cwspellowe
Post #501
Right, bit of f*ckery pokey means an update!As it stood, the car needed a new beam or a refurb and I was planning on raising it, 60mm drop is a bit impractical for my liking at the car was bumpsteering thanks to mahoosive bump stops.
First on the list.. new struts. Well not new, but decent condition OE dampers and Spax 40mm springs. They were bought quite swiftly.
Then the problem of the rear beam. Upon inspection of mine, the shafts were a bit buggered and for the cost of parts to rebuild the beam I figured I could scavenge one already done. Up steps gota6again who ISN'T called Deepak (apparently
) with a 40mm lowered, recently rebuilt, shiny looking beam with working calipers, discs, pads, mounts, everything apart from dampers, for the bargain price of £200 + delivery. Hooray! Not hooray when I got f*cked over by Shitty Link for delivery though, more later.Whilst the car was up on axle stands with the struts and rear beam removed I figured i'd get to work on some other jobs.
First up - ABS removal. I decided a while ago that I needed the space behind the headlight for my airbox plans and was waiting for the right time to remove the pump and lines. My original calipers had snapped nipples that I couldn't be arsed extracting, retapping and replacing so I couldn't do anything to do with bleeding the system. When I found out the beam came with working nipples I set to work stripping out all 60-odd feet of brake lines and 5kg or so of ABS pump.
New lines (35ft not including flexi's) were laid, the front brake split off one T and the rears off another T via a bias valve. Total cost? £25 for the lines to be made by a motorfactor inc fittings, £10 for brake fluid, £45 for the bias valve.. ah, not quite a cheap idea then. Oh well.
New lines..
No ABS pump or battery
Rear a little too long, had to loop it a bit to tidy it up
Excellent. Waiting for the bias valve to arrive, hopefully tomorrow, and can get the system bled once the beam is on.
Speaking of which..
Will probably underseal it to keep it fresh before it goes on, i've only got black though and i've already done this...
New shocks and springs and undersealed arches
Rear arches
Boot floor before
After
Tidying up nicely ready for its MOT next month.
As it stands at the minute...
Hopefully have her back on the road for the weekend so I can go for a drive, been without it 2 weeks now and its starting to get annoying.
I hate being poor.
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Bye bye Sundance Kid
Posted 10th Aug 2011 at 20:18
aye, and a couple of strategically placed blocks of wood. Doing it old skool 
