Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
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I need my front coilovers set up, as they're on adjustable
TOP mounts the mounts will have to be undone, spun round and done up again until it's perfect in line.
Then camber and tracking, how much would you estimate this to be?
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Corsa_Sport21
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About £100 give or take.
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Baskey
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I had a full alignment done on my mx5 on Saturday for £85, apparantly everything was adjustable on it so £85 was the most expensive it could be
[Edited on 16-04-2014 by Baskey]
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Generation
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That's pretty much what they just quoted me, I'm in waiting area now having it done. I was expecting around £200 ish. Place has a high price tag as it is, good rep et
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Baskey
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If it's anything like mine it will transform the car. Mine was pulling all over the place under very hard braking, left side locking up before the right etc
Now it's perfect and I have much more confidence driving it
[Edited on 16-04-2014 by Baskey]
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Generation
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Hoping so, today was my feat drive since fitting new coilovers, so stayed off boost and limped it here.
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gav93
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elite in rainham are the south easts best I would say or wheel power in brockley
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Generation
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Elite is where I went, been there a few times. Usually pay for the name though. Come in at £83 bargain
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Ben G
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Skidmarques are better  the guys who work there used to work at elite I believe, then decided to make a go of it themselves.
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Baskey
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What does it drive then Generation ???
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Generation
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Like a different car. Brakes are still spongy so had to be very careful and just limp home. Brakes feel at about 80%
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Baskey
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What's wrong with the brakes, how did u bleed them?
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Generation
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Using a kit that screws onto brake fluid resovoir and forces air out caliper nipples
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Baskey
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What brakes have you got? I'm not a fan of those kits but I know some people swear by them.
If you havnt driven the car much recently I'd put my money on a decent drive taking it easy, then some hard breaking (80-0) sorting them right out
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Generation
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Wilwood.
They seemed to get better, I can't really slam brakes on or risk it on oublic road
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Baskey
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Yes you can, take it out on the motorway and do some hard braking coming off the slip road. If there's no air in the front brakes they just need a good hard run in
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Generation
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Good advice, will try and bleed again anyway, incase still some air, but I had both calipers off and then both slave cylinders needed changing too, so plenty of air could have got in
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bigron1988
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you are opening the top bleed screws arnt you as i know they have some at the bottom too
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Generation
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Doing bottom ones. If I do top ones isn't enough space to get hose over the nipple
Wait, do you mean on same nipple? As each nipple has two places to undo it
[Edited on 16-04-2014 by Generation]
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Generation
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bigron1988
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Looking at that pic there , when there fitted to the car is the start of the wilwood word at the top of the calliper or is it at the bottom
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Generation
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W at the bottom.
I have the bleed nipples at top of caliper.
If you look at the bleed nipple there is two
Places to undo it, the base or near the top.
I undone it as the base
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Toby
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In that picture you have shown, there is only one place that the you can turn to open the bleed nipple and that's on the nipple itself at the point which is closet to the Caliper itself.
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bigron1988
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There is your problem you need to undo the tiny nipple part of it or it will draw air into the system, get the right size spanner for it and stick a hose over it
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Generation
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Toby, can you see the other part which a small spanner could fit on?
Ben, I will buy a set of small spanners and try this.
Why would it make a difference though?
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