WiNgNuTz's Diablo DT

[WiNgNuTz]

Looks good. Like the wheels!

Cheers, can't wait to get some rubber on my Ariannes now though!

[Kwik]

Looks nice lowered well done! Now just to bosch and your set for a while

[Chris_90]

Looks ace lowered! hope mine looks as good lol, How much have you lowered it by?

[WiNgNuTz]

Only 60mm at the front so far, but the torsion bar will be lowered to match at some point soon. Looks so much better, and feels much more planted to the road as well, falling in love with it all over again!

[Eeyore]

well done getting it done finally! needs to be lowered moaarrrr! And standard rear lights

[WiNgNuTz]

Well, since putting my new springs on, it transpired that the shocks and top mounts were shagged, so ash23 sold me a set to replace them. Thing is, the new springs came from an hdi, so she's now sitting even lower.

Unfortunately the new shocks haven't COMPLETELY solved the problem, it seems that the wishbone bushes are also farked, so i've STILL got knocky suspension. Still, replacements shouldnt cost much more than £40 all in.

Next thing on the list now, is to get the torsion bar lowered while i save up for the tyres for my Arianes. Anyone wanting to donate to the "Steve's empty pocket" fund, feel free to PM me for my paypal address.

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And the lights are staying for the time being Sam, i quite like them.

[WiNgNuTz]

I'm thinking of refurbing the Lasers some lairy colour while they're off for summer, what do people think of GITD Lasers on Diablo?

[sam]

bright green!!!!

[WiNgNuTz]

Just thought i'd stick a pic up of the car as it stands at the moment. Ignore the harriers, as soon as i can afford to wrap my Arianes, they're going. Heights looking good on the front, just need to lower the rear to suit now.

[WiNgNuTz]

Just realised i haven't updated this for a fecking age yet again!

Not much has changed recently tbh, any work thats gone on has been kinda behind the scenes....unfortunately, due to losing a couple of jobs recently, i haven't been able to afford tyres for the Ariannes, and am now rolling on a full set of Harriers. You may have seen the thread i put up recently about getting my 7 year old twin daughters to decorate them with permanent markers, havent got round to that either yet, but they're up for it! God knows what i'll end up with, i'm envisaging hearts and flowers and such like, but hey, they're shit wheels anyway, can't make 'em worse can i?

Also been chasing an annoying knock since lowering the front. So far i've purchased a replacement set of struts, -60mm HDi springs (sits a bit lower than the xud counterparts, i wont complain! ) and top mounts from ash23, which helped, but didnt solve the knock. I've also replaced the wishbones on both sides, and despite the fact they were shagged, the knock persisted. I will be changing the ARB bushes this weekend as well as lowering the torsion bar to match the front. Fingers crossed we're right this time, i'm getting sick of the knocking now.

Thats kind of it for now, other than a good clean before FCS, i MAY have the loan of a set of 17's from a mates euro'd 306 HDi estate for the show, but thats not been confirmed as yet. Hope i can borrow them, as his car is quite broken (ecu issues....he just wants to burn it now!), and anythings better than taking my car to a show with Harriers on!

[WiNgNuTz]

So yet again I've failed with progress pictures, yesterday was such a huge rush in the end! Got the arb bushes changed quite quickly, no major problems encountered......still knocking though, so gonna change the droplink again, just to make sure. Should be done by fcs as long as I get paid!

The torsion bar was a bit more of a challenge though, but it ended up ~65mm lower bat the back than it was at the beginning of the day. However, we did end up snapping two separate bolts in the torsion bar on the passenger side, so we gave up with the slide hammer, and used slides brother sledge, coupled with more than our fair share of manpower and expletives!

Last but not least, I gave the old girl a good wash today, and this is the final product:





Comments welcome!

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Not too sure what's up with my camera, doesn't seem to want to focus on the left for some reason.

[kingy]

Massive improvement mate. Looks so much better.

[1616six]

Harrier club ftw.

[Grant]

Looking good man!

Cleans up really smart!

[WiNgNuTz]

Harrier club FTL.

Fixed that for you Cant stand the damn things!

Cheers kingy, im well chuffed with it, just want rid of the wheels now....my mate is definately lending me his 17s for the show, so i'll get some pics up as soon as they're on.

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Looking good man!

Cleans up really smart!

Diablo FTW Does look good when its nice and clean.

Just one last pic of it parked up in its usual spot on my driveway. Well happy.

   

[puglove]

Ummm yeah .......... way to low , looked better before IMO sorry

[Niall]

Ummm yeah .......... way to low , looked better before IMO sorry

Wait what? Did i just hear you of all people say it was too low?!

[WiNgNuTz]

Ummm yeah .......... way to low , looked better before IMO sorry

Wait what? Did i just hear you of all people say it was too low?!

Its only -60mm!

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It was standard height beforehand!

[puglove]

Ummm yeah .......... way to low , looked better before IMO sorry

Wait what? Did i just hear you of all people say it was too low?!

In the sense that the the stance is all wrong, you would need the front slammed to pull that off, and as hes on springs that's not going to happen, therefore to low

And you know me no such thing as to low as long as the stance is right

[Grant]

Was that a KrisB 60mm? So in reality more like 600mm?

[puglove]

Ummm yeah .......... way to low , looked better before IMO sorry

Wait what? Did i just hear you of all people say it was too low?!

Its only -60mm!

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It was standard height beforehand!

Still looked better mate, lower isn't better when the stance is wrong

[Niall]

Yeah sorry thats more than 60mm lol

[WiNgNuTz]

Was that a KrisB 60mm? So in reality more like 600mm?

Nah, that was me and a mate on my mums driveway. And the trailing arms sat 60mm higher when we finished, as per Darrens video guide, and it sits almost level, only about 5mm in it.

[puglove]

306's need a bit of front down rake to look right, but did you measure centre of wheel to arch before and after?

[WiNgNuTz]

Yep, put a bit of tape on the arch, and measured from the top of the drum to the bottom of the arch both before and after. You could always raise it up a bit at FCS if it bothers you that much!

[Grant]

Ill do it for you! It won't in any way resemble a blunt object wedged between your bumpstops. Honest!

[WiNgNuTz]

Ill do it for you! It won't in any way resemble a blunt object wedged between your bumpstops. Honest!

If its all the same mate, i think i'll pass on that one!

[Grant]

Well screw you then! Don't come crying to me when your tyres are scrubbed more than the underside of a 90 year olds tits!

[puglove]

Yep, put a bit of tape on the arch, and measured from the top of the drum to the bottom of the arch both before and after. You could always raise it up a bit at FCS if it bothers you that much!

That's unweighted though, weighted I bet its dropped more, happens on all the cars iv done , I aways do it 10mm less than what im looking for as the final product, and then its there abouts, maybe a little lower than what I aimed for,

but yeah good effort but personally id rasing a little or lowering the front abit more, just my personal opinion though,

[WiNgNuTz]

I might raise the back a little at some point, but for now, im just gonna empty all the rubbish thats in the boot, as its kinda rammed full of stuff at the moment. We'll see how much difference that makes

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...and considering it was the first time me or my mate had ever done anything with torsion bars, i think we did quite well.