Bit of an update -
Noticed the Aux belt was looking a little like a shoe string so changed that on Friday night. Struggled with it because of space but changed it eventually.
Took the car to plans motorsport on Monday and had some unexpected news. They took it around the track and found it handled really really badly, infact said that it was one of the worst he had driven
. Apparently getting the rear out to play was a pretty much impossible task and the thing just under steered offering no grip at all. TBH i thought something was up but needed someone who knew what they were talking about to check it all over.
WHY you ask
The driver’s side rear shock has failed
Needs the Upper Bushes replacing
Camber is way way way out
And to top all of this off the car has been losing water which i thought was simply the leaky header tank. Noooo even though I have replaced it with a new one from autovaux (which turns out is also leaking
) it turned out the Radiator has gone 
Common fault because of the plastic caps failing.
Due to the huge expense of parts ALONE I have decided to do most of the work myself so will post loads of pictures etc when I start. The coolant and new radiator will be arriving tomorrow (Pro Alloy one), the coilovers are something i am putting allot of thought into as i really want Nitrons (£1150) but Sachs offer a package for around £700 which are far better for my wallet.
Need to also replace discs and pads which I have decided on, Standard Discs and Mintex 1144 pads. £180 for the lot is a very good price ....
This is going to be an expensive winter, the car is currently under cover in my father’s barn and I’m driving a Renault traffic
you have to laugh eh haha
Sam
Noticed the Aux belt was looking a little like a shoe string so changed that on Friday night. Struggled with it because of space but changed it eventually.
Took the car to plans motorsport on Monday and had some unexpected news. They took it around the track and found it handled really really badly, infact said that it was one of the worst he had driven
. Apparently getting the rear out to play was a pretty much impossible task and the thing just under steered offering no grip at all. TBH i thought something was up but needed someone who knew what they were talking about to check it all over.WHY you ask
The driver’s side rear shock has failed
Needs the Upper Bushes replacing
Camber is way way way out
And to top all of this off the car has been losing water which i thought was simply the leaky header tank. Noooo even though I have replaced it with a new one from autovaux (which turns out is also leaking
) it turned out the Radiator has gone Common fault because of the plastic caps failing. Due to the huge expense of parts ALONE I have decided to do most of the work myself so will post loads of pictures etc when I start. The coolant and new radiator will be arriving tomorrow (Pro Alloy one), the coilovers are something i am putting allot of thought into as i really want Nitrons (£1150) but Sachs offer a package for around £700 which are far better for my wallet.
Need to also replace discs and pads which I have decided on, Standard Discs and Mintex 1144 pads. £180 for the lot is a very good price ....
This is going to be an expensive winter, the car is currently under cover in my father’s barn and I’m driving a Renault traffic
you have to laugh eh hahaSam
+ it took me a few hours to relise how the tensioner worked .....
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