What work did you do on your car today?

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:25 am

Vip,

Yes, agree with you mate. What you're saying there is that when you put on a bigger rim, you usually decrease the profile (side-wall height) of the tyre to keep the same overall diameter and therefore not put the speedo out.

However, in the situation Craig mentioned (going from 205/40 to 215/45) the overall diameter will increase and it will throw your speedo out (admittedly not by a lot, but worth pointing out anway).

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:44 am

Oh and to stay reasonably on topic, I did this yesterday / day before on my car:
broke gearbox
put car up on hard stands
pulled car apart
investigated gearbox issue
found gearbox issue

lol. thankfully it's an easy fix. just gotta source the parts from camskill.

Ben - stupid question but do i still have front droplinks with coilovers?

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:23 am

Post by **vipfto** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:56 pm

just put new coilovers in and they are HEAS better than before, ride is rather good but I do have then set very soft on the damper.

Will put up pic after my new skirts and bar gets put on (when it bloody arrives) It looks like crap at the moment but will have to raise it slightly then as way too low at moment too

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:08 pm

changed engine oil to Royal Purple (previously had Motul 300V chrono) and change the Ryco filter to the Coopers one.

Fitted my new exhaust on the bike. God its loud now

and just came back from a ride. Will need earplugs...

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:11 pm

change grill, put indicators where they should be, install front pipe to intake, scratch the paintjob on the passenger fender a little bit in the process of putting the bumper back on ...

EDIT: while doing that, Ollie changed my oil, castrol slx 5w40.

Might get foglights - same ones as ben as iv been wanting foglights for agerz! and those ones are cheap as!

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:40 am

Gholdwayne wrote:scratch the paintjob on the passenger fender a little bit in the process of putting the bumper back on ...

I did a good job of that the other day too

Chucked some new droplinks in mine yesterday. Makes such a difference, so nice to drive now, no more sloppy steering.

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:49 am

i got two sets of aftermarket foggies and im having a hard time trying to mount them on the facelift.

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:12 am

zuihoujueding wrote:i got two sets of aftermarket foggies and im having a hard time trying to mount them on the facelift.

is that the stock facelift bumper with the foglight mounts ?

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:24 am

i mean i have generic foggies which can be mount universally on all cars. mitsu factory foggies are just too ex, its crazy. But facelift bumpers have no good location for proper mount.

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:06 pm

so you saying that the $35 ones from ebay isnt a good fit to the facelift's foglight mount on the rheo ?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:13 pm

Did you not read what I wrote in the group buy thread?

The only thing about those foggies that fit was the hole size in the bumper. It took me hours upon hours to fabricate, weld & drill brackets up to bolt the lights to. It then took me even longer to align them on the freshly made brackets so they pointed straight.

mz_madz · Post by **mz_madz** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:31 pm

Put the VOLKS back on .. well a week ago

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:01 pm

Car still looked good a few weeks back when I tailed you home ^^

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:06 pm

f**k ladies...

PICS! (of the volks)

i got plenty of pics of maddy

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:18 pm

hah! iv just completed my cai today, its fully closed now with an $25autobarn air hose to the front

mz_madz · Post by **mz_madz** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:23 pm

SchumieFan wrote:f**k ladies...

PICS! (of the volks)

i got plenty of pics of maddy

Only have one so far .. I have to admit .. I'm loving having them back on!

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Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:29 pm

took out drivers side driveshaft to replace inner cv boot

was an absolute b!#ch to pry the spline part out of the gearbox with the rest of the assembly not attached

fraz91 · Post by **fraz91** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:46 pm

only just found this thread. will be fun to update, but sadly i dont have an FTO to work on

just working on my triton instead.

1. FINALLY got around to getting a proper wiring loom and wiring up the driving lights. looks mean.
2. have acquisitioned a boost gauge, and have worked out where to put it, but am unsure as to whether the tube will be long enough to reach inside the cabin, or where to attach the wiring for it... should be interesting. hopefully this will be in and working on wednesday (lawsochap is gunna come round and give me a hand.)

Post by **vipfto** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:33 pm

took off front bar ready for new one tommorrow