06-02-2016, 10:35 PM
Hiya, everyone has beaten me to it!
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Yeh so bit of an epic fail on the rust. It was going to be done after the MOT but obviously didnt make it through. With the shock bushings it was the TA Technix shock that was fine and my expensive AVO GTZ shock that wasnt up tho scratch. Really annoying as the cost so much and have essentially only lasted 2 years. Tbh the whole coilover and solid top mount thing is annoying me. I might just look at going back to standard mounts and bilstein shocks and 60mm springs.
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Plan is to send it up to chambers to have the rust done, cambelt and reMOT. Also to look at the knocking issue and maybe ill ask him to treat and protect the boot floor.
The good news today though was that it drove perfectly to the garage which is probably the best part of 25 mins away. Did the journey there at 60 on the motorway and didnt lose any water or have anything weird happen. On the drive back I knew i wouldnt be able to drive it for a while so took the country route home and gave it a bit of the beans. It was great fun and the knock didnt appear at all all day! One thing that did appear was a loud rattle when letting off from WOT at around 4-5k.
Having seen bash drive the car onto the brake testing rollers i have to say the rear is definitely too low. It looks great without someone in it but then its silly when someone is in it.
Anyway, its all parked up now. A few parts to buy and itll be ready to have the rust done and then to sail through the MOT!
Yeh so bit of an epic fail on the rust. It was going to be done after the MOT but obviously didnt make it through. With the shock bushings it was the TA Technix shock that was fine and my expensive AVO GTZ shock that wasnt up tho scratch. Really annoying as the cost so much and have essentially only lasted 2 years. Tbh the whole coilover and solid top mount thing is annoying me. I might just look at going back to standard mounts and bilstein shocks and 60mm springs.
Plan is to send it up to chambers to have the rust done, cambelt and reMOT. Also to look at the knocking issue and maybe ill ask him to treat and protect the boot floor.
The good news today though was that it drove perfectly to the garage which is probably the best part of 25 mins away. Did the journey there at 60 on the motorway and didnt lose any water or have anything weird happen. On the drive back I knew i wouldnt be able to drive it for a while so took the country route home and gave it a bit of the beans. It was great fun and the knock didnt appear at all all day! One thing that did appear was a loud rattle when letting off from WOT at around 4-5k.
Having seen bash drive the car onto the brake testing rollers i have to say the rear is definitely too low. It looks great without someone in it but then its silly when someone is in it.
Anyway, its all parked up now. A few parts to buy and itll be ready to have the rust done and then to sail through the MOT!