Update time.
Sunday was a wash out with all the rain, so me and Powelly set about fitting a Recaro he got with his sedan into the shuttle. I had a spare drivers seat rail that I had brought off Marc with the floor mats and personal box so I didn't have to butcher my original.
a couple of idiots at work
a bit of faffing
all it took was a new hole to be drilled in each rail
finished result
It's so nice to sit in and I've got to be a couple of inches lower down, Can hardly see over the steering wheel now!
Thanks to Powlley for his help on this, I'd have messed it up otherwise!
oh and a couple of pics I've been wanting to get for a while!
Update time.
I've spent all day at my mates garage today and will be going back tomorrow. Please excuse crappy phone pics
First thing I did was wire brush and repaint the rusty radiator brackets
Then the plan was to do my CV joints and make up some newer longer custom top hats for the rear suspension and then put the old i've taken off the back on the front cause they just about fit under the bonnet and are longer than the ones I made for the front originally.
But once I got the car in the air I was greeted with the price of being so low.......
So a quick rub down and paint made things look a little better!
With that done I got working on the suspension
these are the backs when I took them off. As you can see the harsh ride and winter months have really taken is tole on them. I will be needing new springs so I will order them tonight.
Here is one of the fronts with one of the rear top hats after a wire brush and repaint
The eagle eye'd haters will see that the egay sleeves are on upside down. As Im using them without them being wound up I find they sit better this way. When I get my new springs I wont be needing the sleeves on the back anyway as these have been cut (cause im a cheap knob who didn't know any better :oops:)
and this is how it will spend the night
update part 2.
I didn't charge my phone the night before so battery was too lowto get all the photos I wanted
So after fitting the longer rear top hats to the front shocks I needed some even bigger ones to replace them
Monster top hats!......
The shock is now so high that the rear hub now sits like this even when the car is in the air
I've had a slight leak where the head meets the block for a while now so I ripped the rocker cover off and gave the ARP head bolts a quick tighten. one had worked itself a little loose.
When refitting the earth cable I noticed it looked very old so I made a new one.
(Yes I know im missing a stud on the manifold)
Another long term fault I've had is brake pedal creap. I brought a master cylinder off my buddy's EK a while ago but never got round to fitting it so that went straight on.
Gave the ITG panel filter that i'd bent round the carb inlets a clean too.
Last job was to change my CV joints as they have been clunking whilst full locking the steering for some time and recently had been getting worse. Both CV boots had split also. My phone battery had almost died at this point so these are the last pics I got.
Both driveshaft boots had also split
New cv joints installed and new rear trailing arm bushes installed but no pics. it was all put back together and the next day I set off for Emperor Performance to have my front arches flared and rolled.
Kev did a grand job.
But why did I need this?
New rims
I thought i'd get away from the "mad tyre strech yo" scene for a bit.
Comments
I have family there.
I used to go up there to be with them during summer time to work in the bakery.
Always used to like seeing the concrete cows.
Uncle owns a bakery there.
My cousin works there, used to drive an ef9. He called it the death trap.
Mats could do with a wash but the personal box is like new and only came in the sedan's and shuttle IIRC.
too freakin sweet!
Sunday was a wash out with all the rain, so me and Powelly set about fitting a Recaro he got with his sedan into the shuttle. I had a spare drivers seat rail that I had brought off Marc with the floor mats and personal box so I didn't have to butcher my original.
a couple of idiots at work
a bit of faffing
all it took was a new hole to be drilled in each rail
finished result
It's so nice to sit in and I've got to be a couple of inches lower down, Can hardly see over the steering wheel now!
Thanks to Powlley for his help on this, I'd have messed it up otherwise!
oh and a couple of pics I've been wanting to get for a while!
I've spent all day at my mates garage today and will be going back tomorrow. Please excuse crappy phone pics
First thing I did was wire brush and repaint the rusty radiator brackets
Then the plan was to do my CV joints and make up some newer longer custom top hats for the rear suspension and then put the old i've taken off the back on the front cause they just about fit under the bonnet and are longer than the ones I made for the front originally.
But once I got the car in the air I was greeted with the price of being so low.......
So a quick rub down and paint made things look a little better!
With that done I got working on the suspension
these are the backs when I took them off. As you can see the harsh ride and winter months have really taken is tole on them. I will be needing new springs so I will order them tonight.
Here is one of the fronts with one of the rear top hats after a wire brush and repaint
The eagle eye'd haters will see that the egay sleeves are on upside down. As Im using them without them being wound up I find they sit better this way. When I get my new springs I wont be needing the sleeves on the back anyway as these have been cut (cause im a cheap knob who didn't know any better :oops:)
and this is how it will spend the night
I didn't charge my phone the night before so battery was too lowto get all the photos I wanted
So after fitting the longer rear top hats to the front shocks I needed some even bigger ones to replace them
Monster top hats!......
The shock is now so high that the rear hub now sits like this even when the car is in the air
I've had a slight leak where the head meets the block for a while now so I ripped the rocker cover off and gave the ARP head bolts a quick tighten. one had worked itself a little loose.
When refitting the earth cable I noticed it looked very old so I made a new one.
(Yes I know im missing a stud on the manifold)
Another long term fault I've had is brake pedal creap. I brought a master cylinder off my buddy's EK a while ago but never got round to fitting it so that went straight on.
Gave the ITG panel filter that i'd bent round the carb inlets a clean too.
Last job was to change my CV joints as they have been clunking whilst full locking the steering for some time and recently had been getting worse. Both CV boots had split also. My phone battery had almost died at this point so these are the last pics I got.
Both driveshaft boots had also split
New cv joints installed and new rear trailing arm bushes installed but no pics. it was all put back together and the next day I set off for Emperor Performance to have my front arches flared and rolled.
Kev did a grand job.
But why did I need this?
New rims
I thought i'd get away from the "mad tyre strech yo" scene for a bit.
you need the new tires on the old wheels.