Benn's on going build

[Benn]

Good work dude!

Cheers dude,

the reason it was easier in those far off days is simple.... they were examples.... you are trying to actually calculate something in the real world.

True and that means nothing adds up right..

[blue_peg_16v]

benn saw earlier in the thread you said you didnt think 15in wheels would fit over your brakes, if your still running the willwood 4 pots with 280mm disks 15s do fit there tight but fit i sling a pair on the front of mine when i go on the strip, well used to before some robbing b nicked them

[Benn]

Oh right, cheers for the tip.

[blue_peg_16v]

think it will depend on wheel design though, ive had 3 sets of 17s on the saloon 2 needed spacers and the otheres were fine luckily the softstars on the van cleared with no spacers, the 15s i had were just a set of dare 5 spokes but cleared fine needed 5mm spacers though

[Benn]

Yeah its the shape of the spokes.

[Jedro]

love this car very much

[DansCorsaXE]

Just read the whole thread,took me about 4 hours in total. Really enjoyed it and have learnt alot from it.

Attention to detail is unreal and everything is done 100% perfect,truly good work Ben,deserve alot of credit.

[Benn]

love this car very much

Thank you very much,

Just read the whole thread,took me about 4 hours in total. Really enjoyed it and have learnt alot from it.

Attention to detail is unreal and everything is done 100% perfect,truly good work Ben,deserve alot of credit.

Sorry for the delay, Glad you've enjoyed the read. Thank you very much, i try to do everything as best as i can. It's not 100% perfect, hence me doing stuff over..

[Benn]

Hhhmm been a while since i updated, that cause i've been working away..

So rear beam... With it off and at the powder coaters i stripped the hubs down..

Backing plates cleaned and painted,





Beam back.. Looks great, had to drill out the old bushes (hence the rusty dust in some pics)









Time to build the hubs and braking bits up.. Garage isn't the nicest place too sit. So made a work bench and sat in front of the tv to do it..



Not a fun job when you stripped it a month before and didn't take any pics to help you remember...



Discs grease masked and painted. (painted the edge of the disc as i hate it when they are all rusty)



Grease it,



Then paint it,



Then wipe paint off and the braking surface is clean...

So then start rebuilding beam, Remember my bad caster? Using some tig (soh-cah-toa) i worked out what was needed to fix it and had some shim made to correct. (left 1.4mm and right 2.9mm cut on a lathe)

[Benn]

Hubs on, disc on.



Calipar on,





Bolts painted



ARB painted Arden blue.. and fitted with new bolts..







Coilovers stripped and cleaned ready to refit.

All new brake lines made.. Altho that don't look that great, they are all bent with a bender to be right and night, all have been painted too.







Hose clips..