Toms306's China HDi Estate 2012

[Toms306]

This isn't happening in this thread - Im currently in the process of making another thread which will clear up a lot of the points raised here about cars/jobs/weekly milage/etc. I'm just trying to fine tune it so it makes sense to you 'normal' people.

Anyway, managed to lower this today so heres some pics -

First up....thats not on the jack, just standard...



Got one off...after borrowing my neighbours angle grinder for the bloody drop link bolts! First time with an angle grinder...may have removed a little or the ARB too.



Old VS new. Thats a HDi meridian strut against a GTi strut with a 35mm Eibach spring and new top mount.



Yay back together, new droplink too.



Old struts - yes they are different! No wonder the car sat low on one side, it had one new cheap strut at some point lol. Also had just one new droplink on the other side...why cant people replace stuff in pairs! Also note the lack of shock cover...how do you lose one of them!



At some point during all of this I've f*cked up my palm, whacked something earlier and its been aching ever since, will remember to use hammers in future!

Anyway, after all this, you'd assume itd be lower right.....well...I even went to the same carpark to get the same flatness....

Before:



After:



No thats not the same picture btw.....hpopefully the springs will settle a bit haha. Must admit though, even though it looks the same, it does feel a bit nicer to drive - it aslo feels slightly worse as somehow the trackings moved - the steering wheel hangs to one side but I never touched anything to do with tracking unless the strut movement (1mm or so max) can cause that? Meh.