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Olsrey
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12th Sep 08 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much them hubs set you back?
Anthony
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cant wait to see the cage go in. are the wheels from a calibra dtm?
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by jonesy_sri
cant wait to see the cage go in. are the wheels from a calibra dtm?

No they are 17" BBS RC brilliants.

Cage is very similar to what Bendy has in his rally corsa.
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
How much them hubs set you back?


Won them on ebay but i think they are about £350ish or so.
Olsrey
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
How much them hubs set you back?


Won them on ebay but i think they are about £350ish or so.
Ouch, what benefit does having bigger flanges hold? Just strength?
Rick Draper
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Originally posted by Olsrey
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Originally posted by Rick Draper
quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
How much them hubs set you back?


Won them on ebay but i think they are about £350ish or so.
Ouch, what benefit does having bigger flanges hold? Just strength?


Running the bigger flanges as its having the novas let in it and in the past people have had issues with the m-tech style machined flanges snapping when exposed to trach day stress's.
Adam-D
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17th Sep 08 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look forward to seeing this done

"mines still gonna weigh less"

allbeing mine is a lot lot


lot

slower
Bendy
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18th Sep 08 at 15:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
quote:
Originally posted by jonesy_sri
cant wait to see the cage go in. are the wheels from a calibra dtm?

No they are 17" BBS RC brilliants.

Cage is very similar to what Bendy has in his rally corsa.








Yes, this cage is pretty much identical to mine, mine is a Hockly cage though!

Ben

[Edited on 18-09-2008 by Bendy]
Rick Draper
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Got the weld in cage now, just need to order a seat then i can send it all off for welding.
Graham88
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Not enough pics in this thread
Rick Draper
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Cage arrived:



New front brakes from Jamie:

Tar shit removed:

Lack of metal work:

Novas front ledas on:

Rear coilovers:

Hmm, wonder what these could be:


Mmmm:



And some bits off Rallydesign:

Also got some new disks for the front wilwoods but there is no point picturing them!
Got the front wheels on and mocked up how it should be:
jr
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2nd Oct 08 at 15:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
at the turrets, you wernt doing them them other day on mig
Corsa_Sport21
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BTW i seen a thread over on MIG a while back when u got the MO's.Did u win them on Ebay??

Cant beat an Arden Blue on white MO's.

What size are they??

Heres a wee sneak peak of what they will look like lol.......


Have u got the stickers for them??Thats what mines are lacking.Need to get a set.
Rick Draper
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at the turrets, you wernt doing them them other day on mig


I was not and i am still not sure. Its just i have the rear coilovers and it will save me buying new shocks and springs for the rear.

Yes won the wheels on the bay but they are not staying white. Going satin black i think.
Corsa_Sport21
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Yeah i thought so.I was watching them and totally forgot about them then when i remembered,they had gone.lol.

Car looks like its gonna have some spec list tho.
jamie m
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rick why have you got rear coilovers and springs on? do the coilovers fit ok without the turrets and how much were the turrets? brakes look good under them 15's, better than under my 17's, also why have you removed the steel work from around the tunnel, are you running a dash or not?
jamie m
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did it say a weight on that cage when it was packaged up, would be interesting to see what it adds?
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Im in love Arden Blue FTW
Rick Draper
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quote:
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rick why have you got rear coilovers and springs on? do the coilovers fit ok without the turrets and how much were the turrets? brakes look good under them 15's, better than under my 17's, also why have you removed the steel work from around the tunnel, are you running a dash or not?


Turrets were £36 i think. Should possibly fit without turrets but i want to fit 888's on under stock arches and not have any shock rubbing. Old springs are still inplace is i had not been ringered to remove them yet as the coilover was only slotted inplace.

Yes i am running a dash so will make up a bracket for the bottom of it, lost the metal work as it was a bit butchered and + its all weight saving!

One belt:


[Edited on 02-10-2008 by Rick Draper]
Rick Draper
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3rd Oct 08 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Todays cutting and welding ended with this:
GavCorsa
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3rd Oct 08 at 15:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
doing the same as me - EPAS
Sean-B
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3rd Oct 08 at 15:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how have you got proper rear coilovers? are they for a corsa?
Sandsy
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i should think the rear coilover set up is from a nova, if so is there any problems with fitting this set up? as its something i may consider

cheers
Sean-B
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3rd Oct 08 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
likewise, do front nova coilovers fit aswell?
Olsrey
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You can get the rear coilover setup for a Corsa. I've got some also but have troubles with them rubbing the rear inner arches.

Both mine and Rick's rear coilovers are made by Gaz-Matic btw.

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