Project SE8

[Pickles]

Yea I'll get some pics, they've started on the bodywork again so it'll be a few days. We had the car on the lift without any rear springs in, and when it was lowered to the right sort of height there was a gap of about 2 inches where the spring would sit I asked on other forums (admittedly not this one) and Gmax generally got a big thumbs up which is why I went for it.

[Allys Cally]

i suppose it all depends on how your going to drive your car, i found the g-max was fine for run of the mill driving, but found if i was pushing my car at faster speeds it got really bouncy that was the reason i changed to the Bilsteins

[Mark1]

At the end of the day you get what you pay for and it's your car and your chose. I have Bilstein shocks and Apex sprinds which work on my car.

[Pickles]

This is how its sitting at the moment:





Bear in mind those are 60mm Pi springs on the back

[Mark1]

Maybe a silly question but is anything missing in the back of the car(The first person that puts the bumper gets banned for a week ) ie seats, spare wheel etc?

[Pickles]

Maybe a silly question but is anything missing in the back of the car(The first person that puts the bumper gets banned for a week ) ie seats, spare wheel etc?

Good thought but no, everything is still in the car, if anything there's more bits and pieces in the boot and on the back seat at the moment

[rich30mex]

2 paving slabs in the boot problem soved simples

[Pickles]

2 paving slabs in the boot problem soved simples

Done that for PVS last year when I had completely the wrong springs, doesn't help the performance much (going or stopping)

[Fraz]

the back bumper is missing Mark

[Fraz]

Now Robbie you should know that the Romans never got that far ...they got scared after Edinburgh and built a wall all along the Forth Valley


so our roads are all twist and built to test your driving skills (and your suspension)

[Pickles]

New rear bumper brackets (now unavailable) arrived today, the old ones had rusted away to nothing:

[craigyboy]

Give them a good coat of paint mate
i made a set out of galvanised flat bar
in work because mine had rusted away
to nothing

[MadOnVaux!]

New rear bumper brackets (now unavailable) arrived today, the old ones had rusted away to nothing:

How did you get them if they are unavailable?

[Pickles]

These were the last ones available in the country, apparantly.

[MadOnVaux!]

These were the last ones available in the country, apparantly.

Ahh right ok

Just a thought, if you havent as yet fitted them, maybe take them to an engineering firm and see how much it would cost to have a batch of aluminium ones made up.....I'm sure there would be some interest on here and other Calibra/Vauxhall sites...

I'd have a pair off you for a start off.