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  1. Tuesday 17th February 2015, 18:00 #1
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    R in the garage

    well. its happening. treated the old girl to new bilsteins. sporr springs sasch clutch. oil and filter. coolant change wheel ballance + well lets wait and see.. next stop spray shop to repair CORYS damage

    still after vollans..
    credit card bill rising lol
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  2. Tuesday 17th February 2015, 18:02 #2
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    still up for nxt meet. wont be sprayed tho :-(
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    Looking forward to seeing u both some day lol As everyone know I don`t leave Essex so there is a good chance.
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    I got six Volans....what's on yours at the moment? Please don't say v70R wheels.......
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    lol. i got v70 awd R wheels i think.

    all back and wow. rides nice and light clutch. appy dayz
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    Nice, that's a fair chunk of work Matt. Where you having paint done?
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    some local paint shop that cory use. they use them a lot apparently...
    need to call him and book a date
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt_t5r View Post
    well. its happening. treated the old girl to new bilsteins. sporr springs sasch clutch. oil and filter. coolant change wheel ballance + well lets wait and see.. next stop spray shop to repair CORYS damage

    still after vollans..
    credit card bill rising lol
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    i will have a set up for sale very soon my spare set have just been refurbed and i am having the tyes swapped over on saturday so keep your eyes open
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  10. Wednesday 18th February 2015, 20:15 #10
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    cheers guys affraid i will be window shopping tho. shes bleeding me dry lol. goes well and handles much better. the old front shocks didnt even return when compressed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt_t5r View Post
    lol. i got v70 awd R wheels i think.

    all back and wow. rides nice and light clutch. appy dayz
    swapsies? it would only be right for both of us to have the correct wheels otherwise we will both be ridiculed on this and every other forum in the world
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    sounds good to me. lol dont really like vollans but that should be what she sits on and i must put this right as whatever numpty owned it before me not only ruined a perfectly nice looking R by swapping wheels also never spent a penny on her..
    appreciate and well up for swappsie offer.
    im at loughtin meet. what time will everyone attending be there.
    will u be there.

    cam belt nxt
    lol or cry
    total expense in 6mnths ownership £1,400
    i wont be beaten!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Ill be there about 1200 ish, looking forward to seeing your yoke.
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    just had a thought.. what date and where is meet. postcode plz
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    IG10 4AL, owl pub. Its this saturday.
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    ok here goes volvo 855R 190k

    2nd oil and filter
    new shocks and mounts
    new springs
    new lower arms
    new clutch
    new brakes
    new water punp
    new cam belt & tensioner
    new aux belt & tensioner(thursday)
    new battery

    drives great now

    about to order lower and upper poly bush engine mounts should be here by thursday for application..
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    Nice mate I will try and look after mine as well as you are. Its had new clutch and Cambelt last year so bit less to do.
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    add to list plugs cap and leads

    nice

    just realised bekt and bushes will have to wait. arch being fixed monday. prob b without it for a week :,(
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    Good work fella - be worth the pain once its running sweet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt_t5r View Post
    ok here goes volvo 855R 190k

    2nd oil and filter
    new shocks and mounts
    new springs
    new lower arms
    new clutch
    new brakes
    new water punp
    new cam belt & tensioner
    new aux belt & tensioner(thursday)
    new battery

    drives great now

    about to order lower and upper poly bush engine mounts should be here by thursday for application..
    I've replaced the wishbones on the gul (well Wednesday) I used the ally wishbones with detactable ball joints, so once polybushed if a ball joint goes just replace that and I used meyle ball joints and drop links hd ones
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