MY old suspension must have been really bad then lol i dont think the rides too bad at all. That been said i have been in some rock solid slammed to the deck cars, and minis so this suspension is...
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MY old suspension must have been really bad then lol i dont think the rides too bad at all. That been said i have been in some rock solid slammed to the deck cars, and minis so this suspension is...
To be honest the ride is a lot better than i expected, and it has certainly tightened the car up a bit, the old suspension looked to be 20 years old, and very floaty. For the price of the coilovers,...
Not updated this in a while, cars now MOT'd and on the road. Going great apart from blowing off a boost pipe on a dual carriage way. Stuck some coilovers on her and she handles 9x better!
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Tried some new shoes on today and planned to change the belt but ran into a snag with a 45 torx bit and me not having one!
new shoes...
Yeah so i dropped a socket and this happened
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i didnt have to go that far but i decided to...
looking to find out where the vacuum hose on end of manifold as mine is broken!
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it looks as...
cheers, think im fine at the moment but ill give you a shout if need be!
Im glad im not the only one that occasionally has a wee laugh when the boost kicks in :biggrin:
What a difference a nice set of factory wheels make over brush painted Sh*te!
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OK so done a full stage 0 service on her, discs on the front done ill do the rears tomorrow! paint all the calipers black not a fan of the red. Stick a belt on and then see about getting an MOT done....
Bloody hell, hope you were ok! such a shame about the car it looked like a really good example :worried:
He states in the add that CD models were top specced, is that true? if so ill be ecstatic that i dont have a mid range model :mischievo luxury and class for me it seems!
Not much of an update stripped front brakes. Drivers side caliper was seized so popped the piston and seals out cleaned up and refitted although really need to be replaced, anyone know where i can...
Really! thats surprising id have thought it was dual line (im sure my 850 was) Ill go try find wobbly dave and see what he says. thanks!
Oh the bodges! ABS lights been pulled out, fault codes
ABS-443 Pump motor - Electrical or mechanical fault.
ABS-433 Outlet Valve, left rear wheel. fault in the valve coil circuit.
ABS ABS-112...
Gota give credit to the guy I wooden even think about doing that, it is a bit of a oak really :troutslap
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Can't help you on vacum pipes, but if they are perished I'd change them. Your jolt have you checked the top engine brace/mount I had that problem on my 850
Whos said i had my trousers on! :saythat:
Yep! just need to shift some of my other cars on now to free up the funds to do so :D
Tonight i've bought myself a manual, dark blue, 1997 V70 t5, It has 170k on it & needs some work. But i got it cheap, really cheap :mischievo
It gets delivered tomorrow and ill get a proper look...
I think ive just found the love of my life :smileypul also is that second photo at the heritage museum in gaydon? was down there last summer with my 850 parked on the grass too :haha:
General consensus is avoid like the plague, I'll perhaps keep looking for a good R with Mot and history.
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hard going by photos it all appears straight but I'll go up and see it before hand I'll go upload a photo if I can!
it's still a p1 model, manual only downside being a later model it will be me7...