My Nova 16v Project

Yes yes! all coming together a good'un now mate:D

You've both made a good job of the modified steering arms, look awesome and probably stronger now than standard!!

Cracking work as always, looking forward to seeing it at the weekend

Did Craig Green not have problems on his MOT due to having cut and welded the steering arms? Thought it was seriously frowned upon?

it is mot failer if you can prove the arms have been welded or iwelds are clearly visible! with the welds ground back and painted you cant tell and be 100% sure and thus cannot make the assumtion so a pass but ..(thats looking at the pics! in real life you might be able to easily tell when your underneath it that they are welded so a failure) imho and i am an mot tester! but its is down to the discretion of the tester, luck off the draw really

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Originally Posted by corsakid

yeah its an mot failer thats if you can prove they have been welded or is clearly visible! with the welds ground back and painted you cant tell and be 100% sure and thus cannot make the assumtion so a pass but ..(thats looking at the pics! in real life you might be able to easily tell when your underneath it that they are welded so a failure) imho and i am an mot tester! but its is down to the discretion of the tester, luck off the draw really

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I wasn't aware of this, hopefully Olly will be lucky and have a friendly tester!

yeah it is, even if you use oxy to heat track rod ends up to aid removal that can be seen as an mot failure, imho they look stronger than the originals especially with the sleeve and plug welded, but if you tidy then up really well and the welds arent visible then imho should be a pass, i am sure will f bought craig greens power steering rack as a spare the welding on the arms was/is about as suttle as a punch in the face you couldnt miss them, no attempt at hiding them,

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Originally Posted by corsakid

yeah its an mot failer thats if you can prove they have been welded or is clearly visible! with the welds ground back and painted you cant tell and be 100% sure and thus cannot make the assumtion so a pass but ..(thats looking at the pics! in real life you might be able to easily tell when your underneath it that they are welded so a failure) imho and i am an mot tester! but its is down to the discretion of the tester, luck off the draw really

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I can't see the pictures at work so wasn't sure how visible they are, can imagine they are pretty tidy though :thumb:

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Originally Posted by corsakid

i am sure will f bought craig greens power steering rack as a spare the welding on the arms was/is about as suttle as a punch in the face you couldnt miss them, no attempt at hiding them,

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Not true, mine have never been near Will F, they are still on my car & now with an MOT pass. :thumb:

Friendly tester is the way forward. ;)

ok sorry my mistake its definatly someones old powersteering rack off the site he isnt using it its just sat on his garage floor, easy to make them a pass just grind and smooth the welds, ollys are really really neat and tidy so wont be problem imho

LOL @ how low that is lol :cool:

Liking the trackrod work, nice solution.

so you needed more thread further down the track rod, could you not just have tapped the thread further down the original arm with a die? or have i got it the wrong way round?
i take it your lower arms have run out of thread to gain some more negative camber? easy fix for that would be to remake them from a new set, as there is room to cut less off the original arm before welding the rose joint mount in place to gain some length