Kyle T
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100mile round trip last night to collect these bastards from my "local" citylink depot. GRRRR
Anyway, dropped the car off with Richard Henry first thing this morning and then went for a wander around the park which is close by. Got back to the garage at around 10:30 to find they had snapped a caliper bolt and stripped a thread on the rear calipers 
He was being quite apologetic, but I was pissing myself behind my poker face - so glad I didn't tackle the rears myself!
They're going to drill/retap - but means they would have been pushed for time, so I told them I'd get the train home and then pickup the car tomorrow night.
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Ben G
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at least it's not your problem now.
100 mile round trip to the depot i was pissed off at my local dpd depot being over the QE2 bridge, meaning i had to pay £4 in tolls to collect my parcel.
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
at least it's not your problem now.
100 mile round trip to the depot i was pissed off at my local dpd depot being over the QE2 bridge, meaning i had to pay £4 in tolls to collect my parcel.
Aye my heart sinks whenever I get a CityLink card through the door 
Worst one was when I bought the GP bumpers for my Civic. I had booked a friday off work to receive the package and get started on the fitment. Parcel wasn't here by lunch time so phoned them up - it had gone to the wrong depot and they wouldn't deliver on a saturday. I raged like a madman but ultimately ended up driving the 100 miles, wasting a day off work and fitted on the saturday anyway.
Bastards.
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Wrighty
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trip to scunny for camber bolts i take it?
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Kyle T
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Leeming Bar...
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Simon_16v
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CityLink are THE worst courier service in the country imo
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Wrighty
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Originally posted by Kyle T
Leeming Bar...
pwned, right trek that
whens next update  
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Kyle T
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I ended up leaving the car with them yesterday so I could have a few pints in Wetherspoons and come home on the train 
Collected the car today after work, £216.00 it came to for the fitting, alignment and caliper helicoiling.
The car pulled slightly to the left before the alignment, and Andy @ RH said he struggled to dial that out with the alignment so he opted to swap tyres front to back which seemed to sort it.
That's put my new rainsports on the back and the aging sportcontact 3's on the front. To be honest I've been underwhelmed by the rainsports, the car has felt quite floaty since getting them despite trying a range of tyre pressures.
With the conti's back on the front, the car feels much more solid at slow speed and slightly heavier to drive. At speed though, I'm disappointed as I've now got a vibration coming through the steering wheel at >60mph
The pulling to the left seems to have stopped, at least it's not so bad - but probably not perfect. Hard to tell with the road cambers round here!
The vibration scales with speed, got quite aggressive at 90+ and the car got REALLY floaty, knocked my confidence so just cruised it home. Gripping the wheel tighter stopped the vibration, it was only vibrating when I loosened my grip. No sound effects whilst it was going on, and it wasn't influenced by application of the brakes (unless slowing below 60mph).
I didn't really throw the car around any bends as my confidence was a bit low, but after a preliminary inspection tomorrow morning I'll take it for a ride to see how it feels under different conditions.
I'm guessing (hoping) it's a tyre issue with the conti's. I'll swap them back around tomorrow morning and while I've got the car on stands I'll give each wheel a good shake to make sure nothing is loose.
If it is the tyres, obviously they're going to want replacing. Annoyingly as I don't really like the rainsports I've got on the other two wheels I won't be going for a matching set. Maybe some new Sport Contacts for the fronts, leaving the rainsports on the back.
I checked tyre pressures when I got in:
FDriver: 35PSI
RDriver: 33.5PSI
FPassenger: 34PSI
RPassenger: 34PSI
All in the same ballpark, but I may let them all down to 30 and see how it feels.
Any other suggestions to check tomorrow? Assuming everything is correctly torqued up, I guess it can only be the tyres so hopefully it's a quick/easy (if not cheap!) fix.
If I can't find the issue over the weekend, I'll be back in touch with RH on Tuesday - but it's going to be a PITA getting the car back to them without wasting a day off work :@
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Kyle T
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Some pictures though, can't see the front stuff without being under the car - so you can wait till tomorrow
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John
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Probably just needing balanced. Maybe never been done properly and because it was on the back it wasn't noticeable.
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Kyle T
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Aye good point, if swapping the wheels fixes it - I'll take em for balancing before buying new ones 
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daymoon
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Will this ever end?
New brakes look tasty though!
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Jon_C
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Wheel bolts tight ???
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bigron1988
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sounds like wheels need balancing to me too
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
Will this ever end
I hope not, because then I'll be bored!
Done loads of googling, my symptoms seem to match unbalanced wheels spot on so fingers crossed an easy fix tomorrow 
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
Will this ever end
I hope not, because then I'll be bored!
Done loads of googling, my symptoms seem to match unbalanced wheels spot on so fingers crossed an easy fix tomorrow
Fair point!
Don't go to Wilko Motosave. They will most likely try to sell you tyres! Bunch of idiots!
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chris_uk
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Originally posted by bigron1988
sounds like wheels need balancing to me too
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Wrighty
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funny everyone bangs on about rainsports but your the first person iv known to go buy them, and you said they are not that good! interesting
get tyres balanced boyo, bit of an oversight on RH's part if they swapped them and didnt balance them though? weird
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
funny everyone bangs on about rainsports but your the first person iv known to go buy them, and you said they are not that good! interesting
Like you I had heard nowt but good things about them, but I can't help but feel underwhelmed after getting them though. Car just feels floaty, hard to describe - not quite as connected.
Anyway, went to National Tyres first thing thing morning and got a slot booked for 13 : 00. I returned at 13 : 00 and they wasted no time in hoofing the car up on the ramps (after a few little rev squirts in the echo of the building, I heard you boys...) and whipped the wheels off for me. The lads @ National seemed like a good bunch, all stood under my car oogling at the bright orange goodies - gave them all the impression i've spent a fortune on it, so got a few nice comments
First front wheel came off, 15g out of balance so got that corrected. Onto the next, and they had to call me into the garage to take a look - I'm quickly learning that this is never a good thing 
Doh!
He balanced them up best he could, but it did nothing to fix the vibrations - so now I need to find out if this wheel is repairable, or whether it needs replacing.
I'm quite fond of my wheels, so another set of rims isn't an option 
Powdercoating was next on my list, so I'll ring around the local places on tuesday and see if anybody can tackle a buckled rim like this - but will keep an eye on the classifieds/ebay in the meantime.
[Edited on 04-05-2013 by Kyle T]
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John
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Bash it a bit back into shape and return it to the back, obviously wasn't noticeable before.
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Kyle T
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Aye will put it on the back again, but I'll make an effort to have it addressed when they go for powdercoating anyway.
I'll always be thinking about it now that I know it's there
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Kyle T
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Oh FFS. This is getting ridiculous now
Just went outside to swap fronts for backs, did the passenger side no problemo, came to undo the driver side front and the locking wheel nut just fucking snapped. Upon inspection, it looks like my key has been damaged by one of the two garages the car has been at in the last 50 hours or so - half of the key is missing, so I'm guessing this added strain to the locking nut and bust it.
I'm not sure whether I want to risk swapping the other side back around incase I bust another nut - as it stands I've got a rainsport on the front left, conti rear left, conti front right and rainsport rear right. GRRR.
It's a McGard locking wheel nut thingy, ordering a new set of nuts ain't a problem - but how the fuck do I get the nut off which is broken, and do I risk undoing the other three without first trying to obtain a replacement key?
I love this car
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Kyle T
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Broken key:
Broken nut:
I reckon if I chisel off the remaining chrome type stuff which surrounds the actual nut, I can hammer on a torx socket or something which is slightly undersized.
I watched the guy torque up my wheels, so they should come off easily enough once I get some purchase. I'd be worried if I'd seen him rattle gunning them back on!
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daymoon
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There is a place in Kippax that does wheel refurn and i think they can straighten them out too.
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Kyle T
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Originally posted by daymoon
Pretty much summing up the last few weeks for me.
Good job I'm a cool motherfucker otherwise I'd be stomping around like a child
I've had a strong recommendation for a powdercoater in Castleford, so I'm going to ring him on tuesday to see if he can tackle the buckle as well. If not, I'll shop around and will stick Kippax on the list.
Found a place in York on google and their image library suggests they've repaired some incredibly damaged wheels - but their powdercoat finish doesn't look amazing tbh.
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