Was looking through my pics to find one for the calender submission, and realised how old they were!
So an update is in order methinks.
Few little bits have been completed since last time.
Car went for MOT. Passed, just.
Needed two rear tyres, two rear bearings, corroded brake lines, fog light illuminating with brake lights, rear shock absorbers reduced efficiency, handbrake at 18% efficiency and oil misting on shocks.
Tyres were no problem, had two part worns in the garage so got those swapped over onto the BBS's.
Fog light was due to the passenger side cluster failure. So when the brake pedal was pressed, although no rear lights came on, the fog warning light did. Whilst I was at it, I hammered through the rear cluster blank, so I have twin rear fogs
Handbrake was only working on one side properly, hence the 18% efficiency. Cable was slacker than a rednecks jaw. Tightened it up so all sorted now.
Rear shocks, changed those reasonably easy. Solved my sideways skipping going round corners too. Nearside shock was especially ruined, the welds on the lower spring cup had started to fail, so was only held on on one side! Nice.
Bearings were a pain, as the caliper carrier bolts were seized. Only had to grind one off, and a trip to the scrappy soon solved that.
This weekend I crawled under the car with some wet and dry, and managed to get most of the corrosion off the brake pipes. Metal was still good, just covered in cr@p! Waxoyled them up good and proper.
Pleased it didn't need any welding though.
In other news, I got fed up of the door pins rattling. So took them clean out, filled the holes, and even put an led in the drivers side one. I have a switch secreted so I can get out the car if needs be
Girlfriends dad painted my new grill too:
All 501 bulbs have been swapped for white led versions, which make it look loads cleaner at night.
Headlights are new too, mine were really pitted and the glass was going cloudy. Plus the plastics adjusters had all shattered. Still joey'd them though
I'm really pleased with it, and even at 4x4 ride height, the handling has been massively improved with the new shocks
