Daveskater
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Last weekend me and my mate drove up to Bristol, cash in hand to buy a little something for my car.
There it is at an M4 service station just after we picked up the booty:
Anyway they've been sat in my garage all week and we finally had time to get going yesterday.
It took us 4.5 hours on Saturday just to do the back, but there's a reason for that. One of the bushes was wrecked so we had to get that out and use one of the standard ones.
Pics:
It had split about half way through and gone to the sides as well.
The bolt on the car they came off had rusted on or something so it had to be hacksawed off 
Removing the bush from the old shock and the new ones meant leaving it in soapy water for about half an hour:
Like so.
Then the vice came in handy:
We ended up using different makeshift stuff to get it out but I couldn't get pics - hands were full
To get it into the new shock, simply greased it up and in it slipped 
Now just some pics:
And then the back was done:
But seeing as it was 6pm and we were a bit worse for wear, it was called a day.
Fortunately the front only took about an hour and a half today, that included taking the wheels off and putting them back on and all the jacking etc.
Before:
After:
A couple of pics before it had settled/been sat in/driven:
And outside a council building we discovered today (taken on phone as forgot to take camera):
[Edited on 15-03-2009 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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CorsAsh
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Nice, not sure I like the look of the rusty splits above the bushes though  Or is it just paint?
And I even like the steel wheels for some reason 
[Edited on 15-03-2009 by CorsAsh]
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Jon_C
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Wheeeeeeey that looks better. Thought you had softstars
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Corsa_Scotty
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yay
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ar corsagsi
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about time dave looks when you getting your wheel fixed?
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Daveskater
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Cheers
It's just where the paint's come off, there's a bit of rust here and there as there will be but nothing too bad I don't think.
The steelies are an interim until the Softstars are fixed 
Alan: Sending it off when I get paid at the end of the month 
[Edited on 15-03-2009 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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liamgallagher1994
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front needs to go lower
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Mike
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Much better
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Daveskater
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It hadn't settled in the decent finished pics, it's at 60mm all round.
Phone pic is horrible quality
Better ones after it's been washed
[Edited on 15-03-2009 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Rich H
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Wahoo!! Much better!
What's happening with the wheels now then? How many of the Softstars ended up knakered?
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Daveskater
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One of them has a small scratch but only the one has a dent. Looked at it today and it's not really that bad, should be easily fixed.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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liamgallagher1994
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looks way cooler now mate
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Daveskater
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Cheers
The rear seems super bouncy though, not sure if it's because the shocks are set to stiff or because they're Gmax springs () But one of hte stiffness adjusters is stuck 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Graham88
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Had those on my Corsa, they're decent
I look forwards to pics with the softstars back on!
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Rob E
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It looks really good on those wheels to be fair! Get them banded 
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Daveskater
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You and me both mate
Also next month is an Ashley backbox
Gotta take it careful over speedbumps now - the bolts on the middle silencer are a bit long And the front mudflaps are scratched along the bottom now Oh, and when I took it off the drive, the front splitter had a conversation with the road. They didn't get on.
Banded would be megalolz Don't have the money for that Not if the Softstar's getting fixed.
I've been thinking all afternoon how it reminds me of "Euro'd" Polos 
Oh yeah: That chunk of wood was one of my wheel chocks Worked surprisingly well
[Edited on 15-03-2009 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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LukeD
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looks good mate. big improvement.
and yep: the super bouncy ride is normal with g-max.
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Daveskater
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Gay I'll be in the market for new rear springs then.
Didn't know how bumpy my road was until today
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Corsa_Scotty
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get that aerial sprayed black or pay £3 odds on ebay and get the same one in black
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LukeD
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Gay I'll be in the market for new rear springs then.
Didn't know how bumpy my road was until today
give it a week and you will be use to it, and wont notice.
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Daveskater
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Scotty: Might make it Arden blue as opposed to "random light blue" Didn't like the black one so much and my mate has the exact same on in black so I went for blue.
You're probably right Luke, we were driving round for nearly an hour earlier, actually got used to it
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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liamgallagher1994
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Gay I'll be in the market for new rear springs then.
Didn't know how bumpy my road was until today
Why your car is lowered 60mm you feel everything, Even when you go over a jonny rapper
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Daveskater
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It amplifies every single stone though You'll think it's alright then a drain comes along and it goes pole vaulting. Going to try and make the shocks softer and see if that helps.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Nick-S
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looks loads better
get the softstars back on
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Pip308
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at last
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