb:
Also - it's the way the grpA Novas were done 'back in the day', well, without the spring retainers anyway.
Looking sh1t hot actually mate, I may go for the same idea on the astra to get the rear ride height down, save a few pennies!
Ben - text you mate, regarding tomorrow :thumb:
MSN ;)