zeberdee
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 2
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Yep .
Loosen the 2 locking collers & move down to lower .
Be careful , they can seize together easily , although you may already know that .
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Jan 27, 2018 23:15:04 GMT
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S-Chassis coilovers seem to have the third collar height adjustability. Never come across it on any other car
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Jan 30, 2018 15:48:10 GMT
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Had the afternoon to tinker with the car so I jacked her up & had a look at the coilovers again. Cleaned all the threads & undid the lower collar & wound it out of the way. Undid the spring preload collar until the spring was loose in the seat, wound it back up 5mm & locked off the lower collar.   Even though it doesn't look much the front is actually lowered by 20mm. While I had the car up in the air I decided to change the auxillary belt as it was squealing awfully. The tensioner was on full adjustment so there was no more room to help. It also helps if the adjuster is actually doing its job. I found the bolt head wasn't even up against the pulley. Changed the belt.  Also found the fmic is a blitz item, which is nice.  Finally I have the car booked into an auto electrician local to me thanks to a few recommendations from this forum. |
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Davey
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Resident Tyre Nerd.
Posts: 2,354
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Jan 30, 2018 16:38:26 GMT
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Looks great with the lowering. Lovely thing in general and the blitz intercooler is a lovely bit of JDM kit.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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Jan 30, 2018 19:13:28 GMT
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Thanks chap, everytime I check something on the car it seems modified in some way. Only thing missing is a front splitter so I'm currently chopping up an s13 one to see how it will work. Here's a pic of the car with its original that got smashed years before.   Also decided I want to reinstate the gauges but slightly more use able. Something like this.   |
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jelmerc31
Part of things
Ja mar ik bin net benaud!
Posts: 97
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Jan 31, 2018 11:05:38 GMT
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1983 Datsun Laurel C31 3.0 V6 24v turbo--> 4.5 V8 32v
1986 Nissan Laurel C32 2.8 diesel
1984 Nissan Patrol 160 2.8i L6
1984 BMW E28 3.8 M5 sold
1987 Alfa Romeo 75 T.S sold
1985 Alfa Romeo 90 3.0 V6 sold
1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins turbo diesel sold
1978 Dodge D300 Cummins turbo diesel sold
1985 Nissan Patrol 3.3 TD sold
1988 Alfa Romeo 75 2.5 V6 sold
1993 Alfa Romeo 75 1.8i.e sold
1986 Alfa Romeo 75 1.8 turbo sold
1984 Nissan Patrol 3.3 D sold
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Jan 31, 2018 16:28:38 GMT
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Need a few more pics of that, you got a build thread?
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Phil H
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Club RR Member Number: 133
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Jan 31, 2018 16:35:55 GMT
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Small changes to the car seem to make a big difference! Now the front suspension has settled the car sits perfect & the wheels look like they fit the arches. I need a 5mm slip on spacer to bring the tyre out to the arch. Also took the grill off & painted it satin black to see how it looked.   Bought some 60mm swivel pods to sit on the dash to relocate the gauges too. |
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This is a quick mock up of the gauges. They come with circular sticky pads which I like as I don't want to drill the dash. I'll have to run the wiring through conduit into the top of the glovebox lid.   I'll rewire the 4 gauges after I've had the stereo & heater sorted. |
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I might look at painting the fmic black to match the grill. Also undecided if I want to mesh in behind the grill to take your eye from the radiotor fans & horns.
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I might look at painting the fmic black to match the grill. Also undecided if I want to mesh in behind the grill to take your eye from the radiotor fans & horns. first thought was , "that needs mesh behind the grill"... then I read your comment.
my symmetry ocd would see the number plate either moved or binned off in favour of a small centrally mounted inline one too.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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I might look at painting the fmic black to match the grill. Also undecided if I want to mesh in behind the grill to take your eye from the radiotor fans & horns. first thought was , "that needs mesh behind the grill"... then I read your comment.
my symmetry ocd would see the number plate either moved or binned off in favour of a small centrally mounted inline one too.
Great minds think alike as they say. One of my next endeavours is to relocate the front number plate! |
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yay....normally I get told that I don't know wft I'm talking about!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Well they clearly don't know what the f@#k they're talking about!
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while we are sweating the small stuff...the exposed screws on and gap by the inner ends of the fog lights could do with trim piece to cover them. I know , I know , I'm getting carried away now!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Feb 12, 2018 14:09:34 GMT
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Feb 12, 2018 15:09:47 GMT
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I'm not normally a JDM car fan but I love this.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-(
10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily
03 Import Forester STi - Sold
98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-(
99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold
02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX
88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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lightyearman
Part of things
GYJDM - Grimsby based Japanese car club - Find us on Facebook
Posts: 639
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Feb 12, 2018 16:09:07 GMT
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Ive wanted a Chaser for a while but I'm put off by the price.
This shape Gloria with the standard front end, I'm really liking the shape. How does the engine / autobox combo feel?
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'89 Honda CRX siR Glassroof Flint black fully restored track beasty
'90 Nissan S13 Pignose - pass the mig wire
'86 Mini - matt orange, 13" Wellers, Project 2018
'97 LDV Convoy home built camper/tramper van
'04 Saab 9-5 Aero HOT. Anyone want it?
'91 Honda VFR400 NC30 17,000 km from new
'87 Honda XR80 4 stroke baby crosser
'03 Mini Cooper S - honestly, they are fun...
'15 VW T5.1 LWB daily brick
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Feb 12, 2018 18:36:45 GMT
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The 3 litre turbo & autobox in this car work really well. The car has loads of pick up & when it's on boost it pulls forever.
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