been very very busy!

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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:02 pm

Cheers for the comments guys,i think it definetly
freshens it up a bit :handgestures-thumbup:
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Re: been very very busy!

by EddeyDancer » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:34 pm

At least the Corrosion situation, is being dealt with!!!

It's always good to know, what the condition of the Car is in...

Helps put your mind at ease!!! :think:
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Re: been very very busy!

by James_Mould » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:24 pm

Good work there mate. Looks much better 8)
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:38 pm

Front end all stripped again.putting back on lower arms
with ordinary rubber bushes,fitting new bilstein shocks
and apex springs.heres hopping the rides alot smoother
planning to post some pics tomorrow
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:22 pm

I'm keeping the poly anti roll bar and drop link bushes
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Re: been very very busy!

by Fraz » Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:37 pm

eh this is not the for sale section
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:38 pm

got the new front springs,ready to fit

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painted new lower arms

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fitted new bushes to the track rods

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also fitting new shocks

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and also top strut mounts and bearings

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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:31 am

Picking up two new front bearings today,my local garage will
press them in for me.When I stripped them off one of them
felt a bit worn.
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:28 pm

Thats the car all back together now.poly bushes
definetly not meant to be used on Glasgow roads
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Re: been very very busy!

by Fraz » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:10 pm

be good on the Highland roads though .....well the way we tend to drive them :D
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Re: been very very busy!

by v6 steve » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:07 pm

im going for new std ones im sure they will be better than 15 year old ones and not as hard as poly ones as for the front arms they only last a year or two anyway
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:56 am

Even then you can still replace the standard bushes
saves buying a whole new arm
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Re: been very very busy!

by v6 steve » Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:19 pm

craigyboy wrote:Even then you can still replace the standard bushes
saves buying a whole new arm



just as cheap doing the whole arm and much easer :D
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Re: been very very busy!

by craigyboy » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:23 am

True ,just noticed you can get new arms less than the price of
four bushes
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